Sixty-four bloodied bodies have been found along a stretch of road in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands, police said Monday, a gruesome escalation of long-running violence between local warring tribes. The victims were believed to be tribal fighters who were ambushed by a rival group in the early hours of Sunday. The incident occurred […]

  Residents of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday hit the street to protest the skyrocketing price of food and the state of the economy. The PUNCH observed that protesters gathered around the Mokola area in the state wielding placards with various inscriptions such as ‘End food hike and inflation,’ ‘The poor are starving,’ and […]

  Armed bandits have attacked the divisional headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Zurmi town, the headquarters of the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits were said to have invaded the town on Sunday evening, killing seven persons including a police officer. An indigene of the town, Babangida Zurmi, told Channels […]

  The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has said that the current administration’s reform agenda has increased the hardship being faced by citizens. The President of the CBCN, Lucius Ugorji, made this declaration during his welcome speech on Sunday at the commencement of the 2024 First Plenary Assembly of the CBCN, held at the Catholic […]

  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has assured Nigerians of the country’s imminent economic recovery despite challenges. Speaking at the 2024 First Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja, on Sunday, Cardoso described his job as the second most difficult globally. “I will continue to remember that […]

  The Presidency says a controlled floatation of the naira to prevent further devaluation would only return Nigeria to the economic regime of the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. It said the policy, which saw about $1.5bn spent monthly to shore up the naira, fuelled financial malpractices, such as […]

  The suspended National Treasurer of the Labour Party, Ms Oluchi Oparah, has challenged the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, to give an account of the donations received from Nigerians in the Diaspora during the campaign tour of LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the United States. Recall that the national leadership of the Labour […]

  The Nigeria Customs Service, on Sunday, declared that it had intercepted 15 trailers that were fully loaded with food items and were heading out of the country through the Sokoto State border. It said the trailers were stopped and the food items were returned to Nigeria, adding that this was part of measures to […]

  Monday 19 February 2024 Cost of living protest: Police warn against violence as Labour gives fresh conditions Naira weakens as banks’ dollar sales plunge by $252m 15 trucks of smuggled foods intercepted in Sokoto – Customs Atiku’s solution will return Nigeria to Emefiele era – Presidency PDP lacks right to demand Tinubu’s resignation – […]

  Amid gas supply challenges and financial outlook, power supply across the country remained stranded over the weekend as measures by the Federal Government to improve national grid supply failed to have any impact.   Checks on national grid data posted by the Independent System Operator showed that as at 3pm yesterday only 16 of […]