President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Simon Lalong, the Minister of Labor and Employment. According to the Presidency, which verified the news to Punch With the confirmation of an appeal court decision of
In the interest of equality, Alphonsus Komsol, a former member of the House of Representatives (APC-Plateau Shendam, Quaan-Pan, Mikang Constituency), has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to name a new minister from the Plateau Central
Simon Lalong, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has resigned from his position in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet in preparation for his swearing-in as the Plateau South senator. According to people with knowledge of
Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, has promised to pay state employees their thirteenth month’s wage before the new year. Makinde made this declaration on Sunday night at the Remembrance Arcade, Government House, Agodi,
Peter Obi, the Labor Party (LP) candidate for president in 2023, has said that some Nigerians are threatening to destroy him if he doesn’t turn a blind eye to events taking place in the country’s
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been ordered by a Federal High Court in Abuja to hold new elections in order to fill the seats of the 27 members of the Rivers House of
Kano State onion producers are alerting the public to the possibility of a large increase in onion prices this year, which they attribute to the high cost of gasoline needed for irrigation equipment. The Kano
In a car accident along the Idiroko-Ota route, eight people were injured in addition to the two confirmed deaths. The Federal Road Safety Corps said the crash occurred around 8pm on Sunday, involving 10 persons
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have jointly debunked a purported strike notice circulating widely. A notice circulating widely, purportedly signed by the General Secretary of NLC, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja,
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian-born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience and top-tier researcher Ijeoma Uchegbu on her election as president of Wolfson College, one of the University of Cambridge’s 31 colleges. Prof. Uchegbu was
Pastor Umo Eno, the governor of Akwa Ibom State, began building the Ibom Model Farms (IMF) at Ikot Edibon, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area, in accordance with his administration’s “ARISE Agenda” on agriculture. During the
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of his 81st birthday. The former president was hailed by Tinubu as the “finest paradigm of sacrifice, devotion, patriotism, and fidelity to the
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has given ten Ahmadu Bello University Zaria destitute students a N2 million scholarship grant. In an interview with reporters on Saturday in Zaria, Prof. Haruna-Mohammed Jibril, the union’s Branch
From January to December 15, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was able to secure 65 convictions of financial fraudsters in the states of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara. This was revealed to reporters by Mr.
Musa Mohammed Ali, the House of Representatives candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) for the Nasarawa federal constituency of Kano State in the 2023 general election, has demanded an apology from the party’s national