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Motorists and commuters along the Sagamu–Ijebu Ode Expressway have expressed frustration over the slow pace of the ongoing reconstruction, which they say has worsened gridlock and prolonged travel times. The Federal Government, through the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, flagged off the reconstruction of the 60km stretch in February, following years of public complaints about the highway’s deplorable condition. Contractors reportedly moved to site in April, starting from the Sagamu

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced another upward review of passport application fees, which will take effect from September 1, 2025. In a statement issued on Thursday by the Service Public Relations Officer, ACI AS Akinlabi, the new rates will apply only to applications made within Nigeria. Under the new structure, a 32-page passport with five-year validity will now cost N100,000, while the 64-page passport with ten-year validity will

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be heading for another showdown with the Federal Government as lecturers decry poor pay and conditions of service. The union, which staged nationwide protests on Tuesday, says it will now hold congresses to decide its next line of action. At the heart of the dispute is the stalled renegotiation of the 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement, which was concluded in December 2024 and formally

The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Olugbenga Oloyede, has been sentenced to 56 months in prison by a United States court for his role in a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 relief fund scam. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Judge Christopher Boyko of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio also ordered the monarch to pay more than $4.4 million in restitution and forfeit assets linked to the

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has revealed that 239 first-class graduates employed as lecturers by the institution left within seven years due to poor welfare and harsh working conditions. Ogundipe made the disclosure on Tuesday while delivering a lecture at The PUNCH Forum themed “Innovative Funding of Functional Education in the Digital Age”, held at The PUNCH Place, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to him, between

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) permission to obtain full banking details of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, amid an ongoing investigation into alleged terrorism financing and money laundering. In a ruling delivered on Tuesday, Justice Emeka Nwite directed six financial institutions—United Bank for Africa, Guaranty Trust Bank, Zenith Bank, Opay, Moniepoint, and Kuda Microfinance Bank—to provide the police with account opening