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In moments of national anxiety, when insecurity gnaws at the edges of hope and governance appears to be fighting fires on too many fronts, there is often a quiet longing for a figure who can steady the ship. It is within this atmosphere that General Christopher Musa’s return to national prominence has ignited fresh debates: Does he hold the magic wand? Can one man shift the arc of Nigeria’s security trajectory? And most importantly, are Nigerians right to believe he can? For many citizens, Musa represents something rare, a soldier whose reputation has not been drowned in the controversies that…

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced nationwide sales of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) at a pump price of N739 per litre across all MRS Oil Nigeria Plc filling stations, marking a significant milestone in the refinery’s mission to deliver affordable fuel to Nigerians and stabilise the downstream petroleum market. In a statement from the firm on Sunday, it stated that with over 2,000 MRS stations nationwide, the new pricing is expected to be implemented across all outlets, ensuring that the benefits of the reduction reach consumers throughout the country. The refinery commended marketers who have embraced the new pricing regime and…

The female team from Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State has won the second edition of the Nonye Soludo Volleyball Competition, which ended at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, on Sunday. They defeated Team Njikoka LGA in a fierce final that thrilled the audience. The competition, initiated by the wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, is aimed at discovering and nurturing budding talents in volleyball across the state. Earlier in the day, Team Anaocha LGA defeated Team Aguata LGA to clinch the third position. Commending the coordinators, players and officials for what she described…

Finance platforms racing to add prediction markets are doing so at the cost of accelerated “casino-like” user churn, says venture capital firm Inversion Capital founder and CEO, Santiago Roel Santos.Santos argued in a blog post on Saturday that while he is a “believer in the underlying idea” of prediction markets, he thinks offering them in mainstream finance apps like Robinhood threatens future value capture by increasing the risk of user account liquidation. “The problem with casino-like products isn’t that users lose money. It’s that casinos accelerate churn,” he said. “The longer you exist inside a casino, the higher the probability of liquidation.…

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The process of appointing a new vice-chancellor for the Federal University Wukari, FUW, Taraba State, has been thrown into crisis following sharp disagreements among the university’s governing council, management and other stakeholders. The controversy arose from a letter dated December 17, 2025, in which the pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council, Professor Iysa Ade Bello, directed the immediate suspension of the vice-chancellor selection process. The letter, addressed to the incumbent vice-chancellor, Professor Jude S. Rabo, stated that the action was taken with the approval of the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Olatunji Alausa. In the letter, Professor Bello also…

The final batch of 130 students abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Niger State, regained their freedom on Sunday, bringing to an end one of Nigeria’s largest recent mass school kidnappings. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Communication, Sunday Dare, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle Sunday evening. “Another 130 abducted Niger State pupils released. None left in captivity,” Dare wrote, adding that all 303 students and 12 teachers seized during the November 21 attack have now been accounted for. The freed children arrived in Minna, the Niger State…

A dual US-Nigerian citizen, Izunna Okonkwo, has been indicted alongside five other individuals of different nationalities over an alleged $41m stock market fraud in the United States. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement obtained on the United States Department of Justice website on Sunday that Okonkwo and the other defendants allegedly engaged in insider trading between June 2020 and February 2024. The statement added that the six suspects were charged on Friday for their participation in a years-long scheme to trade securities based on material non-public information. The statement identified the other defendants as Muhammad Saad Shoukat, 33; his brothers,…

Nigeria’s recurring struggles with unauthorised air movements, unregulated mineral extraction, and transnational terrorist mobility expose long-standing weaknesses in its national air and border defence systems. Recent events—including the detention of a Nigerian military aircraft in Burkina Faso—further highlight inconsistencies in Nigeria’s own compliance framework and the incomplete state of its aviation governance. This report examines the structural gaps, provides comparative analysis with peer African states, references relevant international aviation laws, and outlines evidence-based recommendations for establishing a sustainable and holistic national air and border defence coverage system capable of deterring unauthorised flights, securing territorial integrity, and restoring federal authority in…

The Federal Government is considering modernising 50 per cent of Nigeria’s operational textile capacity with state-of-the-art equipment within five years as part of a broader revitalisation agenda. This follows a recent report by The PUNCH that textile imports rose to N814.27bn in the first nine months of 2025, despite the government’s promises to turn the sector around. This upgrade is part of the government’s internal plans to introduce tax breaks, establish a national textile training institute, and provide single-digit interest rate loans to revive the textile industry. The proposals, contained in a December 2025 document obtained by The PUNCH, showed…