The recent hike in petrol prices has sparked widespread criticism from commuters, motorists, and traders in the South East, according to findings by Sunday PUNCH.Our correspondents, who monitored the situation in some states in the region, observed that the prices of food items and other essential commodities had soared in some of the major markets

The Kano State Anti-corruption and Public Complaints Commission, on Saturday, confirmed that it has commenced investigations into an alleged N1.5 billion foreign scholarship fraud. Already, two top officials of the state Ministry of Higher Education have been interrogated in connection with the issue of 1,001 students supposedly studying in India and Kenya. It would be

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has suspended his Special Adviser on Salary and Pensions, Alhaji Bashir Ado, over an alleged premature statement on N70,000 minimum wage. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Bala Ibrahim, in Dutse, on Saturday. Ibrahim said the government viewed with serious concern,

As the Federal Government approved a sum of N70,000 minimum wage for civil servants, the Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Saturday announced the implementation of N73,000 minimum wage for state government workers. The governor also expressed the commitment of his administration to the welfare of the people of the state. Aiyedatiwa made the

Another university may be added to the pool of existing ones following the passage for first reading on Thursday, by the House of Representatives of a bill to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages. The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, and eight others, is aimed at establishing a

The first female Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Abuja branch, Folake Odusiga has called for more leadership roles for women as she frowned against discrimination. She made this known on Saturday while she was been honoured as the 13th chairman and the first female president of the Abuja branch. Odusiga

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, committed to leveraging technology to bolster fiscal transparency and improve governmental efficiency. He stated that this is part of economic reforms aimed at expunging punitive subsidies, stopping revenue leaks, and increasing social investment programmes across all 36 states and the FCT. Tinubu made this statement when he declared open the

The Presidency has replied to reactions trailing the departure of President Bola Tinubu from the United Kingdom to France, saying the President is still on a two-week leave. The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, had in a statement on October 2, announced Tinubu’s departure for a two-week vacation.

A 32-year-old man identified as Lanre Ogungbe has been discovered dead with a bottle of insecticide and an alcoholic drink beside his remains in a room at Authentic Hotel in Soyoye area of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State. Spokesperson for Ogun Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, has signed an agreement to begin sales of gas to the methanol-manufacturing project of the $3.3bn Brass Fertilizer & Petrochemical Company Ltd. Speaking at the signing ceremony held at the headquarters of the ministry, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo said