Some commercial drivers operating within Enugu metropolis have decried low patronage by residents, attributing it to the economic challenges in the country. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu yesterday. According to them, the recent increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popular called […]

A report by the Auditor-General of the Federation has exposed irregular payments for contracts totalling over N197.72bn across various ministries, departments, and agencies, raising serious concerns about systemic lapses in financial compliance and procurement processes. The findings, which are detailed in the Auditor-General’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Internal Control Weaknesses, cover activities between 2020 […]

At least six employees of the Ministry of Health in Ebonyi State have been arrested for allegedly stealing government property. The suspects were reportedly apprehended on Saturday night at the ministry’s premises while attempting to move the items to points of sale. Governor Francis Nwifuru disclosed the arrests in a statement issued on Sunday by […]

No fewer than 331 senior civil servants have been promoted in the federal civil service, Sunday PUNCH gathered. The 331 new directors were among the 697 candidates who sat the oral interview on Monday, November 4, 2024. In May 2024, the Federal Civil Service Commission put out a notice for the year 2024 promotion/evaluation process […]

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has expressed dissatisfaction over the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPC) failure to meet its crude oil supply targets under the naira-for-crude initiative. Since the programme’s launch in October, NNPC has not delivered the agreed minimum of 385,000 barrels per day, with Dangote requiring 650,000 bpd to operate efficiently. The refinery […]

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled that the Nigeria government is accountable for the unlawful detention and mistreatment of Nigerian student Glory Okolie, even as the court awarded N10 million in compensation. The Court gave this ruling on Thursday 21 November 2024 and issued directives to safeguard human rights of the student, a statement […]

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after participating in the 2024 G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tinubu returned to the country on Saturday night after arriving at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the company of his wife, First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu. The president, who was invited to the summit by […]

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has revealed that 98.98 per cent of depositors in commercial banks and 99.27 per cent of those in microfinance banks in the country are now fully insured under its revised deposit insurance coverage. This was disclosed yesterday at the 2024 NDIC Editors Forum held in Lagos, where the corporation […]