You tell us every time to endure, for how long?, Protesters ask Tinubu
Major cities across the country are witnessing protests as the highly anticipated nationwide hunger protest begins today. Demonstrators are seen carrying placards and chanting slogans, with photos and videos flooding social media. In a video shared by news platform Oxygist,…
Students may pay N80,000 electricity fee in varsities – VCs’ panel
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities has said university students may likely be charged N80,000 or more to cover the high electricity tariffs. Secretary-General, CVCNU, Prof Yakubu Ochefu, in an interview with our correspondent, said universities could not afford…
Group demands protest cancellation over fear of mayhem in Edo
With the planned nationwide protest against bad governance in Nigeria expected to begin today, the Network of Benin Ethnic Nationalities Organisation on Tuesday called for the cancellation of the protest as it could lead to the breakdown of law and…
Immigration officers assault journalist in Edo
Some officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service on Wednesday assaulted a journalist with the News Agency of Nigeria, Joy Odigie, based in Benin, the Edo State capital. Our correspondent learnt that a female officer also discriminated against Odigie, calling her…
Kidnapped Ekiti varsity ex-DVC found buried in shallow grave
The former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, who was kidnapped on July 9, has been found dead. Sources, who could not confirm whether the 79-year-old retired university teacher died as a result of…
BREAKING: Police detonate explosive device in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command anti-bomb squad has deactivated an improvised explosive device in the Ikeja area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to PUNCH Online on Wednesday. He said the device, which…
FULL LIST: The demands of protesters for August 1 nationwide protest
As momentum continues to gather ahead of the planned nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest, some organisers have insisted that they remained undaunted and would hit the streets on August 1. The aggrieved Nigerians have been mobilising and organising on social media platforms…
Senate repeals, re-enact 2024 Appropriation Act
The Senate reversed itself on Wednesday on the amendments it made to the 2024 Appropriation Act by repealing and reenacting the law. The repeal and reenactment now fully incorporated the N6.2trillion President Bola Tinubu requested the National Assembly to add…
Loans: NELFUND disburses N1.72bn for 20,000 students’ fees
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, says it has disbursed over N1.72 billion as loans to 20,000 students in five tertiary institutions. He added that an additional N850 million would be disbursed before the close of work on Wednesday to…
Senate Passes Bill To Increase CBN Ways And Means Loans To FG
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to increase the percentage of Ways and Means loans the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can give to the Federal Government. The upper chamber of the Nigerian legislature raised the credit facility obtainable…