The shutdown of textile companies across Nigeria has weakened Nigeria’s cotton production, pushing the crop into near-oblivion. Cotton is a critical plant-based raw material for textiles, with others being jute, hemp and sisal. Nigeria ...

The rapid growth of Nigeria’s fintech sector has sparked a revolution in various industries, including the financial markets. With the increasing adoption of advanced technologies, forex trading in Nigeria has seen a significant transformation, attracting both seasoned traders and new ...

By Kayode Lawal The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, remanded the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending hearing of his bail application. Justice Maryann Anenih also adjourned ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu has appointed Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, AGF. Ogunjimi’s appointment takes immediate effect following the pre-retirement leave of the incumbent AGF, Dr ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abass, has reaffirmed the commitment of the 10th Assembly to constitutional reforms aimed at empowering women, ensuring their safety, and promoting their full participation in governance. Speaking at the “Nation’s Citizens Summit on ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday handed over to the Bauchi State Government the multi-billion naira pressure swing absorption (PSA) medical oxygen plant and level 2 newborn unit at the General Hospital Azare. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms. Cristian ...

By Seyi Babalola Ademola Lookman has told Atalanta that they must be at their best to upset holders Real Madrid in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League showdown. Atalanta will host the La Liga team in a UEFA Champions League sixth-round match at the Gewiss Stadium. This ...

Israeli forces also bomb weapons depots in southern Syria and the capital Damascus, Israeli media reports. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he ordered Israeli forces to “seize” a buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria, after a ...

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the delayed November 2024 salaries for civil servants. The PUNCH learnt that the delay followed a disruption attributed to the ongoing migration from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System to the ...

The father of Ebonyi State governor, Chief Ezekiel Nwifuru Nwankpu, who has 30 wives, has been coronated the traditional of ruler Oferekpe Agbaja Autonomous Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that Ezeogo Nwifuru Nwankpu married ...

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, yesterday, said he told his daughters to make sure they retaliate when they were slapped by their husbands. The monarch made this known at the National Dialogue Conference on Gender-Based Violence, GBV, prevention from an Islamic ...

By Racheal Ayodele Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi over his visit to legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola SAN. ...

By Ifreke Inyang  Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has visited Nigerian legal luminary, Afe Babalola, SAN, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Obi had pleaded with Babalola to consider the “situation” of human rights ...

By Chinyere Anyanwu                                   The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha, has urged key stakeholders to work together in addressing the urgent challenges confronting Nigeria’s livestock sector, particularly the ongoing farmer-herder ...

HUMAN rights are inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or other status. Aptly, the theme for International Human Rights Day 2024, which is being marked on 10 December, is “Our rights, ...

An economist, Mr. Johnson Chukwu, has stressed the need for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to deploy available Infrastructure technology and Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) to tackle delay in the verification of banks’ offers and ensure speedy conclusion of the process. Apparently irked by ...

By Ifeanyi Nwannah Gunmen suspected to be bandits have unleashed an attack on Kakin Dawa village, a district in Gidan Goga, Maradun Local Government Area, Zamfara State. DAILY POST learnt that the hoodlums abducted over 50 women and children. ...

By Seun Opejobi Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court. The court granted Farotimi bail in the sum of N50 million, with a surety of the same amount. The court ruled that the surety must possess ...

Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Benue State chapter have locked up the gates of the state High court in Makurdi over the non-implementation of the new minimum wage.Members of the union barricaded the gate and prevented entry into the premises.The action, according to the ...

Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on hard-line campaign pledges to impose trade tariffs and carry out mass deportations, while dangling the idea that the United States could withdraw from NATO after he takes office next month.In his first formal television interview since the election — and just ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) yesterday asked the Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA), Katsina State, to intensify efforts in providing enough buses to convey students from the take-off campus to the new site. Sector Commander Aliyu Ma’aji said this in a statement issued by ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday allayed fears over the newly detected COVID-19 XEC variant reportedly in circulation in Australia and 42 other countries. While stating that the National COVID-19 Technical Working Group was on alert, ...

United States President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to deport all immigrants in the United States illegally over his upcoming four-year term. In an interview aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump detailed his vision for a broad crackdown on illegal ...

The Nigerian Army and their counterparts in Chad, Niger, and other neighbouring countries have commenced joint patrols to contain cross-border threats posed by the Lakurawa terrorist group, fresh findings by The PUNCH have revealed. The collaborative effort aims to ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged the public to disregard a fake list of ambassadorial nominees circulating on social media. In a press release issued on Sunday, and signed by its spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, the ministry clarified that no such appointments ...

Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies, hours after he fled the country as Islamist-led rebels entered Damascus. The announcement comes as Russia, a key Assad ally, called for an emergency meeting of the UN ...

The latest damning report of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which says that Nigeria’s business environment will remain among the most difficult in the world over the next five years, is both insightful and ominous. The report truly signposts the dreary outlook of the Nigerian ...

Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure. It was his role as a dad that endangered his job as a judge. One night around 1983, Anyebe caught his son attempting to steal from ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu has vowed to ensure that “bad” Nigerians face the full wrath of the law. Tinubu warned that bad actors, whether within or outside Nigeria, would be brought to justice. ...

Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder are being lined up for a high-stake showdown in 2025 as part of a UK vs. USA boxing event. Despite recent setbacks for both fighters, the clash remains a dream matchup for fans and professionals alike. The ...

PalmPay, a leading fintech company in Nigeria, and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) have emphasised the need for collaboration in fight against financial crimes. PalmPay, which also reiterated its commitment to combating ...

Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PSHAN) said it is investing N3.87 billion ($2.3 million) by 2034 to improve access to family planning (FP)/child spacing services across Nigeria. Announced at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Family Planning Conference in Abuja said, ...

The strike comes as Gaza’s health system is collapsing amid repeated attacks by the Israeli military. Israel killed at least 26 people and injured more than 60 – including children and women – in an air strike on a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, according ...

Halhul, occupied West Bank – Like kids the world over, Naji al-Baba dreamed of becoming an international football player, “just like Ronaldo”. But – like his name, which means “survivor” – that was not to be the fate of a boy born in the occupied West Bank. Tall for a 14-year-old, Naji ...

The Federal Government on Saturday fixed February 2025 for the national youth conference. President Bola Tinubu, during his Independence Day broadcast, announced the gathering of a 30-day national youth conference to address critical issues facing the country’s ...

The determination of the police to stop activists from protesting the continued detention of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, is creating deep anger. Despite Ekiti State Police Command’s claim that the decision to prohibit the planned protest was reached to ensure the safety of lives and ...

By Shehu Usman The Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has released tips on how bank customers can shield themselves against fraudsters. This followed a significant breakthrough in its fight against cybercrime and related ...

(Being Lecture delivered at the 6th General Assembly and Conference of the Association of African Public Service Commissions (AAPSCOMS) which was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 6-8 November, 2024) We now live in a world that is daily undergoing what has been called a polycrisis—crisis ...

President Bola Tinubu has said things are taking shape for the better, even though people may not like his government.He said amid the tough challenges in the country, his administration had made some progress, noting that there are better days ahead. The President, who was represented by the ...

Coronation Asset Management CEO, Mr. Aigbovbioise Aig-Imoukhuede, is set to bring his visionary insights to the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) in Casablanca, Morocco, on 9–10 December 2024. Mr. Aig-Imoukhuede will participate as a distinguished speaker on a strategic panel titled ...

By Amos Tauna The Federal Government had, in the penultimate month, sold milled rice to staff of various media organizations in Kaduna State at a subsidized rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag. According to the federal government, the exercise aimed to ...

By Matthew Atungwu A Nigerian-born clinical associate professor of medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi, has been elected as President of the Canadian Medical Association, CMA. A statement on the association’s ...

At least a police officer and a member of Anambra State Vigilante Group (AVG) were wounded, Thursday, as gunmen clashed with joint security operatives at checkpoint in Ajali, Ọrumba North, Anambra state.The incident which occurred along Umuchu- Amesi-Uga Road led to setting the security vehicles ...

David Umahi, the Minister of Works and former Governor of Ebonyi State has opined that those criticizing the reform of President Bola Tinubu were doing that out of jealousy and should be considered enemies of Nigeria. The Minister made this remark on Friday while assuring that the ...

Visa fees are an important factor for anyone looking to work or migrate abroad as some countries demand much greater fees than others, making visa applications limited to serious applicants. Understanding these fees is critical for people considering changes in global ...

In this interview with John Alechenu, a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kola Ologbondiyan, speaks about the party’s internal crisis, the performance of President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress administration and sundry other issues: Excerpts: ...

By Samson Atekojo Usman Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has claimed that those criticizing the reform of President Bola Tinubu were doing that out of jealousy and should be considered as enemies of Nigeria ...

President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for some establishments. The establishments include the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development ...

The Martell Tower is set to unveil its exclusive auction on 7 December. At the heart of the evening will be the Martell Limited Edition Legacy Jewellery Cage, a rare artefact crafted with 574 blue sapphires sourced from Birmanie, 964 ...

The Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have urged commercial banks to come up with ideas that will grow the economy. The appeal was made by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the 2024 Annual Bankers’ Committee/CIBN Retreat held on Friday in Abuja. Represented by ...