Bolsonaro, family arrive in US after election defeat - Punch Newspapers
Flavio Bolsonaro steps off a plane after arriving at Opa Locka Executive Airport in Miami, Florida on October 28, 2026. Photo: AFP
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Mutfwang inaugurates Tinubu’s door-to-door campaign in Plateau - Punch Newspapers
File: Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang.
Senate demands security offensive over Taraba killings - Punch Newspapers
The Senate has called for an urgent security offensive in border communities across Taraba, Plateau and Bauchi states following reports that about 80 people were killed by armed bandits in Binnari community, Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State. The lawmakers urged ...
Customs recruitment: Excluded candidates threaten legal action - Punch Newspapers
Some candidates listed as successful in the Nigeria Customs Service’s 2024/2025 recruitment exercise have threatened legal action over their exclusion from basic training, despite receiving provisional appointment offers. The candidates said their names were published in the serv...
2027: Ex-IG Adamu warns Nasarawa voters against vote buying - Punch Newspapers
File: Former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
Police arrest man over video inciting religious violence in Zamfara - Punch Newspapers
The arrested suspect, Umar Maradun, wearing a white-and-black striped shirt. Credit: Zamfara State Police Command.
AI-powered fraud threatens telecom security, banking – NCC - Punch Newspapers
The Nigerian Communications Commission has warned that the growing use of artificial intelligence by cybercriminals poses significant threats to Nigeria’s telecommunications infrastructure, banking system and national security. The Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Mai...
Sokoto assembly passes state police bill - Punch Newspapers
The Sokoto State House of Assembly unanimously passed the State Police Bill, signalling lawmakers’ support for the proposed decentralisation of Nigeria’s policing system amid growing security challenges nationwide. Lawmakers passed the bill in plenary on Tuesday, under the leader...
Reports of $700bn mineral sale to US false, says FG - Punch Newspapers
L-R: D-G, Mining Cadastre Office, Eng. Simon Nkom, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Engr. Faruk Yabo, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr. Dele Alake, Economic Officer at the United States Embassy, Jonathan Baas, Managing Director of the Nigeria...
Nigeria needs 42 days of monitoring to be declared Ebola-free – WHO - Punch Newspapers
Executive Director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu. Photo: WHO
CBN seeks banks, telcos collaboration against financial fraud - Punch Newspapers
The Central Bank of Nigeria has called for stronger collaboration among banks, telecommunications companies, technology providers and law enforcement agencies to combat financial fraud, warning that criminals exploit gaps in information sharing to move stolen funds across institu...
Ondo crash: NAF guarantees pay for victims’ kin until death benefits clear - Punch Newspapers
The Nigerian Air Force has assured families of personnel who died in the October 5, 2026, aircraft crash at Igbokoda, Ondo State, that the salaries of the deceased will continue until their death benefits are fully paid to their next of kin. In a post on its X handle, the Directo...
Church can’t separate self from politics – Ex-aviation minister - Punch Newspapers
A former Minister of Aviation, Ambassador Fidelia Njeze, has declared that the Church cannot afford to remain on the side-lines of governance, saying any church that distances itself from government does not wish the people well. Njeze spoke in Enugu on Saturday at the official f...
NANS rejects Ado Poly fee hike, demands immediate reversal - Punch Newspapers
The National Association of Nigerian Students has rejected the increase in the fees payable by students of Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, urging the school management to reverse the increment with immediate effect. NANS said that the sudden increase was “unacceptable and unjusti...
VIDEO: Sanwo-Olu surprises wife, Ibijoke with flowers, shares kiss - Punch Newspapers
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu...Photo Credit: LASG
Serbian police kill attacker outside Israeli embassy - Punch Newspapers
This handout photograph taken on December 28, 2025 and released by Serbia's Ministry of Interior shows a 470-kg World War II aerial bomb, dropped on Nazi-occupied Belgrade in 1944, found in a construction site in the Serbian capital before being removed by Serbian bomb disposal e...
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ICYMI [EXCLUSIVE] Lagos waste crisis: Sanwo-Olu orders LAWMA MD to resign - Punch Newspapers
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, to resign over the heaps of refuse littering major roads, residential areas and drainage channels across the state, P...
2027: INEC to publish updated candidates’ list after review - Punch Newspapers
The Independent National Electoral Commission will publish an updated list of candidates for the 2027 general elections following the conclusion of its review process.