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.
File: The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani.
A leadership and public policy expert, Dakuku Peterside, has attributed Nigeria’s failure to translate its vast natural and human resources into broad-based prosperity to weak institutions, poor management, and inconsistent policy implementation. Peterside spoke while delivering ...
Religious leaders in Ijebuland, including the Lord Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ijebu, Rt. Rev. Dr Peter Rotimi Oludipe; the Chief Imam of Ijebuland, Sheikh Muftaudeen Ayanbadejo; and a traditionalist and head of Osugbo in Ijebu-Ode, Chief Bolanle Bakare, have pleaded with G...
Afro-urban music artiste Malex Betaboi has called for a national conversation and dialogue around resilience and the untold struggles of everyday Nigerians. The music act who said his music is built to inspire hope beyond pain, insisted that while his songs may sound personal, th...
Five Nigerians based in South Africa who were extradited to the United States on September 11 over alleged wire fraud and money laundering offences could face a combined maximum of up to 100 years in prison if convicted on the conspiracy charges against them. The five men were sc...
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old woman, Ogechi Ofoma, for allegedly inflicting bodily injuries on her seven-year-old daughter, Oluebube, in the Ibollo community, Awada-Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. Oluebube was allegedly injur...
Smallholder women farmers in Nasarawa State have recorded bumper harvest during the 2026 farming season in the state following the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices and biofortified crop varieties introduced by the Sasakawa Africa Association, Nigeria. Arewa PUNCH ...
Popular Hausa digital content creator and entertainer, Shuaibu Isiya, popularly known as Shuaibu Dan Saurayi, has revealed that he struggled to gain recognition at the early stage of his career, saying he never imagined that his efforts would eventually make him famous. Shuaibu, ...
President Bola Tinubu and Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike...Photo: State House
Two separate fire incidents in the Ikorodu and Surulere areas of Lagos State have destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has said. The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a stateme...
When the Nigerian Television Authority organised the first-known televised political debate in the country between the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Chief MKO Abiola, and the presidential standard-bearer of the National Republican Convention, Alhaji Bashi...
Sokoto state Special Adviser on Security Matters, Col. Ahmed Usman (rtd.)
This handout photo taken on September 14, 2026 and released by the Vatican press office, Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV celebrating his 71st birthday in the Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
University don, Prof. Innocent Emmanuel. Photo: LinkedIn
Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Nigeria A will go head-to-head in the Nigeria T20 Quadrangular Series from September 21 to 27, 2026, at the iconic TBS Cricket Oval in Lagos, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nigeria Cricket Federation announced the new tournament on Saturday as pa...