•Nigerians looting warehouse Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory today looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria over the current economic hardship across the country. It was learnt that the warehouse is situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja, reports Sunday PUNC...
•Professor Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has urged the government at all levels to desist from taking citizens for a fool so as to bridge the gap between leaders and the led. Soyinka, who was a guest speaker at the Punch’s 50th anniversary lecture themed ‘Recovering the Narrative,’ insisted that the government ought [&hel...
At least 20 students of some boarding public schools in Potiskum, Fika, and Fune Local Government Areas of Yobe State have died from a suspected Meningitis outbreak. It was learnt that the deaths were recorded in Government Science Technical College, Government Girls Science Technical College, and Federal Government Girls College, all in Potis...
•Sanwo-Olu As Nigerians lament the high cost of living crisis in the country, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that Lagos State civil servants from Level 1 to 14 will come to work physically three times a week and work virtually for the two other days to ease economic pressure in the state. The governor, who […]
Days after governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) likened the situation in the country to that of Venezuela, Governor of Oyo, Seyi Makinde has said the party will in the next few weeks propose action plans that if adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government with turn around the […]
The pan Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, has lauded the National Assembly for waking up to the reality of the need to cut costs of governance and restructure the political system in Nigeria. The organisation, in a press statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, was however quick to ad...
•Dantata Elder statesman Alhaji Aminu Dantata has thrown his weight behind the move to transition from a presidential system of government to a parliamentary system. Dantata, while speaking on the development today, said the parliamentary system is better than the presidential system of government because it is cheaper, reports Vanguard. The n...
Lagos State Government has revealed that at least 250 organisations, including industries, worship places and night clubs have been sealed for noise pollution and other environmental infractions over the last three months across the metropolis. Recall that the religious houses shut included some branches of the Redeemed Christian Church of God...
•Lagos City Marathon Lagos State government has issued a traffic advisory ahead of the yearly Access Bank Lagos City Marathon coming up tomorrow Saturday, February 10, 2024 between 5.00am and 2.00pm. The state government said the following routes will be temporarily unavailable to motorists during the marathon: Funsho Williams Avenue from Stad...
•Day of protest Following the backlash that followed the arrest of Monday’s protesters over the rise in food prices in Minna, the Niger State Government has granted administrative bail to the woman who initiated the protest, Aisha Jibrin and 24 others arrested by the police. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hajiya Binta Mamman, while...