Five people have been trapped since Tuesday evening after a section of a private rice mill collapsed in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital while one person was confirmed dead. The Kebbi State Deputy Governor, Senator Umar Abubakar Tafida who…
The General Assembly has approved a 3.45 billion-dollar regular budget for the United Nations for 2026. The approval followed weeks of intensive negotiations and one of the Organisation’s most important reform initiatives, UN80. The budget, approved by the 193-member General…
The Edo State Government on Tuesday paid civil servants their 13th-month salary. This was confirmed to The PUNCH by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo, Mr Patrick Ebojele. Ebojele said the gesture was proof of the governor’s workers-friendly…
The Ondo state Amotekun security outfit, has arrested 39 suspected terrorists who fled Sokoto state after the US military airstrikes in Nigeria’s North-West on Christmas day. The state commander of the security outfit, Chief Adetunji Adeleye while parading 100 suspected…
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has expressed sympathy with WWE champion, Anthony Joshua, following a tragic road accident that claimed the lives of two of his friends who travelled to Nigeria with him, on Monday….
Troops from the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, operating from Forward Operating Base Ikang, have successfully rescued eight individuals who were kidnapped along the Ikang–Cameroon waterways. This was disclosed in a statement by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 13 Brigade…
The Kebbi state police command has confirmed on Tuesday, that an explosion rocked the General Hospital, Bagudo area of the state adding that no casualty was recorded. According to the police, explosion hit the hospital in the early hours of…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert over the circulation of fake Kiss condoms in major markets across the country. This was contained in a statement published on the agency’s website…
The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday assured that renowned British-Nigerian boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, and other passenger(s) who were involved in a road accident along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway are receiving the best possible medical care. Abiodun in…
A Nigerian hotel owner has reported that three of his staff were hospitalised after debris from munitions fell on his hotel following US airstrikes targeting militants in northwest Nigeria. The surprise US raid on Christmas Day targeted militants linked to…
