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Mutfwang resets Plateau health sector with N2bn state-of-the-art equipment
The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has commissioned a state-of-the-art high-tech diagnostic laboratory, completed with a pediatric ward and a modern administrative block at the Plateau State ...
17th June 2025
Business executives converge in Lagos for AI talk
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, is set to convene over 80 C-suite executives and technology leaders at the Vertiv AI Solutions Innovation Roadsho...
17th June 2025
NiRA unveils privacy service to protect website owners
The Nigerian Internet Registration Association has announced the launch of a new privacy feature designed to protect the personal information of individuals and organisations that own websites in Nige...
17th June 2025
Varsity accreditation not mere formality – NUC
The National Universities Commission has described as false and baseless the claim that universities can attain full accreditation for academic programmes without adequate staffing. The Executive Secr...
17th June 2025
Nigeria sees 20% jump in mobile money savings
Nigeria has recorded a significant rise in digital savings activity, with mobile money users increasing their use of savings features by more than 20 per cent between 2023 and 2024, new research has s...
17th June 2025
Interswitch unveils product to simplify pension remittances
Interswitch, one of Africa’s leading technology companies, has officially launched Interswitch PensionRemit, a fully automated platform designed to help employers comply with the recently introduced...
17th June 2025
‘Buy made-in Nigeria’ policy directly violates AfCFTA – NECA
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has said that the recently mooted ‘Buy Made in Nigeria Policy’ of the Federal Government is directly violating the African Continental Free Trade ...
17th June 2025
Doubts linger as OPS reacts to 22.97% inflation rate
Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped to 22.97 per cent in May 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. The figure represents a decline of 0.74 percentage points when compared to the 23.71...
17th June 2025
Zamfara APC to sue gov’s aide over school abduction claim
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has been accused of allegedly colluding with bandits to orchestrate the abduction of 300 students from Government Secondary School, Kankara, in Kats...
12th June 2025
Philanthropist supports Osun women with grant
More than 300 residents of Iwo Federal Constituency have benefitted from an empowerment initiative facilitated by a philanthropist, Ismail Sefiu. The beneficiaries, largely women engaged in small-scal...
12th June 2025
ABUAD secures N480m research equipment boost
A professor of Industrial Chemistry and Director of Academic Planning, Oluwafemi Ogunmodede, has secured 79 different sophisticated research and science equipment worth $298,104.71 (N480.2m) for the A...
12th June 2025
CardinalStone records N55bn as market soars
Stockbroking firm CardinalStone Securities Limited performed about N55.5bn worth of transactions in the latest rally on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, which saw the All Share Index hit the historic hi...
12th June 2025
Sahara Group unveils platform to boost eco-friendly habits
Sahara Group has unveiled a new platform known as “I’m Green Without Envy”, stating that it aims to transform sustainability into a rewarding daily practice for employees. Launched during Sahara...
12th June 2025
NGA President to coordinate African gas union activities
The President of the Nigerian Gas Association, Mr Akachukwu Nwokedi, was appointed as the Regional Coordinator for the union’s activities in Africa by the International Gas Union at the recent World...
12th June 2025
Firms collaborate on renewable energy solutions
The Nigeria-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry has collaborated with the Vietnam Joint Stock Company, which specialises in the provision of sustainable renewable energy solutions as part of effo...
12th June 2025
The fiery destruction of Kara
Alas, our society now looks very much like a train out of control, crashing everything on its route while its beleaguered and bemused passengers scream wide-eyed with terror. Last week, it was water; ...
12th June 2025
Women bearing the brunt of heatwaves
It’s tempting to see heatwaves as indiscriminate forces, touching all under the same sun. But that view willfully ignores a growing body of evidence. When the mercury rises, women face greater risks...
12th June 2025
Nigeria defaults in UN contributions, pays only 36%
Nigeria has paid only 36 per cent of its assessed contributions to the United Nations over the last five years, according to official records reviewed by The PUNCH. Between 2020 and 2024, Nigeria was ...
12th June 2025
Tinubu’s midterm: The political governance fundamentals
President Bola Tinubu was elected on May 29, 2023. His first term in office will end on May 28, 2027. We are now at midterm. Many midterm performance assessments have been conducted, most based on eco...
12th June 2025
PUBG MOBILE celebrates Salah with Lagos community
PUBG MOBILE, a mobile games platform, celebrated this year’s Eid al-Adha by bringing food and joy to residents of Makoko, a waterfront community in Lagos, Nigeria. It disclosed this in a statement a...
12th June 2025
APC kicks as PDP alleges Aiyedatiwa abandoned Akeredolu’s projects
The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of abandoning all the uncompleted projects left by his immediate predecessor, the late former Governor Roti...
9th June 2025
US jails Nigerian five years for $2.5m fraud
A Nigerian, Kingsley Utulu, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his role in a large-scale hacking and identity theft scheme that defrauded the U.S. tax authorities and priv...
9th June 2025
NiMet forecasts thunderstorms, rain for three days
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has released a forecast of thunderstorms and rainfall across various regions of the country from Sunday through Tuesday. In a weather update issued on Saturday in Ab...
9th June 2025
The illusion of movement
When a nation mistakes motion for progress, it wakes up two years later at the same junction, only more exhausted. And a man carried in by the thunder must prove he can dance in the rain. These are no...
9th June 2025
Ondo Amotekun arrests 170 anti-open grazing law violators
The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as the Amotekun Corps on Sunday disclosed that it arrested no fewer than 170 suspects in the first three years after the passage of the anti-open graz...
9th June 2025
Electronic call-up system will tackle gridlock – AMTO
The Secretary-General of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners, Mohamed Bala, has declared a vote of confidence in the electronic call-up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority to tackle...
9th June 2025
Mutfwang seeks action against poverty in Plateau
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to addressing the real needs of the people, focusing on tangible impacts that deliver people-oriented governanc...
9th June 2025
Democracy Day: FG declares holiday as Tinubu addresses N’Assembly
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, June 12, 2025, as a public holiday, to commemorate this year’s Democracy Day celebration. On the celebration day, President Bola Tinubu will address a j...
9th June 2025
Oil firms scramble to convert licences as June deadline looms
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission says several licensees have formally applied for the conversion of their Petroleum Prospecting Licences to Petroleum Mining Leases. This, it was l...
9th June 2025
FG partners Australian varsity to train mining professionals
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has launched a capacity enhancement programme for the first batch of Nigerian mining professionals at Murdoch University, Australia. The in...
9th June 2025
Green Energy completes first crude export from new terminal
Green Energy International Limited has concluded the first crude oil export from its newly constructed Otakikpo onshore terminal, marking a major milestone in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The com...
9th June 2025
