A civic organisation, Connected Advocacy, has criticised the Nigerian Senate’s rejection of a proposed amendment mandating real-time electronic transmission of election results, describing the decision as “a betrayal of the Nigerian people that should be corrected.” This is contained in a statement…

Ekiti State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, has set 57 awaiting trial inmates free. The Chief Judge made this decision during an official visit to the Federal Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti. The Comptroller of Corrections in Ekiti, CC Oluremi…

Welcome to the PUNCH newspaper roundup of headlines for this Saturday morning. Developments in security, politics, health, and crime dominate today’s news. Leading the headlines is the unveiling of the terrorist leader behind Tuesday’s massacre in Woro, a remote community…

The passage of the electoral act amendment bill by the senate on Thursday has drawn sharp criticism from experts, who say the rejection of real-time transmission of election results risks eroding public confidence in Nigeria’s elections.Mahdi Shehu, a public affairs…

United States President Donald Trump has said he made no mistake for a video briefly shared on his official Truth Social account that depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Speaking late Friday to…

The North East Development Commission, NEDC, has expressed deep sympathy to the Nigeria Union of Journalists,NUJ, Bauchi State Chapter, and the Bauchi State Government over a tragic road accident that occurred on the Bauchi–Alkaleri road on Friday, February 6, 2026.…

The Pentagon is to cut all academic ties with Harvard University, ending military education, fellowships and certificate programmes, it said in a statement on Friday. The move is the latest in the Trump administration’s battle with Harvard over claims that…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Friday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) to pay N2.5 billion judgement proceeds awarded to 110 former workers sacked by the university nearly three decades ago. The workers…

Sand miners in Onitsha, Anambra State, have protested alleged extortion by the Anambra State government, insisting they are only answerable to the federal government through the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA. About 200 members of the Onitsha Sand Miners Association…

A 20-year-old Nigerian student of De Montfort University, in Leicester, Khaleed Oladipo, was stabbed to death in a street attack on Tuesday evening. The incident happened outside a busy university building when he was on his way home to watch…

On 3 August 2025, residents of the Kpean community in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State woke up to an invisible warning. A sharp, suffocating hydrocarbon smell crept through the air, forcing people out of their homes and…

Governor Uba Sani has said that the reforms which his administration initiated in the last two and half years, have created the enabling environment for investments in Kaduna State. The Governor also said that the reforms have ‘’earned national recognition,…

Youths in Ondo State have been urged to be self-reliant by acquiring entrepreneurial skills instead of seeking white-collar jobs. An entrepreneur in the state, Sherif Omoleke, while addressing a group of youths in Akure, the state capital, on Friday, said…

The Anambra Government has said that justice will be served in the case of an alleged attack on a JSS3 student of Community Secondary School, Agulu, Miracle Amah, by her guardian, Osinachi Edeh. The incident, which happened on 3 February…

Former lawmaker and human rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has condemned an alleged depiction of former United States President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as monkeys, describing it as a racist insult to the Black race.The depiction has been…