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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Elegushi of Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom, Lagos State, Saheed Ademola Elegushi, on his 50th birthday. Tinubu, in a statement issued on Friday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, commended the monarch’s leadership and contributions to community development. The President said, “Oba Elegushi has demonstrated the vision, grace, wisdom and courage in keeping a balance between tradition and modernity by adopting technology and global best practices in developmental strides, particularly in agriculture and skills acquisition in his domain. “I am not surprised about your leadership and the gains your reign has produced for…

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have experienced another disappointment just weeks after the Confederation of African Football postponed the WAFCON tournament from March to the middle of the year, Soccernet.ng reports. This time, it’s the team captain, Rasheedat Ajibade, who picked a bone with the Nigerian Football Federation after Cape Verde pulled out of the proposed friendlies set for this month’s International break. The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder has always been vocal about how she feels the Super Falcons are not being treated as important despite their enormous success on the African continent. Rasheedat Ajibade during the 2025 WAFCON Finals match…

The Sasakawa Africa Association has said Nigeria spends about $10bn annually importing wheat, rice, sugar, fish and tomato paste, despite ongoing efforts by the government to transform the agricultural sector. The SAA Nigeria Country Director, Dr Godwin Atser, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the 2026 Annual Stakeholders’ Workshop and the celebration of the association’s 40th anniversary. The association said its interventions are aimed at increasing farmers’ incomes and improving food and nutrition security through the promotion of market-oriented, sustainable, resilient, regenerative and nutrition-sensitive agricultural innovations, while also building the capacity of extension agents and farmers. The workshop had…

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mrs Kemi Nandap, has temporarily relieved the commanding officers of the affected commands along the Lagos-Seme border corridor of their duties following online reports alleging extortion by personnel of the service. Nandap also ordered an immediate investigation into the incidents. The service, in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Akinsola Akinlabi, on Friday, said Nandap “unequivocally condemns the actions depicted in these reports, as such conduct is unacceptable and stands in direct violation of the core values, ethics, and operational standards of the Service.” The statement did not specify the number…

A mounting diplomatic row between Ecuador and Colombia intensified on Thursday, with Bogota recalling its ambassador after Quito announced 100 percent tariffs on imports from its South American neighbor. The two countries have been engaged in a trade war for months, with Ecuador accusing Bogota of failing to combat drug trafficking and illegal mining along their shared border. “Our ambassador to Ecuador must return immediately,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro said in an X post responding to Ecuador’s leader Daniel Noboa, a staunch ally of US President Donald Trump. “The next cabinet meeting will be held at a location on the…

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday donated 10,000 disposable sanitary pads to schoolgirls in Kogi State under her Renewed Hope Initiative. The donation was made in Lokoja during the launch of the “Flow With Confidence” initiative, a programme aimed at promoting menstrual health education and providing sanitary products to schoolgirls across the country. Represented by the wife of the Kogi State Governor, Sefinat Ododo, the First Lady said the initiative also includes the distribution of 370,000 disposable sanitary pads to girls in rural communities across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. She explained that the intervention,…

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to deploy excess crude oil revenue to subsidise local refineries as a way of cushioning the impact of rising fuel prices on Nigerians. President of the Congress, Festus Osifo, who made the call during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, warned that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called Petrol, could climb to as high as N2,000 per litre if urgent measures were not taken. Osifo said the persistent increase in the pump price of petrol, driven by global crude oil price volatility and exchange rate…

A frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the African Democratic Congress, Jibril Sabo Keana, popularly known as JSK, has formally declared his intention to vie for the office of Governor of Nasarawa State in the 2027 general elections. Arewa PUNCH Correspondent reports that during a pre-declaration address at the ADC Secretariat in the Keana Local Government Area of the state, the Wakilin Keana, Jibril Sabo Keana, formally presented his Letter of Interest to vie for the governorship seat of Nasarawa State in 2027—anchoring his vision on a bold promise: Development, Security and Progress – DSP. Speaking before party leaders,…

The Kaduna State Government has inaugurated a 17-member task force to track and prevent the diversion of nutrition commodities, in a move aimed at strengthening accountability and ensuring life-saving supplies reach vulnerable women and children across the state. Speaking during the inauguration in Kaduna on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Planning and Budget Commission, Mukhtar Ahmed, said the committee was constituted following concerns that some nutrition supplies were not getting to their intended beneficiaries. He noted that the government and development partners had, over the years, invested heavily in the provision of nutrition commodities across the state. Ahmed, however, stressed that…

Delta Air Lines has entered a partnership with Amazon, an agreement aimed at transforming the in-flight internet experience for millions of passengers, in a move both companies say will redefine how people stay connected in the air. According to a statement made available to The PUNCH by the airline, under the agreement, Delta will deploy Amazon’s low-earth orbit satellite network, known as Leo, across hundreds of its aircraft, beginning with an initial rollout on 500 planes from 2028. The airline believed that the initiative would significantly improve internet speed, reliability, and onboard digital services. Delta says the collaboration builds on…