Federal unity colleges to resume Monday — Education ministry - Punch Newspapers
FILE: Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa.
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French player leaves Club América over racist abuse of his children - Punch Newspapers
France winger Allan Saint-Maximin has revealed that he left Club América after his children were subjected to racist abuse while attending school in Mexico. The French winger said he felt it was important to speak out against discrimination rather than remain silent, particularly...
ASUU threatens nationwide strike over unpaid salaries, agreement - Punch Newspapers
Academic Staff Union of Universities. Photo: ASUU
Nigeria starts local production of dual-active mosquito nets - Punch Newspapers
Nigeria has commenced local production of next-generation dual-active ingredient insecticide-treated mosquito nets as part of efforts to strengthen malaria prevention and domestic manufacturing of essential health products. Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare announced ...
National Assembly suspends official visits to South Africa - Punch Newspapers
The National Assembly has suspended all official visits to South Africa and directed its members and officials to boycott legislative activities hosted or organised by South African authorities until further notice. The decision was contained in a statement issued by the House of...
Anthropic flags five Claude AI uses linked to biological weapons research - Punch Newspapers
Artificial Intelligence. Photo: Jobaaj Learnings
EPL: Arsenal set to renew Arteta’s contract – Reports - Punch Newspapers
Arsenal are closing in on a new long-term contract for manager Mikel Arteta, with negotiations understood to have made significant progress in recent weeks. As reported by BBC Sport on Thursday, the club are increasingly confident that the Spaniard will extend his stay at the Emi...
NLC threatens FCT strike over teachers’ promotion grievances - Punch Newspapers
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Federal Capital Territory Council, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Capital Territory Administration to resolve three outstanding issues affecting teachers in the territory, warning that failure to do so would trigger an indefinite stri...
Nigeria ready to challenge the best at U-19 Cricket World Cup — Captain Chukwuonye - Punch Newspapers
Christabel Chukwuonye, 17, is shouldering the responsibility of leading Nigeria’s Junior Female Yellow Greens to the 2027 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh and Nepal. In this interview with ABIODUN ADEWALE, she shares her journey into cricket and her ambitions beyond t...
South Africa extradites six Nigerians to US over alleged romance scams - Punch Newspapers
Six Nigerian nationals accused of defrauding more than 100 women in the United States through online romance scams have been extradited from South Africa to the US. According to a post on X on Friday by the South African Police Service, the suspects, who were arrested in South ...
EFCC recoveries: The good, the bad and the ugly - Punch Newspapers
EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede. Photo: EFCC
Family begs IG to probe Anambra nursing student’s death - Punch Newspapers
The family of the late Chiamaka Chilaka, a student of the College of Nursing Sciences, Alor, Anambra State, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to order a fresh investigation into her death, alleging foul play. Chilaka reportedly died on June 14, 2026,...
53-year-old woman jailed for dumping refuse in Lagos drain - Punch Newspapers
A 53-year-old woman, Nelly Monday, has been sentenced to one month in prison for dumping refuse in a drainage channel in Lagos State. Monday was arrested in Meiran on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, for allegedly dumping refuse in the drain during rainfall. The Lagos Waste Manageme...
Obafemi Martins plans youth tournament for Tinubu’s campaign - Punch Newspapers
Nigerian football player Obafemi Martins of Shanghai Greenland Shenhua celebrates after scoring a goal against Hebei China Fortune in their fourth round match during the 2018 Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) in Shanghai, China, 31 March 2018. (Photo by Xia lei / Im...
Nigerians have right to film police on duty, lawyer counters IG warning - Punch Newspapers
Legal practitioner, Inibehe Effiong, has disagreed with the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, over the latter’s warning against Nigerians recording police officers for social media skits. Effiong argued that the Nigeria Police Force itself was a content-creating institutio...
Consolidated Hallmark Insurance gets A+(NG) rating, positive outlook - Punch Newspapers
Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Limited, the flagship non-life insurance subsidiary of Consolidated Hallmark Holdings Plc, has secured an upgraded A+(NG) national scale financial strength rating from GCR Ratings, rising from A(NG) (previously on a Stable Outlook), with a Positive...
Ronaldo takes last crack at Asian glory as Saudi teams set to dominate - Punch Newspapers
Nassr's Portuguese forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo smiles while playing during the Saudi Pro League football match between Al-Nassr and Abha at the Al-Awwal Park stadium in Riyadh on September 9, 2026. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP)
NISLT commends UBTH for establishing drug testing centre in South-South
The Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology has commended the management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital for establishing a Drug Testing Centre at the hospital.