By Michael Olugbode:The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has lamented that many of the Nigerians claiming they were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are freed criminals who had served various jail sentences, ranging from drugs pushing to ...

By Folalumi Alaran The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has recently collaborated with United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) with the goal of improving and sustaining water supply in rural communities. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu disclosed this at ...

Queen Elizabeth’s funeral will take place in London on Monday and a host of world leaders, royalty and other dignitaries will attend.Some 500 heads of state and foreign dignitaries are expected to attend the funeral, the BBC said.Invitations are being sent to all holders of Britain’s highest ...

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 arrested two owners of yahoo schools : Internet Fr@ud Coaching Centre (a.k.a HK) and seven suspected internet fr@udters in Benin City, Edo State.The yahoo school owners, ...

 By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith has resigned his position. It was gathered that the Board of the Commission asked Smith to resign following the ongoing crisis with the Nigeria ...

Two Nigerians have been reportedly killed off the shores of Gbanken Beach in Grand Kru, Liberia, while aboard the Ophelia Panana, a Japan-bound ship.According to AllAfrica.com, 12 other Nigerians were rescued by members of a Liberian joint task force while trying to escape from being killed by the ...

By Sunday AborisadeTrouble seems to be looming between the National Assembly and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over powers of the federal parliament to summon the nation’s major oil firm following its new status as a limited liability company.The development occurred just ...

By Deji Elumoye:The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has stressed that the use of gas as a transition fuel would not only help in stemming deforestation, but also advance Nigeria’s broader development goals, especially as Nigeria has one of the largest gas reserves in the world.According to him, ...

By Udora Orizu:The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will in the first week of October present and lay before the two chambers of the National Assembly, the proposed N19.76 trillion budget for the 2023 financial ...

Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, has  expressed appreciation of the government and people of the State over some interventions his State got from the federal government, especially the take-over of the Gombe Airport by the  government.Speaking to State House Correspondents ...

By Kasim Sumaina:The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Wednesday disclosed that the available statistics at its disposal has shown that this year’s flood is the worst in 10 years, as more than 100 communities are affected daily within the country.The Director General of NEMA, Mustapha ...

By Michael Olugbode:Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has set up an assessment team to ascertain the extent of the damage caused by flood in the state and recommend support.Devastating flood has destroyed some buildings in some part of the state and also washed away farm produce.The ...

By Michael Olugbode:The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has unveiled the Observatory Report on Smuggling of Migrants (SOM), which sought to unravel the dynamics of smuggling of migrants through and to Nigeria between ...

By Alex Enumah:The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria is set to commence the implementation of a project with specific focus on ‘Promoting the Inclusion of Women in Peace Building and Conflict Mitigation’ across vulnerable communities in Plateau State.The project, according to ...

By Olawale Ajimotokan:The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has flagged off the construction of solar traffic light control signals in 98 major intersections within the territory.The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, yesterday said at the start of the project at Wuye District ...

 The State Security Service, SSS, has alleged that its preliminary investigation established the offences of logistic supplier, aiding and abetting acts of terrorism against Tukur Mamu.The SSS, in an affidavit in support of its ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 filed before Justice ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. A 24-year-old female skit maker, Annastasia Olamma, has said her family is against her decision to donate one of her kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of a former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike ...

By Emmanuel Addeh and Udora OrizuThe United States Special Envoy on Climate and member of the country’s security council, Mr John Kerry, yesterday assured Nigeria of the country’s technical assistance in its attempt to decarbonise its energy sources.Speaking when he visited the Minister of State, ...

By Okon Bassey:Aides to the Akwa Ibom State, Governor Udom Emmanuel, have defended the state government over payment of compensation owe to property owners on the Calabar-Itu federal highway which links Akwa Ibom, Cross River and other states.The governor’s aides were reacting to claim by former ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved Judgment on an appeal filed by the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu challenging the seven charges levelled against him by the Federal Government.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Human Rights Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who leads ...

  The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Imo State to inaugurate some projects done by Governor Hope Uzodimma.He was welcomed at the airport by a crowd consisting of men in red caps and white outfits.--

By Deji Elumoye:President Muhammadu Buhari says in spite of the security challenges facing Nigeria, other countries, especially, in Africa, still believe in the country’s immense potential.Buhari congratulated Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on his recent election as President of the Forum of ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Sonia, the daughter of Ike Ekweremadu, Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, yesterday, made a public appeal for kidney donation. The lawmaker’s daughter made the appeal amid the ordeal of her parents who ...

There’s currently an atmosphere of festivities and excitement in Imo State as the government and people prepare for the second official visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state on Tuesday,  September 13, 2022.Commissioner for Information and  Strategy,  Hon Declan Emelumba, in a statement ...

By Kemi Olaitan:The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Oyo South senatorial district, Mr. Joseph Tegbe, has denied recommending the sack of staffers of Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) in 2016.He made the disclosure yesterday in Ibadan, the state capital, while speaking on a ...

By Adibe Emenyonu:The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on preserving the cultural ethos and traditional institution in Nigeria.He however expressed thanks to God and his forebears that some of the artefacts the invaders took away had ...

Five yet-to-be-identified ladies who were trapped when a storey building in the Maryland area of Lagos State, sunk dude to rainfall, have been rescued on Monday.The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in a statement.The ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The National Industrial Court, NIC, has summoned the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to appear before it on Monday in Abuja over the lingering strike embarked on by the union ...

By Peter Uzoho:In a fresh revelation, oil workers under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have declared that oil companies have been forced to stop production due to evacuation challenge and the running out of storage capacity resulting from oil ...

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, on his 70th birthday and 19 years on the throne as the Paramount Ruler of the Nupe ethnic nation.He commended him for his nationalistic fervour and ...

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has given approval for the release of N10 million and a house to the bereaved family of a popular member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), Babagana Mallam Tela who was killed by the Boko Haram.This was revealed in a statement the spokesman to ...

By  Alexander Okere  The Federal Government has announced the conferment of citizenship by naturalisation and registration to 286 foreign nationals from 49 countries.In an advertorial signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, and made available to Sunday PUNCH on ...

ADELANI ADEPEGBA, OLUWAFEMI MORGAN and DANIEL AYANTOYE  Over 2,000 assets, including proceeds of corruption, confiscated from politically exposed persons, civil servants and other individuals are currently rotting away, findings by Sunday PUNCH have revealed.This is happening at a time the Federal ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to either release Tukur Mamu the detained terrorist negotiator or charge him to court. Citing the law, Gumi said ...

Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to either release Tukur Mamu or charge him to court.Citing the law, Gumi said anybody arrested over an alleged crime needs to be taken to court within 24 hours.Mamu, who negotiated the release of ...

By OlugbodeMichael;The European Union is committing €39 million towards Nigeria’s electoral process and democracy.The programme tagged ‘EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) Phase II’, is funded under the EU’s Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument, ...

By Wale Odunsi  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that the days of manipulation of election results are over in Nigeria.The Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu spoke on Friday in Abuja at the Launch of the Election Results Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) Report on Electronic ...

By Musliudeen Adebayo A former member of the House of Representatives, Tayo Sarumi is dead.DAILY POST learnt that Sarumi died Friday evening.Sarumi represented Ibadan North Federal Constituency between 2003 and 2007.He succeeded his brother, Hon. Alli Balogun, who represented the constituency ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, is widely accepted. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor said although his support is ...

By Ochogwu Sunday; The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday announced that the country’s flags, in both home and foreign missions, will be flown at half mast in honour of the passage of Queen Elizabeth II.Following the demise of the Queen, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony to ...

Tunde Ajaja, Okechukwu Nnodim and Anozie Egole The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria on Wednesday  threatened showdown with the Federal Government over the massive  oil thefts  in the Niger Delta.The President, PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, in an interview with journalists in ...

By Wale Odunsi  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Olajide Adediran has berated Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the incessant building collapse.On Wednesday, the opposition flagbearer, popularly known as Jandor, asked the governor to resign from office.Adeniran said ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that Malam Tukur Mamu, former negotiator for victims kidnapped from a Kaduna-bound train in March, is in custody. Mamu was arrested at Mallam Aminu Kano ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seized no fewer than 286 assets and 600 bank accounts of drug barons between January 2021 and August 2022. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a document ...

Residents of Aja, Lekki, Badore and other areas in Lagos state will be cut off from the national power supply system for about 12 hours daily, extending for a three-day period, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said yesterday.The wholly government-owned entity, in a statement by the General ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Federal Government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this during the inaugural meeting of the ...

By  Agency Report  Nigeria is a giant oil-rich nation that is home to a vibrant tech scene and booming entertainment sector.But many middle-class Nigerians are heading abroad or say they plan to do so, hoping for a brighter future in Europe or North America.Here’s a snapshot of the phenomenon of ...

Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako has resigned.Gbenga Omotoso, the Commissioner for Information made the announcement in a statement on Monday.Omotoso said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has accepted the resignation.The official noted that Salako’s exit ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. There are indications that the cracks in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Working Committee (NWC) has deepened, as forces opposed to the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, intensify push for his ouster. It ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Vice-President Kamala Harris of the United States of America has expressed hope that next year’s general election will be peaceful and reflective of the will of the people. She spoke at the White House after a ...