4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (746+ words) Many filling stations across the Federal Capital Territory have continued to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol. The latest adjustment followed an N85 increase in Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s gantry price, from N1,265 to N1,350 per litre, amid…...

33+ min ago   (378+ words) A Greek woman, Cristina Rapti‑Tzelepi, has given birth to a baby girl after using one of her embryos frozen for 22 years, beating the government’s age limit for women to complete in vitro fertilisation procedures. Rapti‑Tzelepi, aged 54, and her…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (241+ words) Cargoes containing illicit drugs. CREDIT: NDLEA The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has warned Nigerians against accepting consolidated cargoes sent from abroad without knowing their full contents, saying some are being contaminated with illicit drugs. The agency said some Nigerians…...

53+ min ago   (588+ words) CREDIT: NAN Commercial motorcyclists in Bwari Area Council, FCT, have decried rising cases of motorcycle theft in communities across the area. The motorcyclists expressed their concerns in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Bwari, Abuja....

41+ min ago   (328+ words) Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, formerly the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, has suspended its four-week-old ‘No Pay, No Work’ strike. The PUNCH had reported that the union embarked…...

49+ min ago   (677+ words) Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado, weighing 44.45kg in consolidated cargoes from the United Kingdom. The NDLEA also recovered two consignments of the substance concealed in music speakers…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (526+ words) The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, on Friday disclosed that 22 per cent of the Republic of Benin’s informal exports are destined for Nigeria. He also said women constitute about 70 per cent of informal cross-border trade. Adeniyi disclosed…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (692+ words) The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has promised to introduce a N500,000 monthly living minimum wage for Nigerian workers if elected president in the 2027 general elections. The activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters also said his party…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (306+ words) The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission has suspended the electoral process for the conduct of the 2027 local government elections in the state. The commission also announced the suspension of all party primaries for the forthcoming council elections pending the determination…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (781+ words) INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Independent National Electoral Commission seven days to account for over ₦126.46 billion in public funds appropriated for electoral operations but allegedly “diverted, lost, mismanaged or otherwise unaccounted…...