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The governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, has said that he has set up a working committee within his government to collaborate with the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers on creating awareness about insurance in the state. The disclosure was made during a business visit by the President of the NCRIB, Mrs Ekeoma Ezeibe, alongside a delegation from the Council, to the Abia State governor. The PUNCH reports that Otti had been represented at the inauguration of the third female NCRIB president in Lagos, where she put forth the one-insurance-industry theme as the anchor of her administration. A…

A yet-to-be-identified driver suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol has been hospitalised following a collision with a truck in the Ebute-Ero area of Apongbon, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt on Sunday from a statement by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, that the incident happened in the early hours of the day. Taofiq stated that investigations revealed that the driver was speeding when he crashed into a moving truck. The impact of the collision was said to have left him trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle and with injuries. He stated, “Preliminary…

The metaphor of ship jumping still fits the current state of our opposition politics, but now the vessels and the sea have become more vivid, more painful, and more urgent. In the early hours of a sweltering Tuesday, January 20, the streets of Kano were alive with market chatter, the scent of suya and roasted maize mingling with the hum of traffic. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who had risen on the promise of Musa Kwankwaso’s New Nigeria People’s Party to break the All Progressives Congress’ monopoly, entered the APC headquarters flanked by 21 state legislators, eight federal lawmakers and scores of local government chairmen.…

The United States recorded a $1.45bn goods trade surplus with Nigeria in the first 10 months of 2025, reversing a deficit position from the previous year, as US exports to Nigeria surged while imports from Nigeria declined, the latest US trade data show. Figures from the US Census Bureau indicate that between January and October 2025, the US exported goods worth $5.94bn to Nigeria and imported $4.49bn, resulting in a positive balance of $1.447bn in America’s favour. This marked a turnaround from the same period of 2024, when the US ran a $1.367bn deficit with Nigeria. In October 2025 alone,…

Enugu Rangers delivered a commanding performance on Sunday to secure a 4–2 home victory over Wolves in matchday 22 of the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League, while Nasarawa United produced a stunning turnaround to hand Abia Warriors their first home defeat of the season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The results have had significant implications for the league standings and the race for continental qualification. At the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Rangers set the tone early against Wolves, with striker Godwin Obaje netting a brace inside the first twelve minutes. The forward’s sharp finishing, first in the opening minute and then in…

The Denver Broncos ended up in an unenviable position during the 2025-26 NFL Playoffs when quarterback Bo Nix fractured his right ankle, sidelining him for the rest of the year and forcing the team to pin its Super Bowl hopes on his backup, Jarrett Stidham. Almost immediately, however, the Broncos began expressing confidence in the rarely used quarterback. “One of Stiddy’s great strengths is his mental aptitude and his progressions and understanding play,” head coach Sean Payton told the media the day after Nix’s January 17, 2026 injury. That’s not just coach-speak — Stidham had the confidence of his teammates…

We are now members of the royal family in heaven. In the counsel of God, human suffering must precede glory. The psalmist affirms this: “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5). From Joseph to Hannah to David to Job to Elizabeth to Jesus, suffering led to glory. Indeed, the glories in all these cases were infinitely more glorious because they were preceded by suffering. This is the protocol of the God whose ways are not our ways: “The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. The…

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon Solomon Bob, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Mr Daniel Bwala, describing him as “an insignificant and attention-seeking operator punching above his weight,” while also accusing him of what he called “malicious narrative distortion.” Hon. Bob was reacting to comments made by Mr. Bwala on a television programme on Friday, in which Bwala claimed that the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, had been “adequately compensated,” while also implying that he was not allowing the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to govern. In a statement on…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has  claimed  that the 2027 presidential ambition of former Kano State Governor and national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is “effectively dead.” Keyamo made the assertion while citing party zoning arrangements, the weakening of NNPP’s political structure in Kano State, and Kwankwaso’s refusal to align early with any major political party as key factors undermining his prospects ahead of the next general election. In a statement issued via his official x handle on Sunday, the minister said Kwankwaso’s decision to ignore what he called “an…

At least two people were killed on Saturday evening after suspected bandits attacked Galadima Pindiga in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State. The was disclosed in a post on X on Sunday by Bakatsine, a conflict and crisis journalist who reports on insecurity in Nigeria’s northwest. During the raid, the assailants reportedly set several houses ablaze, forcing residents to flee and triggering renewed panic in communities already battling persistent insecurity across the Pindiga axis. The latest attack adds to a growing list of violent incidents recorded in the area over the past month. Communities affected include Pindiga, Mamuda, Rahama,…