As Nigerians countdown to the presidential polls, which will hold in the next 25 days, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) and Chair of the UN Sustainable Group, Ms Amina J. Mohammed, has warned that Nigeria cannot afford to fail with the 2023 general elections. She also urged ...

By Waliat Musa (Lagos), Sodiq Omolaoye and Ernest Nzor (Abuja) ATMs empty, banks limit old notes withdrawal to N10,000 • Phobia for old notes cripple businesses in markets • DSS intercepts syndicates selling new notes, bank officials implicated • Doguwa: I suspect Emefiele misled Buhari ...

By  Gift Habib No fewer than 79 persons have committed suicide in Nigeria in 2022, The PUNCH gathered. Findings reviewed by our correspondent showed that the 79 persons comprised 70 males and 9 females within the period. The figure does not include the number of cases of suicide that have not ...

Sami Olatunji, Solomon Odeniyi, Lilian Ukagwu, Damilola Aina, Nathaniel Shaibu, Anozie Egole, Funmi Fabunmi, Uthman Salami, Josephine Ogundeji, Ikenna Obianeri, Tukur Muntari, Ada Wodu, Adeyinka Adedipe, Animasahun Salman, Matthew Ochei, Daud Olatunji and Tunde Oyekola The scarcity of the new ...

By Soni Daniel, Emma Ujah and Elizabeth Adegbesan, ABUJA The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested some members of an organised syndicate selling the new naira notes in parts of the country. Although the DSS did not disclose the names and locations of the suspects, the agency said ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 31st January 2023 1. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, in Kano State, alleged that some foreign elements are suspected to be part of those using Boko Haram to destroy the country. Buhari, who ...

The soldiers, drawn from various formations of the army across the country, all belong to junior cadres who are mostly at the forefront in the field. A total of 34 soldiers are exiting the Nigerian Army despite the worsening security challenges the military is currently combating in some ...

According to the details of the map published by Daily Mail, all the top 10 countries with the shortest life expectancy are African countries with Chad ranking first with 52.5 years followed by Nigeria, Lesotho, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, Eswatini, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and ...

Faith Yahaya, Abuja The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said the suspended Abuja-Kaduna train operation would resume on Tuesday. The service along the corridor was suspended on Friday after a train derailed at the Kubwa station in Abuja. The Corporation announced the resumption in a ...

The Federal Government says whatever action taken against anyone who undermines the nation”s democracy, watered by the blood of many patriots, is right and justified. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in Abuja at the 20th edition of the President ...

By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor, LAGOS Contrary to insinuations that new Commissioners of Police have been posted to Lagos and Ogun states, facts emerged, yesterday, on the true position of things in the police hierarchy. The insinuations followed stories making rounds that former Force Public ...

The Police in Kano State have arrested a popular comedy TikTok skit maker, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, for allegedly corrupting the morals of the society. The police, according to Daily Nigerian, arrested Miss Murja while trying to book hotel rooms for her guests who came from far and near for her ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 30th January 2023 1. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Sunday, extended the deadline for the exchange of old naira notes by ten days. In a press statement issued on Sunday, Godwin Emefiele, the ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, finally bowed to pressure on Sunday after vowing not to extend the January 31 deadline for the swap of the old naira notes. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, last Tuesday, at a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee in Abuja, ruled out the postponement. ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Sunday extended the deadline for the exchange of old naira notes. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, extended the date by 10 days. In a press statement issued on Sunday, Emefiele said the new deadline is now February 10, 2023. Dailypost

By  Fatteh Hamid A direct-entry student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Hafsat Ibrahim, hurriedly prepared for a test she had for 10 am. At 9 am, she left her house at Danraka, Zaria, Kaduna, however, when she was almost entering the school gate, a fellow student reminded her ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the payment of all withheld salaries of university workers in the country. NLC President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, made the appeal in a resolution reached at the end of the National Administrative Council (NAC) of the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 29th January 2023 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the extension of the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, nationwide until February 5 ...

Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja A few minutes after Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory at the July 16, 2022 Osun State gubernatorial poll was annulled by the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal yesterday, his supporters trooped to the streets of Osogbo, the state’s ...

By  Stephen Angbulu At least 28,358 Nigerians received invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residency from 2015 to 2021. This is according to a Saturday PUNCH analysis of Express Entry annual reports issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for the years under review. ...

By John Alechenu, Abuja Opposition political parties have enjoined the Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emeifele not to bow to pressure from desperate politicians who were pushing for a shift in the date for the swap of old Naira notes with the newly redesigned currency. The Peoples ...

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called on Nigerians to hold marketers responsible for the unending fuel scarcity across the country. This came as Vanguard investigations revealed that marketers make not less than N100 a liter of Premium ...

In spite of scarcity of the redesigned Naira notes in circulation, some persons have been seen hawking the new notes at Dadi Motor Park, Sabon Gari-Zaria, Kaduna State, at exorbitant prices. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) saw large wads of different denominations of the notes on display at the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 28th January 2023 1. The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has condemned the killing of people across Southeast States by unknown gunmen. The group made this ...

First Bank of Nigeria, on Friday, called on all her customers to deposit their old currency. In a circular sent to all its branches nationwide and seen by DAILY POST, in Kaduna, it directed all its branches to open on Saturday, Sunday for customers who are willing to deposit old currency. ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 27th January 2023 1. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened to order the arrest of Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele to appear before the committee investigating the old naira ...

The House of Representatives has urged the National University Commission to give university students break in order to participate in the 2023 general elections. The House reached this resolution following a motion moved by Ibrahim Kabir on Thursday during plenary. Moving the motion, Kabir ...

The Federal Government has disclosed that 309 Nigerians applied to renounce their citizenship through the Ministry of Interior. Those who applied to renounce their Nigerian citizenship between 2006 and 2021 were 150 with a further 159 renunciations recorded in 2022. Permanent Secretary, ...

Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi has said that it has commenced a master plan to digitize all of its processes and implement strategies to encourage inclusivity in the public service. Dasuki on Wednesday said the Bureau has introduced some processes ...

By Levinus Nwabughiogu & Obas Esiedesa The House of Representatives yesterday asked relevant security agencies to fish out oil marketers and other economic saboteurs who might be responsible for the fuel scarcity across the country. The lower chamber made the call on a day the Nigerian ...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Federal Government yesterday banned aviation workers from going on strike, saying they were essential service personnel. It also apologised to those making use of air transportation and vowed never to allow strike in the aviation sector anymore. Government’s ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 26th January 2023 1. At least one person was reported dead and several others injured as unknown gunmen attacked a campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State on ...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The federal government has revealed its plan to be the largest producer of sugar on the African continent in the next ten years and generate electricity from ethanol. Addressing a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar ...

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has said the federal government would use the 5G technology in tacking insecurity in the country. Pantami spoke Tuesday in Abuja at the official launch/roll out of 5G network service by MAFAB Communications. He said there were many ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 25th January 2023 1. The Federal Government has said it will soon meet with operators in the midstream and downstream oil sector as part of measures towards developing strategic stock for Premium ...

As petrol scarcity stifles the economy, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of a 14-man committee to immediately end the nightmare and return tranquillity to the rancorous downstream sector of the petroleum industry. The committee, which the President Chairs in his capacity ...

The Nigerian Senate, Tuesday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to extend the mop-up of old Naira notes to 31st July 2023. The upper legislative Chamber through an adopted resolution arrived at the new deadline after a thorough debate. This was against the backdrop of the earlier ...

•Inaugurates rice mill, bestaf lubricant plant  •Chinese envoy says it’s sign Nigeria’s investment climate can be trusted •170,000 jobs to be created at new sea port Deji Elumoye in Abuja, Eromosele Abiodun, Segun James, Peter Uzoho, Gilbert Ekugbe and Oluchi Chibuzor in Lagos President ...

By  Lara Adejoro The Federal Government has said that all international travellers arriving Nigeria are now required to provide evidence of vaccination at the points of entry. This is following the reported upsurge in COVID-19 in China, Japan, the United States of America and other countries. ...

  Wale Odunsi The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has apologised for the delay in Abuja-Kaduna train movement on Monday. Pascal Nnorli, Manager, Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS) issued a statement after complaints by passengers. Nnorli explained that the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 24th January 2023 1. The presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bauchi State was brought to an abrupt end by power outage on Monday. The rally was going on at the ...

By  Edidiong Ikpoto The Federal Government has raked in N11.5tn from taxes paid by business organisations under the administration of Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), findings by The PUNCH have revealed. Data sourced from Company Income Tax reports published by the National Bureau of ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 23rd January 2023 1. The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, dismissed reports that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has withdrawn support for Bola Tinubu. A statement on Sunday by the APC ...

Tomo-Julius Onabu in Asaba The United States Government yesterday warned that it would deny a visa to anyone who encourages electoral violence or undermines the 2023 electoral process in Nigeria. US Consular General (Nigeria), Mr. Will Stevens, stated this in Asaba, Delta State, in the ...

OKECHUKWU NNODIM and GODFREY GEORGE Amid the lingering petrol scarcity in the country, a senior government official and marketers have dashed the hope of an early resolution of the problem by claiming that supply hitches may not end any time soon. The senior official in the Ministry of ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 22nd January 2023 1. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has described the dissolution of the Ekiti State executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by the Iyorchia Ayu-led National ...

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Federal Government yesterday denied giving any directives to marketers to raise the pump price of petrol from N180 per litre to N195. This denial came a day after marketers raised the price of petrol after a memo from Federal Government-owned NNPC Retails Limited. ...

By Abdul Seye The members of the House of Representatives have failed to reach agreement on a bill that seeks to increase the transportation and accommodation allowances of members. The bill, sponsored by Eta Ebora, was stepped down by the lawmakers during plenary on Tuesday after a ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 21st January 2023 1. The Federal Government yesterday denied any increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, despite the hike in the cost of the commodity across ...

The 2023 national population and housing census will hold from March 29 to April 1, 2023. The Chairman of the National Population Council Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Friday shortly after an audience with the President, ...