Nigeria will have spent over N1.799 trillion on the National Assembly in 13 years by the end of 2023, with the parliament jacking up its budget for next year by N30 billion, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. From 2011 to 2022, the annual budgets of the National Assembly cumulatively amounted to about N1.630 trillion, while the…
The Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah has urged Christians to make wise decisions in electing a new crop of political leaders in 2023. Kukah made the comment in Yola at the 2022 Church Leaders Summit. He also asked the Christian community not to worry about the choices made by political parties…
Students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have started a fundraising campaign to release their colleagues who were kidnapped by gunmen along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Two MAPOLY students, Adejare Olayemi (male) and Oluwatobi Orekoya (female), and one Aminat Taiwo (female), were kidnapped on Friday on their way to Ibadan, Oyo State, alongside a former…
In a celebration of the resilient and unstoppable ethos that has come to define the Nigerian spirit, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Nigeria’s leading dairy manufacturer and makers of the nutritious Peak brand is leading the search for #UnstoppableHumansofChange across the country. Over the years, Peak’s mantra has successfully revolved around encouraging Nigerians to “reach for their Peak” while inspiring incredible stories…
The Central Bank of Nigeria is expected to have destroyed over N6tn worth of mutilated and old banknotes when the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd) expires in May 2023, an analysis by The PUNCH has shown. Already, data obtained from the annual reports of the currency operations department of the CBN…
An attack by terrorists on the military cantonment at Wawa, Niger State, on Saturday midnight, was prevented by combined efforts of both air and land forces. Our correspondent gathered that no fewer than two terrorists were killed during a gun duel that ensued between the hoodlums and the military. A source said several terrorists fled with…
Sixteen pupils of Ibafo Community High School, Ibafo, Ogun State, are in police custody after a fight between teachers of the school and the pupils on Thursday, October 20, 2022, which led to the destruction of the school property. Parents and siblings of the 16 students and other parents took to the streets on Friday,…
Twitter plans to start charging nearly $20 a month for users to stay verified. This is part of a premium service that will be rolled out under Elon Musk’s leadership, according to a report.“The whole verification process is being revamped right now,” Musk, who took over as the CEO of the social media platform Friday,…
The World Para-Powerlifting Open African Championships is come and gone. The four-day tournament held at the Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo, Egypt from October 27-30, 2022. Para-Powerlifting involves persons with varying physical disabilities competing in different classifications of the Sport. This is the only World Para Sport organising a Regional Championships in Africa….
The ongoing fuel scarcity across the country may worsen in Lagos and neighbouring states, as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, weekend threatened to shut fuel supplies to the state over alleged violent attacks, intimidation, harassment and extortion of members by hoodlums. Specifically, NUPENG claimed that hoodlums along Lekki Free Trade…