A Federal Government agency – the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, has decried the low patronage of Nigerian-made products by Nigerians.   The agency identified some challenges leading to the low patronage of the local products as affordability and public perception, among others.   Speaking on Thursday during ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the request of 2025 intending pilgrims to be granted cash transactions for the holy pilgrimage to Mecca.   This followed the intervention of Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who appealed to President Bola Tinubu on behalf of the over 40,000 pilgrims through the National Hajj ...

Immunisation efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardise progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at risk, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have warned.   The UN agencies and Gavi made ...

The Lagos State Government has revealed that over 135,000 residents are currently living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, highlighting the ongoing public health challenge in Nigeria’s most populous state.   The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Wednesday during a media briefing to mark the second ...

The Imo State Police command has arrested two women while attempting to sell a kidnapped four-year-old boy in Owerri for ₦2.7 million.   The boy was kidnapped in Abuja while hawking vegetables and then brought to Owerri to be sold before luck ran out for them.   The suspects are ...

The Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board says it has begun the compilation of list of retired civil servants who have defaulted on the full repayment of housing loans obtained.   Head of Information and Public Relations, FGSHLB, Mrs Ngozi Obiechina, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. ...

Prominent Islamic scholar and Director of Markaz, Sheikh Habeebullah Adam El-Ilory, has openly challenged long-held religious beliefs that he says no longer reflect the realities of modern Islamic societies, calling for a more progressive and informed interpretation of Islamic teachings.   In a recent sermon, Sheikh Ilory criticised the rigid ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed willingness to allow eligible Nigerians without Permanent Voter Cards to vote in the 2027 general elections, but insists that such a move must be backed by legislative amendments.   The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, told The PUNCH on ...

A Nigerian-born United States citizen, Oladapo Fadugba, risks 27 years imprisonment over his alleged involvement in a $690,000 wire fraud scheme and making false declarations to obtain US citizenship.   PUNCH Metro learnt this in a statement by the US Attorney for the District of Florida, Gregory Kehoe, obtained on ...

No fewer than 40 coaches have completed a week-long ITF National Level 1 Tennis Coaching Course organised by the Nigeria Tennis Federation in Abuja.   The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the participants drawn from the six geopolitical zones in the country, were presented with their certificates at a ...