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The Ogun State House of Assembly has summoned officials of the state fire service, the Ministries of Works and Infrastructure and Environment, and other relevant agencies over growing concerns about public safety, following a recent fire outbreak at Itele Market and other incidents across the state.The Assembly also invited officials to address persistent traffic congestion along the Abeokuta–Sango-Ota Expressway and a reported leak of a suspected gaseous substance that led to th...

State Police: Full list of 24 states that approved billThe states that have approved state police are now 24. So, the constitutionally-required 24-state e...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered a residential building in Lagos where empty bottles of alcoholic beverages were stored for suspected use in producing counterfeit drinks.The agency said its Investigation and Enforcement Directorate discovered more than 100 sacks of empty bottles at the building located at 322B Meiran Road, Agbado Oke-Odo, Lagos.The bottles were destroyed to prevent their reuse in the production ...

Nigerian visual artist and Guinness World Record holder, FolaDavid, is set to lead more than 1,000 children in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest fabric marbling painting.In a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Friday, David said the project was designed to promote creativity, inclusion and collaboration by bringing together children from different backgrounds to create a single artwork.The Nigerian medical doctor, said t...

The National Emergency Management Agency has said 673,350 people were affected by flooding across 134 local government areas in 28 states as of October 20, 2026, with 245 deaths recorded.The agency also disclosed that 214,997 people had been displaced, calling for stronger inter-agency coordination and improved preparedness ahead of the anticipated 2026/2027 El Niño phenomenon.According to a statement by NEMA on Friday, the figures were presented by ...

The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), has pledged that Nigerian troops who died during peacekeeping missions in Liberia and Sierra Leone under the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group will not be forgotten.Musa gave the assurance when he received a delegation of ECOMOG veterans, led by Maj. Gen. Ohifeme Ejimai (retd.), at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Abuja.This was contained in a statement on Friday by the ...

A spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Alwan Hassan, has alleged that some ministers pay billions of naira to secure appointments and subsequently seek to recover the money.Hassan made the allegation during an interview on Arise News on Thursday, while defending President Bola Tinubu’s direct oversight of government revenue and expenditure.“The way Asiwaju is hands-on on the expenditure of our revenue is ...

By Adewumi OmoboadeFormer Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has demanded the immediate publication of the preliminary voters’ register, warning that the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission to display the list online could undermine confidence in the 2027 general election. Atiku, in a statement on ...

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