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Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state: says no negotiation with bandits

Gidan Waya College produces 75% of teachers in Kaduna – Provost

Prof. Alexander Kure, Provost of Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, says the institution produces more than 75 per…
The Kaduna University (KASU) chapter of ASUU suspends its strike after the state government acceded to some of its demands

Continuing education: Kaduna varsity matriculates 450

The Kaduna State University’s School of Continuing Education on Saturday matriculated 450 freshmen and women for the 2018/2019 academic session.…
Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, Chief of Defence Staff

Fund approved for upgrade of Armed Forces Mechanic school

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has approved funds to begin the process for the upgrade and accreditation of Armed Forces Electrical…
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State

Ondo Speaker pledges to support state govt. on minimum wage

The Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, has assured the State Government that he would pursue the…

NGO tasks Federal Govt on Patients’ Bill of Rights

The Centre for the Right to Health (CRH), an NGO, has called on the Federal Government to make better efforts…

Redouble efforts in fighting crime, Group urges police

The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) a civil society organisation, has urged police commissioners and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) to redouble…

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 announces 2-day power outage in Abuja

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…
Court

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…