The Nigeria Union of Pensioners has commended President Bola Tinubu for the commencement of payment of N18bn in outstanding severance benefits to 2,700 former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways, describing the intervention as a long-awaited relief for beneficiaries who had wa...
Nurses at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, have urged the Federal Government to prioritise their welfare, improve working conditions and provide adequate resources to enable them to deliver quality healthcare services to patients. The Dean, Faculty of Nursing,...
Nigeria’s newest telecommunications operator, Lebara, has commenced commercial operations nationwide, opening its mobile services to customers as it seeks to carve out a position in the country’s increasingly competitive telecoms market. The company disclosed this in a statement ...
Nigerian dancer and entertainer Iweh Odinaka, popularly known as Poco Lee, has been granted bail in the United Kingdom ahead of his appearance at the Snaresbrook Crown Court on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. The court confirmed the development in an email to PUNCH Online on Monday,...
About 60 aged seafarers under the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria have decried unpaid pensions 31 years after the Nigerian National Shipping Line went into extinction. The MWUN, in a statement on Monday by its Head of Media, John Ikemefuna, explained that the union seafarers h...
Royal Exchange Plc has said the revocation of Royal Exchange Prudential Life Plc’s operating licence by the National Insurance Commission will not affect its financial position, operations or regulatory standing, stressing that it ceased to own or control the life insurer in 2022...
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Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu. Photo: Premium Times.
People walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on September 14, 2026.
The Nigerian Army has commenced an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse involving a serving officer, Cap Etim Essien, attached to the Headquarters 3 Division, Jos, Plateau State. The Army disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday by the Acting Deputy Director, ...
Medical drama series The Pitt leads the nominations for the 78th Emmy Awards with 25 nods, ahead of comedy series Hacks, which received 24 nominations. Horror-comedy series Widow’s Bay has emerged as the early leader at the awards, with eight prizes already won in mainly technica...
The Nigeria Taekwondo Federation has concluded plans to train officials ahead of the inaugural Michael Opeyemi Bamidele National Taekwondo Championship, scheduled to hold in Lagos. The officials’ training is fixed for September 16, two days before the two-day championship, which ...
Manchester United great Roy Keane has led the defence of Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi following his controversial red card during Coventry City’s 5-0 Premier League defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Awoniyi was sent off in the second ...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested six kidnappers operating around Soktu Hill in Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State. This comes as the Army received a repentant Boko haram terrorist at Borgozo in Benisheikh, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. The acting ...
Olalekan Oyeyemi, a chieftain of the Accord Party in Osun State. Photo: File
Nigerians are facing fresh pressure from rising petrol prices as Brent crude climbed above $109 per barrel on Monday amid escalating tensions around key global oil shipping routes, with the pump price of petrol already reaching about N1,500 and diesel at N2,000 per litre in parts...
The Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Company Limited has appealed for patience from motorists and communities along the corridor as it prepares to accelerate construction on the 125-kilometre highway following the rainy season. The Chief Executive Officer of BAECC, Samuel Daramo...
File photo: The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele.