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  President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, hailed the sacrifices of the men and women of the Armed Forces who laid down and continue to lay down their lives to ensure Nigeria’s territorial integrity. In a tweet posted on his official ...

  The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has announced its withdrawal from the local government elections scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2025. The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission had earlier screened 13 political parties, including the PDP, ...

  The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries says the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and its efforts to ramp up Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) production are impacting the PMS market in Europe. The 650,000-capacity Dangote refinery, which began operations in January ...

  Five Oyo town kingmakers and their preferred candidate for the Alaafin stool, Prince Lukman Gbadegesin, on Wednesday, issued Governor Seyi Makinde a 30-day ultimatum to reverse the appointment of Akeem Owoade as the Alaafin or face a fresh legal ...

  The Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has attributed current economic hardship to poor decisions made during the 2023 elections. Suleman made this assertion during Tuesday and Wednesday’s two-day “Recovery Conference 2025” in Bauchi State, the ...

  President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named among the 400 Presidential Early Career Award recipients for Scientists and Engineers in the United States. PUNCH Online reports that the prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in ...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced that it remitted N10 trillion to the Federation Account as of September 2024. NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, revealed this during a budget defence session before the Joint Committee ...

  Nigeria’s crude oil revenue rose to about N50.88tn in 2024, findings by The PUNCH revealed. Data obtained from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, an agency of the Federal Government, confirmed that Nigeria produced a total of 408,680,457 barrels ...

  First Bank of Nigeria Plc has secured the order of a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to arrest a cargo belonging to General Hydrocarbons Limited. The court, in Suit number: FHC/PH/CS/02/2025, ordered that the entire ...

First City Monument Bank has announced the appointment of Felicia Obozuwa as the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Service Management, following approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, it was indicated that Obozuwa brings ...

  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Kyiv on Thursday on an unannounced visit to shore up support for Ukraine after nearly three years of war, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been holding a flurry of meetings ...

  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday hailed a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas militant group as a “victory” for Palestinians and a “defeat” for Israel.   “The end of the war and the imposition of a ...

  The Federal Government on Thursday reacted to recent remarks by the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who commented on the economic reforms introduced under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Sanusi II, who spoke at a public event in Lagos ...

  The President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has accepted an invitation from President Bola Tinubu to visit Nigeria in 2025. Tinubu, who arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday as a guest of the UAE ...

  Retired generals have expressed worries over the resurgence of terrorist attacks in the North-East, stressing the need to curtail the development. Amnesty International, however, pointed out that the violent escalation indicates a failure of the current security measures. At ...

  An activist and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Wednesday categorically stated that Kano State must have only one emir as passed by the Court of Appeal, and the 16th emir of Kano has come to stay in ...

  The Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday said its officers have arrested Opeyemi Ibrahim and Dimeji Bakare for allegedly buying clothes worth N220,000 using fake bank transfers from one Christopher Chukwuma at Oru Ijebu in the Ijebu North Local ...

  Prominent Northerners, including a former Chief Security Officer to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha,  Senator Natasha Apkoti, and Chief Spokesperson of Labour Party, Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 polls, Dr Yunusa Tanko, gathered at the ...

  One of the contenders for the Alaafin of Oyo throne, Prince Ayobami Ladigbolu, has recounted his experiences during the contest for the crown. In a statement published on Facebook on Tuesday, the prince congratulated the new Alaafin, Oba Abimbola ...

  Protesting students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Wednesday, attacked the convoy of the Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele. It was gathered that the angry students attacked the convoy of Salako-Oyedele, who was on her way to ...

  Mrs Abosede Aloba, the mother of the late singer Ilerioluwa, popularly known as Mohbad, and actor Yomi Fabiyi have clashed over the cause of the singer’s death. Fabiyi, at a World Press Conference held on Wednesday at Radisson Blu ...

  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested four Chinese nationals and 101 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu area of Abuja over suspected internet fraud. The commission announced the arrests on Thursday, 9 January ...

  The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 38-year-old man, Destiny Ekhorutomuen, for allegedly using social media platforms to spread false and inciting content intended to damage the reputation of the police and provoke public discontent. Force Public Relations Officer, ...

  The Department of State Services has arrested a 32-year-old blogger, identified as Augustus, for cloning its official website and posting a fake recruitment notice. The suspect, from Akwa Ibom State, was apprehended on Thursday at his residence on Akpan ...

  The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that three individuals sustained injuries in a late-night accident at Abule Ojo Junction near Alagbole, Ogun State. CSP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s spokesperson, disclosed the details in a statement released on Friday. ...