The Federal Government has said it is targeting 8,000 megawatts of electricity generation and transmission by the end of 2027 as part of efforts to improve power supply across the country. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this on Wednesday at the launch of the Renewable Energy Assets Management Company in…
The Lagos State Government has faulted electricity regulators over the continued failure to meter all electricity consumers in the state, insisting that existing laws already require every customer to have a meter. The Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Biodun Ogunleye, stated this while speakin…
Your salary belongs to your husband. You don't have any right to use it without his consent - Nigerian woman tells women A Nigerian Muslim woman, Muhammed Fatima, has sated that women don't have the right to use their own salary without the consent of their husband. According to her, a woman's salary belongs to her hus…
Thousands of residents and party supporters on Wednesday trooped into the streets of the three federal constituencies in Ogun Central Senatorial District as the Peoples Democratic Party officially flagged off its campaigns for the 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections. In Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency, w…
Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Wednesday formally launched the Ogun State chapter of the Iru Ekun Security Network. Videos and photographs circulating online showed the event drawing a large crowd of supporters, with reports stating that thousands of volunteers joined. Spea…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said the delivery of legacy projects by his administration will give the All Progressives Congress an advantage in the forthcoming general elections. Fubara said APC candidates would be able to campaign on the projects delivered by his administration, particularly at the gr…
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Stakeholders in Gambari Ward 1, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, and the 51 ward chairmen of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara Central Senatorial District have dismissed the defection of Senator Saliu Mustapha from the ruling party. They declared their continued support for Governor AbdulRahman Ab…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected drug dealer, Aliyu Suleman, and recovered 64 bottles of Methylene Chloride and 17 pieces of rubber solution in the state. Suleman, 23, is a resident of the Tudun Salmanu area of the state. The command disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spoke…
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kano State Command, have intercepted and arrested two suspected cattle rustlers at a mining checkpoint along the Tudun Wada–Kiru Road, Rahama Round, in Kiru Local Government Area of Kano State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Abdullahi, confirm…
The Pali Development Association, an umbrella body representing the host community of the Kolmani oil field in Bauchi State, has urged the Federal Government to move beyond statements and verification visits and take concrete steps towards the immediate remobilisation of exploration activities at the site. The associat…
Youths in Politics NG has called on the leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress to review the nomination process for the Lagos State House of Assembly, Eti-Osa Constituency I, following a complaint by one of the aspirants, John Akano. The organisation made the call in a statement issued by its President, followin…
Amnesty International and Yiaga Africa have condemned the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Samuel Shekwolo, over alleged threats to eject residents who refuse to join or vote for the All Progressives Congress in 2027. Amnesty, in a post on X, described the alleged threat as a call to violence a…
Thirty-three state governments spent at least N512.10bn on Government Houses, Governors’ Offices and travel and transport in the first six months of 2026, an amount about 4,713 times higher than the combined six-month salary of Nigeria’s 36 governors, an analysis of state budget implementation reports has shown on Mond…
…Hyacinth Alia has rejected any proposal to establish ranches in the state without the consent of his administration and the people, saying residents would resist any attempt to take their land for pastoral activities.Alia made the remarks on Tuesday, August 25, during a town hall meeting with stakeholders from the Kats…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Tuesday approved the appointment of Mrs Titilayo Olayinka as the new Accountant General of the state. The Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti that the appointment, which took effect immediately, came barely 24 hours after…
The management and legal team of Nigerian dancer and socialite, Iweh Odinaka, popularly known as Poco Lee, have said claims linking him to alleged drink spiking are not part of the allegations or charges before a court in the United Kingdom. The management made the clarification in a statement issued on Tuesday amid on…
The National Democratic Congress candidate for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Ladipo Johnson, has warned that parts of Lagos could be submerged within the next two to three decades if the state fails to urgently address flooding, drainage blockage and indiscriminate land reclamation. Johnson said this on Tuesday wh…
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, intervened on Tuesday to prevent police officers from arresting Abdulazeez Adegbola, better known as Tani Olohun, an advocate of Isese, the indigenous Yoruba faith, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Videos circulating online and posted on Tani Olohun’s Faceb…
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Cross River State, Arthur-Javis Archibong, has accepted Governor Bassey Otu’s challenge to a public debate. Archibong said he was ready to engage Otu in an open debate at any time and venue chosen by the governor, provided Otu w…
President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate rescue operation into the recent mass abduction of victims in Niger State. This was disclosed by the president’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a State House release on Tuesday. Tinubu described the attackers as “enemies of peace and enemies o…
Social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has cleared the air over the reason for his invitation to the ongoing 2026 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association. VeryDarkMan stated this on Tuesday while he spoke as a panellist at the conference in Port Harcourt, the Rivers Stat…
Nollywood actress, Ronke Ojo, popularly known as Ronke Oshodi-Oke, has said she supports politicians for money, urging people not to insult or criticise her if they see her around political figures. The actress made this known in an interview with African A-List uploaded on Sunday on YouTube and seen byPUNCH Online on …
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have dismantled an alleged baby factory in the Mowe area of the state, rescuing two pregnant women and four children. The command also said it arrested six suspects in connection with the incident. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this i…