Iran’s state media reported explosions in central Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival. Air defence systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media…
Motorists and traders have raised concerns about the illegal dumping of refuse into a drainage opposite Adebola Idowu Street in the Kosofe Local Government Area of the state. Our correspondent, who visited the area on Thursday, observed…
The residents of Ìrele community in the Ìrele Local Government Area of Ondo State have raised the alarm over the rising attacks on the community, where residents were claimed to have sustained varying degrees of injury and destruction of…
The Nigeria Correctional Service has refuted claims that controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, who was handed a six-month prison sentence over abuse of the naira notes, was moved from the Ikoyi custodial centre to its…
Apple has removed the Meta-owned WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China following an order from the country’s top internet regulator, Bloomberg reported Friday citing the tech giant. Beijing engages in some of the world’s most…
The Federal Government has called for increased investments and trading partnerships from member countries of the Group of Twenty-Four. This appeal was made during the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC by the Minister of…
A grandmother, Fatimo Ganiyu is now in police custody for allegedly locking up three infants in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday at about 4:00 p.m. A video sent to our…
Former militant leader in the Niger Delta, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo, was the cynosure of all eyes as the 2024 Amaseikumor Annual Festival came to a joyful and remarkable end on Wednesday at Oporoza,…
The Nigerian Army has embarked on a week-long weapon handling competition for soldiers within the ranks of corporal and Below drawn from the 6 Division in the Niger Delta region. South-South PUNCH gathered that the competition aimed at…
No fewer than 577 blind candidates are set to take the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME in 11 centres nationwide. Chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Equal Opportunity Group, Emeritus Professor…
The Oyo State Government, on Thursday, said the demolition of a building believed to be the hideout of Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan, the state capital, was based on a court order. PUNCH Online reports that the state government, on…
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, unveiled surveillance drones acquired by the state to be deployed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Abiodun said the drones, to be operated by trained personnel of the Nigeria Police…
THE leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students has petitioned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, demanding the arrest and prosecution of the factional President of NANS, Pedro Obi, over the…
The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, Mojeed Iyiola, has said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector. Iyiola said this in an interview with…
The immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on Thursday, failed in his bid to quash the N4bn theft charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on Thursday carried out an enforcement raid at two supermarkets in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to ensure adherence to price display and quantity regulations. The…
The Nigeria Police on Thursday arraigned a 47-year-old man, Tokunbo Daramola, before the Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court, in Lagos, over alleged N27.5m fraud. Daramola was arraigned on a count of obtaining by false pretence, preferred…
The Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested a fake Rev. Sister over the alleged trafficking of 38 children in Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect, Maryvianney…
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 19-year-old boy, Jamiu Akande, for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl at the Pakata Area, Ilorin in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state.…
Super Eagles striker, Victor Boniface, has expressed delight at being nominated for a place in the 2023/24 Bundesliga Team of The Season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The list of nominees was announced in a statement on the league’s website…
Former Liverpool defender, Steve Nicol, has urged the Anfield giants to go all out and sign Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen, who joined Napoli from Lille in 2020, signed a new contract with the Italians…
A 43-year-old man simply identified as Obiefule Nwagha is now in custody for allegedly conveying 1,040 tons of Indian hemp at the Ilufe waterside jetty at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the…
The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission has disclosed that a total sum of N7.3tn accrued into the Federation Account between July and December 2023, indicating an increased revenue inflow. It said the amount shared by the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria will need to come up with the sum of N3.2trn in 2024 to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff, the Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sanusi Garba said in Abuja on Thursday.…
The National Security Adviser to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday, expressed concern about what he described as the booming illegal firearms market in the North. This was as he decried the high level of poverty in northern…
The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery is taking advantage of cheaper oil imports from the United States for as much as a third of its feedstock as it starts up production. A report by Bloomberg on Thursday stated that the…
Dr Maureen Tamuno has assumed office as the Group Managing Director of the Abuja Investments Company Limited. The company, in a statement on Wednesday, said it was pleased to welcome Tamuno, who assumed duties as the group managing…
President Bola Tinubu and other prominent citizens have backed chess Grandmaster, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon, The PUNCH reports. Onakoya’s 58-hour quest to break…
Nigeria is moving to criminalise the destruction of broadband fiber cables in response to ongoing grievances from major telecommunications companies like MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. Sources familiar with the situation report that the…
THE All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, named nine persons who allegedly masterminded the suspension of its National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. The APC, which described the masterminds as impostors, said it had petitioned the…