The Federal Government has inaugurated the Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit (PFSCU) in a bid to tackle the prevailing hardship and food insecurity in Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima led the inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, emphasizing that the creation of the unit is part of the administration’s comprehensive…
Seventeen persons have been confirmed d3ad and over 120 persons were trapped in the rubbles at the Saint Academy building that collapsed in Busa Buji community in Jos, Plateau state today July 12. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, Sunday Àbdu, who confirmed the number of casualties to Punch, said,…
There was mild drama at a Federal High Court in Abuja today July 11, after the former Minister of Power under the Buhari-led administration, Saleh Mamman, collapsed just before his case was called up by the court. Mamman who served in office from 2019 to 2021, is standing trial over a 12-court bordering on…
President Tinubu today July 11 met with leaders of the Nigerian Labour Union on the lingering dispute over the minimum wage. The closed-door meeting took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. After meeting with President Tinubu, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero while speaking to State House correspondents,…
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in eight federal Permanent Secretaries recently appointed to fill existing and impending vacant state and regional spaces. The President performed the swearing-in ceremony just before the commencement of the ongoing Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja. The brief swearing-in ceremony was anchored by the…
The House of Representatives has rejected the Samoa agreement, requesting the Federal Government to suspend its implementation until all controversial clauses are clarified. This decision came after the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Aliyu Sani Madaki (NNPP, Kano) and 80 others during the Plenary on Tuesday, July 9. …
Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, stated on Monday, July 8, that the recent b0mbings in Gwoza and Pulka towns of Borno State’s Gwoza Local Government Area were intended to embarrass the government. During a courtesy visit to Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, General Musa assured Nigerians that the perpetrators of these…
The Tinubu-led administration has announced a series of initiatives to address soaring food prices. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, outlined the measures set for implementation over the next 180 days: 150-Day Duty-Free Import Window: Suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes on specific food imports, including maize, rice, wheat, and cowpeas.…
A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an ex parte order of interim injunction, barring the Chief Judge of the State and the Clerk of the State House of Assembly from engaging with the Assembly led by Martins Amaewhule. Justice Jumbo Stephen’s order also prevents the Chief Judge and the Clerk…
A gas explosion on Church street along Ebute road in the Ibafo area of Ogun state claimed the lives of a 40-year-old woman identified as Rafiat Sheriff and her seven-year-old daughter, Asisat, on Saturday,July 6. According to residents of the area, the deceased woman had instructed her daughter to light up the gas burner…
