adminCourt orders DCP Abba Kyari to enter defence in ‘drug trafficking’ trial
The federal high court in Abuja has ordered Abba Kyari, the suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), and his co-defendants to enter their defence in their trial over alleged…
Siemens CEO, family die in New York helicopter crash
Six people, including a senior Siemens executive and his family, died when a sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday. All occupants of the…
FG imposes 10-year entry bans for visa overstays, $15 daily fine from August 1
The Federal Government has announced stricter immigration penalties, warning that expatriates who overstay their visas beyond six months will face a five-year entry ban, while overstaying for one year…
Rivers Women Stage ‘Bring Back Our Fubara’ Protest In Port Harcourt
A crowd of women on Friday flooded the Aba road area of Port Harcourt, demanding the reinstatement of the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy,…
SERAP gives FG, NBC 48-hour to reverse Eedris Abdulkareem’s song ban
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government and the National Broadcasting Commission to reverse the ban on Eedris Abdulkareem’s latest protest…
Fire razes shops in Oyo
No fewer than 12 shops were, on Thursday night, razed by fire in Ibadan, Oyo State. Witnesses told The PUNCH, on Friday, that the fire began around 10:55pm at…
DAILIES TOP STORIES: Marketers predict cheaper petrol nationwide as Dangote begins naira sale
Friday 12 April 2025 Islamic cleric defends death penalty for whoever changes religion FG alert: 30 states rush to avert flood crisis Lynched travellers: FG, Edo raise joint probe…
Court frees 12 IPOB members after four years in prison
A high court in Ebonyi has freed 12 members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), who were arrested on May 24, 2021. The court acquitted the IPOB members…
Trump tariff hike brings added China rate for many goods to 145%
US President Donald Trump’s steep tariff hike targeting Chinese goods, which took effect Thursday, brings Washington’s additional rate on many products to 145 percent, the White House confirmed. Since…
Court Strikes Out Nnamdi Kanu’s Fundamental Rights Suit Against FG
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has struck out a N50 billion suit filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu,…
NERC fines eight Discos N628m over estimated billing
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has sanctioned eight DisCos for failing to comply with monthly energy caps for unmetered customers between July and September 2024. The affected DisCos include…
Labour shuts down Steel Ministry Over Workers’ Welfare
Members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday morning picketed the Ministry of Steel Development Complex at Wuse 2 in Abuja, the…
Akpabio petitions IG, demands Natasha’s prosecution over alleged assassination plot:
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, seeking an investigation into an alleged assassination plot made against him by suspended Kogi Central Senator,…
DAILIES TOP STORIES: PANDEF, lawyers, CSOs, others kick as Ibas appoints LG administrators in Rivers
Thursday 10 April 2025 Crude oil price crashes, puts 2025 FG revenue target in jeopardy Ex-Abia gov, Orji, denies fraud allegations, demands apology Another protest rocks Ondo over alleged…
“Boy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy detained since January without trial”
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has described the case of Alabi Quadri, a minor detained at the Kirikiri Minimum Security Custodial Centre in Lagos since January, as another…