Former Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Gabriel Toby, and some top stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have called for a reversal in the country’s spending model where 90 percent of the nation’s resources are used to cater for 10 percent of the population, who are mostly politicians. The stakeholders described such as sad and […]

The naira yesterday recorded further weakness against the United States dollar, with the margin between the official and parallel market exchange rates widening to N13 per dollar. Figures from the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) showed that the naira closed at N1,537 per dollar, a one-kobo depreciation from Monday’s N1,536.99 per dollar. In contrast, the […]

The Edo State Police Command has rescued 16 kidnapped victims in a series of coordinated operations along the Benin–Lagos and Benin–Akure highways. Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the operations followed separate incidents on August 23, 2025, when armed kidnappers blocked sections of the highways […]

The parents of a teenager who died by suicide after receiving guidance on self-harm from ChatGPT filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company prioritised profit over safety when it released the GPT-4.0 version of its AI chatbot last year. Matt and Maria Raine, the parents of 16-year-old Adam […]

Goods clearing activities at Nigeria’s seaports have been halted or scaled down significantly in the past two weeks, leaving over 5,000 cargoes trapped.  Port users claim to have lost an estimated N2 trillion in demurrage. The disruption of port activities is caused by the persistent network glitches on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) B’Odogwu digital […]

No fewer than 239 first-class graduates of the University of Lagos, employed as lecturers, left the institution within seven years. Immediate past Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking as guest lecturer at The PUNCH Forum, themed: “Innovative Funding of Functional Education in the Digital Age,” held at The PUNCH Place, Lagos-Ibadan […]

The Students’ Union Government of the Petroleum Training Institute, in Warri area of Delta, has partnered with the Resourceful Youth Network Initiative to a national youth empowerment summit aimed addressing unemployment crisis in the country. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Chief Executive Officer of RYNI, Dr Lawson Obasenu, the summit was […]

No fewer than 500 Kano residents suffering from cataract disease have regained clear vision after successful free clinical procedure offered by Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN) on Sunday. Cataract is a disease that affects the clear lens of the eye and subjects sight to cloudiness where light is prevented from focusing on the retina, thereby […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has directed all candidates who uploaded their O-level results before the release of the final 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results to revisit accredited centres and re-upload their results. In its weekly news bulletin on Monday, the Board explained that all previously uploaded results have been cleared […]

The world’s first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway’s coast has carried out its inaugural CO2 injection into the North Sea seabed, the Northern Lights consortium operating the site said Monday. Northern Lights, led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, involves transporting and burying CO2 captured at smokestacks across Europe. The aim is […]

Bukayo Saka is expected to miss Arsenal’s upcoming clash against Liverpool on Sunday, as well as England’s World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia next month, due to a hamstring injury. The 23-year-old forward limped off during Arsenal’s 5-0 victory over Leeds United on Saturday, and early assessments suggest he could be sidelined for up […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has deducted a total of N235.6 billion between January and July 2025 from the Frontier Exploration Fund (FEF), in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), according to the company’s financial documents. The deductions represent 30 per cent of Profit Sharing Contract (PSC) proceeds earmarked […]