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The Punch, 21 Aug 2026

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ArticleStates get spe­cial N435bn for secur­ity, infra­struc­ture

STATE gov­ern­ments are receiv­ing bil­lions of naira through a rel­at­ively new Fed­er­a­tion Account Alloc­a­tion Com­mit­tee inter­ven­tion for infra­struc­ture and secur­ity, with avail­able half-year budget imple­ment­a­tion reports show­ing that...

States get spe­cial N435bn for secur­ity, infra­struc­ture

ArticlePres­id­ency, OPS kick against Atiku’s pet­rol sub­sidy push

The African Demo­cratic Con­gress pres­id­en­tial can­did­ate in the 2027 elec­tion, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, came under vit­ri­olic attacks over his plan to restore pet­rol sub­sidy if he wins the 2027 pres­id­en­tial elec­tion. While the...

Pres­id­ency, OPS kick against Atiku’s pet­rol sub­sidy push

ArticleCODE Of ETHICS

We are guided by the prin­ciples of fac­tual, bal­anced and fair report­ing and com­ment­ar­ies. •We believe that these prin­ciples and eth­ical con­duct are the basis of pub­lic trust and con­fid­ence. We believe that a sys­tem of self...

CODE Of ETHICS

Article10 arres­ted as van­dals steal 1,800

the Lagos State Police Com­mand has arres­ted 10 sus­pects allegedly linked to the repeated van­dal­ism and theft of pub­lic infra­struc­ture on the newly con­struc­ted Lagos Coastal Road. the state Com­mis­sioner of Police, Fatai tijani, dis­closed...

10 arres­ted as van­dals steal 1,800

ArticleOver 46 bod­ies recovered in

At least 46 bod­ies have so far been recovered fol­low­ing a boat acci­dent in Gorau com­munity, Goronyo Local Gov­ern­ment Area of Sokoto State, the state Police Com­mand has con­firmed. the acci­dent occurred on thursday when a boat car­ry­ing 77...

Over 46 bod­ies recovered in

ArticleAssail­ants hack 48-year-old man to death in Oyo

Some yet-to-be-iden­ti­fied assail­ants have hacked a 48-year-old man, Peter Baba Danasin, to death while trav­el­ling with his wife along a bush path in the Igbojaye area of oyo State. PUNCH Metro learnt on thursday that the incid­ent occurred on...

Assail­ants hack 48-year-old man to death in Oyo

ArticleNAPTIP seals mater­nity linked to alleged N13.5m baby sale

the National Agency for the Pro­hib­i­tion of Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons said it had sealed a res­id­en­tial apart­ment sus­pec­ted of being con­ver­ted into an illegal mater­nity facil­ity by a child-traf­fick­ing syn­dic­ate in elelenwo, Port Har­court.

NAPTIP seals mater­nity linked to alleged N13.5m baby sale