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Atiku’s ally, Segun Showunmi, visits Tinubu in Lagos
Segun Showunmi, a former spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at his residence ...
8th June 2025
Kwankwaso sympathises with Kano GSM market fire victims, urges safety reforms
A former Kano State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has expressed deep sympathy over the recent fire disaster that gutted the Farm C...
8th June 2025
North Central APC asks Plateau gov to dump PDP
The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has renewed its call for Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the party, citing a directive from the...
8th June 2025
‘It wasn’t a firearm,’ Paul Adefarasin addresses viral video allegations
The Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church in Lagos, Paul Adefarasin, has denied allegations suggesting he brandished a firearm in a video that has gone viral on social media. A video clip that...
7th June 2025
Akume not silent on insecurity in Benue, says SGF office
The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has responded to recent comments by Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, refuting claims that Senator George Akume has remained silent o...
7th June 2025
Power supply to improve soon, says Adelabu
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, had said the Bola Tinubu administration is already fixing the foundational structural issues that have bedevilled the power sector over the years. Adelabu descr...
7th June 2025
A'Ibom gov's defection a commitment to people's welfare — Akpabio
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has commended the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress. PUNCH Online reports that Eno officially defected from the Peo...
7th June 2025
Edo pledges to combat cultism, empower youths
The Edo State Government has vowed to end the scourge of cultism in the state by launching a campaign project, (Resist Initiation, Securing Education). The campaign, organised by the Office of the Sen...
7th June 2025
Uwais, a towering figure in Nigeria's judiciary - Atiku
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has mourned a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais. In a statement released via his official X handl...
6th June 2025
Peter Obi mourns Uwais, Jibril Aminu
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has joined other Nigerians in mourning the passing of two eminent statesmen, former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, an...
6th June 2025
APC welcomes Akwa Ibom gov’s defection
The All Progressives Congress has formally welcomed the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, following his defection to the ruling party. Eno, who was elected under the platform of the Peoples...
6th June 2025
Akwa Ibom gov dumps PDP for APC
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. He made this known during an official announcement on Friday at th...
6th June 2025
Tinubu mourns ex-CJN Uwais, hails his phenomenal legal mind
President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the death of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Lawal Uwais, who passed away on Friday at the age of 88. In a statement issued on Friday by h...
6th June 2025
‘An innocent mistake,' family defends Nigerian grandmother sacked by UK varsity
The family of Janet Damiro, a 71-year-old cleaner recently dismissed from the London School of Economics, has responded to widespread reports surrounding the incident, describing the online and media ...
6th June 2025
Russia coach wary of Super Eagles despite Osimhen, Lookman absence
Russia national team head coach, Valery Karpin, has warned that the Super Eagles of Nigeria remain a formidable side despite the absence of key forwards Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman ahead of Fri...
6th June 2025
Things to know about ex-CJN Mohammed Uwais
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Uwais, has died in the early hours of Friday at the age of 88. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State, Dr Kayode Ajulo, confirmed t...
6th June 2025
Ondo AG mourns ex-CJN Uwais
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has mourned the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Lawal Uwais. The former CJN died in the early hours of Frida...
6th June 2025
Eid-el-Kabir: Tinubu urges prayers for troops, calls for national unity
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, called on Nigerians to intensify their prayers for the military and other security agencies, which continue to make immense sacrifices to safeguard the nation, partic...
6th June 2025
Eid-el-Kabir: Jonathan urges Nigerians to embrace peace, sacrifice
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir to renew their commitment to peace, unity, and national development. In a goodwill message to Muslims acr...
6th June 2025
Ex-CJN Mohammed Uwais dies at 88
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Uwais, has died at the age of 88. The former CJN died in the early hours of Friday, according to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo S...
6th June 2025
Dunamis pastor Enenche empowers 500 widows in Abuja
The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has organsied a free medical outreach, and empowered over 500 widows and less-privileged individuals in the Sabo Iddo communi...
6th June 2025
Shettima, Atiku, others attend Jibril Aminu's funeral in Abuja
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, led a high-powered delegation of dignitaries and mourners to the National Mosque, Abuja, for the funeral prayers of the late elder statesman and revered ac...
5th June 2025
Drug abuse among youths worrisome - NACAT
The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking has expressed concern over the rising cases of drug abuse among Nigerian youths. According to a statement on Thursday sent to PUNCH Online, NACAT’s Ope...
5th June 2025
NITDA boss urges inclusion of Nigerians with special needs in tech programmes
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Abdullahi, has called for the inclusion of Nigerians with special needs in the design and implementation of nati...
5th June 2025
‘Our reports evidence-based, not biased,’ Amnesty International tells Northern clerics, influencers
Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has responded to claims by some Northern clerics and influencers of selective and biased reporting of the killings in the North. PUNCH Online reports ...
4th June 2025
Customers to pay banks USSD fees through airtime – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Deposit Money Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime. Accor...
4th June 2025
NILDS boss calls for clarity, consistency in court judgments
The Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Prof Abubakar Sulaiman, has emphasised the need for consistency and clarity in the interpretation of court judgme...
3rd June 2025
NCC asks banks to deduct USSD transaction fees from users’ airtime
The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Deposit Money Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime. Accor...
3rd June 2025
No plan to dump APC, says Okorocha
A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has dismissed speculations suggesting that he plans to leave the All Progressives Congress. The former Imo West Senator stated this in a statement issu...
3rd June 2025
Allow polytechnics to award degrees, NAPS urges Tinubu, NASS
The National Association of Polytechnic Students has called for the legislative upgrade of polytechnics to degree-awarding institutions. In a statement on Monday signed by its President, Comrade Eshio...
2nd June 2025
Groups faults inauguration of 'unfinished' Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway
Public procurement advocacy group, Network for the Actualisation of Social Growth and Viable Development, has criticised the inauguration of a 30-kilometre stretch of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway...
2nd June 2025
