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Ondo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Olayide Adelami, has showered encomiums on his Ogun counterpart, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele as she marks her 60th birthday. He described her as an accomplished technocrat, seasoned administrator, and exemplary public servant whose life of service has continued to inspire women and young professionals across the country. Adelami, in a goodwill […]

Fifty seven properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities linked to an exJustice minister and attorney general of the federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, ha e been ordered forfeited to the Federal Government. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, and presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite, gave the order on Tuesday following an […]

Over 19 months after the Supreme Court ordered financial autonomy for Nigeria’s 774 local government areas, compliance by state governments remains uneven, exposing deep constitutional ambiguities that continue to empower governors to dominate the third tier of government. On July 11, 2024, the apex court ruled that allocations from the Federation Account must be paid […]

The United States administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter that country. With this addition, 13 countries, all but two of them in Africa, are now on the list, which makes the […]

A foremost human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the Nigerian armed forces could crush bandits and terrorists tormenting the country, if well equipped and motivated. Hence there would be no need for foreign intervention, he maintained. Falana spoke with journalists in his Ilawe Ekiti, Ekiti State countryhome on Saturday, where he […]

The in the House of Representatives’ Minority Caucus has condemned the terrorist attack on Kasuwan Daji Market in the Demo Community of Borgu Local Government Area, Niger State Tme incident left at least 30 civilians dead, and left many others, including women and children, abducted. In a In a statement jointly issued by its leaders: […]

By John Dike, Osogbo A Part Three student of the College of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile ife, died in his sleep in the early hours of Tuesday, January 6, 2026. A statement by the niversity’s spoken, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, identified the deceased as Timilehin Adetoye […]

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Olawale Edun Household consumption in Nigeria slumped sharply in real terms in 2024 as rising prices eroded the purchasing power of millions of families, according to provisional figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s latest statistical bulletin. Data on Gross Domestic Product by expenditure showed that […]

ormer world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is seriously considering retirement from boxing, according to his uncle, Adedamola Joshua, who exclusively told our correspondent, The PUNCH reports. The 36-year-old boxer, who survived a fatal car crash in Nigeria that claimed the lives of two of his close friends and team members, made the decision known to […]

Governor’s Siminalayi Fubara Moves by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to scuttle the 2027 re-election bid of his successor, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, appear to have suffered a setback as several All Progressives Congress governors rallied behind the embattled Fubara. Multiple sources in the APC confirmed on Monday that the […]