The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has urged the Federal Government to extend support to the victims of an accidental airstrike that occurred in Nasarawa on January 24, 2023. The airstrike, conducted by the Nigerian Air Force in the Rukubi
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of a community around the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Wike ordered the Director of the Department of Development Control to ensure that the Nuwalege community gives way
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has urged the Federal Government to quickly address the current cash crunch in the country to alleviate the hardships on its citizens. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, who said this on Tuesday in a statement, said the congress
The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, has urged education stakeholders to desist from rejecting Persons with Disabilities, PWDs, in school environments. Sununu made the appeal while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the Federal Ministry of Education’s commemoration of the
A Police officer in the Rivers State Police Command, Inspector Nelson Abuante, has committed suicide after he reportedly shot dead his colleague, Monday Gbaramana. The incident happened on Sunday at Nyogor-Lueku in the Khana Local Government Area of the state, when both officers,
ABUJA – Seyi Tinubu, the son of Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, asserted that no great nation can exist without a painful past. He made this statement at the Episcopal Ordination of the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese, Most Rev. Simeon Nwobi, on
The House of Representatives member representing Ado-Odo Ota Federal Constituency, Tunji Akinosi, has faulted claims that he assaulted a policeman at the 2023 Iganmode Day held on Saturday. Reacting to a viral video circulating online, Akinosi stated that the said video was abridged,
Abia State Police Command has said it arrested four suspects in connection with the missing four children, allegedly stolen by a yet-to-be-identified neighbour in Umuahia, the state capital. The latest incident is coming less than a month after all four children of the
A Nigerian Catholic priest identified as Father Ugochukwu Ugwoke has defended Pope Francis after the Catholic Church head gave permission to blessing same-sex marriage. Punch Metro reported on Monday that Pope Francis officially granted priests permission to bless same-sex and “irregular” couples, under