Gombe launches probe as secondary school students protest over food
The Gombe State Ministry of Education has set up a committee to investigate the reasons behind the protest by students of the Government Science Secondary School, Gombe. The Information Officer of the...
View ArticleSeven years after mass abduction, FG renovates Chibok school
The Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, where over 200 female students were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in April 2014, has been renovated by both the federal and state governments....
View ArticleTwo fish sellers killed as car runs into Ogun stationary truck
Two persons lost their lives, while three others sustained varying degrees of injury on Monday in a crash involving a Nissan Sentra car and a Mack truck at Adedero village on the Abeokuta-Sagamu...
View ArticleNigeria blessed with agric, mining for export, says Minister
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, has said that the country is blessed with huge potentials exportable items in non-oil sector that can boost the nation’s...
View Article40 billion reserves, 4mbpd production achievable through marginal oilfields – FG
The Federal Government on Monday said moves to produce four million barrels of crude oil per day and grow the country’s reserves to 40 billion barrels will be achieved through marginal oilfields. It...
View ArticleAirports authority unveils equipment to curb bird strikes
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria says it has unveiled bird equipment, also known as wildlife management equipment, at its headquarters annex. FAAN said it inaugurated the equipment in its...
View ArticleNational Assembly concludes PIB deliberations, Gbajabiamila says bill not...
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Monday assured that the National Assembly will pass the Petroleum Industry Bill before the end of this month. Lawan, who spoke during the opening session of...
View ArticleNasarawa health workers begin indefinite strike, protest poor welfare
The Coalition of Health Professionals Association in Nasarawa State has begun an indefinite strike action over government’s inability to meet up with its demands. A spokesperson for the association,...
View ArticleNigeria: On edge of a cliff
drtayooke@gmail.com It is said in ancient Greece, those whom the gods want to destroy, they first make mad. With the madness of constitution amendment talking shops initiated to distract from the...
View ArticleWe ran to a farm for safety after Remo fans attacked us – Insurance player
•Insurance players behaved like touts – Remo coach •NNL vows to punish offenders Edo Insurance defender Benjamin Tanimu, who suffered a head injury after irate fans attacked the visitors during their...
View ArticleFriendlies: Can Rohr end six-game winless run as Eagles battle Lions?
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has a huge task on his hands to end his side’s winless run of friendlies, as they take on Cameroon in the second of their doubleheader friendly games in Austria on...
View ArticleOnuachu wins Ebony Shoe award
Super Eagles forward, Paul Onuachu, has won the Ebony Shoe award – given to the best African or African origin player in the Belgian Pro-League. Onuachu, who was top scorer in the Belgian Pro-League...
View ArticleNPFL longest unbeaten run thrills Akwa gaffer
Kennedy Boboye, head coach of Nigeria Professional Football League side, Akwa United, has described his side’s stunning run of form as incredible, The PUNCH reports. The Uyo-based club made a slow...
View ArticleStates hail Lagos N418.9bn IGR, to study method
State governments, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, as well as the Federal Ministry of Finance have visited Lagos State to study its Internally Generated Revenue template and...
View Article‘We’ll help FG to plant 25 million trees’
The Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers has said it will contribute to the Federal Government’s efforts to plant 25 million trees across the country. A statement on Monday said the National...
View ArticleLagos lists abandoned buildings, orders clampdown on criminals
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has vowed to ensure that abandoned buildings do not become security threats in the state. Sanwo-Olu, according to a statement by his Chief Press...
View ArticleOver 100 civilians not supporting IPOB’s ESN killed – Commander
THE Brigadier Commander of 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, Raymond Utsaha, has revealed that hoodlums masquerading as ‘Unknown Gunmen’ have killed no fewer than 150 security operatives...
View ArticleThree killed as troops repel bandits in Kaduna-Zaria highway
Troops of the 4 Demo Battalion, Nigerian Army, Kaduna have repelled bandits along the Kaduna – Zaria highway in Igabi Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Internal Security...
View ArticleAmputee woman accuses LASUTH of negligence, demands compensation
A 35-year-old woman, Oluwadamilare Aremu, has accused the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital of negligence leading to the amputation of her right leg. Aremu told PUNCH Metro that she was admitted...
View ArticleNewly-promoted NSCDC official killed in Abuja kidnappers’ambush
An official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Usman Dagara, has died of bullet injuries that he sustained during an encounter with suspected kidnappers on Sunday in Abuja. The suspected...
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