The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued its report on the 2023 general election. The commission said the publication of the report is in keeping with its tradition over the last four electoral cycles and commitment to transparency. This was made known in a statement by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman,…
The plan was disclosed by Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, at the Ministry’s retreat in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom state on Wednesday, February 21. According to the finance minister, “The presidential panel on the social investment programmes, have prepared to go to Mr. President with an internal recommendation to restart…
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital has sentenced six persons to death over their involvement in bank robberies that took place in Akure and Idanre in 2011. The convicts include a pastor, Adewale Adelu, and five others – Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Ropo Adeleye, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho….
Bandits have again killed nine people and abducted 27 others in Makera village of Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Mohammed Garba, told the punch on Tuesday that the bandits in large numbers, invaded the village around 9pm on Monday, February 19, 2024, while shooting indiscriminately to scare away…
FG’s plan with cement manufacturers to peg price of cement between N7,000 and N8,000 has been rejected by developers. This is according to an exclusive interview with The PUNCH. According to the President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, Dr. Aliyu Wamakko, the reduction was not good for the economy. He said,…
Ifedayo Olarinde, the controversial Nigerian media personality, who is also known as Daddy Freeze, has raised an alarm that famine is looming in the country. He said the Naira would continue to depreciate as long as Nigeria isn’t exporting enough commodities to gain hard currencies in return. He advised Nigerians who are earning poor…
Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is seeking N25 billion in damages against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for defamation. In a claim that has stirred significant public interest, Emefiele’s legal action comes in response to Akpabio’s critical remarks, which attributed various charges and economic mismanagement to Emefiele’s…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has accused politicians who lost in the 2023 general election of plotting to throw Nigeria into anarchy, sabotaging the country by smuggling food out to other countries to trigger food price hikes. Mr Shettima, on Tuesday at a conference on Public Wealth Management in Abuja, claimed 45 trucks smuggling…
Bandits armed with sophisticated weapons invaded villages in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The bandits, who were said to have been on a rampage across three different villages in the Faskari LGA, invaded Yar Nasarawa village in the late hours of Monday, February 19, 2024, killing at least six persons. Yar Nasarawa…
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), located in Ile-Ife, Osun State, is reeling from a devastating loss following the tragic death of Mr. Olabode Olawuyi, a Veterinary Technologist who served as the caretaker of the Zoological garden for over a decade. According to a press release issued by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju,…