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A former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Wednesday, recalled how he was allegedly robbed of victory in the 2003 governorship election in the state. Osoba, who contested on the pl...

https://punchng.com/returning-officer-told-me-2003-gov-results-ready-before-election-osoba/

There is currently a surge in the demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, leading to marginal price hike following the recent decision of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural G...

https://punchng.com/cooking-gas-demand-surges-over-nlngs-100-domestic-supply/

The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Justice, Public Petition and Police Affairs to “investigate the involvement” of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the...

https://punchng.com/reps-order-probe-of-malami-igps-involvement-in-magodo-estate-dispute/

A secondary school student, Joshua Joseph, and his parents, on Tuesday, allegedly hired thugs who invaded the Toyon High School, Ere, Ado-Odo, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun Sta...

https://punchng.com/three-ogun-teachers-beaten-by-hired-thugs-parents-arrested/

Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, was in the storm’s eye earlier this week. Perhaps some disclosure is expedient here before we proceed. Ojudu is so...

https://punchng.com/osinbajo-tinubu-and-the-elasticity-of-loyalty/

• Senate adds consensus to House of Reps’ direct, indirect primaries proposal The Senate on Wednesday included the consensus mode of primary in the Electoral Act  (Amendment) Bill as suggest...

https://punchng.com/electoral-act-amendment-senate-bows-to-buhari-includes-consensus-for-party-primaries/

A move by the Lagos State Government to compel vehicles to undergo mandatory inspection and tests has run into a storm of protests. Though laudable and in line with global best practices, the mov...

https://punchng.com/new-lagos-roadworthiness-testing-should-be-painless/

THE Trade Union Congress will today (Thursday) take a position on the planned removal of the fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. The TUC Deputy Secretary, Nuhu Toro, disclosed to The PUNCH in...

https://punchng.com/fuel-subsidy-nec-considers-report-today-tuc-meets-ascsn-threatens-showdown/

There was controversy on Wednesday over the invitation of the Managing Director of the Assets Management Company of Nigeria, Mr. Ahmed Kuru, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A top...

https://punchng.com/controversy-over-efccs-invitation-of-amcon-boss/

In place of awe at the spectacular sight of the rice pyramids stacked in the FCT in preparation for the president to officially unveil them on Tuesday, Nigerians have mostly expressed cynicism. S...

https://punchng.com/rice-pyramids-do-not-match-up-to-reality/

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written to the National Assembly to seek timely passage of three bills – the Proceeds of Crime Bill, Whistle Blower Bill and the Witne...

https://punchng.com/buhari-begs-national-assembly-to-pass-anti-loot-whistleblower-witness-bills/

Ahead of the January 26 governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, ABIODUN NEJO writes that the opposition party has failed to unite its ‘warring’ members and put it...

https://punchng.com/divided-house-old-wounds-fester-as-fayose-olujimi-others-battle-ahead-jan-26-gov-primary/

Nollywood star, Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi, has knocked critics who ridicule her husband’s hard work. The actress, in an Instagram post on Wednesday night, sounded a note of warning to critics who a...

https://punchng.com/i-wont-let-people-talk-down-on-my-husband-toyin-abraham-knocks-critics/

A domestic worker, identified only as Blessing, has gone into hiding after allegedly stealing money and jewellery valued at over N13.9m from her boss’ residence in the Victoria Island area of L...

https://punchng.com/lagos-domestic-worker-flees-with-n13-9m-cash-jewellery-one-week-after-resumption/

The four students of the University of Port Harcourt who were abducted by gunmen have regained their freedom. The students were returning from the Ahoada area of Rivers State when the kidnappers ...

https://punchng.com/four-kidnapped-uniport-students-regain-freedom/

A member of an international non-governmental organisation, Hussarf Abdurauf, 35, has been accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old Internally Displaced Person, Aishatu Adamu, in the Kaleri ar...

https://punchng.com/humanitarian-worker-lures-borno-14-year-old-idp-rapes-girl-victims-stabs-self-dies/

A Mcombined team of operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and the Department of State Services, Imo State Command, has rescued a middle-aged Burundian wo...

https://punchng.com/naptip-dss-rescue-burundian-mother-three-trafficked-kids-in-imo/

A Grade ‘C’ Customary Court in the Ode-Aje area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has been gutted by fire. The court, located on the premises of the Omoyeni Memorial Primary School, Ode-Aje, ...

https://punchng.com/fire-destroys-oyo-court-building-residents-save-classrooms/

Obeagu Awkunanaw community, in the Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been thrown into mourning after gunmen on Tuesday killed two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, ...

https://punchng.com/police-begin-probe-as-gunmen-storm-apc-meeting-kill-two-in-enugu/

Labour unions in Enugu State, including the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Union of Teachers as well the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, on Wednesday commence...

https://punchng.com/labour-begins-three-day-strike-in-enugu-over-minimum-wage/

The spokesperson of the United States Mission in Nigeria, Jeanne Clark, on Wednesday, in Kano, charged Nigerian journalists to adhere strictly to the ethics of the profession so as to ensure a st...

https://punchng.com/journalists-urged-to-adhere-to-professional-ethics/

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, have commiserated with the Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal...

https://punchng.com/buhari-atiku-bello-condole-with-tambuwal-over-brothers-death/

Commercial activities were again grounded in some major cities in Anambra State such as Nnewi, Onitsha and some parts of Awka on Wednesday, making it the third day of sit-at-home. The situation w...

https://punchng.com/sit-at-home-continues-in-anambra-commercial-activities-grounded/

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency on Saturday rescued a female sea cow also known as manatee, an endangered aquatic mammal held hostage at Epe Lagos. NESREA,...

https://punchng.com/nesrea-rescues-sea-cow-held-captive-in-lagos/

Netherlands-based terminal operator, APM Terminals, has decided to bring forward its net-zero greenhouse gas emission target to 2040, a decade ahead of its initial 2050 ambition. A 70 per cent re...

https://punchng.com/terminal-operator-accelerates-net-zero-pledge/

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the newly purchased two sets of Red Line trains for the rail project by the administration will build the state’s economy. Sanwo-Olu...

https://punchng.com/trains-will-build-our-economy-says-sanwo-olu/

The Lagos State Government has unveiled its plan to rescue over two million out-of-school children in the state through the Eko Excel programme. The Executive Chairman of Lagos State Universal Ba...

https://punchng.com/lagos-to-educate-out-of-school-children/

The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, has urged workers of the state’s Agricultural Inputs Supply Authority to go beyond their targets in a bid to excel. Olusanya, acc...

https://punchng.com/go-beyond-targets-commissioner-tasks-agric-officers/

The Lagos State Government has urged citizens to explore alternative medicine in addition to conventional medicine in order to attain complete wellness. The Chairman, Lagos State Traditional Medi...

https://punchng.com/explore-alternative-medicine-govt-advises-residents/

Just like many other resources and opportunities the Federal Government wastes, the blue economy has abundant potential to create employment and earn badly-needed forex for the country. These pos...

https://punchng.com/nimet-lokoja-and-a-nations-wasted-blue-economy/