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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Wale Akinselure |Gift Habib |Stephen Angbulu
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Wale Akinselure |Gift Habib
Prominent economist and political activist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has inaugurated a shadow government composed of members from various opposition parties. According to Utomi, the “Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government,” launched virtually on Monday evening, will function as a credible opposition force, highlighting the failures of the Bola Tinubu administration while offering ideas for better governance.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Muhammed Lawal |Gift Habib |Adeyinka Adedipe |Samuel Ese
An illustrative image of a press man. Photo generated using AI The Federal Government, governors, and other stakeholders have called for a free and independent media to strengthen democracy and promote accountability. The call was made in commemoration of the 2025 World Press Freedom Day.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Uthman Salami |Gift Habib
Commandant-General, NSCDC, Ahmed Audi The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has announced the detention of officers accused of extorting N5.2m from a traveller. A statement by the NSCDC spokesperson Afolabi Babawale, on Wednesday, held that the suspects have been ordered to be moved to Abuja for a thorough probe. The development follows the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo ordering an immediate investigation into the alleged extortion.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Gift Habib
Pope Francis | Credit: AFP The Federal Government joined the rest of the world on Monday in mourning the death of Pope Francis, who passed away at the age of 88. The revered head of the Roman Catholic Church died just a day after appearing for Easter Sunday celebrations at the Vatican.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Daniel Ayantoye |Solomon Odeniyi |Gift Habib |Adeyinka Adedipe |Dennis Naku
President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians of his administration’s resolve to restore peace and security, emphasising that clear directives had been issued to the armed forces and relevant security agencies to end insecurity decisively and without delay. Tinubu, who stated this on Friday in his Easter message to the nation, expressed empathy with citizens affected by violence and unrest, stating that he understood the pain and fear such events had caused.
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4 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Gift Habib
President Bola Tinubu’s continued stay in France has drawn sharp criticism from opposition leaders and security experts amid a surge in violent attacks and killings across the country. The 2023 presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, Peter Obi of the Labour Party and other opposition parties urged the President to return immediately, citing recent massacres in Plateau and Benue States.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Stephen Angbulu |Gift Habib |Abdulrahman Zakariyau
The Presidency on Sunday dismissed any notion of fresh revelations emerging from a United States court order directing the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration to release files on President Bola Tinubu’s past investigation. It insisted that the records, which date back to a drug trafficking investigation in Chicago from the early 1990s, have been publicly available for over three decades and posed no fresh concerns for the President.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Muhammed Lawal |Gift Habib |Ismaeel Uthman
An increasing number of Nigerians who previously migrated in pursuit of better opportunities have started returning home, citing unmet expectations and depression in their host countries. The development is a reversal of the popular “Japa” trend, which has seen millions of Nigerian youths migrate to Europe, America and Asia in search of better living conditions and job opportunities.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Gift Habib |James Abraham |Isah Ojo
The Federal Government and Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Tuesday differed over the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in the state. While the governor claimed the state was losing ground to the terrorists, citing the recent attacks on military formations, killings and abductions of residents, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, argued the security agencies are working round-the-clock to bring the situation in parts of Borno State under control.
