For nine months, the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Complex has remained mostly idle after lawmakers and staff vacated the premises for a rehabilitation project that has had little progress despite billions of naira allocated. But a few metres…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has called for deeper collaboration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Mining Marshals as concerns mount over the growing links between illegal mining, organised crime and terrorism across Nigeria, West Africa…

A Nigerian national, Okechukwu Augustine, has been remanded by the Circuit Court in Ghana over his alleged involvement in a foiled bank robbery plot. Mr Augustine was remanded on Monday and is expected to reappear before the court on Wednesday.…

The number of Air Peace vehicles impounded by the police for investigation following the recent Lagos airport runway blockade has increased from three to five. The PUNCH reliably gathered that the vehicles, which are currently in police custody, are marked…

Lagos-based rising Afrobeats singer Oladikupo David, popularly known as DaveCash, has recounted how he bounced back from an unsuccessful audition to emerge first runner-up of the inaugural Next Afrobeats Star, securing a ₦100 million music deal. DaveCash’s journey in the…

The Kelechi Anosike Foundation Abia Champions League, sponsored by Abia State PDP governorship candidate for the 2027 election, Dr Kelechi Anosike, kicked off on Sunday at Williams Memorial Secondary School, Afugiri Ohuhu, in Umuahia North Local Government Area, with a…

The newly elected Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Yekini Idiaye, says leadership change in the house is necessary to align the legislature with Governor Monday Okpebholo’s developmental agenda. Speaking in an interview after his swearing-in on Monday…

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased to 15.43 per cent in July 2026, but the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics showed renewed pressure on food prices, with food inflation accelerating sharply on a month-on-month basis. The NBS disclosed…

Eight months after Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno attributed the approval of a law programme at Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) to his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the university has finally appeared on the Council of…

Super Eagles legend Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha has revealed that Bayern Munich wanted to sign him in 1991, but the move fell through because he was not yet eligible to sign a professional contract, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Okocha, who was…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has felicitated with former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida on the occasion of his 85th birthday. In a statement issued on Monday, 17 August, by a spokesman for Mr Otti, Njoku Ukoha, the governor described…

Moscow said Monday it had summoned the Japanese ambassador after Tokyo condemned President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Russia’s far-eastern Kuril Islands, which are also claimed by Japan. Russian-Japanese relations have long been dogged by the contested islands, known in…

The Bayelsa State Education Development Trust Fund is partnering the British Council and Teachers Training Registration and Certification Board to train 400 teachers and school leaders in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the five-day training…

The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on his victory in the August 15 governorship election. Governor Abiodun, according to a statement on Monday, described Adeleke’s re-election “as a…

Former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke on his re-election, urging him to use his renewed mandate to unite the state and govern all residents irrespective of their political affiliations. Mr Aregbesola, who is the National…