Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, son of former Kano State Governor and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has threatened to take legal action against the state’s Commissioner for Information, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, over comments allegedly made about him during a television programme. Mustapha has given the commissioner 48 hours to withdraw the alleged defamatory statements and issue […]
President Bola Tinubu has promised to recruit 28,000 additional military personnel and 50,000 police officers as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and tackle terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. According to the 109-page APC 2027 Presidential Election Manifesto, titled From Reform to Prosperity Agenda 2027–2031, obtained by The PUNCH, Tinubu plans to achieve six […]
Nigeria’s electricity generation rose to 4,020.41 megawatts (MW) on Monday from 3,500MW, but the increase has yet to translate into adequate supply for consumers across the country. This comes as the promise last Thursday by the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, to restore normalcy in power supply within 72 hours expired two days ago. Data […]
The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under the leadership of Senator David Mark, Chief Rauf Aregbesola has approached the Court of Appeal to challenge the Federal High Court judgment that invalidated the emergence of the Mark-led leadership of the party. Aregbesola is asking the appellate court to overturn the November 5 judgment […]
Government offices in Osun were shut on Monday as workers embark on a three-day strike as directed by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gates to the Osun Government Secretariat and the State House of Assembly in Osogbo were under lock […]
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, says the state government plans to enforce the one-year rent payment provision in its real estate law to prevent landlords from demanding two or three years’ rent in advance. Hamzat, who is also the All Progressives Congress Party’s governorship candidate, said the provision was contained in the Lagos State […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kwara State has suffered another setback following the defection of its immediate past Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Basambo, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Basambo, a former Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2023 general election, announced his decision in a statement issued in Ilorin on Sunday. He attributed […]
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, will present the proposed 2027 budget to the state House of Assembly on Wednesday. The governor disclosed this during the State Executive Council meeting held on Sunday, where he urged commissioners to actively participate in reviewing the proposed budget ahead of its presentation. This was contained in a statement issued […]
The Federal Government is seeking a fresh $500m loan from the World Bank to establish an infrastructure financing platform, with the proposed approval scheduled for 25 May, 2027, just four days before the inauguration of Nigeria’s next president. The proposed borrowing comes as political activities intensify ahead of the 2027 general elections, raising questions about […]
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode, has rejected the purported conferment of the Senior Counsel of Nigeria rank, also known as Blue Silk, on him by the Nigerian Law Society. The former Minister of Aviation said he neither authorised nor approved the acceptance of the designation, describing the circumstances surrounding the development […]
