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Rev. Pam re-elected for second term as Northern CAN Chairman

The Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has re-elected the incumbent Chairman, Rev. Yakubu Pam, among new officials to serve…

Group urges Niger Govt. to implement new minimum wage

The Campaign for Democracy (CD) in Niger, on Friday, called on the state government to implement the N30,000 new national…
AEDC says power supply to some communities in the FCT will be interrupted for two weeks starting from Monday, 6 January, 2024

Some FCT communities to experience load shedding – AEDC

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), says some electricity supply feeders from Kukwaba transmission station supplying power to some communities…

Nigeria has huge economic potential – Crown Flour MD

Mr Anurag Shukla, the Managing Director, Crown Flour Mills Ltd., says Nigeria has enough economic potential to feed its citizens.…

Kogi: 50,000 flood victims to benefit from free medical outreach

No fewer than 50,000 persons from the communities hit by a flood that swept through five local governments of Kogi…

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…