Author: News Room

The Lagos State Branch of the Nigerian Red Cross Society has commenced the training of officers and supervisors ahead of the forthcoming measles-rubella vaccination campaign in the state. The Branch Secretary of the organisation, Olakunle Lasisi, said the exercise was part of the yearly efforts to create awareness about measles and rubella and to encourage parents to present their children for vaccination. Speaking at the training held in Yaba last Friday, Lasisi said the campaign was designed to tackle ignorance and misconceptions about immunisation among some residents. Speaking to PUNCH Metro, he said, “This event has been scheduled because it…

International Day of Education is celebrated every year globally, on January 24 since 2019. The day focuses on the importance of inclusive, quality and lifelong learning for all, to address barriers of poverty, gender inequality, and conflict. Nigerians know well the barrier to education faced by millions of young people living in poverty and conflict and experiencing gender inequality. The Nigerian government’s leadership in bringing down poverty barriers to education is unquestionable. Also unquestionable is the tight fiscal space Nigeria is currently facing. This no doubt explains the measured allocation of 6.15 per cent to the education sector in Nigeria’s…

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria must deliberately target global investors and supply chain relocations to drive job creation, deepen manufacturing, and reduce import dependence. She made the remarks on Wednesday in a short clip posted by GLAZIA on its X handle from a discussion titled “From Scale to Capital: Financing Nigeria’s Role as Africa’s Digital Trade and Infrastructure Anchor,” held at Nigeria House during the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos. The PUNCH reports that rising geopolitical tensions, particularly between the United States and China, have accelerated supply chain diversification. Firms are…

Maryam Usman has become the first Nigerian athlete confirmed to compete at the inaugural Enhanced Games, the controversial multi-sport event that permits the use of performance-enhancing substances, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The competition, founded by Australian businessman Aron D’Souza, is scheduled to take place on May 24, 2026 at Resorts World in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old weightlifter, is a three-time Olympian who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Games. She is also a four-time African Champion, Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and has previously won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships. Competing in the women’s +75kg class,…

ARK Invest’s latest analysis affirms it still sees Bitcoin reaching close to a $1 million price tag in 2030 on growing adoption.Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest predicts digital assets could grow into a $28 trillion market by 2030, with growth primarily linked to increasing Bitcoin adoption and its potential price appreciation.ARK estimated in its “Big Ideas 2026” report on Wednesday that the crypto market would expand at a 61% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to meet the $28 trillion target by 2030, adding that Bitcoin could account for 70% of that figure. Source: CointelegraphGiven that about 20.5 million Bitcoin (BTC) are…

Taylor Swift’s “Cancelled” perhaps has a new meaning amid her friend Blake Lively’s legal battle with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni. “I think this bitch knows something is coming because he’s gotten out his tiny violin,” Swift allegedly wrote to Lively in a December 2024 text message, presumably referring to Baldoni. Swift then used a similar phrase in her song “Cancelled” from her 2025 album, The Life of the Showgirl. Baldoni directed and starred in 2024’s It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel of the same name. Less than a year after the film’s release,…

The Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, adjourned until March 4 and March 5, the continuation of hearing in the trial of Mukaila Lamidi, widely known as Auxiliary, a former chairman of the state Park Management System. Trial judge O.A. Adetujoye on Tuesday adjourned the alleged armed robbery and murder case against Mr Lamidi due to the defendant’s purported ill health. The judge consequently summoned the medical doctor at the Agodi Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to appear before her to speak on the health status of Mr Lamidi. He once chaired the Oyo State…

Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has denied claims that arms or ammunition were discovered in any residence linked to him. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Assistant on Media, Mohammed Bello Doka, Malami described the claims as false, unsubstantiated and unsupported by any official record or lawful disclosure. The statement said no security agency has formally communicated to Malami, his family or legal representatives that any arms or ammunition were recovered from his residence. It also decried what it described as a media trial, accusing sections of the press…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, and three others to report weekly to the Department of State Services until the end of their ongoing terror financing trial. Justice Mohammed Umar gave the order as part of the conditions attached to the N100m bail he granted the defendants on Wednesday. While ruling on their bail applications, the judge held that the defendants placed sufficient materials before the court to warrant the exercise of its discretion in their favour judicially and judiciously. He ordered each defendant to produce two sureties who must…

The suspects linked to the killing of a security guard in the Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State, Musa Mohammed, are still at large. PUNCH Metro  learnt that Mohammed’s body was discovered in a community river. The state police command spokesperson, Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed the incident to PUNCH Metro during an exclusive interview on Wednesday. A post on X by counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama stated that the attack occurred on Monday. According to Makama, unidentified assailants confronted Mohammed while he was on duty, tied his hands and legs, and threw him into the river. Makama wrote that residents of…