Presentation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, of a book titled:”Economic Diversification and Structural Transformation in Nigeria: Past. Present. Future.” written by Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, PhD., a four-time member of the House of Representatives from Kano. At the Occasion, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was epresented by Rt. Hon Tajudeen Abbas, PhD., GCON., Speaker, House of […]
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advocates mentorship, service, excellence; urges graduates abroad to return and transform country The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has challenged Nigerian graduates to embrace integrity, mentorship and service as essential ingredients of meaningful success and national development. Delivering the 10th and 11th Combined Convocation Lecture of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, the […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi The Nigerian Bar Association has referred a lawyer to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Kalu Kalu, to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee over his description of a Federal High Court judge as a “coconut judge”. The NBA said the remark directed at Justice Peter Lifu was disrespectful and fell short of the professional […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to reinstate the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, on its list of candidates for the 2027 governorship election within 24 hours. Justice Peter Lifu, in a judgment delivered on Friday, held that INEC lacked the constitutional and […]
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The Chairman of the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Babatunde Kolawole, has refuted reports that the party is engulfed in a leadership crisis that has divided it ahead of the 2027 general election. The chairman said there was no basis for division in the party, as members across the state had been […]
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Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote is in discussions with the Ghanaian government over a proposed arrangement to process 500,000 metric tonnes of cocoa locally, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has said. Forson disclosed this during an interview on PM Express, a current affairs programme on Ghanaian news channel Joy News, on Thursday, saying Dangote […]
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The United States has urged the Federal Government to release Nigerian Sufi musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who has been in detention since 2020 after being sentenced to death over alleged blasphemy. The US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, Riley Barnes, made the call on Thursday during a hearing of the US […]
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A survivor of the party at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, where four students died and six others were hospitalised, has recounted how he lost consciousness while cleaning up after another attendee vomited during the gathering. The 24-year-old survivor also disclosed that it was his first time consuming alcohol, expressing regret over the […]
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The Federal Character Commission has filed a four-count criminal charge against the Nigeria Customs Service and its Comptroller-General, Bashir Adeniyi, over alleged violations of federal character requirements in the Service’s 2025/2026 recruitment exercise. The charge sheet, sighted by PUNCH Online on Friday, was filed on Thursday at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The charge accused […]
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The South African Presidency has released the full video of the presentation of letters of credence ceremony involving Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, hours after he accused the government of excluding his speech from the event’s livestream. PUNCH Online observed that the full recording was uploaded to the South African Presidency’s YouTube page […]
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