The Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kayode Ajulo, SAN, has declared that the state has zero tolerance for corruption in the public service. Ajulo, who described corruption as an evil, said the state government stood firmly against it. The commissioner stated this on Monday in Akure, the st…
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday said the organisation had spent over N70bn on several corporate social responsibility projects executed across the country in less than two years. Adeniyi disclosed this in Modakeke, Osun State, while speaking with journalists on the sidelines…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the allocation of a property recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission as its new headquarters. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, disclosed this on Monday during the commissioning …
The Anambra State Police Command has foiled a suspected kidnapping attempt and rescued a 16-year-old victim, Favour Ayogu, at Ekene Junction, along Oguta Road, Onitsha, the commercial hub of the state. PUNCH Online gathered that the victim was allegedly abducted in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State by …
The Plateau State Government has condemned fresh attacks by gunmen in parts of Mangu Local Government Area and a separate incident in Jos South, which claimed more lives, urging residents not to resort to reprisals. In a statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Joyce Lohya Ramna…
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, SAN, has said the proposed amendment to the state’s Magistrates Law, seeking to increase the retirement age of magistrates and law officers, is not an Executive Bill. Pedro said the bill was a Private Member’s Bill currently before the Lagos St…
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a man, Oloruntoba Babatunde, who allegedly produced a herbal liquid substance that killed many people in Araromi-Obu and Odigbo communities in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. It was earlier reported that no fewer than 29 residents of the two communities were killed,…
Lagos State lawmaker and actor, Desmond Elliot, has again apologised to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, over his actions during the last All Progressives Congress primary election. Speaking during a meeting with Gbajabiamila and some party chieftains, the lawmaker begged on his knees and prostra…
INEC’s release of the final list of candidates for the 2027 general elections has intensified the contest for Nigeria’s 109 senatorial seats. Meanwhile, the CBN reports that Nigerian banks closed 476 branches and cash centres between 2022 and 2025, reducing the number from 5,410 to 4,934, an 8.8% decline. These develop…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted consignments of synthetic cannabis, opioids and other illicit drugs concealed in consolidated cargoes, music speakers and loaves of bread in operations across several states. The agency said on Sunday that its operatives intercepted two consignments of synthetic …
The commentary by the former Chief Press Secretary to Mr Samuel Ortom, and now Media Consultant to Mr Michael Aondoakaa, SAN, Dr Terver Akase, titled “Alia’s Attacks on Ortom, Aondoakaa Cannot Mask His Failure”, is long on political rhetoric but remarkably short on the evidence required to sustain its sweeping claims a…
The Nigeria High Commission in London, United Kingdom, has clarified that the £70 administrative fee paid by some Nigerians during the ongoing passport intervention exercise was not approved by the Federal Government, insisting that the standard administrative charge remains £20. The clarification came barely a day aft…
A new assessment has revealed that 97 per cent of primary healthcare centres across 16 states failed to meet national staffing standards. The PHC Operational Capability Report, produced by Orodata Science and Civic Tech, which was released on Friday, assessed 1,480 PHCs across 277 local government areas in Nigeria’s si…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, confirmed that Emir died in the incident and directed the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, to fish out those responsible for the crime. Reacting to the incident in a statement obtained on Sunday, the Osun Sta…
The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev. Matthew Ndagoso, on Sunday urged Nigerians to reject vote-buying and selling ahead of the 2027 general elections. Ndagoso, who is the Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese, made the call in Osogbo, Osun State, in his address at the opening session …
The Ogun State Executive Council has approved a fresh package of infrastructure and economic development projects, including the reconstruction of major roads, construction of two general hospitals, a power-generation investment and the establishment of an agency to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Th…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has commissioned a N15.9 billion flyover in the Post Office area of Maiduguri, marking the fourth flyover in the state capital. The nine-span flyover, which was completed within 11 months, was awarded in 2025 to Chinese contractors, Eighteenth Engineering Company. The government al…
Nigeria’s crude oil and condensate production rose to 1,677,777 barrels per day in August 2026, representing a 0.4 per cent increase from the 1.67 million bpd recorded in July. The increase, though modest, marked another month of improved oil production as the country sustained compliance with its Organisation of Petro…
Samuel Jonah, a 38-year-old native of Ankpa Local Government Area of Benue State, who lost his three children on Saturday, September 5, 2026, speaks with PETER DADA about how their lifeless bodies were found on his farm inside the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, in Akure, Ondo State Could you tell us the cir…
Serena and Venus Williams electrified Arthur Ashe Stadium but fell to Chan Hao-ching and Maya Joint in three thrilling sets in their return to the US Open women’s doubles on Friday. The superstar sisters, whose 14 Grand Slam doubles titles include two US Opens, rallied from a break down in the third set and led the dec…
A former Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Shehu Buba, is again facing allegations of supporting banditry as he struggles to clear his name. Findings by Saturday PUNCH showed that Buba, who represents Bauchi South Senatorial District in the Senate, has since 2024 faced allegations …
Bayer Leverkusen manager Carles Martinez has explained the decision to leave Nigeria striker Victor Boniface out of the club’s UEFA Europa League squad ahead of Saturday’s Bundesliga clash with Union Berlin. Boniface was omitted from the continental squad despite an impressive pre-season, having endured a difficult loa…
The two heaps of fresh sand behind the three-bedroom bungalow in Ogooluwa community, Akiode Ibogun, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, are all that remain of a tragedy that has left residents struggling to make sense of what happened. Placed side by side behind the house, the heaps mark the graves of a husband an…
You are an Iraqi based in London, United Kingdom, how did you learn to speak Yoruba? I trade at Woolwich Market. That is where I work and where I started meeting many Nigerian customers, especially Yoruba people. Many of the Nigerians I met at the market spoke Yoruba when they came to buy things from me. At first, I di…
A Nigerian man, Augustine Maazi, appeared before the Accra Circuit Court 8 in Ghana on Wednesday as proceedings continued in a case involving his alleged involvement in a planned robbery targeting three banks in the Labone area of Accra. Maazi, who was previously remanded in police custody after being denied bail, was …