President Bola Tinubu said Nigeria can not continue to be a Father Christmas to the neighbouring countries in the guise of subsidy on the premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol.
Tinubu stated this at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN) at Aso Rock on Friday.
Maryam Abacha, wife of late Nigeria’s military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has said that since after the death of her husband, she has never missed the Presidential Villa.
She stated so while speaking to BBC Hausa about her experiences as the former first lady of Nigeria.
The Editor Nigeria reports that men of the Nigerian police force have raided the home of former Zamfara governor, Bello Mattawale in search of missing government vehicles.
This was made known by a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode on his social media page.
The Editor Nigeria reports that Ondo state deputy governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa has been accused of domestic violence by his wife, Seun Ayedatiwa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assented to the Electricity Act 2023 which was initially passed by lawmakers in July 2022.
The Electricity Act will replace the Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act of 2005. It provides a framework to guide the post-privatization phase of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) as well as encourage private sector investments in the sector.
Highlighted below are some of the functions the Electricity Act seeks to guide-
According to Mbaka, God revealed this to him in a vision.
The cleric said this in a video posted on the ministry’s Facebook page.
The video was recorded while the cleric was ministering in one of his church programmes.
The president of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman has disclosed the reason he attacked the late Prophet TB Joshua.
Suleman, in a video uploaded by his church on YouTube following the second memorial anniversary of Joshua, who died on June 5, 2021, said he attacked the clergyman because of a woman who told lies about several clergymen on Joshua’s pulpit.
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a former Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, and one Tajero Adebayo in the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre over cases involving fraud and attempted murder.
Olugbemi, 48, and Adebayo, 42, whose addresses were not given, are facing a four-count of conspiracy, fraud, attempted murder and threat of violence.
The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, described the
murder of the renowned Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at
the University of Ibadan, Opeyemi Ajewole, “as a rude shock.”
He also commiserates with family while praying for the repose of Ajewole’s soul.
The PUNCH reported that suspected gunmen shot and killed the Professor on his way home on Monday night.
The Edo State Government on Tuesday empathized with the citizens over the removal of fuel subsidy which has led to an increase in the price of goods and services.
The state governor, Godwin Obaseki, who stated said that civil and public servants would work three days a week as against five days due to the rise in transportation.
The Senator-elect representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim, has expressed confidence that Nigeria can pay back debts owed to other countries in 90 days if the government is ready to tap into his wealth of knowledge.
According to the billionaire businessman, the nation’s debts of N77tn shouldn’t be a cause for worry c
The PUNCH reports that the Debt management office has declared that Nigeria is currently owing
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the last election Abubakar Atiku on Tuesday complained to the Presidential Election Petition Court that the Independent National Electoral Commission refused to provide them with some documents which they requested.
This the party and Atiku told the court during the hearing of their petitions challenging the presidential election wherein Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress emerged as the winner.
An undergraduate of the University of Lagos, identified simply as Adekunle, was on Saturday shot dead by armed robbers at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of the state.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Adekunle and his school mate identified simply as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and while in the vehicle, a man, who was hanging at the back of the bus, dispossessed Opeyemi of her iPhone 7 plus.
