PenCom widens pension net to diaspora, self-employed Nigerians - Punch Newspapers
Director-General of the National Pension Commission, Omolola Oloworaran.
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Six missing as boat carrying Benue mourners capsizes - Punch Newspapers
At least six people are reportedly missing after a boat carrying mourners capsized on the Buruku River in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident occurred around 11 am on Saturday as about 70 people who had attended a burial ceremony were returning to their dest...
Messi confirmed as new owner of Spanish club CD Eldense - Punch Newspapers
Lionel Messi has been confirmed as the new owner of Spanish football club CD Eldense, marking the Argentine superstar’s second club ownership venture in Spain. Eldense announced the ownership change in an official statement on X on Thursday confirming that Messi has completed the...
UNICEF, FG, partners move to boost Rivers oxygen plant - Punch Newspapers
Dr. Ifeyinwa Anyanyo, UNICEF, Enugu Field Officer,(m), Dr. Okere Claribel, MD, Nchia General Hospital, Hajia Fatima Haruna Ibrahim, Associate Director, Sustainability, IHS Towers Nigeria, Dr. Bright Ogbonda, CMD Rivers State Hospitals Management Board and other officials during t...
Evening recap: Toluwanisings’ children get scholarships, APC backs Uzodimma, other top stories - Punch Newspapers
The late gospel artist, Toluwanisings, his wife, Akanbi Elizabeth, and their children...Photo Credit: IG/ Toluwanisings
Court places restriction on Osun bank accounts - Punch Newspapers
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered commercial banks to place a “Post No Debit” restriction on bank accounts operated by the Osun State Government over a $13.9m arbitration award in favour of Gamji Nigeria Company Limited. Justice D.E. Osiagor issued the interim order fol...
Blessing CEO lied about owning property, witness tells court - Punch Newspapers
A prosecution witness, Dr Onuoha Okeigwe, on Monday told a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja that social media influencer Blessing Nkiruka Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, allegedly misrepresented herself as the owner of a property for which he paid N69.15m. Okei...
Wike slams Amaechi for blaming Tinubu for mother’s death - Punch Newspapers
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticised former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi for linking the death of his mother to President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies. Wike said Amaechi should not have brought his late mother into political argume...
2027: Bayelsa CP vows crackdown on election violence, cultism - Punch Newspapers
The Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, has warned politicians and their supporters against violence, cult-related activities, intimidation of electoral officials and inflammatory statements ahead of the 2027 general elections. Adewale said the police would work w...
Workers begin three-day warning strike - Punch Newspapers
Public service workers under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council have declared a three-day warning strike from October 2 to 4, 2026, over what they described as worsening economic and mental hardship affecting workers and their dependants. The council directed i...
IXPN@20: Experts seek more women in digital infrastructure - Punch Newspapers
Board Member of the IXPN, Rasheed Zubaida; Chief Executive Officer of IXPN, Muhammed Rudman; and Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Funke Opeke, at the Women in Internet Infrastructure Forum organised by IXPN in Lagos.
Omission: INEC to decide Pantami, Adebutu’s fate today - Punch Newspapers
The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it will determine the fate of former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami; Ladi Adebutu and other politicians omitted from its final list of candidates for the February 6, 2027 governorship el...
Netanyahu fights to stay in power after tight election - Punch Newspapers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the state memorial ceremony for the third anniversary of October 7 attack, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 5, 2026. Photo by DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP
FULL LIST: 18 appointees for FRC, NHRC board - Punch Newspapers
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Abdullahi Saidu as executive chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, along with 17 others as members of the boards of the FRC and the National Human Rights Commission. The approvals came during plenary, after lawmakers...
Strong families make strong soldiers, nation — COAS wife - Punch Newspapers
The President of the Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association, Dr Safiya Shaibu, wife of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has said that strong family support is essential to sustaining soldiers’ morale, resilience and operational effectiveness. She said the unders...
2027: ADC warns against alleged plot to shift presidential election - Punch Newspapers
The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council has warned against postponing the January 16, 2027 presidential election, using the Ebola outbreak as a justification for altering the electoral timetable. The council alleged that the Chairman of the Independent Natio...
Delta gov signs 13th-month salary, four others into law - Punch Newspapers
File: Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori.
How late Senator Mandiya slipped, died alone in bathroom – Ningi - Punch Newspapers
The Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, has recounted how his late colleague, Bello Mandiya, reportedly slipped and hit his head in his bathroom, with his body discovered about 72 hours later at his Abuja residence. A video of Ningi’s narration during Senate plenary...