The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has urged Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to respect the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, which restored local government officials removed in 2022. The controversy stems from the 2022 local government elections held under the administration of … Read more
LAGOS.- The Federal Ministry of Transportation has refuted a story purporting an imminent launch of a Lagos-Abuja High-Speed Bullet Train that will reduce travel time between both cities from 12 hours to just two to three hours. In a rejoinder issued by the management of the ministry on Thursday in Abuja, it stated that … Read more
The Oyo State Government has sealed an industrial facility over its incessant violation and noncompliance to Environmental regulations. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Architect Abdulmojeed Olawale Mogbojubola, gave the directive for the sealing of the facility, on the heels of several complaints and petitions received on the health Hazzard incured by the … Read more
A 38-year-old American woman has filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic after the wrong embryo was implanted in her, causing her to give birth to a child that was not biologically hers. She later had to surrender the baby to its rightful parents. Krystena Murray, from Savannah, Georgia, turned to in vitro fertilisation … Read more
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has expressed gratitude to the ex-military president, Ibrahim Babangida, for restoring his rank and honour. Speaking at a book presentation by the former military president on Thursday in Abuja, Gowon acknowledged that Babangida saved him from treason charges. The elder statesman also appreciated Babangida for their … Read more
ABUJA – The Department of State Services (DSS) has demanded an apology and retraction of publications over invasion of Lagos State House of Assembly. The DSS gave Da’ar Communications Plc (AIT), Channels Television, and other media platforms seven (7) days to run apologies in their respective news channels five times a day for three … Read more
IBADAN – One Mr Tommy Afolabi, Popularly known as Mr B, a resident of United States has appealed to Kemi Badenoch a member of parliament of the United Kingdom over a failed Fifty million naira(N50M) transaction involving one Mr Olugbenga Adejuwon, a UK-based Nigerian. While appealing to Nigerians both in the diaspora and at … Read more
As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, chairmen and councillors elected in the October 15, 2022, local government election in Osun State had resumed in about 14 LGA Secretariat in the state. Checks by The PUNCH revealed that the chairmen and councillors, accompanied by many APC members, have resumed at Ila, Ede South, Ife Central, … Read more
The Federal Government has urged retailers to reflect the reduction in food prices and shun exploiting consumers. The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Abubakar Kyari, stated this on Tuesday during the 2025 Wheat Farmers Green Field Day, at Dabi village in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa. He decried the nonchalant attitude of … Read more
The management of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission has dismissed insinuations that its premises had been sealed by military personnel. This was contained in a statement by the commission’s Information Officer, Sadiat Isiaka, obtained in Osogbo on Tuesday, in reaction to the information circulating on the social media that OSSIEC office in Osogbo had … Read more