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May Day: Tinubu promises better working conditions, fair wages for workers
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Workers’ Day: Labour laments rising food prices, fuel crisis
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Lagos-Calabar highway: Six things to know about ongoing demolition of Landmark beach
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Workers' Day: FG declares Wednesday public holiday
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Senators jostle over seats in newly renovated chamber
86 rooms where tenants paid N250,000 a year found under Lagos bridge
Lagos State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Wednesday said the government discovered 86 partitioned rooms, sized 10×10 and 12×10, under the Dolphi...
1st May 2024
May Day: Tinubu promises better working conditions, fair wages for workers
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday pledged better living and working conditions for all Nigerians of working age, saying the “custodians of the nation’s machinery deserve a fair wage and e...
1st May 2024
Workers’ Day: Labour laments rising food prices, fuel crisis
•Reps, NLC, NBA, students reject electricity tariff hike, lament rising inflation •Queues worsen gridlock, commuters stranded, more vessels discharge PMS As Nigerian workers commemorate the 2024 M...
1st May 2024
Lagos-Calabar highway: Six things to know about ongoing demolition of Landmark beach
The popular Landmark Beach in Victoria Island of Lagos State is facing a significant transformation as demolition for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway commenced on Monday. PUNCH reports that the Mini...
30th April 2024
Workers' Day: FG declares Wednesday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 1, 2024, as a public holiday in commemoration of Workers’ Day. This was announced in a press statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry ...
30th April 2024
Senators jostle over seats in newly renovated chamber
A rowdy session marred the resumption of the Senate to plenary on Tuesday as senators fought over the seats. The plenary had started around 11 am and immediately after the procession, the Senate Presi...
30th April 2024
NERC deregulates meters prices May 1
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday released an order on the Deregulation of Meter Prices for meters deployed under the Meter Asset Provider Scheme. It said the prices of meters w...
30th April 2024
Petrol hits N800 as 240 million-litre vessels arrive
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Monday began offloading 240 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, as it stepped up efforts to tackle the worsening nationw...
30th April 2024
JUST IN: Why I raised Edo minimum wage to N70,000 - Obaseki
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has explained the reasons behind the increase in the minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000. Obaseki said it was due to the recent exchan...
29th April 2024
BREAKING: JAMB releases 2024 UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. Over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the examination in 118 tow...
29th April 2024
Tinubu govt can't change Nigeria's economic fortunes — Suswam
A former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has said that the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government lacks the requirements to change Nigeria’s economic fortunes. Suswam, also the la...
28th April 2024
Fuel subsidy removal necessary to avert financial crisis - Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration’s removal of the fuel subsidy was in the best interest of Nigeria, saying it was necessary not to plunge the country into bankruptcy. He st...
28th April 2024
What transpired between me and developer who claimed I was anti-Igbo - Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has lamented how a land developer in Abuja who accused him of being anti-Igbo allegedly abused him via text messages. Wike stated that the F...
27th April 2024
Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as student loan fund chairman
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of renowned banker and businessman, Jim Ovia, as the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund. Ovia’s appointment is contained in a ...
26th April 2024
Demolition of buildings for Lagos-Calabar coastal road begins Saturday
The Federal Government has announced that the demolition of buildings situated within the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will commence this coming Saturday. According to Channels Telev...
26th April 2024
JUST IN: How ex-HoS, Oyo-Ita, others diverted N3bn to private companies -Witness
Hamma Bello, the eighth posecution witness in the trial of a former Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuj...
25th April 2024
UPDATED: Akeredolu's ex-deputy, Agboola wins Ondo PDP gov primary
A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Ajayi Agboola, has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the November governorship election in the state. Agboola polled 264 votes at the...
25th April 2024
How Binance executive planned prison escape, applied for new US passport
The detained Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has attempted to escape from Kuje Correctional Facility, The PUNCH has learnt. Investigations by our correspondent revealed how Mr Ga...
25th April 2024
FAAN diverts flight operations as fire breaks out at Lagos Airport
The Federal Airport Authority has said it has diverted all flight operations from the Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal 1 to the D wing of the airport over a fire incident. FAAN also added that the en...
25th April 2024
Abuja Chinese supermarket owner appears before FCCPC, store reopened
The owner of the Abuja-based Chinese supermarket sealed for not allowing Nigerians to shop at the facility, Liu Bei, has appeared before a tribunal at the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection C...
24th April 2024
JUST IN: Wike’s loyalist rejects Fubara’s redeployment, resigns as Rivers commissioner
The Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zaccaeus Adangor, SAN has rejected his redeployment to the Ministry of Special Duties (Governor’s Office), and consequently resi...
24th April 2024
EFCC may prosecute 300 forex racketeers
•EFCC gets order to freeze 300 accounts, says one account transacted $15bn illegally •Naira would have crashed massively if 300 accounts were not frozen – Chairman The Economic and Financial Cri...
24th April 2024
EXCLUSIVE: EFCC arrests Sirika over alleged N8bn Nigeria Air fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering probe. The indicted former Minister of Aviation a...
23rd April 2024
UPDATED: Dana Air confirms Lagos airport runway incident, says aircraft grounded
The management of Dana Air has confirmed reports that one of its aircraft with registration number 5N BKI skidded off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday morni...
23rd April 2024
No-Nigerian shopper: Chinese operator risks sanctions as FG shuts Abuja supermarket
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed an Abuja-based Chinese supermarket for barring Nigerians and restricting entry to Chinese nationals. The commission, which on Mo...
23rd April 2024
Abuja Chinese supermarket where Nigerians are not allowed to shop sealed
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed the Abuja-based Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce in Abuja, following allegations of discri...
22nd April 2024Nigeria not mature for state-controlled police, says Egbetokun
The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has opposed the establishment of State Police, saying the country was not ripe for it. Egbetokun stated this during a one-day dialogue on state po...
22nd April 2024
BREAKING: Aiyedatiwa emerges Ondo APC candidate
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has won the governorship primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state, held on Saturday. In the poll, the governor scored a total of 48,46...
21st April 2024
North-Central APC backs Ganduje’s suspension, moves to reclaim seat
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in the North Central on Sunday backed the suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and demanded that the seat that Abdullah...
21st April 2024
Dollar rise: EFCC continues crackdown on cryptocurrency platforms, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has instituted a further crackdown on currency speculators and cryptocurrency platforms manipulating the naira, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Impeccable sources...
21st April 2024
APC primary: Ondo commissioner beaten for allegedly withholding results sheet
The Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, was allegedly beaten to the point of unconsciousness during the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, held on Saturday. The inc...
20th April 2024
