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Nigerian Govt. reiterates commitment to industrialisation

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to the realisation of the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP).
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres

UN chief, others decry ‘growing’ attacks on journalists

The need for protection of freedom of the press and opinion dominated speeches at an event to mark the 2019…

NGO donates Autoclave machines to Bauchi PHCs

A non-governmental Organisation, ‘Marie Stopes International Organisation, Nigeria’ (MSION), on Friday donated 20 sterilizing machines to some Primary Healthcare Centres…

Trafficking, illegal migration: Obaseki seeks more commitment

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says his administration is doing a lot from its end to tackle illegal migration to…

Insurgency: Yobe CP dedicates award to deceased officers

The Commissioner of Police, Yobe Command, Abdulmaliki Sanmonu, has dedicated an award to over 265 police officers who lost their…

Child trafficking: ILO executes £28m project in 5 African countries

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has begun a 28-million-euro project, sponsored by the Netherlands, to accelerate the fight against child…

Buhari urged to consider South-East for key political appointments

The All Progressives Youth Forum (APYF), a political pressure group, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to consider the South-East for…

2 injured in Old Onitsha-Enugu expressway multiple crash

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Anambra has confirmed a multiple crash, involving four vehicles, at Umuokpu on the…
Nigeria, 106 others back UN vote voicing support for Ukraine

Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande declares for UNGA presidency

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has formally declared his intention to vie for the presidency…
ICPC Boss, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye

How illicit financial flows affected Nigeria’s development – ICPC boss

Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) are bane…

Boeing 737 plane skids off runway into water

A US Department of Defense Boeing 737 plane from Guantanamo Bay skidded off a runway into shallow water in Jacksonville,…
UNILAG shut because of COVID-19 Delta variant

Unilag student emerges overall Mathematics competition winner

A final year student of Department of Mathematics, University of Lagos, Jeremiah Adedoyin, has emerged the overall winner of the…

Polio: LASG to immunise children aged 0-5

The Lagos State Government will embark on House to House polio Immunisation for all children aged 0-five years, irrespective of…

UN chief, others decry `growing’ attacks on journalists

The need for protection of freedom of the press and opinion dominated speeches at an event to mark the 2019…

Photos: Punch Correspondent, Friday Olokor escapes death

A Punch correspondent, Friday Olokor has escaped death by the whisker as his car plunged into a deep valley.

Incredible: Woman bites off hubby’s penis during fight

A Beitbridge, Zimbabwean man almost lost his manhood after his wife bit off a chunk of it during a fight.

Man plunges to death in 1000m mine

A 48-year-old man met his end after plunging down the Redwing Mine main shaft believed to me 1 000 metres…
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APC lawmaker sacked over age falsification

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday nullified the election of a member-elect representing Yola South/Yola North/Girei Federal constituency…

Security: Federal Govt delegation interacts with Miyetti Allah in Kebbi

A Federal Government delegation on Friday, interacted with national leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) as…

Extra-judicial killings, lawlessness among police personnel shameful – Abia CP

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Abia, Mr Ene Okon, has decried the rate of extra-judicial killings and lawlessness among…

Slain lawmaker, Sugar buried in Oyo

Amidst tears, wailing and heavy security, the remains of the late Hon. Olatoye Temitope alias Sugar, representing Lagelu/Akinyele in the…

All Nigerians will enjoy democracy dividend under Buhari – Minister

Malam Muhammad Bello, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday in Abuja, said that every part of…
FILE PHOTO: Children with albinism

Malawi gives albino citizens personal ’emergency alarms’

The Malawian Government is handing out 1,600 personal security alarms to its albino citizens, in an attempt to stop deadly…

Video: Corpse falls from Casket as Dancing pallbearers stumble

Drama ensued at a Ghanaian funeral after pallbearers had a lapse in coordination and the coffin they were carrying came…

9 robbery suspects arrested in Enugu

The Police Command in Enugu State says it has arrested nine armed robbery suspects in the State within a period…

Buhari to receive UN General Assembly’s president

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to receive President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA) Ms Maria Espinosa, who is…

Tunisian Govt. orders army to transport fuel amid strike

The Tunisian government has ordered the army to transfer fuel to petrol stations, the state news agency TAP reported on…

German woman who converts to Islam goes on trial

A German woman, Sabine S, who converted to Islam and went to live under Islamic State in the Middle East…

Death toll hits 87 in South Africa floods

The South African authorities on Friday revised the death toll from the recent flooding to 87, up from the previous…

Another Nigerian allegedly killed by police in South Africa

The President, Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA), Mr Ben Okoli, has raised alarm over the circumstances surrounding the death…