…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issuesEkiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has sacked all Technical Advisors (TAs) and Directors-General (DGs) of government agencies in the state, effective immediately, as he prepares to begin a s…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has formally dissolved his State Executive Council following a valedictory session held with cabinet members at the Exco Chamber of the Governor's Office…

…of the citizens. As a consolation and surrender, we say “better late than never”. The government policy is seen to be geared towards reducing the pains of the urban poor with much attachment to urban public transportation, with less concern for the middle class. This class serves as the buffer between the rich and the…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Borno State - Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) killed 25 ISWAP fighters who launched a night-time assault on Kukawa town in Borno State, the Defence Headquarters announced at the weekend.The Direc…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Jos, Plateau State - A Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State, has ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) to organise fresh primary elections in 10 wards within the Jos South/Jos East…

…journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has more than eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues.Yola, Adamawa State - The Adamawa State Muslim Council announced on Friday, October 9, 2026, that Modibbo Abubakar Bobboi Modibbo Iya Wuro Yombe, a prominent Muslim cleric based in Yola, ha…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Armed assailants have killed a police officer on his way to work along the Kwi-Beco road, a stretch that runs between Riyom and Barikin Ladi local government areas of Plateau StateIt was gathered that…

…and Industry’s Agricultural and Allied Group, Tunde Banjoko, explained that recent government policy led to the shift.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on Google Banjoko said, “Some waivers were given for products like palm oil and rice, and the import tariffs were drastically reduced. It became more favourabl…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Edo State - Rotimi Amaechi, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice presidential candidate, has detailed how an Atiku Abubakar administration plans to bring down the cost of fuel through a domestic…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues A mother whose son was among the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha expressway has revealed that her family paid N6 million in ransom before his release.Legi…

…journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues.FCT, Abuja - Primary and secondary schools, universities, and other educational institutions across Nigeria will not hold academic activities on Friday, December 25, 2026, as the country observe…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issuesPlateau State - Gunmen shot dead Rwas Paul Danladi, a youth leader and former chairman of the Berom Youth Moulders-Association (BYM) for Gashish District, during an attack on Wednesday evening, October…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issuesOndo State - Flying Officer Isa Muyiwa Adeshina had spent more than a decade working his way up through the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) before finally achieving his goal of becoming a commissione…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Four people, including a pregnant woman and a six-month-old baby, were kidnapped from Alrahus Estate in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, late on Monday night.The attack b…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Benin City, Edo State - Gunmen broke into the home of Pa Joseph Iduoriyekemwen, a 90-year-old man and father of the Edo South Senatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in the Amag…

…journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues.Ibadan, Oyo State - The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three men in connection with the killing and robbery of a family at Oloba Village, Lagelu Local Government Area of Ibadan.In a state…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje, the co-pilot of the Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft that crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday, had walked down the aisle just two weeks be…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Ibadan, Oyo State - A mother has broken down in a public appeal for the release of her son and 19 other prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted while travelling to their orien…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that all 25 people on board its ATR 42 aircraft, designated NAF 931, perished when the plane came down in the Igbokoda area of Ondo Sta…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Ibadan, Oyo State - Families of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted in Imo State have revealed that the kidnappers issued a 24-hour ultimatum demanding N1 billion for…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issuesImo State - Security operatives in Imo State have pinpointed the location where suspected kidnappers are holding abducted NYSC members and other victims, but a field of improvised explosive de…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Yenegoa, Bayelsa State - The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has posthumously recognised former military head of state Sani Abacha to mark three decades since the state's creation.The…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Port Harcourt, Rivers State - FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has publicly challenged the people of Evo Kingdom in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, to identify a single project or dev…

…journalist Adekunle Dada has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Makurdi, Benue State - Suspected hoodlums have killed Igbu Terhemen, the chairman of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Fiidi Council Ward in Makurdi local government area of Benue state.The dec…

…Executive Director, Corporate Services, Origin Tech Group, Olusesan Ayeni, said government policy, infrastructure, financing and energy were critical, noting that states also had a role to play. He said: “We need to bring that policy back where there is deliberate effort to build roads, seaport, help farmers, create st…