President Bola Tinubu’s administration has launched a nationwide audit and digital registry of farmers aimed at eliminating “briefcase farmers” individuals who fraudulently benefit from government agricultural interventions without contributing to food production. The initiative, announced by the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, is part of broader efforts to address food […]

The Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC, Dr Mohammed Bello Shehu, has said that global energy funding for vulnerable African populations is essential to achieving sustainable development. Shehu stated this at the opening of the First African Conference on Climate Justice at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The conference, which is […]

The Oyo State government has expressed its plans to embark on a digital address system for street and house numbering across the state. The Commissioner for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Mr. Williams Funmilayo, made the disclosure on Wednesday at a meeting with Smart City Development Konsult Limited, held at the ministry’s conference room. He […]

The Federal Government has secured a €275 million funding package to accelerate the implementation of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) and other environmental sustainability initiatives to combat climate change and enhance land reclamation efforts across the country. Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, announced the development at a forum on Government–Citizens Engagement, themed: […]

Hospitals across the country were thrown into disarray yesterday as nurses and midwives began a seven-day nationwide warning strike. Acting under the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), they are demanding better welfare, improved working conditions, and institutional reforms, leaving patients stranded and health services crippled in many facilities. The union had earlier […]

The Oyo State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Wasiu Olatubosun, has said that sports tourism occupies a prime place in Governor Seyi Makinde’s agenda to expand the state’s economy through tourism and hospitality. Olatubosun, who stated this on Wednesday at a press briefing organised ahead of the Oluyole Golf Tournament 2025, billed to hold in […]

The fate of over nine million pupils hangs in the balance as uncertainty clouds the Federal Government’s National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). The programme’s uncertain future, with the end of H1 2025, threatens the livelihoods of over 250,000 individuals, including cooks, farmers, and other stakeholders, who depend on it for income. Before its […]

Moody’s has upgraded the outlook on Ecobank Transnational Incorporated’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings to stable from negative. In the latest rating commentary, made available to PUNCH Online on Thursday, Moody’s also affirmed the pan-African banking group’s B3/Not Prime long- and short-term issuer ratings; B3 senior unsecured debt rating; b2 notional Baseline Credit […]

The Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has pledged a support of N25 billion Guarantee towards the Lagos State Government’s newly launched ‘Produce for Lagos’ Programme. The launch event, which was held at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja yesterday, marked a bold step in the state’s mission to […]

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to the National Assembly, seeking approval to borrow $347m under the 2025–2026 borrowing plan. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, read the President’s correspondence on the floor of the Green Chamber during Wednesday’s plenary. According to the President, the loan is […]

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, said that his administration has put in place measures that would promote agriculture and ensure food security for the state and the nation at large. The governor stated this at the launch of the N500 billion Produce for Lagos, an off-take guarantee fund, an agricultural initiative, held at […]

The Niger State Government has signed a ₦1.8 trillion agreement with Dangote Rice Limited to grow the supply and offtake of paddy rice over the next 10 years. The state government disclosed on Thursday in a statement posted on X that the agreement was signed in Lagos at the office of the President of Dangote […]