The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied suggestions that it was frustrating the evacuation process of Nigerian students in Saudi Arabia. Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson for the ministry, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that claims to that Read more…
Never has the trite cliche about a picture painting a thousand words been more true than stunning before-and-after satellite images, snapped by Roscosmos, which capture the utter devastation caused by the Beirut port blast. The first photograph, which was taken Read more…
….as OYOWMA revamps zonal offices, creates material facility centres OYO State Waste Management Authority (OYWMA)has declared that Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State was no more the dirtiest in Africa as the metropolis has achieved 60% compliance with waste management Read more…
A Tanzanian miner who previously made the news after discovering two large Tanzanite stones has sold a third one for the equivalent of 2 million US dollars. Saniniu Laizer’s latest find weighed over 6 kilogrammes. Tanzanite, the blue and violet Read more…
Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, said the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) had not paid contractors that handled roads he facilitated in Abia State. Kalu stated this in a statement issued by Mr Emeka Nwala of Office of the Senate Read more…
ne person has died in a gas explosion that occurred at Alafia bus stop beside Atlas, in Orile Iganmu axis of Lagos State on Monday. The PUNCH gathered that apart from the deceased, Ajibola Olaoye, 35, who lost his life, Read more…
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has raised an alarm over increasing casualties from improvised explosive devices in the northeastern parts of Nigeria where Boko Haram has been waging a fratricidal war in the last 11 years. At a Read more…
Police Command in Niger State has confirmed the death of seven females from generator fumes at Rijau town, in Rijau Local Government Area of the state. Mr Adamu Usman, the state Commissioner of Police told the News Agency of Nigeria Read more…
A resident of Lagos State simply identified as Mrs Ajoku has decried the activities of container-laden trucks in the state, calling on the authorities to check their operations and put in place necessary regulations to secure the lives of road Read more…
The joy of market women at Eke-Amangwu in Umudim-Nnewi, knew no bounds as the legislator representing Nnewi North Council Area in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Smart Nonso Okafor built and commissioned toilet for them. The brief commissioning ceremony Read more…
Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released the final report of past crashes, thus bringing to 31 the final report, released under the management of Mr Akin Olateru, since he took over the running of the bureau in 2017, including Read more…
Price of local rice has continued to rise in markets, especially with the emergence of Coronavirus pandemic, leaving consumers worse off as the commodity is among the staple foods in this part of the world. Correspondent Emmanuel Okonkwo who monitored Read more…