Suspected hoodlums burnt an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Iyana Mortuary lll in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in the early hours of Thursday. The hoodlums, numbering about eight, reportedly scaled the perimeter fence, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the back. It was gathered that the hoodlums after invading the …

A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has ordered the Federal Government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya. The court also ordered the Federal government to return him to Kenya from where he …

Fire gutted the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) building in Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday. Many people are feared trapped in the building as some workers, who resumed at WAEC as early as 7:30 am, were already in their offices before the fire ignited. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. However, emergency responders are at the scene …

The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has filed a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent AT3 Resources Limited at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division. According to a statement on Tuesday by the apex regulatory body for Nigeria’s advertising ecosystem, ARCON is seeking a declaration, among others, that the …

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licences of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM, amongst others over what it called failure to renew their broadcast licences. NBC Director General, Mallam Balarabe Shehu also directed its state offices to liaise with security agencies to ensure the shut down of the operation of these stations within the …

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike action which affects public universities by four weeks. ASUU has been on its prolonged action since 14 February. A statement made available to The PUNCH in Abuja confirmed the development. It partly reads: “Following extensive deliberations and taking cognisance of government’s past failures …

United States President Joe Biden has tested positive to COVID-19. A statement by the President’s Press Secretary,  Karine Jean-Pierre said the result came out Thursday morning. According to the statement, President Biden “is fully vaccinated and twice boosted” but is “experiencing very mild symptoms”. He has immediately proceeded on isolation as required by the guidelines of the Center for Diseases Control …

For at least the fourth time this year, the national grid has collapsed again. This latest electricity showdown had at 12:23 pm on Wednesday as the supply crashed to around 40 megawatts. According to The Nation, out of the 11 distribution companies across the country, only the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company recorded 40Mw, while others had zero. The power outage has been …

Hours after being received by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House on Tuesday, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. He died at about 11 pm on Tuesday. He was aged 63. His transition was announced in the early hours of Wednesday by the Group Managing Director of NNPC …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s has been attacked by gunmen in his Dutsinma, near his native home Daura, Katsina State. In a statement late on Tuesday, a presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu said the President was not in the convoy. It was the advance team of the President. Shehu said no one died as operatives of the military, the Department of State Services …