…Punch on Google The association said LAUTECH Teaching Hospital provides specialised services in orthopaedics, urology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, while serving as a referral centre for patients within and outside the state. It said maintaining adequate skilled manpower was important to the hospital’s prov…

…have urged Nigerians to desist from boiling unpeeled and unwashed eggs and rice together in the same pot. The food experts explained that bacteria, such as Salmonella and E. coli, may be present on eggshells and could contaminate the rice as the egg and rice cook together. They noted that although boiling can destroy b…

JUSTICE OKAMGBA follows 10-year-old Ojo Ibukun and explores how poverty, migration, and informal apprenticeship can take children from neigbouring Republic of Benin to Lagos construction sites, where work replaces school and protection becomes harder to enforce In Nigeria, one of Africa’s biggest economies, childhood c…

Crude oil prices rose to $107 per barrel on Monday from $104, before retreating to $105 as Qatar planned fresh talks between the United States and Iran in a renewed effort to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. According to Reuters, the proposed diplomatic engagement comes amid continued disruptions to oil shi…

…Democracy and Development and the Council of the Wise, led by former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. He urged the electoral umpire and political stakeholders to abide by the rules governing elections and ensure that Nigerians were allowed to freely choose their leaders. He also called on security…

…88 per cent of smartphone users in Nigeria as consumers increasingly turn to mobile devices for payments, transfers and other financial transactions, a new report has revealed. The Nigeria Smartphone Study 2025, conducted by KPMG Nigeria and Orange Group, found that banking and fintech applications were the second-most…

…Ground Handlers Association of Nigeria has directed its members to stop providing services to XEJET Airline over an outstanding debt estimated at N300m. The association announced the directive on Monday, accusing the airline of repeatedly failing to honour payment arrangements reached with ground handling companies des…

…love to communities in need, following a successful two-day crusade in São Paulo.The choice of Colinas do Oeste in Osasco for the outreach was significant. Osasco is one of Brazil’s major urban and economic centres, with a population of 728,615 recorded in the 2022 Census and a per-capita Gross Domestic Product of R$16…

…Limited, Leno Adesanya, has rejected attempts to link him politically with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, saying such associations were being exploited by political detractors to create a misleading impression about his role in the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power P…

…terrorism in the Sahel. But it was his intervention on slavery and reparatory justice that potentially carries the greatest historical significance. Mahama argued that acknowledging the historical crime is not sufficient. “True healing requires truth. And truth requires acknowledgement. And acknowledgement must lead to…

…governments that still claim to believe in collective action. Two days later, Vice President Kashim Shettima spoke for Nigeria. He addressed Sudan and the Sahel and pressed for Security Council reform. Nigeria was represented, and its case was heard. Yet President Bola Tinubu’s absence deserves scrutiny. He has missed…

The Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation has flagged at least N3.62bn in financial irregularities at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria, Abuja, including N2.77bn in unremitted tender fees, questionable contract payments and purchases of store items without evidence of delivery. The findings, c…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old housewife, Hauwa’u Haruna, for allegedly killing her co-wife, Jamila Adamu, during a domestic incident at Tafawa Balewa Housing Estate, Bauchi. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. Habib…

A 26-year-old security man, Godwin Dauda, has been arrested by the Police authorities following an allegation that he raped an 11-year-old girl Christabel Albert to death, and dumped her corpse inside a church well. The incident, Arewa PUNCH gathered happened in Suleja, Niger State after Dauda, who was attached to the…

…prosecutors, an anti-corruption and violence against women investigating judge, and a police colonel. Nine additional Bolivians who did not have US visas have been “rendered generally ineligible to receive visas.” The statement did not provide details on why the specific individuals were targeted. It additionally said…

…management urged graduates who remained uncertain about their status to approach the Office of the Registrar for verification and further information. “Accordingly, all concerned graduates may proceed to the Office of the Registrar to confirm their mobilisation status and obtain any necessary clarification,” it added.…

…in Osogbo on Monday, lauded the Minister’s impeccable track record of selfless service to humanity in both public and private sectors, describing him as ‘an exemplary leader of no equal means.’ The ex-Managing Director, Osun State Investment Company Limited, and two-term Finance Commissioner under Governors Rauf Aregbe…

Michael Olise’s magnificent late strike gave France a 1-0 victory in Belgium in the UEFA Nations League on Monday as Zinedine Zidane made it two wins out of two since being named coach. Bayern Munich star Olise, who was one of the outstanding players at the World Cup in which France reached the semi-finals, came off th…

By Egufe Yafugborhi & Ochuko Akuopha Delta State Police Command says it has taken the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Dr. Kingsley Ashibogwu, and three other suspects into custody over the death of Mr Unity Ekpevbughe Adeda, Deputy Director in the state Ministry of Secondary Education. The development brings to f…

…community schools. He also proposed an Igbo digital marketplace and certified apprenticeship system, saying technology should be deployed to organise the region’s enormous trading and entrepreneurial ecosystem. For the diaspora, Moghalu advocated a comprehensive registration system, arguing that Ndigbo could not effect…

…channels had been blocked to facilitate construction work. Meanwhile, the Information Officer of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Terna Ager, confirmed that the agency had received reports of flooding in Achussa. Ager, however, said officials of the agency had not yet visited the affected community t…

…those affected, he said, were military and immigration facilities, shops around the rice market, banks, Shafa filling station and other filling stations located within the road’s right-of-way. The director added that the state government also released N800 million in compensation for properties affected by road constru…

…21 companies for allegedly operating financial investment businesses without valid licences from the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. Justice Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa convicted the companies after they were arraigned by the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on September…

…society. Investing in teachers, students, infrastructure and educational support services is an investment in the future of Ondo State,” he said.

…plans to “require councils and social housing providers to give eight weeks’ notice before selling social homes outside the sector.” The measure is part of new amendments to the Social Housing Bill announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on Monday, September 28, 2026. This was published o…