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Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationPeter Obi's convoy was blocked during a visit to Benue, leading to 46 arrests and conflicting claims over responsibility. The incident raises a…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNigeria’s proposed state-police framework will succeed or fail on command, recruitment, funding and independent accountability—not on the slogan…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNERC’s September 2026 tariff and energy-cap notices arrive days after the regulator released its 2025 Annual Report and Accounts. Together, they…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNERC has published September 2026 MYTO documents and monthly energy caps for 11 distribution companies. Here is what customers should check befo…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNigeria’s early response to political tension ahead of the 2027 elections is taking shape through reported police investigations, a National Pea…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNigeria is again at a familiar crossroads. The country is not short of policies, committees, reforms, investigations or public statements. What…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNigeria’s House of Representatives has presented its legislative scorecard after introducing 2,747 bills and passing 363 in three years. But bey…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationPresident Bola Tinubu came into office with enormous expectations and an even greater burden of repair. From fuel subsidy removal and major infr…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAn in-depth analysis of the implications, challenges, opportunities, and threats posed by party defections among Nigerian politicians.
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationFor decades, Nigeria has wrestled with the tension between its vast potential and its recurring crises. A country blessed with natural resources…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAt the 2025 United Nations General Assembly, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made a striking declaration: the global system must be reordered to all…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima stood before the world at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and made a bold declaration: Niger…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationOverview After six tense months, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially lifted the state of emergency in Rivers State. The move restores Gov…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIn the towering skyscrapers of Wall Street and the bustling markets of Lagos, one reality remains: economies are not abstract systems—they are h…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationWhat makes a nation great is not its natural resources, population, or history—but the quality of its governance. Nations rise or fall on the st…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA political ripple turned into a tempest on Tuesday when the Sokoto chapter of ALGON (Association of Local Governments of Nigeria) categorically…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Social Democratic Party (SDP) plunged into crisis on Tuesday as its National Chairman, Shehu Gabam, was suspended over allegations of massiv…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAfter a deadly massacre in Benue, President Tinubu calls for immediate arrests and forms a peace committee to restore stability, declaring, “We…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationINEC pushes back against public pressure, declaring that party registration ahead of 2027 elections will follow strict constitutional rules—no s…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Nigerian Senate launches a high-stakes probe into the ₦1.48 trillion Rivers budget under emergency rule, aiming to ensure transparency, acco…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has successfully uploaded more than 76% of the results from the Edo gubernatorial election…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationFormer Edo State Governor and Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, has refuted claims that the All Progressives…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAs the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State approaches, anticipation and tension are mounting. With the Independent National E…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIn a candid acknowledgment, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has confessed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambitious policy changes…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationContrary to ongoing speculations, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will not seek the presidency in the 2027 general elections. This was…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe recent increase in petrol prices by the federal government has sparked a wave of discontent among Nigerians, with the Nigeria Labour Congres…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationYenagoa, Benin City, Jos, Nigeria - As Nigeria inches closer to crucial elections and contends with long-standing governance issues, the politic…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Nigerian Police Force has once again summoned Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), for interrogation regarding al…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Wednesday, confirmed the killing of a smuggler in the Badagr…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has described the 45 million membership strength of the party a…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNational Assembly workers, under the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, have opened the Assembly gates to allow lawmakers, staff, and v…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe equity market has sustained its bearish trend as investors lost N38.24bn on Tuesday. The market capitalisation and the all-share index dropp…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe ruling All Progressives Congress said the electronic registration of its members nationwide will start on Wednesday and the exercise will be…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Federal Government through the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission has granted fresh tax holidays to 12 companies in the first quarter…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIn 2010, Babalola Williams received the prestigious Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Award for Excellence and the NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) O…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAddressing the recent revocation of Heritage Bank’s operating license by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candida…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationOperatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 37-year-old apprentice, Ayuba Ezekiel, for alleged kidnap and stealing. PUNCH Metro…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that his incarceration at the Yola maximum prison, where he spent over three ye…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Super Eagles camp in Uyo didn’t grow beyond 15 players on Monday as eight of the players, Semi Ajayi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Calvin Bassey, mi…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, says the Nigeria Police Force will soon establish a full drone system to tackle the nation’s…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Connecticut Sun will host the Washington Mystics at the Mohegan Sun Arena in their next fixture. The Sun have won the last 6 games between t…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Redeemed Christian Church of God has suspended the Senior Pastor of the City of David Parish in Lagos State, Idowu Iluyomade. The suspension…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationChelsea FC have officially appointed Enzo Maresca as their new manager. The former Manchester City assistant coach and Leicester boss brings a w…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationOrganised Labour in Nasarawa State has complied with the ongoing nationwide strike as directed by the national headquarters of the Nigeria Labou…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Nigerian Medical Association on Monday said it is not an affiliate of the organised labour and its members are attending to patients who nee…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Federal Government of Nigeria has called on labour unions to continue negotiations regarding the new minimum wage. The appeal, issued by Min…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA video now circulating on social media shows a man narrating how some rail fittings installed on the Second Niger bridge were been uprooted and…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe leadership of the Labour Party on Monday called on the Federal Government and the Organised Labour to return to the negotiating table and re…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation said it has commenced the liquidation of Heritage Bank Plc. NDIC assured all that it would pay deposit…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationJoseph Aloba, father of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, also known as Mohbad, says he was deeply saddened to learn that the managem…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIN the face of evolving agricultural challenges and the increasing demand for food, Nigeria stands at a critical juncture where strategic invest…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIn this interview with Deji Lambo, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, gives an insight into the measures in place to keep…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Central Bank of Nigeria on Sunday expressed relief that Nigerians have fully embraced the introduction of Islamic banking years after specul…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationSuccessive administrations have attempted to build an airport in Ogun State but the project did not see the light of day in 17 years. OLASUNKANM…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThirteen travel agencies and their clients are ready for a showdown with Qatar Airways for allegedly refusing to implement N296m ticket refund s…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe leadership of the Labour Party on Sunday urged the Nigerian Army to target the killers of the five slain soldiers deployed to Abia State ove…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arraigned an 83-year-old woman, Clara Chinwe Deborah Ogo, founder of the A…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA yet-to-be-specified number of people lost their lives when a trailer lost control and crushed two tricycles at Oba along the Onitsha-Owerri Ex…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) has hailed the Federal Government for clearing 98 per cent of airlines trapped funds in the c…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIn this episode of So This Happened we review Davido’s meme coin which faced criticism from Nigerians after its value plummeted just a day after…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAbiola Fetuga, a physically challenged student at Tai Solarin University, Ogun State speaks with TEMITOPE ADETUNJI about the pivotal moment at t…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe National Association of Nigerian Students has expressed its support for the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress in their de…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationBauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appealed to organised labour to reconsider the planned nationwide strike scheduled for Monday. Mohamme…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationGovernor Godwin Obaseki’s former ally and ex-Board of Trustees member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Charles Idahosa, speaks to ADEYINKA ADEDI…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationPresident Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and First Lady Remi Tinubu spent not less than N5.24bn on local and foreign travel betwee…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationReal Madrid claimed a record-extending 15th European Cup after goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinícius Júnior earned a hard-fought 2-0 win over Bo…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationOrganised Labour has urged President Bola Tinubu to personally intervene in the ongoing negotiation over minimum wage to avert the indefinite st…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA retired Captain in the United States Army, Bishop Johnson (retd.), has said political leaders and freedom fighters should seek ways for the le…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationPlayers of the Super Eagles have been advised to simply mime the new National Anthem instead of fretting over singing it during the CAF World Cu…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Board of Directors of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has relieved Kingsley Achife of his appointment as the company’s Managing…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationCristiano Ronaldo was in floods of tears after his Al Nassr side lost the King’s Cup final to Al Hilal on penalties late on Friday, extending hi…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Abia State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has promised to comply with the directive of NLC and the Trade Union Congress to begin an…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationBorussia Dortmund coach, Edin Terzic believes “anything is possible” as his side aim to pull off one of the biggest-ever shocks in a Champions L…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationSouth Korean billionaire and chairman of SK Group conglomerate, Chey Tae-won, has been ordered to pay his ex-wife 1.38 trillion won ($1bn) in ca…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationRivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said that his administration will continue to prioritise the interest of the people of the state un…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationSerial Champions League winners Real Madrid are out to dash Borussia Dortmund’s dreams in Saturday’s Champions League final at London’s Wembley…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIndians flocked to the polls under scorching heat in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi on Saturday as a marathon national election reached its fin…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAn actor and entertainment entrepreneur, Alvin Ose, is of the opinion that the country is brimming with talents, though many of them don’t have…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAbiola Fetuga, a physically challenged student at Tai Solarin University, Ogun State speaks with TEMITOPE ADETUNJI about the pivotal moment at t…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has condemned the attack on soldiers in Abia State, resulting in the death of fi…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIn the wake of losing a spouse, Nigerian widows are often left to navigate a harsh reality of societal neglect, poverty, and maltreatment in the…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Nigeria Labour Congress has expressed conviction that the Labour Party presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, won’t back Julius Abure to remai…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIn a tale as old as time, Olayinka Adeyemi’s quest for a better life led her from the quiet charm of Ondo State to the bustling metropolis of La…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationPresident Bola Tinubu has directed all federal government ministries, departments, and agencies to utilise technologies and products developed b…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kano, Alhajj Alhassan Yaryasa, has called on the two former governors and the political leaders…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNigeria may add 480,000 barrels to its daily crude oil output as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and ExxonMobil took a step towa…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationMadonna’s picture with Nigerian boxer Riakprohe sparks romance rumours Songstress Madonna, 65, has sent rumour mills into overdrive about her lo…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Nigeria Police Force has unveiled a platform for reporting cybercrime. NPF says the platform is in its bid to reinforce its commitment to ta…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationMastering words such as “cricetine” and “indumentum”, 12-year-old Bruhat Soma clinched victory Thursday in the United States spelling bee. The s…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, said on Thursday that the administration of President Bola Tinubu had d…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationOslo, Norway – 30 May, 2024 – Global browser innovator Opera today announced a significant privacy enhancement to Opera Mini with the introducti…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe management of the National Medical Services Laboratories in Pennsylvania, United States of America, has refuted the claim by the Lagos State…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationIn a major crackdown on the illegal drug trade in the Federal Capital Territory, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Contro…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has disclosed that the ministry uncovered 2,400 foreigners with fake National Identity Numbers att…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe remains of veteran actor, Zulu Adigwe, have been buried in Abuja on Wednesday. The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, s…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationBenin’s president on Thursday again called on Niger’s military rulers to collaborate and reopen their side of the border to allow oil exports vi…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that most people he helped to power during the 2023 general elections now avoid him. Umahi said thi…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Federal Government has secured a $500m World Bank loan to bolster Nigeria’s electricity distribution sector, the Bureau of Public Enterprise…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationRussian President Vladimir Putin authorised a subsidiary of telecoms firm Rostelecom on Wednesday to buy Nokia Solutions and Networks’ stake in…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Edo State government has accused the All Progressives Congress of disrupting the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise in the state…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationPresident Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, appended his assent to a bill by the National Assembly for the return of the colonial era national anthem,…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNo fewer than 40 directors failed the qualifying examination for appointment to the position of permanent secretaries, The PUNCH has gathered. A…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationRivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has revealed that his administration inherited 34 uncompleted projects, valued at over N225. 279bn spr…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe new Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, on Wednesday, ordered the redeployment of five senior officers. The move…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has backed the return to the old national anthem Wednesday. PUNCH Online earlier reported that the…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA Benue State High Court in Markurdi, on Wednesday, restrained the Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor Hyacinth Alia from probing his prede…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe former Minister of Education, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said that she would not revert to the old national anthem, newly signed by Presid…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe decision by the government to revert to the old national anthem in Nigeria has sparked a range of reactions among Nigerians. President Bola…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationExperts at the African Development Bank (AfDB) have called on African nations to attract private-sector collaboration in financing tertiary educ…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationAt the end of April, Barcelona president Joan Laporta, choking with emotion, said he was “proud” to have Xavi Hernandez staying on as coach for…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationGovernor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has approved a boarding school, primary school and training centre for the Nigeria Air Force as well as dir…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationA 24-year-old bricklayer, Adedapo Ayobami, resident of Oja Oba Area, Osogbo, Osun State capital, has been arrested for allegedly breaking into t…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationPresident Bola Tinubu has approved the extension of free train rides on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, also called the Metro Rail, for the next si…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationLaolu Afolabi writes on the huge challenges facing the Bola Tinubu administration as it addresses poor infrastructure in the country Nigeria, sp…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe trial of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, continued on Tuesday with a former Director of Operati…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said despite the political crisis that erupted and persisted in the state, his administration…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe invitation of Remo Stars right-back Sodiq Ismail to the Super Eagles by coach FInidi Gorge has been described as a door opener for other pla…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationNigerian celebrities came together to celebrate Children’s Day in a heartwarming video shared by lifestyle influencer Enioluwa Adeoluwa. The vid…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe Imo State House of Assembly held a public hearing on the proposed Consumers’ Rights Protection Bill, aimed at fortifying consumer’s rights w…
Governance, Policy & Public Sector TransformationThe senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State, Jimoh Ibrahim, on Tuesday, withdrew the lawsuit he filed to challenge the…