Evolving Chinese auto sales in Nigeria
Celebrating an icon behind Nigeria’s Chinese Auto revolution on her birthday By our reporter Chief…
Evolving Chinese auto sales in Nigeria
Celebrating an icon behind Nigeria’s Chinese Auto revolution on her birthday By our reporter Chief Diana Chen is the Chairman of CIG Motors Nigeria. She celebrates her birthday amidst encomium from well wishers, friends and associates, and she is being recognised not only as one of Africa’s most accomplished business leaders but also as the…
Leadership weakness in Nigerian sports administration
From the pitch to policy: How Amanu Pinnick, other experts expose leadership weakness in Nigeria sports …as experts discuss economic realities in the country. By Chris Onuoha Cowry Asset Management’s Quarterly Economic Discourse (QED) for the second quarter of 2026 kicked off on a positive note, bringing to the fore salient economic discussions that reflected…
12-month billing rule does not wipe out electricity debts -Lagos agency
The Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission has clarified that its proposed 12-month billing rule does not cancel existing electricity debts, dismissing reports suggesting that consumers will no longer be required to pay bills older than one year. As reported by Nairametrics on Wednesday, the clarification was contained in a statement issued by the commission on…
Babies miss immunisation as floods cut off access to Lagos PHCs
Three weeks after welcoming her third child at a traditional birth home, Mrs Anike Kareem had imagined cradling her newborn on the short trip to Awoyaya Health Centre in the Parapo community for the baby’s first routine immunisation. Instead, the 33-year-old now spends her days staring at floodwaters that have swallowed homes and roads leading…
Natasha seeks counselling for rescued Oyo pupils, teachers
The senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday called on the Federal and state governments to provide psychological support, trauma counselling and rehabilitation for the pupils and teachers rescued from captivity in Oyo State, saying their recovery should go beyond their physical freedom. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the appeal during plenary while contributing to…
Lagos gifts quadruplets free healthcare after PUNCH report
The agency also enrolled the three surviving babies, their father and their grandparents into the state’s health insurance programme, ILERA EKO, at no cost. Speaking with Sunday PUNCH, Anani expressed gratitude to the state government and LASHMA for the intervention. “I want to sincerely thank the Lagos State Government and the ILERA EKO team for…
Let Oriire be Nigeria’s last mass kidnapping
TWO weeks on, Nigerians are still celebrating the rescue of 46 pupils, teachers and other school personnel abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. However, this should not become another fleeting moment of relief before the country resigns itself to the next tragedy. If anything, the horrifying episode should serve as…
Petrol loading resumes as depot prices climb
Fuel marketers have resumed loading petrol and diesel from private depots after an almost one-week disruption triggered by recent price adjustments in the downstream petroleum sector. The National Publicity Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chinedu Ukadike, told The PUNCH on Tuesday that private depots had resumed selling petroleum products to marketers, dismissing fears…
I pray Nigeria gets a winning Christian-Christian ticket — Nasarawa gov
He said the country was, in fact, overdue for a Christian-Christian pairing to test the same electoral fortune that had favoured Muslim-Muslim tickets in the past. “I pray that one day Nigeria will have a Christian-Christian ticket, and it will win. That’s what I pray to see,” Sule said. He recalled that the country had…