Latest News Archives - Punch Newspapers (2024)

The Nigerian Army says soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Delta State are to be buried today (Wednesday), at the National Cemetery, Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the Niger...

27th March 2024

The hike in Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Rate, also known as interest rate, from 22.75 per cent to 24.75 per cent by the Central Bank of Nigeria will further accelerate the country’s inflation and le...

27th March 2024

Kwara State-born event planner, Faridah Busari, tells ABDULLATEEF FOWEWE how she suffered memory loss after a Lagos commercial driver who disobeyed traffic regulations broke her leg Can you narrate ho...

3rd March 2024

Indigene of Umuawulu in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chidubem Okoye, tells IKENNA OBIANERI how a masquerader killed his father How many of you did your parents give birth to?...

3rd March 2024

Lagos-based sickle cell survivor and amputee fashion designer, Emiola-Dakobiri Damilola, tells TEMITOPE ADETUNJI how she was born without a tibia bone in one of her legs How did you come about with a ...

3rd March 2024

Teachers and lecturers in various institutions of learning across the country are now required to sign the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Code of Conduct form. The action is part of measu...

18th February 2024

A man, Akeem Kareem, has regained freedom after spending about three days in the den of kidnappers who abducted him along the Benin-Ore Expressway last Wednesday. Sunday Special had reported that Kare...

22nd January 2024

The Senator Representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, said the Senate will summon the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, over the rising rate of insecurity in Abuja. There has been an incr...

22nd January 2024

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, on New Year’s Day, intercepted a consignment of colorado, a very strong strain of c...

8th January 2024

Residents in the Jogor Centre area of Ibadan, Oyo State, have kicked against the alleged assault of a 17-year-old boy who was hospitalised after he was reportedly slapped by a policeman. PUNCH Metro g...

8th January 2024

The sickening events of rape have left indelible marks on its victims even as they grow into adults, Naomi Chima writes. Twenty-eight-year-old Rose Chukwuka, a beautiful lady from Enugu State, curvy, ...

18th December 2023

A multi-million-naira mansion located at K-5A/2 Road 14, Victoria Garden City estate, Lekki area of Lagos used as a clandestine laboratory for the production of methamphetamine by a convicted drug bar...

18th December 2023

Three persons were confirmed dead while seven others sustained injuries in an accident involving two vehicles at the Conoil filling station area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. The Public ...

18th December 2023

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Sunday, said the country was almost comatose when President Bola Tinubu came into power. Abiodun disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s...

27th November 2023

Onumonu, Alozie also out The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed huge surprise following the late withdrawals of Asisat Oshoala and Jennifer Echegini as both players voluntarily opted out of the...

27th November 2023

Following the release of nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards on Friday the names of Nigerian music stars shone brightly in various categories. Grammy-award winner, Burna Boy, bagged four nomination...

11th November 2023

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said his deputy, Philip Shaibu, is desperate to become the next governor of the state and will explore every possible means to achieve his desperate ambition, i...

12th August 2023

In this report, VICTOR AYENI examines how the detection of anthrax in some states and fears over its spread across the country threaten the businesses of butchers and cow sellers as well as patronage ...

5th August 2023

President Bola Tinubu on Friday said his administration is undertaking a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank while a thorough overhaul of the Civil Service payroll is imminent. ”A c...

5th August 2023

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, on Friday, warned President Bola Tinubu to think twice before declaring war on the Niger Republic. George gave ...

4th August 2023