As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, chairmen and councillors elected in the October 15, 2022, local government election in Osun State had resumed in about 14 LGA secretariats in the state. Checks by The PUNCH revealed that the chairmen and councillors, accompanied by many APC members, have resumed at Ila, Ede South, Ife Central, Ife…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that nine persons lost their lives and 11 others injured in a lone crash on Malumfashi – Kafur Road in Katsina State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Aliyu Ma’áji, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Katsina. He said preliminary investigation indicated that the lone crash involved a…
An explosion sound was heard on Monday near the Abacha Barracks located along the Nyanya-Maraba road in Abuja, causing panic among residents and passersby. Sources told The PUNCH that one person sustained injuries in the aftermath of the explosion. “There was an explosion around our area today. I can’t categorically say, it was a case…
Political Phenomenon refers to the activities within an organization aimed at acquiring, developing, and utilizing power and resources to achieve desired outcomes. It encompasses both negative and positive aspects of political behavior in organizational settings. It’s obvious politics had been limited to individual countries’ social policy, economic and political system, and it did not take…
The immediate past Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, on Tuesday publicly apologised to the ruling All Progressives Congress for embarrassing President Bola Tinubu on a live television programme. The apology came one month after he was removed as the Senate’s Chief Whip following the interview he granted Arise TV, stating that Tinubu had…
Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, made his debut tour of St Peter’s Square on Sunday in a popemobile, greeting tens of thousands of pilgrims and well-wishers ahead of his inauguration mass. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, who became head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on May 8, stood in the white vehicle as…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Government has declared Friday, June 6, and Monday, June 9, 2025, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday in a statement by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary Magdalene Ajani. Tunji-Ojo congratulated…
Islamic morality police (Hisbah) in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are to resume their crackdown on betting shops after a supreme court ruling on gambling. The Nigerian supreme court quashed a 2005 law Friday that established a national lottery commission and legalised sports betting and gambling. The court ruled gambling regulation is a matter…
A man in Kano northern Nigeria has reportedly divorced his wife after she attended a meeting organized by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling political party. According to reports gathered by News Week Nigeria, the man, whose identity has not been disclosed, expressed frustration and anger over his wife’s decision to participate in the…
Unlike what it did in 2023, when it threw its presidential ticket open, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has zoned its 2027 ticket to the South. This is in tandem with Wednesday’s decision of founding fathers of the party. The PDP also announced that its Elective National Convention would now take place in Ibadan, Oyo…