Category: News

Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has declared his readiness to collaborate with the federal government to flush out bandits and other criminal elements from forests across the South-West. Adeyemo, who spoke with Saturday Punch in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday, stated that he and his supporters were prepared to enter […]

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has recorded a historic milestone, becoming the first refinery in the world to attain and sustain full 650,000 barrels per day capacity on its Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) and Motor Spirit (MS) Block. The refinery announced that both units are now operating at optimal performance following a scheduled maintenance exercise, marking […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 20, 2027, for the presidential and national assembly elections. Joash Amupitan, INEC chairman, announced the date on Friday during a press conference at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The chairman added that the governorship and state houses of assembly election would be held on March 6, […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for a generational shift in African leadership, urging countries across the continent to deliberately promote younger leaders between the ages of 25 and 50, who he said are better equipped physically and mentally for the demands of modern governance. Jonathan made the call on Thursday in Abuja at the […]

The foreign exchange market in Nigeria has been “totally sorted,” with businesses no longer plagued by the difficulties that once characterised access to dollars, Chairman of the United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu, has said. Elumelu, who spoke to State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, said […]

By Olubunmi Adebayo *Some times, looking at what is on ground, you think you can maneuvre your ways out of a situation and get away with your actions.* *Please don’t be deceived, you cannot.* *Following the post on yesterday’s Reflections, today we shall be looking at another dimension of our wrong actions.* *Which is the […]

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) involved in election observation and civic advocacy have rejected the Senate’s inclusion of a caveat in the amended Electoral Act, allowing Form EC8A to serve as the primary means of collation in the event of internet failure. They made their position known in a joint statement issued on Wednesday. The organisations […]

The death of a Nigerian student, Douglas Izevbigie, in the United Kingdom has sparked fresh concerns over chronic illnesses among Nigerians living abroad, as members of the community launch a fundraising appeal to support his burial. PUNCH Metro learnt on Wednesday that a GoFundMe appeal was created following his death on January 21 at a […]

Burnt buildings and shops after the bandits attack on Woro. Photo: Toheeb Omotayo At about 5pm on a dark evening penultimate Tuesday, motorcycles began streaming into Woro. By nightfall, gunfire echoed through its narrow streets, homes were ablaze and residents were fleeing into surrounding forests. Today, soldiers patrol the empty settlement, but fear — not […]

Justice Obiora Egwatu, on Thursday, stepped aside from presiding over the Federal High Court’s asset forfeiture suit involving a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and two others, citing personal reasons. Egwatu told the court he could no longer continue with the matter shortly after counsel for the parties announced their appearances. “Ladies […]