Kebbi state governor Dr. Nasir Idris has joined other international and Nigerian leaders in celebrating with former Head of State, General Abubakar Abdulsalam as he clocked 83rd year. Idris, in a congratulatory message, signed by his special adviser on communication and strategy,Abdullahi Idris Zuru, Governor Idris described the former military head of state as a […]

Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa has reaffirmed his administration’s readiness to support the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), just as he promised to promote the welfare of corps members serving in the state. The Governor also assured all NYSC corps members deployed to the state of adequate protection and care during their service year […]

Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare said he did not visit President Bola Tinubu for personal gain. Bakare visited the president at his Lagos residence on June 4. Shedding light on the visit during a recent sermon, the cleric debunked insinuations it was to seek personal favours from the president. […]

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, said it has rescued a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly subjected to abuse, starvation, exploitation by a house wife in Sokoto State. In a statement signed by NAPTIP’s Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, the young girl, Bashariyya Usman, was first identified in a viral video […]

Two young women have narrated what could be summed up as a life-scarring ordeal after allegedly being assaulted by a popular Port Harcourt-based realtor, Maduba Okechi Christian, and his security details at a nightclub in the Rivers State capital. Saturday PUNCH learnt that what was meant to be a night of carefree fun turned into […]

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thundery and rainy weather activities from Saturday to Monday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja envisaged early morning thunderstorms on Saturday over parts of Taraba, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Adamawa states in the northern region. According to it, thunderstorms with rains are anticipated over parts […]

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has said that President Bola Tinubu cannot achieve any meaningful economic reform with the current political governance structure in the country. Agbakoba stated this on Friday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The senior lawyer suggested that Tinubu should take some of […]

Presidential spokesperson, Daniel Bwala, has called out the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Peter Obi, over his recent criticism of the Bola Tinubu administration. Bwala, the Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, suggested that Peter Obi should have no position on issues of June 12, 1993, since, according to […]

Senate Spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, has stated that no level of cost-cutting should affect the allocations that go to lawmakers. The lawmaker said this while rejecting the call for Nigeria to run a part-time parliamentary system. According to him, a part-time parliament would mean a part-time democracy, insisting Nigeria cannot run such a risk. He stated […]

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, has lamented that despite Nigeria witnessing nearly three decades of uninterrupted civil rule, democracy is still dangerously underdeveloped. Presenting a paper titled “Required Reforms for Stronger Democratic Institutions in Nigeria” at The Platform Nigeria: June 12, 2025 edition, organized by The Covenant […]