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President Buhari says he is disappointed he is receiving the blame for the recent attacks in Benue state. Following a series of killings in the state by gunmen, Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, had call for the urgent intervention of the federal government. About 11 soldiers, who were on peace keeping task, were recently killed in […]

The family of a woman, Joy Owoyele, is in grief after she died during a 14-day fasting in the Isheri Olofin area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Owoyele had sought spiritual help regarding her matrimonial challenges at the Christ Apostolic Church, Ori-Oke Gbogunmi, aka Ajanpelenbe Mountain, located on Pipeline Road, Isheri Olofin. She was […]

Medical experts have warned that Nigerians will face serious problems if the Federal Government fails to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 strain in India to Nigeria. The experts, including  the president of the Academy of Medicine Specialities of Nigeria, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, and  a medical virologist at Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Dr Oladipo […]

Mary Daniel, the 27-year-old amputee hawker, has received over N25m in donations from kind-hearted individuals from within and outside Nigeria. The single mother, who used to hawk bottled water in traffic in the Oshodi area of Lagos, is now set to have a new lease of life with plans to establish her business being finalised […]

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, has said some parents usually aide candidates to cheat during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. Oloyede, while monitoring the 2021 UTME registration in Lagos on Wednesday, said many parents did not allow the candidates to take the exam based on their abilities. He […]

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has called on the elites to rise up and speak the truth against forces of division in the country. He explained that this has become necessary to preserve the unity of the nation as Nigeria cannot afford a war. “We cannot afford a war in this country … it […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the date for the 2023 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made the announcement on Wednesday during a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organized by the Senate Committee on INEC. According to the INEC boss, the […]

A senior officer at the Lagos State Police Command has confirmed to Punch Metro that a directive had been given for the release of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, from custody. The source said due to the ongoing strike by members of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, courts had ceased from sitting and the […]

Nigeria on Tuesday reported one COVID-19 death and 156 new infections in 11 states. The death toll from the disease in Nigeria has reduced recently with only two fatalities recorded in about two weeks. With one new death on Tuesday, the fatality toll rose to 2,063 in total. This is according to an update published […]

The British Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has described Nigeria’s security situation as massively complex. He said no partnership would resolve the multiplicity of the country’s problems, whether it is Boko Haram insurgency or a number of other issues. Duddridge was fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja yesterday during his courtesy visit to the Minister […]

One in seven pregnancies worldwide ends in miscarriage, and eleven percent of women endure a failed pregnancy at least once in their lifetime, experts said Tuesday. Some 23 million miscarriages occur every year, according to data pieced together from around the globe by an international team of 31 researchers. But the actual tally is sure […]

Members of the House of Representatives have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a state of emergency on security. Considering the present situation, they believe this will ensure the fast track of all measures towards restoring peace in the country. The call formed part of the resolutions reached at the closed-door session to […]

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that his administration will not bow to the blackmails from kidnapers in the state to abandon it “no ransom, no negotiation” policy. According to him, the kidnappers had resorted to killing as part of their efforts to compel his government to ditch it policy. In a statement […]

The Federal Government has warned Nigerians against travelling to countries that are recording a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially India where they largely go to for medical tourism. It also listed South Africa, Turkey and Brazil in the travel advisory. The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, formerly Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, also […]

Nigeria recorded the third-worst score in the inaugural Chandler Good Government (CGGI) Index launched on Monday in Singapore. The country scored 0.319 points to sit at number 102 out of 104 countries on the league table which measures 104 governments’ effectiveness and capabilities in almost 90 per cent of the world’s population. The data, published […]

The All Progressives Congress on Monday said President Buhari and his regime, will soon deal with those behind Nigeria’s growing insecurity. It said the current security challenge was real, as such, the APC as a political party would not play politics with human lives. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘We must unite against […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday announced that another tariff review for Nigeria’s 11 power distribution companies would hold in July. It disclosed this in its notice of Minor and Extraordinary Review of Tariffs for Electricity Transmission and Distribution Companies, a development that might lead to a rise in the tariffs payable by electricity […]