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The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has announced the opening of applications for the GrowHer Accelerator Program 2026. The program is meant to support women entrepreneurs who run registered and active businesses and are ready to grow their businesses in a sustainable way. The GrowHer Accelerator Program is designed to help…
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that it invited a social welfare activist, Adetoun Onajobi, also known as Just Adetoun, over her recent comments against Governor Dapo Abiodun. According to reports, the police invited her after a petition was written against her. The state police spokesperson, Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed that she was invited to…
The Labour Party (LP) said it plans to take part in all elections in Ogun State in 2027. Comrade Abayomi Arabambi, the party’s National Vice Chairman for the South West, spoke to party members at the swearing-in of the new Ogun State LP leaders. The event took place at the Nigeria Union of Journalists hall…
A lawmaker in the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rasheed Kashamu, who represents Ijebu North Constituency I, has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced his decision on Monday during a House session. Kashamu said he left the PDP because of serious disagreements and divisions within the…
Former First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that rumours inside the Presidential Villa once made her late husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, believe she wanted to harm him. She said this fear affected his eating habits and helped trigger the illness that kept him away from office for several months in 2017. Aisha Buhari shared this…
Africa’s richest individuals posted a record rise in wealth in 2025, with the combined net worth of the continent’s billionaires exceeding $100 billion for the first time, according to Forbes. The latest ranking shows 22 African billionaires with a combined fortune of $105 billion, up from $82.4 billion shared by 20 individuals a year earlier.…
Facts came out on Sunday explaining why the much-awaited meeting to choose candidates for the vacant Awujale throne of Ijebu land was postponed by the Fusengbuwa Ruling House. The PUNCH also learned that at least 60 people are interested in becoming the next Awujale. The Fusengbuwa Ruling House is next in line to produce the…
There is unrest among some military officers after Colonel Nurudeen Yusuf, the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was promoted to Brigadier-General. Some officers told reporters that the promotion was “unusual, especially in a democracy.” They said that while junior officers like Lieutenants, Captains, Majors, and Lieutenant Colonels may be promoted for excellent performance,…
A faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by the chairman, Alhaji Taminu Turaki, on Saturday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, over matters believed to be connected to the 2027 general elections. Turaki and his entourage who stormed Obasanjo’s residence on Saturday about 11:40am entered a closed door meeting with…
The Federal Government said yesterday that talks are still ongoing regarding the detention of a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft and 11 soldiers, who have not yet been released by Burkina Faso. The aircraft and its crew were seized on Monday after making what the Nigerian Air Force described as a precautionary landing in Bobo…
