By Ife Osemedua The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declared that a statement credited…
Month: December 2020
Anambra recorded 120 fire incidents in 10 months – Fire Service
By Kenneth Onuoha Anambra State Fire Service Director, Mr Martin Agbili, has disclosed that the…
Residents panic over gas leakage near PUNCH office
By Deborah Hassan There is palpable tension among residents of Arepo, Magboro, and other neighbouring…
World Bank budgets US$60m to fight youth joblessness in Benin
World Bank International Development Association (IDA) will give Benin US$60 million to help the west African…
231 junior officers graduate from Armed Forces Command and Staff College
The Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna, on Tuesday, graduated 231 junior officers…
COVID-19: NCDC registers 758 new infections, 3 additional deaths
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has registered 758 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Insecurity: Kano orders immediate closure of all schools
Kano State Government on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the…
Food Security: FG to commence all-year-round farming
The Federal Government says it is ready to commence all year round farming in Osun to…
Residents, traders express shock over demolition of FESTAC Town market
Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over…
NiMet predicts dust haze, cloudy weather conditions
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and cloudy weather conditions from Wednesday to…
ExxonMobil official confirms worker’s death at Qua Iboe facility
A top official of U.S. oil giant, ExxonMobil, has confirmed the death of a staff member…
Omah Lay, Tems now with Nigerian Mission in Uganda – Dabiri-Erewa
By Moses Okorie The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that the two…
We are set to redeem NDDC’s image – Interim Administrator
The new Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Effiong Akwa, says the…
APC says security agencies have will, commitment to tackle insecurity
All Progressives Congress (APC) says security agencies in Nigeria have the will, commitment and training to…
Peace Corps Bill passes 2nd reading at Senate
A bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps (NPC) to provide alternative employment…
Nigeria needs to secure its people, restructure its system — Makinde
…as gov hands over 33 operational-vehicles, 396 motorcycles to Amotekun Corps …We’ll put those striving to…
Covid-19: Kaduna shuts down schools
The Kaduna State Government has announced the closure of schools across the 23 Local Government Areas…
I remain authentic PDP Caretaker Chairman of Southwest – Ogungbenro
Hon. Dayo Ogungbenro said that he remains the authentic Caretaker Chairman of the South West PDP,…
Impact lives of your people, Gbajabiamila urges those in authority
…as Imo Reps dole out commercial vehicles, motorcycles, grinding machines to constituents Speaker of the House…
Chief Justice, Tanko Muhammad, tests positive for COVID-19
By Deborah Hassan The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19,…
Senate swears in Dickson, others as members of 9th Senate
Immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson (PDP-Bayelsa), Cleopas Moses (PDP-Bayelsa), Tokunbo Abiru (APC-Lagos)…
#Freeomahlay#FreeTems# trends on Twitter as Nigerian artists demand musicians’ release
By Gabriel Atumeyi Nigerian singers, Stanley Omah Didia, alias Omah Lay and Temilade Openyi, alias…
CBN’s N100 Billion Health Intervention Fund inaccessible, says NMA
By Ade Jacobs The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has disclosed that the Central Bank of…
Nigeria secures $3bn loan, grant from World Bank
By Ade Jacobs The World Bank has approved a total of $3 billion for Nigeria as…
Food prices skyrocket as Nigeria’s inflation hits 14.89 percent
By Deborah Hassan Rising food prices continue to soar as Nigeria’s inflation rate has maintained…
#Freeomahlay#FreeTems# trends on Twitter as Nigerian artists demand musicians’ release
Nigerian singers, Stanley Omah Didia, alias Omah Lay and Temilade Openyi, alias Tems, are currently trending…
Julius Berger partners NLNG on CSR in Bonny Kingdom
By Saidu Idris Julius Berger Nigeria Plc last weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),…
Troops apprehend 12 bandits, collaborators in Zamfara
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have apprehended seven suspected bandits and five of their collaborators…
NUJ commends Gov. Tambuwal over people-oriented projects
The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has received commendation from the Nigeria Union of…
Video of Buhari inspecting cows in Katsina as 600 students kidnapped sparks outrage
Nigerians have been expressing their disaffection as President Muhammadu Buhari seen in a video checking up…