December 2023

Nigerian street-pop artist, Habeeb Badmus, aka Portable, has rejected Nollywood actor, Charles Okocha’s call for a rematch refusing to hand over the belt, Saturday PUNCH reports. Okocha was defeated by Portable in a…

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Bola Tinubu to visit the scene of the Christmas Eve killing of Nigerians by gunmen in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi communities of Plateau State. The PUNCH reports that the…

A 23-year-old girl, Amanda Uchechi Ugo of Umumbiri in Ahaizu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, confessed killing her police boyfriend last Tuesday. Amanda said during police interrogation that she shot the…

A new UNICEF report has shown that 71 per cent of new HIV infections among adolescents aged 10–19 years are among girls globally. The report noted that major gaps in basic HIV prevention and supportive sexual and…

The Katsina State Government on Friday ordered the immediate suspension of the Unit Head of the Forestry Department in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state. The state revealed this was due to the head’s alleged…

The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed two applications filed by Nigerian energy magnate ABC Orjiakor, and associated firms in an alleged $101-million bankruptcy case brought…

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state, has signed the state appropriation bill, christened “Budget of Economic Resilience,” into law. The budget passed by the state House of Assembly is put at N395.257 billion.…

Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro has unveiled his 25-man squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. The list was made known on the Super Eagles official X handle on Friday. The team consists of…

Popular Anambra politician and businessman, Nicholas Ukachukwu, has demanded heavy security personnel of 16 soldiers, 20 policemen, and 12 operatives of the Department of State…

The House of Representatives has proposed a Bill that would make it illegal for employers and corporate entities in the country to delay or fail to pay their employees’ salaries.  The Employees Remuneration Protection…

Nigeria is expected to lay its hands on the long-awaited foreign exchange support facility from Afreximbank today as the government of Africa’s most populous nation looks to ease the acute FX shortage that has…

The race for the 2024 governorship election in Ondo State may have kicked off. It was gathered that the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has started consulting with party leaders in a bid to run for the poll.…

There is brewing tension at Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State following the “marriage” between a 54-year-old man, identified as Elder Akpos and a four-year-old girl. It was gathered…

The Federal Government has announced the closure of a section of the popular Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. According to a statement by the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Engr. (Mrs.) O. I. Kesha on Thursday,…

A US-based pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) USA, has sent a serious warning to Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over the implementation of the eight-point resolution with FCT…

The official death toll in the Plateau Christmas Eve attack in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi has risen to 195 amid the search operations. The Plateau State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Musa Ashoms, disclosed…

A federal high court in Abuja has extended the interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from conducting fresh election to fill “vacant” seats…

Chairman of the BUA Group,  Abdul-Samad Rabiu, said yesterday said the company would maintain its promise of selling cement at the price of N3,500 from January 2024. He said this while speaking with State House…

The naira fell to a low of N1043.09/$ on the official Investor and Exporter foreign exchange window on Thursday. This represents a 19.54 per cent decline from the N872.59/$ it closed on Wednesday according to data from…

The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has said the office of the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, got only N354m allocation in the 2024 budget because he will be preoccupied with his…

The Lagos State Government has announced that its end-of-the-year fiesta commences today, Friday. The Countdown 2024 Greater Lagos Fiesta will end on the morning of January 1, a statement said on Thursday. The…

The Corporate Affairs Commission has announced an extension of time for companies to submit their annual returns, allowing for a revised timeline from January 1, 2024, to April 1, 2024. This was disclosed in a statement seen by…

A yet-to-be-identified  Ghanaian man has been arrested after one month of getting to the United Kingdom for sending explicit texts and photos to a 14-year-old girl. In a viral video obtained by PUNCH METRO, the man was seen answering…

A subtle battle has begun on who would be named the deputy governor of Ondo following the swearing-in of Lucky Aiyedatiwa as fovernor of the state. Sources…