Electricity tariff hike: Labour demands reversal as protests begin today

By Daniel Adaji, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Henry Falaiye •NLC, TUC, others to picket NERC office, DisCos in 36 states The organised labour will on Monday (today) commence nationwide protests over the electricity tariff... Read more »

Rivers assembly: Fubara, pro-Wike lawmakers clash over relocation

By Dennis Naku The Rivers State Government and lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday disagreed over an executive order, which relocated the sitting of the... Read more »

Bank chiefs obtain N549bn insider loans in five years

By Damilola Aina, Oluwakemi Abimbola Directors and key management personnel of Deposit Money Banks borrowed about N549bn from their financial institutions in five years. This is according to The PUNCH analysis of... Read more »

National, state assemblies to spend N724bn in 2024

By Damilola Aina, Nathaniel Shaibu The National Assembly and the 36 state assemblies of the federation as well as their agencies will spend about N724bn this year, an analysis of their 2024... Read more »

Confusion in Anambra over alleged disappearance of 7 hunters

Okey Maduforo, Awka There has been growing confusion in the past one month in Anambra state following the alleged disappearance of seven hunters in Amanuke Community of Awka North local government area.... Read more »

Saboteurs switched off CCTV cameras during Kogi varsity invasion -Gov

By Gbenga Odogun Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has attributed the Thursday abduction of students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, in the state to what he described as internal sabotage.... Read more »

Two herders, 150 cows killed in Plateau reprisal attack 

By James Abraham Two herders and over one hundred cows  have been reportedly killed in what appeared to be a reprisal attack in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state A community leader... Read more »

AMVCA: Jagun Jagun wins ‘Best Costume Design’ as Mami Wata grabs ‘Best Makeup’

The 10th edition of Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) kicked off on Saturday night with Femi Adebayo’s Jagun Jagun clinching the Best Costume Design title. Similarly, Campbell Precious Arebamen of ‘Mami... Read more »

Army chief, Lagbaja orders investigation into viral video of overcrowded soldiers’ cells, poor feeding

By Kingsley Omonobi The Army Headquarters on Saturday said it has ordered investigations into allegations of overcrowded cells in its barracks and poor feeding of detained personnel following a viral video showing... Read more »

Anambra to monitor petrol stations with tampered metres

By Ikenna Obianeri The Anambra State Commissioner for Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Anthony Ifeanya, has said the ministry has concluded arrangements to embark on aggressive monitoring of petrol filling stations across the state.... Read more »