Nigerian Pilots and Crew Released in Burkina Faso, Head to Portugal
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has announced the release and departure of the pilots and crew of the Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft (NAF 913) that had been detained in Burkina Faso. In a statement issued…
Tinubu Earmarks N5.41tn for Security in Proposed N58.18tn 2026 Budget
President Bola Tinubu has earmarked N5.41tn for Security, the single largest allocation in the proposed 2026 budget. Disclosing this on Friday while presenting the N58.18tn 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, Tinubu said national security…
Tinubu Seeks N’Assembly Approval to Extend 2025 Budget Implementation to March 2026
President Bola Tinubu is seeking the approval of the National Assembly for the extension of the implementation of the 2025 Appropriation Act to March 31, 2026, as part of efforts to end the practice of running multiple budgets simultaneously. …
BODO-BONNY COASTAL HIGHWAY- A GLANCE AT THE GLAMOUR OF THE RENEWED HOPE AGENDA, PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU WONDERS
BODO-BONNY COASTAL HIGHWAY- A GLANCE AT THE GLAMOUR OF THE RENEWED HOPE AGENDA Beautiful to behold in all terms screams every glance of the Bodo-Benin coastal highway. Just like a new pride it is adorn with the signatory concrete pavements…
Trump Orders Suspension of Green Card Lottery After Brown and MIT Shootings
The Trump administration announced on Thursday it will suspend a green card lottery that allowed a man believed to be behind both a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor into the United States. Claudio…
Air Chief Aneke Directs Nigerian Air Force to Fight Smart, Crush Bandits
Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has ordered Nigerian Air Force commanders to sustain aggressive operations against bandits and other criminal elements who have been terrorizing the country. He urged them to fight smart, retain the initiative,…
S’African Police Kills Nigerian Man in Traffic
A 37-year-old Nigerian man, Osinakachukwu Onu, has been shot dead on the N12 highway in Klerksdorp, North West Province, South Africa, allegedly by police officers during a traffic operation. PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday, from a report published by Independent…
N100bn Defamation Suit: Court Bars Ex-Abia Commissioner From Posting Against Otti
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining a former Abia State Commissioner of Information, Barr. Eze Chikamnayo, from publishing defamatory content against Governor Alex Chioma Otti pending the determination of a N100bn defamation suit filed…
Tears As Police ACP Slumps And Dies In Abakaliki
The police Community in Ebonyi State has been thrown into mourning following the death of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola. The deceased an officer in charge of the State Intelligence Department (SID), reportedly slumped during a…
Ebonyi Indigenes to Enjoy 50% Off Bus Fares for 2025 Christmas Travel (Photos)
The Executive Chairman, Britking Group Limited, Engr. Dr. Ojukwu Chukwuemeka Kingsley has announced a 50% discount for all Ebonyians who would be travelling from Abuja to the state for the 2025 festive season. The Christmas travel discount; “Ebonyi Christmas Travel…