The Kwara State Fire Service, on Saturday, averted the loss of lives in the Idi-Ape area of Ilorin, Kwara State, after a diesel tanker exploded. PUNCH Online, however, gathered that the tanker conveying the fuel was completely burnt, causing damage to two shops and a a football viewing centre...

The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, in company with the wife of the Vice President,  Nana Shettima, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, at his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday. While speaking during the visit, Mrs Tinubu...

The Senate has passed the 2024 budget for a third reading. The Senate also increased the bill by a total of N1.2tn, moving the budget from N27.5tn to N28.7tn. The budget was passed following a voice vote by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Before then, the Senate had considered the report of...

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called for collaboration among West African states on election management. Yakubu stated this at an occasion marking Liberia’s National Election Commission’s Workspace for its staff. On November 14, 2023, Liberians voted in the run-off to elect their president for...

Foundation put smiles on faces of widows in Ogun Oko Opo Foundation alleviates plights widows with donations of food items, cash, others in the Kobape area of Abeokuta, Ogun State ...

The Senate has summoned the nation’s security chiefs over the recent killings in Plateau State. Those invited include the Chief of Army staff; Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff; Hassan Abubakar; the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. The Senate also observed...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has frowned at the nation’s electoral integrity, stating that elections ought to be decided at the polling units rather than courtrooms. This is just as he commended his colleagues for their dedication to duty since the inauguration of the federal...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has lauded the performance of the 10th House in the first six months since its inauguration on June 13, 2003. Speaking at the vacation session/plenary on Saturday on the floor of the Green Chamber, Abbas commended his colleagues for availing...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, and the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, have inaugurated 14 patrol gunboats to tackle maritime insecurity in the state. The gunboats were procured by the state government as take-off assets for its newly created Ministry of Internal Security and Waterways....

The Senate has increased the 2024 budget by a total of N1.2tn, moving the budget from N27.5tn to N28.7tn. According to the report submitted by the Appropriation Committee led by Senator Solomon Adeola, aggregate expenditure was pegged at N28,777,404.073.861;  statutory transfers -N1,742,786,788,150; recurrent expenditure- N8,768.5330,852; capital expenditure-N9,995,143,298,028 and GDP at...

JUST IN: Abure arrested over Lamidi Apapa faction’s petition – LP Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa The spokesman for Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, on Wednesday, disclosed that the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, was arrested following a petition written against him by a faction of...

Gombe approves N5.2bn for payment of gratuities Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya Gombe State Executive Council on Wednesday approved about N5.2bn for payment of retirees in state and local government workers. Announcing this during a media conference at the end of its 36th meeting, the...

Eight die in Benue road crash FRSC rescue team at a road accident scene No fewer than 12 people were feared killed in an auto crash that happened at Ngido village along Katsina-Ala-Zaki Biam Road, Benue State on Wednesday. An eyewitness said the accident happened...

We’re ready for APC, PDP’s delegate elections – Edo police command SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Edo Published...

Is it proper for parents to be naked in the presence of their children? ...