In a significant decision, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of Nigeria has approved the renaming of the University of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University. This announcement was made on December 16, 2024, by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, following a meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in…
On December 16, 2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria imposed a fine of N5 million on Ambrose Albert Owuru, a former presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP), for filing what the court deemed a “frivolous and vexatious” lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu. This ruling follows Owuru’s repeated legal challenges concerning the outcomes of…
Despite economic hardship and suffering, some state governors have yet to reduce the cost of governance, particularly in the number of vehicles in their convoys, findings by Sunday PUNCH have shown. The governors, who are the major beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy removal which resulted in more revenues from federal allocations, have yet to adjust their extravagant…
Nigeria has serviced its debt to the International Monetary Fund with not less than $1.22 billion over nine months, data from the Debt Management Office’s external debt service reports has shown. The payments were made as part of principal repayments for three consecutive quarters, from Q4 2023 to Q2 2024. The breakdown of the payments…
British Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, who has been in the eye of the storm over controversial statements about Nigeria, once sought the help of people from the West African country to secure her parliamentary seat, Saturday PUNCH reports. Badenoch (nee Adegoke) had in 2010 sought the support of the Nigerian community in the United Kingdom in…
President Bola Tinubu will present the 2025 budget next Tuesday, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed. Akpabio made this known during the announcement at the Thursday plenary. He said, “The president has made his intention known to the National Assembly to present the 2025 budget to the joint Assembly of the National Assembly on…
If the push to oust Bashar al-Assad was born anywhere, it was born in Deraa, a small city in Syria near the Jordanian border. Here, on 21 May 2011, the tortured and mutilated body of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khatib was delivered to his family weeks after his arrest at an anti-government rally. His death, and the torture of…
•Lawyers, state AGs aiding govs risk LPDC sanctions, Fagbemi accuses governors of treason The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has issued a stern warning to state governors bypassing the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy, threatening to seek a contempt of court suit if the defiance…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has proposed sweeping reforms to improve the country’s electoral system, following lessons learnt from the 2023 general elections and subsequent off-cycle polls. Among the reforms being proposed are diaspora voting and phasing out of the use of Permanent Voter Card during elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed these…
On December 11, 2024, Nigeria’s national electricity grid suffered yet another collapse, marking the twelfth such incident in 2024 alone. This latest setback has intensified concerns about the stability and reliability of the country’s power supply, which has long been a source of frustration for Nigerians. However, amidst these challenges, the ongoing partnership between Nigeria…
