With a resurgence of diphtheria disease in some parts of Nigeria, experts have raised concerns about the vaccination coverage and the waning immunity in adolescents and adults in the country. The experts, who spoke with The PUNCH on Sunday, said...
The rapid rise in the growth of mobile money technology in Nigeria was a phenomenon that was not embraced by all, especially the older persons who derived their confidence in banking through a brick-and-mortar bank. Mobile money wallets were mainly...
The Niger State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has summoned the Chairman of the Chanchaga Local Government Council, Mr. Aminu Ladan, for allegedly promoting the consumption of hard drugs by youths in the local government...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed that a total of 324 persons have died while 1,706 others sustained various degrees of injury in road crashes in Kogi State in 2022. The state Corps Sector Commander, Stephen Dawulung, made...
The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, grew worse across the country on Thursday, as massive queues were witnessed in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Nasarawa, Minna, among other places. Oil marketers stated that the scarcity became...
Unknown gunmen, in the early hours of Friday, reportedly stormed LGEA Primary School, Alwaza, in Alwaza community, Doma LGA of Nasarawa State and abducted scores of school pupils in the area. The abductors, who whisked away unspecified number of primary...
•Limits withdrawal of new notes to ATMs •No plan to extend deadline for old notes THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN yesterday said that it has been begging banks to come and collect the new N200, N500 and N1,000 naira notes. The...
*Those campaignings are saying they’ll get rid of it quickly …It’s safer for the current administration to start removing fuel subsidy from the second quarter — Finance Minister Ahmed ..Adds N3.25 trillion subsidy cost must be exited The Federal Government may begin...
Olanipekun raises concern over Section 65 of Electoral Act •Agbakoba seeks clarification on Section 134 of 1999 Constitution Two legal luminaries — Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and Olisa Agbakoba — yesterday expressed reservations about certain provisions of the Electoral Act and...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which compelled him to appear before the court in a $53 million judgment debt suit. Justice Inyang...