The Senate, on Wednesday, launched an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption levelled against officials of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System at various universities across the federation. The Senate also resolved to hold an interactive session with the Head ...

The President, Bola Tinubu, has written to the House of Representatives seeking an amendment to the 2022 supplementary appropriation Act. The amendment, he said, was to allow the Federal Government to source N500 billion for palliatives to cushion the effect of subsidy removal. The Speaker of ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 11th July 2023 1. The asset recovery committee set up by Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Tuesday, stormed the automobile workshop owned by former governor Samuel Ortom with towing vehicles ...

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye said consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide may cause cancer, heart failure, kidney failure, and liver failure. Prof Adeyeye also said fruits ripened with calcium carbide ...

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General, Buba Marwa (retd), has ordered a nationwide clampdown on the sale and use of nitrous oxide also known as ”laughing gas.” Nitrous oxide, also called “N20″ is a colourless gas used for sedation and pain relief by dentists and ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 11th July 2023 1. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, lamented that most of the people who are supposed to operationalise the Nigerian Constitution are the ones undermining the country’s ...

Weeks after the removal of fuel subsidy by  President Bola Tinubu, some state chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress have commenced moves to negotiate with respective state governments on ways to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the organised labour ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 10th July 2023 1. A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, on Sunday, disclosed that he has no regret working ‘one hundred percent’ against the presidential ambition of the Peoples ...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has said it will embark on an indefinite strike if the Federal Government fails to meet its demands on or before July 19, 2023. The President of NARD, Dr Emeka Orji, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent on Sunday. Recall ...

For failing to provide details of the projects executed or being executed with the $5 billion returned Abacha loot, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, weekend, ordered the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari to ...

Good morning! Here is today’s Latest Nigerian News summary from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 8th July 2023 1. Gunmen have abducted the All Progressives Congress Chairman in Ekiti State, Mr Paul Omotoso. Sources said he was whisked away on Saturday evening while driving along Agbado Ekiti-Imesi ...

Fresh facts have emerged on why Nigeria was excluded from the allocation of the 18 million doses of the first-ever RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine from 2023 to 2025. Sunday PUNCH gathered that Nigeria’s refusal to meet the deadline for the second window application in January disqualified it from ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 8th July 2023 1. The Federal Government is set to commence the trial of about 2,000 Boko Haram members arrested for participating in terror activities and has lined up eight judges to handle the ...

The acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has appointed Assistant Inspector General of Police, Bankole Sikiru as the Head of the Interpol National Crime Bureau, Force Criminal Investigations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The posting follows his recent promotion to ...

In a bid to curb multiple taxations as complained by a cross-section of Nigerians and the business community, President Bola Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders, which include the suspension of the five per cent Excise Tax on telecommunication services as well as the Excise Duty escalation on ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 7th July 2023 1. The organised private sector on Thursday welcomed the tax suspensions announced by President Bola Tinubu, noting that they showed the Federal Government was sensitive to the ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Tinubu has approved that plans for the 2023 national census be sustained. Tinubu is however expected to fix a new date for the national population and housing census. Recall that the initial date set for its conduct was postponed indefinitely in April this year. ...

By  Williams Anuku President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders into law to curb arbitrary taxation policy in the country. Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, to the President, Dele Alake, announced the policy directive on Thursday during an ...

By Racheal Ayodele A renowned evangelist and founder of the Ibadan-based Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Oke-Agbara, Asi Bodija, prophet Michael Ojo Olowere, popularly called Baba Olowere, is dead. Olowere died at his Asi residence in Ibadan on Wednesday. Popular Nigerian comedian and ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Senate Majority Leader, Michael Bamidele, on Wednesday, said that there were no criminal charges against President Bola Tinubu in any United States court. Bamidele was called as a sole witness during the proceedings of the ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The National Population Commission, NPC, said Nigeria’s population growth rate had reached 3.2 per cent based on the estimated population of 216 million. According to NAN, Ejike Eze, NPC Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State, disclosed this on Wednesday at a lecture ...

Lara Adejoro The Federal Government said it is making efforts to ensure that healthcare workers who have left the country to seek greener pastures return to contribute to the development of the health sector. The Special Adviser to the President on Health, Dr. Salma Anas-Ibrahim made this ...

By John Gabriel The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday, listed Kaduna as one of the 14 states and 31 communities that may witness heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding from July 4 – 8. In a statement by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Lagos ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 5th July 2023 1. The Senate President, Godwill Akpabio, on Tuesday, announced the Plateau North lawmaker, Mwadkwon Davou as Minority Leader of the House. Akpabio read the names when the ...

A delegation from the International Bank of America, on Tuesday, visited President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, lauding the President for economic policies rolled out so far. The delegation, which was led by the bank’s President, Mr Bernard Mensah, expressed excitement about the ...

The Federal Government said  efforts were on to shore up the workforce in the nation’s health care system, including replacing health workers who have emigrated abroad in search of greener pastures. The Special Adviser to the President on Health, Dr Salma Anas-Ibrahim, made this known on Tuesday ...

Days after the inauguration of the Senate president, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, they are now embroiled in a tussle with the leadership of their party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. It would be recalled that hours earlier, the Senate ...

The National Orientation Agency says the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry will create more job opportunities for Nigeria’s teaming youths. The Kaduna State Director of NOA, Alhaji Zubairu Galadima-Soba, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday. He ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Amid the quest for a solution to the effect of fuel subsidy removal, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced plans to install charging ports across its filling stations nationwide to charge electric vehicles. The Managing Director of NNPC New Energy Ltd, ...

By Daily Post Staff Nigeria’s 2023 general elections comprising the presidential, National Assembly, governorship and state houses of assembly elections might have come and gone, but the echoes have continued to reverberate; they are not in a hurry to fizzle away. Following the outcome of the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tueday 4th June 2023 1. Ahead of today’s resumption of the Senate, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has resolved to transmit a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to stay action ...

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, on Monday, promised that his country will give the needed support to the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government  to ensure the development of the country. Speaking during a meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government has announced the Value Added Tax Direct Initiative to enable FG to collect taxes from the informal sector. The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, disclosed this in a statement through its Twitter handle on Monday. FIRS is expected to ...

Three Chinese warships are visiting Nigeria as part of growing naval cooperation between the two countries, officials said on Monday. The visit comes after US defence officials last year expressed concern over Chinese plans for a military base on West Africa’s Atlantic coast. China is a major ...

By Francis Ugwu The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says forgers of its discharge or exemption certificates risk jail term, option of fine or both as penalties. The Director, Legal Services, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim, said this on Monday in Abuja during the 2023 Legal Officers’ Capacity Building ...

By Elizabeth Adegbesan Nigerians have continued to embrace several challenges these few years in order to meet up with the dropping living standards. The recent removal of fuel subsidy has not gone down well with some Nigerians. This has resulted in the invention and adoption of new methods ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Daily Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 3rd June 2023 1. Large consignments of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, being imported by major oil marketers, are to hit Nigeria from next week and may force down the price of ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress is set to engage President Bola Tinubu on the agitation for extension of civil servants’ retirement age to  65 years. The National President, NLC, Joe Ajaero, told The PUNCH on Sunday  that labour was not relenting on the agitation, which started under the ...

The National Youth Service Corps has revealed the reason behind the delay in the payment of June allowance to corps members. According to the institution, the problem is from the banks as it has completed all arrangements for the payment since June 27. The Director, Press and Public ...

The list containing the names of ministerial nominees in the President Bola Tinubu administration is ready and undergoing final security checks, an impeccable Presidency source has told Sunday PUNCH. The source, who did not reveal the names or number of those being considered for ministerial ...

By  Bola Bamigbola There has been confusion at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, following the appointment of two persons as acting Chief Medical Directors for the facility within one week. Sources in the hospital said Prof Oladiran Adegbehingbe was made ...

By Seun Opejobi The 2023 African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to the report of President Bola Tinubu giving mouth watering retirement package to the sacked Service Chiefs. Sowore suggested that Tinubu gave the sacked Service Chiefs the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 2nd June 2023 1. President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) supports President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to reposition the giant of ...

Power consumers, on Saturday, expressed relief after it was confirmed that electricity distribution companies had not implemented the proposed hike in the tariff payable for electricity nationwide. Some power distribution firms had announced on Sunday, June 25, 2023, that there would be a hike ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The national leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced that its National Vice President, Munnir Atiku Lamido, is missing. The National PRO, MACBAN, Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, raised ...

By Emma Amaize, Clifford Ndujihe, Dayo Johnson, Sam Oyadongha, Jimitota Onoyume, Akpokona Omafuaire, Ike Uchechukwu, Chioma Onuegbu, Ochuko Akuopha, Ozioruva Aliu, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Marie-Therese Nanlong Deola Badru & James Ogunnaike THURSDAY was exactly one month since President Bola Tinubu ...

By  Solomon Odeniyi The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (retd), has officially pulled out of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. He bowed out at a ceremony held at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja, on Friday. The pull out ceremony is part of the military ...

President Bola Tinubu says he will not partake in the economic destruction of the country by enemies of the nation. He said the bleeding of the country through the oil subsidy regime was a huge joke that should never be allowed to continue under any guise. The president stated this on ...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government, for the immediate arrest of ex-Niger Delta  agitator, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo. The group threatened that should the Federal Government refuse to arrest Asari-Dokubu as it demanded, it would ...

President Bola Tinubu has said he is working to reform the nation’s financial system and also ensure a transparent budgetary process. The President stated this in Lagos on Thursday when he was hosted by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the Lagos House, Marina. At the event were former ...