May 2024

A petroleum tanker explosion claimed the lives of eight individuals, including a breastfeeding mother and her three-month-old baby on Friday along the Effurun-Sapele Road in Delta State.  The incident occurred at the Ometan-Okpe community, near the busy Ometan-Okpe junction. Reports indicate that the explosion occurred around 10 am, triggered by a fuel-laden tanker experiencing a…

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, said the tax reforms undertaken by the Bola Tinubu administration are not aimed to frustrate Nigerians but to sustain the country’s investment friendliness. Shettima, represented by his Special Adviser on General Duties, Aliyu Umar, spoke at the close-out retreat of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee held…

The Federal Government is set to review the nation’s visa policy to attract foreign investments and boost visits to the country. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja during a stakeholders consultative meeting on Nigeria visa on Saturday. Tunji-Ojo stated that last year’s visitor numbers was inadequate compared to…

As the week comes to a close, PUNCH Online recaps the biggest headlines that dominated the news landscape. The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered all banks operating in the country to start charging a cybersecurity levy on transactions. The Federal Government directed Point-of-Sale operators to register with the Corporate Affairs Commission. Lagos carried out…

  Gunmen, on Friday night, killed two policemen attached to the Enugu State Police Command. The policemen attached to the Ogui Divisional Headquarters were said to be conducting a stop-and-search along Presidential Road, Enugu when they suddenly came under attack by armed men. The incident was said to have happened around 9.30pm. While reacting to…

Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has attributed the Thursday abduction of students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, in the state to what he described as internal sabotage. He said preliminary investigation revealed that all the CCTV camera installed in the school were switched off during the attack. He, however, vowed to secure…

A Nigerian journalist, Ibraheem Mohammed, has been released from prison following interventions by the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute. According to a statement signed by IPI’s Legal Adviser and Chairman of the Advocacy Committee, Tobi Soniyi, Mohammed was released on Friday after a Nasarawa High Court sitting in Doma granted him bail,…

Two herders and over one hundred cows  have been reportedly killed in what appeared to be a reprisal attack in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state A community leader in  Kwal district where the attack occurred, Ezekiel Bini, told The PUNCH in Jos on Saturday that before the incident happened on Wednesday, a young…

The Nigeria Immigration Service said it is deploying e-border solutions in Kebbi, a northwestern state bordering Niger Republic. This followed a two-day working visit to Kebbi State by the Service’s Comptroller-General, Kemi Nandap, for an on-the-spot assessment of the nation’s borders. A statement signed Saturday by the Service Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo, quoted Nandap,…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Adamawa/Taraba Area Command, has said it intercepted 12,435 litres of Premium Motor Spirit worth N10.8m being illegally exported to Cameroon. In a statement on Saturday, the command said that the PMS was intercepted within two weeks. The command added in the statement said the product was packed in 491 jerrycans, 25…

Amnesty International has condemned the Nigerian authorities for their failure to bring the murderers of Deborah Samuel to justice. Deborah, a Christian and a second-year student of Home Economics at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was lynched by Islamic extremists and subsequently set ablaze on May 12, 2022. This occurred after she had advised…