The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, said on Tuesday that President Bola Tinubu had steered the economy in the right direction and was determined to stay …
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Trump fires Fagan, first woman to lead US military service
President Donald Trump has removed Admiral Linda Fagan, the first woman to lead a United States military service, as the head of the Coast Guard. The Department of Homeland Security, …
Read More »How my schoolmate defrauded us of N1.89bn – Witness
A business consultant, Mr Olusegun Durodola on Tuesday told a Lagos State High Court, in Ikeja, how his old schoolmate, who is a former employee of Punch Nigeria Ltd, Olusegun …
Read More »Ex-LP chair denies alleged sponsorship of IPOB, threatens legal action
A former acting state chairman of the Labour Party in Abia State, Kelechi Madugba has described as untrue a petition/publication alleging that he sponsors the activities of the Indigenous Peoples …
Read More »NDLEA arraigns woman, two others for importing 28kg drug
A woman, Oluwakemi Akala and two men, Onyekachi Aguguo and Tsolaye Eburajolo, were on Tuesday arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before the Federal High Court in Lagos …
Read More »Hit-and-run Ogun driver kills one, injures another
A hit-and-run driver has reportedly killed one person while leaving another injured after colliding with a motorcycle along the Benin-Sagamu Expressway on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro learnt from a traffic update …
Read More »Keep politics away from ‘Agunechemba’ security outfit, lawyer tells Soludo
The counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra and a human rights lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has urged the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, not to use the newly …
Read More »Microfinance bank sues Enugu for N20.4bn over demolition without compensation
Ohha Microfinance Bank Limited has filed a lawsuit against the Enugu State Government, seeking N20.4 billion in damages for the alleged unlawful demolition of its headquarters and destruction of valuable …
Read More »Uzodimma plans affordable houses for low-income earners in Owerri
Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has reiterated his administration’s resolve to commence the construction of housing estates for low-income earners in Owerri, the capital in 2025. The Imo State …
Read More »Rural areas suffer blackout despite N14bn power spending
Despite spending more than N14.36 billion on alternative sources of electricity for rural areas across the federation in 2024, the Federal Government proposed to spend N1.3 trillion to deepen its …
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