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As more state houses of assembly pass the 2026 budgets, Governors Monday Okpebholo (Edo), Duoye Diri (Bayelsa) and Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti), on Tuesday, signed the appropriation bills into law. Also on Tuesday, the Nasarawa State House of Assembly okayed N545.2bn, an increase of N27.6bn from the N517.5bn earlier presented by Governor Abdullahi Sule. The Ondo State House of Assembly also passed the N655.23bn appropriation bill presented by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Assenting to the N939bn appropriation bill at the Government House, Benin City, on Tuesday, Okphebholo said the budget would move the state to a greater height. “Let me thank members…
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday announced plans to sanction the officer heading the unit implicated in the controversial arrest of a senior reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Sodeeq Atanda. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement shared on his verified X handle on Tuesday, following public outrage over the detention of the journalist’s wife and nine-month-old child, who were allegedly used as bait to lure him. PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday that the incident occurred on Monday when officers from the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit reportedly detained Atanda’s…
Seamfix, a digital identity and biometric solutions provider, in partnership with the government of the Republic of Benin, has launched ePass, a self-service digital passport renewal platform designed for Beninese citizens living abroad. This is contained in a statement by the firm, which was made available to The PUNCH over the weekend. According to the statement, the platform, powered by Seamfix’s GovSmart government digital identity and service delivery solution, allows citizens in the diaspora to renew their international passports entirely online without visiting embassies or consular offices. The firm stressed that ePass is now accessible to Beninese living in over…
Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has insisted Nigeria still have room for improvement at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, despite opening their campaign with a 2–1 victory over Tanzania on Tuesday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Forty-five years after beating the Taifa Stars 3-1 in the opening match of the 1980 AFCON in Lagos, Nigeria were made to work hard for another opening-day win, edging Tanzania 2-1 at the Complexe Sportif de Fès in Morocco. Centre-back Semi Ajayi gave the Super Eagles the lead in the 36th minute, rising highest to head home Alex Iwobi’s inswinging corner for his…
TikTok said on Friday it will comply with Australia’s imminent ban on under-16s joining social media on the day it comes into force, but told users the changes “may be upsetting.” Australia’s world-first legislation comes into effect on December 10, curbing the world’s most popular social media platforms and websites, including TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Companies face fines of Aus$49.5 million (US$32 million) if they fail to take “reasonable steps” to comply. TikTok will block under-16s in Australia on the day the law comes into effect, it said, meaning they will no longer be able to hold or create an…
Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds have seen a prolonged streak of outflows, indicating that institutional investors have disengaged with crypto, says the analytics platform Glassnode.Since early November, the 30-day simple moving average of net flows into US spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) ETFs has turned negative, Glassnode said on Tuesday.“This persistence suggests a phase of muted participation and partial disengagement from institutional allocators, reinforcing the broader liquidity contraction across the crypto market,” it added.Flows into crypto ETFs usually lag the spot markets for the tokens, which have been trending down since mid-October. The ETFs are also considered a bellwether for…
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A political strategist and Group CEO of Global Investment and Trade Company, Baba Yusuf, says the idea of many Nigerians joining politics in the first place is about stomach infrastructure. Featuring in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST on Tuesday, Yusuf said the politicians do not want to pay their dues but move to the ruling party to make things easy for themselves. “Their idea of joining politics in the first place is about stomach infrastructure. The same way they are moving to the APC is how they moved to the PDP…
The semi-final fixtures for this season’s Carabao Cup have been confirmed. This follows Arsenal’s penalty shoot-out success against Crystal Palace on Tuesday night. The tie was the only quarter-final yet to be decided, with three spots in the last four already determined. Although Mikel Arteta’s men dominated the game, they needed a Maxence Lacroix own goal to take the lead in the second half. Marc Guehi’s equalizer in added time forced the game to penalties, where Kepa Arizzabalaga saved from Lacroix. Arsenal will now face Chelsea in the semi-final, while Manchester City will take on Newcastle United.
Residents of Obodoaba and Ikpele villages in Obeagu community, in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have accused the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc of causing business collapse, neglecting and exploiting them despite huge payments made by villagers. The two villages claimed that five years after Obeagu Transformer 1, which served them developed fault and the transformer was removed by EEDC officials, appeals and financial commitments have failed to make EEDC restore power, crippling economic and social life in the area. A representative and leader in the community, Mr. Calaminus Ogbuabor, told the South East PUNCH that the…
