The Nigeria Police Force in Kano has declared a 37-year-old man, Usman Ibrahim, wanted for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating, and misappropriation. Read More: https://punchng.com/police-declare-kano-man-wanted-over-alleged-fraud-conspiracy/...
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to cut its benchmark interest rate to 23% is expected to put downward pressure on yields in the fixed income market. Read More: https://punchng.com/cbn-rate-cut-puts-pressure-on-fixed-income-yields/...
The Tax Appeal Tribunal in Abuja has ordered the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria to pay a N2bn tax bill for income and education taxes from 2018-202 Read More: https://punchng.com/tax-tribunal-orders-institute-to-pay-n2bn-tax-bill/...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has begun the N712bn reconstruction of Terminal 1 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Read More: https://punchng.com/reconstruction-of-terminal-1-murtala-muhammed-international-airport-lagos/...
The Lions International Lagos, Ikoyi Club has inaugurated 11 renovated toilet facilities at the Tinubu Methodist Primary School on Lagos Island. Read More: https://punchng.com/lions-club-donates-toilet-facilities-to-lagos-school/...
CIFCFIN has sued ICAN at the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the court to stop its forensic accounting certification and nullify its CFAN designation. Read More: https://punchng.com/cifcfin-sues-ican-over-forensic-accountant-certification/...
Nigeria recorded over 18.8 million domestic and international air passengers in 2025, an 11.9% increase, making it Africa’s fourth-largest aviation market. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerias-air-passenger-traffic-rises-11-9-to-18-8m/...
The Kano State Social Protection Agency has visited Lagos to study its blueprint for coordinating social protection and development planning. Read More: https://punchng.com/kano-studies-lagos-blueprint-for-social-protection-development-planning/...
The Lagos State Government has launched a five-day child protection campaign targeting over 1,500 children across its six education districts. Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-targets-1500-children-in-child-protection-campaign/...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed October 26, 2026, to rule on the no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in his ongoing trial over alleged unlawful interception of a telephone communication. The ruling date was fixed after counse...
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has scheduled a special national prayer for Nigeria’s peace and stability on September 30, 2026, in Abuja. Read More: https://punchng.com/nscia-mobilises-muslims-for-national-prayer/...
An institute says Nigeria must move beyond enacting laws for social protection and begin measuring how effectively frameworks deliver benefits to citizens. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-must-measure-social-security-impact-institute/...
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has congratulated the Chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics (AERE), Dele Oye, on his conferment with the 2026 Medal of Merit by the African Bar Association (AFBA). Oye,...
The new Rotary Club of Eko Signature has unveiled community projects in Lagos focusing on sanitation, health, waste management, and economic empowerment. Read More: https://punchng.com/rotary-club-unveils-projects-for-lagos-communities/...
SUNU Assurances Nigeria Plc has appointed Michael Chukwu as an Independent Non-Executive Director and changed its external auditor to TAC Professional Serv Read More: https://punchng.com/sunu-assurances-appoints-chukwu-director-changes-external-auditor/...
Lagos and Ogun states attracted N1.74tn in industrial investments between 2024 and 2025, accounting for 87% of Nigeria’s total, data from MAN shows. Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-ogun-secure-n1-74tn-investments-others-attract-n252bn/...
Mounting cybercrime losses, estimated at $3bn in Africa since 2019, are forcing businesses in Nigeria and Ghana to make cybersecurity a boardroom priority. Read More: https://punchng.com/3bn-cybercrime-losses-raise-business-security-concerns/...
Former Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola has called for a judicial ombudsman and a survey of court users to assess the state’s justice system. Read More: https://punchng.com/fashola-seeks-lagos-court-users-survey-judicial-ombudsman/...
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority has announced tighter enforcement against the alleged illegal importation of containers into Free Trade Zones, warning operators involved in unlawful transactions would face penalties under Nigerian law. The Authority said the move wo...
By Chioma Obinna Nigeria recorded 18 new confirmed cases of Lassa fever in epidemiological week 35, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in 2026 to 1,074, with 258 deaths recorded across 24 states. The latest Lassa Fever Situation Report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease ...
By Chioma Obinna MTN Group Foundation and the Gates Foundation on Tuesday launched an AI-enabled maternal health platform targeting 500,000 Nigerian women by 2030. The Nigeria Maternal Health Multiplier will also equip 5,000 frontline health workers with digital tools to detect p...
…Links hardship, social unrest to failure of productivity Former Cross River State governor and presidential candidate of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Donald Duke, said yesterday Nigeria’s economy has effectively shrunk since the Second Republic because government spending and ...
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Federal Government has begun moves to overhaul Nigeria’s road transport sector, targeting safer roads, modern vehicle fleets, digital systems and stronger regulation in an industry that carries more than 90 per cent of the country’s passengers an...
…20 countries to attend Lagos assembly on secure medicine supply chains By Chioma Obinna The Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria, PWDAN, and the African Pharmaceutical Distributors Association, APDA, on Tuesday called for stronger collaboration amon...
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed calls for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hand over power to Vice President Kashim Shettima, insisting that there is no leadership vacuum despite the President’s extended working vacation abroa...
Commercial flights from the Gusau International Airport to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will begin next month, in October, 2026. The Zamfara State Government announced this when it signed an Air Route Development Partnership Agreement with XEJet Limited for sc...
By DAGGA TOLAR While joining in mourning the death of 37 of us, who tragically suffocated to death in the cells of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State, the government has come up with a swift response that has resulted in the arrest of NSCDC...
The International Chamber of Commerce last week rescued Nigeria from yet another set of predators determined to suck the last drop of blood still running in the country’s economic veins. It rejected the criminal claim for damages for a breach of contract to the tune of USD 2.35 b...
The signal this week is unmistakable: fuel subsidy declared dead in 2023, is returning as a defining issue of the 2027 presidential election. Petrol now sells for about ₦1,400 per litre in Lagos and Abuja and as much as ₦1,500 in parts of northern Nigeria. Diesel has crossed ₦2,0...
The investigation examined how wealth linked to Nigerian political and economic elites moved into the US real estate market and identified recurring risk factors in the acquisition of the properties. The post 61 Nigerian officials linked to $271 million US property holdings -Repo...
Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has inaugurated a nine-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the deaths of 37 persons who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Niger State Command. Bago inaugurated the commission at the Gover...
The delegation from DR Congo arrived in Nigeria on Monday to understudy the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board’s acclaimed local content framework for the oil and gas industry. The post DR Congo delegation begins study tour of NCDMB’s local content model appeared f...
A 35-year-old Nigerian, Olamide Shanu, has pleaded guilty in the US to a $2.5m sextortion and romance fraud scheme that defrauded about 150 Americans. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-pleads-guilty-to-defrauding-150-americans-in-2-5m-sextortion-scam/...
Bendel Insurance technical adviser, Kennedy Boboye, has urged his players to aim for the maximum points in the Matchday 5 encounter against Ikorodu City. The Benin Arsenals will square up with Ikorodu City at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, on Wednesday. Boboye said tha...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has urged religious leaders in the state to use their sermons to discourage parents from allowing teenagers to engage in artisanal mining. Bago made the call on Tuesday when the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), N...
Nigerian singer Davido joined Aliko Dangote in New York’s Times Square as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s IPO was advertised on a Nasdaq billboard. Read More: https://punchng.com/video-davido-joins-dangote-at-times-square-new-york-as-refinery-ipo-hits-nasdaq-billboard/...
The naira extended its appreciation against the dollar across the foreign exchange market on Tuesday. Central Bank of Nigeria data showed that the naira further strengthened to N1,327.78 against the dollar on Tuesday, from N1,329.80 exchanged on Monday. Dollar to Naira exchange r...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed concerns over President Tinubu’s absence, insisting there is no vacancy as he is still running Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/akpabio-defends-tinubus-absence-says-president-still-running-nigeria/...
You’ve heard all about it. It’s been all over the news these past couple of weeks: the “Dangote IPO.” The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE IPO is now open, offering eligible Nigerians, both at home and abroad, an opportunity to apply for shares in the company. Th...
Singer Peter Okoye has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that he received more than $800,000 in royalties from France-based music rights organisation SACEM for songs recorded by the former music group, P-Square. Peter made the disclosure while testifying virtually before Justice...
Dr Obafemi Hamzat, Lagos State Deputy Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate, has called on residents of the state to turn out en masse and vote for APC candidates in the 2027 general elections. Hamzat made the call on Tuesday during a visit by member...
FAAN said passenger traffic and airline capacity are expanding, but infrastructure and operating costs continue to constrain Nigeria’s aviation potential. The post Nigeria hits 18.8 million flights, ranks Africa’s fourth-largest market appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigeria’s 774 local government chairmen to translate his Renewed Hope Agenda into tangible development at the grassroots. Read More: https://punchng.com/deliver-grassroots-development-tinubu-tells-lg-chairmen/...
Kwam 1 reconciles rival transport union leaders, MC Oluomo, Tafa Sego Premium Times Nigeria
With Nigerians grappling with rising petrol prices, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, has described the situation as a global issue, warning that it could worsen if the Middle East crisis persists. He said the difficulties Nigerians are facing wit...
Activist and social crusader, Comrade Dominic Alancha, has called for a thorough investigation into the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State. Alancha, who spoke on the incident while addressing...
Senior leadership for LemFi’s regulatory and policy engagement across West Africa, with an early focus on Nigeria Dr Haydar Daudu is an economist and former public-sector adviser who has worked with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation Lem...
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has charged the chairmen of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas to translate the Renewed Hope Agenda into tangible grassroots development. Tinubu gave the charge on Tuesday at the maiden Annual National Conference of the 774 Local Gov...
The Osun State House of Assembly has unanimously approved the proposed alteration of the Constitution to allow for the creation of state police in Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/osun-assembly-approves-constitutional-amendment-for-state-police-creation/...
By: Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Navy has uncovered approximately 182,000 litres of substance suspected to be stolen crude oil in Bethel Creeks, Rivers State, in another major disruption of illicit crude oil storage and transfer activities within the area. Director of Informatio...
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria and the Bureau of Public Procurement have moved to deepen the participation of women-owned engineering businesses in public projects, with the BPP disclosing that a new affirmative procurement policy is being developed to...
CBN stated that although the outlook for the domestic economy remained positive, external and domestic risks could undermine the moderation in inflation. The post CBN warns Middle East tensions, election spending could disrupt disinflation appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ...
Professor Obi Davies-Ekwenna, the Managing Director of Robo Medics and founder and Chief Executive Officer of RoboMed Global Inc., is a professor of urology and transplant surgery who has been involved in pioneering robotic surgical programmes in Nigeria and West Africa. Davies-E...
The vice presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has lambasted governors elected under the All Progressives Congress, APC, stating that they are not in charge. Kwankwaso made the assertion on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Televisio...
The Eagle Online to continue operations after founder’s death, family says Premium Times Nigeria
The Nigerian Army has alerted residents of Bauchi State to a live-fire demonstration scheduled to take place along the Bauchi-Jos Road on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. The exercise will be conducted by the Nigerian Army Armour School, Obienu Barracks, between 6 am and 6 pm. Acco...
The initiative will use AI, mobile technology and improved connectivity to support pregnant women, health workers and primary healthcare facilities The post MTN, Gates Foundation launch AI initiative to improve maternal healthcare in Nigeria appeared first on Premium Times Nigeri...
The Russian envoy to Nigeria, Igor Ivannikov, says the fight against corruption must combine punishment with preventive measures to address its root causes Read More: https://punchng.com/anti-corruption-fight-must-combine-punishment-prevention-russian-envoy/...
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has promised to deliver ongoing road projects in Abuja by December, describing them as a Christmas gift from President Bola Tinubu Read More: https://punchng.com/wike-promises-fct-road-projects-as-tinubus-christmas-gift/...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old suspected cultist, Muyideen Olatunbosun, and recovered a rubber-made pistol, an axe, criminal charms and an illicit drug popularly known as “Ice” during an intelligence-led anti-crime patrol in Ikorodu. A statement by the ...
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