The British High Commission says the high demand for standard UK visitor visas has been responsible for the delay in processing. In a statement addressed to Nigerians on Friday, the commission asked intending clients not […]
He was stark naked and walking incoherently along the presidential road, Enugu, last Tuesday afternoon. Looking at the young man who was murmuring to himself as he walked, he was not up to 25 years […]
The Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NURW) has announced a suspension of its three-day warning strike, following an agreement reached with the federal government. The strike, which commenced on Thursday, led to the shutdown of […]
Before the advent of unicorn fintechs and banks, people entusted their savings with thrift collectors. One of them stood out in Lagos and the areas that now constitute the South West of Nigeria: Taiwo Olunaike […]
Nigeria deserves a prominent seat wherever the most consequential issues are discussed, the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has said, adding that his country was ready to partner with Nigeria differently from the […]
In Nigeria’s politics, the north holds the trump card – an inconvenient reality. By the inexorable contrivance of the divine, the northern region is a chief decider of the nation’s leadership. Since the country’s independence […]
On October 19, 2020, as part of recommendations put forward during the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos government set up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate petitions on police brutality in the state. Following the […]
The spate of disasters that seems to be defining Lagos by the day and in recent times is not unconnected to the abject state of the city which the state government, led by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, […]
Three Nigerian firms won nearly half a million dollars in total in funding provided by the Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma, for startups that set out to solve major problems. Releaf, a Lagos-based food processing company, […]
The National Economic Council (NEC) says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a fresh N656 billion Bridge Financing Facility for the 36 states. Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, disclosed this on Thursday […]
Nine years after Oladapo Joseph died as a senior officer in the Nigerian Army, his widow, Bolajoko, continues to suffer amid official neglect. The couple tied the nuptial knot at Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, […]
Bandits operating in Katsina State are using Radio Frequency Walkie Talkie Transceivers to overcome the shutdown of telecommunications service in the state, the state government has said. The state government had in September cut telecommunications […]
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), may this week renew the licence of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), an intervention agency in the power sector, signaling more uncertainties in […]
Power consumers nationwide may start to pay more for electricity, following plans by the Federal Government to carry out a review of power tariff, The PUNCH has learnt. This came as the Federal Government said […]
As part of the efforts of the Lagos State Government to improve the professionalism and accountability of law enforcement officers, the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on March 31, unveiled the use of body-worn cameras by […]
Amid rising insecurity in Nigeria, the country now risks an arms embargo following the indictment of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for […]
Leaders of countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have just slammed fresh sanctions against military juntas in Mali and Guinea, serving a strong notice that coups were no longer tolerated in […]
When the programme was announced with funfair last year, through the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Special Public Works Programme (SPWP) was enthusiastically received by large numbers of Nigerians who saw this initiative […]
Actions by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami, on claims by consultants that the 36 state governments owe them $418 million have continued to reverberate in the public space in the past […]
In an earlier write up (November 1st and 4th, Punch Newspaper), I gave reasons infrastructure spending was not working for the Nigerian economy. In this article, I turn the searchlight on the much-acclaimed improvements in […]
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