Nigeria’s continuing diphtheria outbreak is a grim reminder that preventable diseases can become deadly when public-health systems fail to sustain basic immunisation. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says more than 10,000 confirmed cases have been recorded in 2026, wit...
safety
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has assured parents that their children are safe in schools across the country. Disu gave the assurance during the flag-off of the Police Community Relations Committee’s Safe School Initiative in Abuja on Thursday. The committee als...
schools
A senator representing Ogun Central, Shuaibu Salisu, has rewarded top-performing students in the Senior School Certificate Examination with cash and laptop Read More: https://punchng.com/top-ssce-performers-get-cash-laptops-in-ogun/...
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command, has seized a 2026 Range Rover worth N417m and 3,893 parcels of cannabis sativa in Ogun State. Read More: https://punchng.com/customs-seize-n417m-range-rover-3893-cannabis-parcels-in-ogun/...
safety
The family of a 46-year-old man has accused the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital of negligence, alleging he died after a six-hour treatment delay. Read More: https://punchng.com/family-accuses-lasuth-of-negligence-over-accident-victims-death/...
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By KOLAWOLE OLANIYAN It is happening again. Under President Bola Tinubu, Nigerians are facing an increasingly repressive political and legal environment. Like the Muhammadu Buhari government before it, the Tinubu administration is making an utter mockery of Nigeria’s constitution...
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THE last one week has been quite impactful on Nigerians. Just as everyone was figuring how to continue managing fast-disappearing resources as prices of just about everything resumed an upward climb, the price of fuel energy took off from its precarious perch in the stratosphere,...
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A former Minister of Sports, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, says Nigeria’s sports development is failing due to over-politicisation and lack of professionalism. Read More: https://punchng.com/why-nigeria-is-failing-in-sports-development-ex-sports-minister/...
safety
The FCT Police Command has begun an investigation into a clash between Vehicle Inspection Office personnel and Okada riders in the Life Camp area of Abuja. Read More: https://punchng.com/police-probe-vio-okada-riders-clash-in-abuja/...
government
The forum resolved to take the message of the adoption of President Tinubu to all 36 states of the federation and the FCT. The post 2027: Former presiding officers back Tinubu, to mobilise 11 million votes appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
parks
Actress Toyin Abraham has denied her inclusion in the All Progressives Congress Lagos State Campaign Council’s Entertainment and Creative Economy Directorate. The movie star urged the public in an Instagram Story post Thursday to disregard reports suggesting her inclusion in the ...
News
Thursday's ICC ruling clears the single biggest legal hurdle that has paralysed the Mambilla hydro power project for years, the statement said. The post Tinubu reacts as Nigeria wins arbitration against Sunrise Power appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Local
By Ebunoluwa Sessou Two politicians who were aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Lagos State House of Assembly have defected to the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, following changes to the APC’s candidate list for the Agege constituencies I and ...
