Motorists experienced severe Lagos traffic gridlock on Gbagada Expressway after dual accidents involving trailers and cars. LASTMA officials worked to clea Read More: https://punchng.com/video-gridlock-in-lagos-as-trailers-cars-collide-in-dual-accidents/ Read the full article here

Five human rights organisations have jointly called on the National Assembly to withdraw the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill 2026, codenamed SB. 1034, warning that it could restrict civic space and put human rights defenders at risk. In…

Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, has approved the creation of a new district comprising eight village areas in Dandi Local Government Area of the state. The governor also approved the creation of a new village headship in Augie Local…

Osun voters go to the polls on 15 August with more than 2.3 million people on the register. But one of the most important battlegrounds is already active: the information space. Claims about government performance, election rigging, insecurity, candidates, and…

A backup singer of the late Nigerian Juju and Highlife musician, Iyun Ajilore, popularly known as Saint Janet, has explained why the singer moved from gospel Juju to songs with sexually explicit themes. The backup singer, Sunkanmi, popularly known as…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has deployed Ishyaku Mohammed, a deputy inspector-general of police (DIG), to coordinate security operations for the 15 August Osun governorship election. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, by the…

The Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board has urged stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to embrace its new digital platform, describing it as a bold step towards improving efficiency, transparency, innovation and global competitiveness in the sector. The Executive…

As Osun State prepares for Saturday’s governorship election, the contest has taken a darker narrative, one marked not only by campaign promises and political rallies but by killings and attacks that have left residents increasingly fearful of participating in the…

A legal practitioner and author, Timothy Tugbiyele, has called on Afrobeats singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, to apologise to Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, over his social media post displaying the governor’s alleged West African Examinations Council result.…

Katsina United have clarified the circumstances surrounding the medical emergency involving their player, Chinedu Ozor, after he collapsed during a pre-season game in Katsina on Tuesday. The PUNCH reports. Ozor was said to have collapsed during Katsina United’s match against…

No fewer than 168 solar-powered streetlights installed along the Longbridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have been stolen by suspected vandals, findings by PUNCH Metro have revealed. The streetlights, installed in 2025 along the approximately five-kilometre-long bridge, were meant to…

A yet-to-be-identified 100-level student of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, in Rivers State, was reportedly shot on campus on Wednesday by suspected cultists. PUNCH Metro reports that this came 48 hours after rival cult groups said to be…

Sisters Temwa and Tabitha Chawinga combined for all three goals as Malawi beat Algeria 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat on Wednesday to reach the final of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, becoming the first tournament debutants…

Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration has reduced Osun State’s domestic debt by N69.18 billion since taking office, moving the state from among Nigeria’s 10 most indebted states to 18th on the domestic debt ranking, an analysis of data from the Debt…

The African Democratic Congress has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by security agencies to arrest its National Secretary, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. The opposition party said it received what it described…