Ijaw youths shutdown NDDC office in Akwa Ibom
Niger Delta youths under the aegis of Ijaw Youths Council worldwide, Akwa Ibom State Chapter have shut down the state office of Niger Delta Development Commission in protest against non-reconstitution...
View ArticleChildren’s Day: Guarantee security of children, PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to guarantee the security of children as Nigeria celebrates Children’s Day. PDP made this call in a...
View ArticleInsurgency war: Use of drones will reduce military casualties —AVM Smith
A former Chief of Logistics at the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), says the use of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles will reduce military casualties, especially in the...
View ArticleBuhari’s refusal to appoint Igbo COAS shows he doesn’t believe in one Nigeria...
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Thursday, tackled the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for appointing a northerner as the Chief of Army...
View ArticleCholera kills seven in Gombe, six hospitalised
Seven persons including a two-year-old child have been confirmed dead due to recent the cholera surge in Gombe State. Recall that cholera was first announced in Yalmatu Deba LGA, and the state was...
View Article11 offices, 13 vehicles, 429 generators, others lost to 41 attacks – INEC
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, warned that a disruption to the electoral process would undermine Nigerian democracy and destabilise the country. Yakubu made...
View ArticleNGF proposed fuel prices provocative, hikes will be met with strike —NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress has opposed the proposal by the Nigerian Governors Forum that subsidy should be removed and petrol pump prices pegged at between N380 and N408 per litre. It described the...
View ArticleKebbi mishap: 48 dead bodies recovered as search continues
Forty-eight dead bodies of the people who were involved in a boat mishap in the Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State have so far been recovered. This was stated by the Chief Press Secretary to...
View ArticleVandalism: Gov Sule’s aide, 16 others arrested in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command said it has arrested the Special Adviser on Infrastructure to Governor Abdullahi Sule and 16 others over the vandalisation of railway tracks and slippers in Lafia and...
View ArticleNew army chief lists cracking jokes as hobby, speaks four languages
The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Farouk Yahaya, has indicated that his hobbies are cracking jokes, travelling, reading and listening to local music. This is according to his...
View ArticleLawan tasks ECOWAS on terrorism, cross-border crimes
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, asked the Economic Community of West African States parliament to address the prevalence of terrorism and irregular migration affecting member states....
View ArticleBREAKING: Fayemi suspends Ekiti provost as 100 students hospitalised after...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday, suspended the Provost, College Of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Dr Cecilia Adebayo, over the hospitalisation of over 100 students...
View ArticlePopular Instagram influencer Pankeeroy clears air on EFCC arrest
Popular Instagram influencer, Nwagbo Chidera, popularly known as Pankeeroy, has cleared the air on his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Pankeeroy announced his release from the...
View ArticleFaruk Yahaya assumes office as Chief of Army Staff
Major General Faruk Yahaya formally resumed duties as the nation’s 22nd Chief of Army Staff on Friday. Yahaya tooK over during a ceremony held at the Army Headquarters in Abuja. On arrival, he first...
View ArticleUK approves single shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
Britain on Friday approved the use of the single shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency announced. “This is a further boost to the UK’s...
View ArticleBuild on Attahiru’s legacy, Irabor tells new Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has urged the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya, to build on the legacy of his predecessor, the late Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru....
View ArticleGunmen attack Delta police station, kill three officers
There was tension on Friday in Umutu community as gunmen killed three policemen in an attempt to burn down the police station in the community. The PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred around...
View ArticleBuhari meets Jonathan, calls for resolution of Mali’s political crisis
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has urged disputing parties in the ongoing political crisis in Mali to settle their differences and unite for the peace and unity of the country....
View ArticleCertificate forgery: ICPC nabs syndicate, two FRSC officials
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arrested two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Edwin Onyuwe and Achigili Ogoli, over certificate forgery. Also, two...
View ArticleASUU president Ogunyemi bows out
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, on Friday, delivered his valedictory speech at the conference of the union held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,...
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