There was jubilation among civil servants in Ebonyi State as Governor Francis Nwifuru approved the payment of a Seventy Thousand Naira Minimum Wage. Governor Nwifuru made the announcement during the grand finale of the Ojiji Izhi New Yam Festival 2024. Read more…
Pope Francis, on Saturday, addressed the members of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFMCap) gathered in Rome for their 86th General Chapter. Under the motto: “The Lord gave me brothers to go into the world”, some 200 friars, including Provincials, Read more…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning to any governor attempting to interfere in the internal affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. Speaking at the PDP state congress Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze The Anambra State haulage revenue coordinator, Hon. Osita Ezeuka, Friday, reads riot act to members of his organization vowing to suspend erring ones even as he commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo, for sacking touts in the state. Sounding Read more…
General Nikolay Oleshchuk has been dismissed as the head of the Ukrainian Air Force, after he publicly clashed with a lawmaker from Vladimir Zelensky’s ruling party about the loss of the first Western-provided F-16 fighter jet. The plane reportedly crashed Read more…
Sources within the Presidency told Saturday PUNCH that President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, questioned the intelligence gathering mechanisms of the two agencies following the violent nature of the #EndBadGovernance protests in some northern states and the seizure of Read more…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced plans to hand over the operations and maintenance of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company to private operators. This move aims to engage reputable Read more…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has once again disrupted another public event in Abuja, this time claiming it was organised without her permission. The incident occurred just 22 days after a similar disruption on August 8, 2024, where Read more…
Moscow has the names of thousands of foreign nationals employed to fight for Ukraine, a senior Russian diplomat has said. Russian troops have been tasked with “meticulously gathering information” about such people, Rodion Miroshnik, who is leading a special mission to investigate Read more…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afam Osigwe, has officially taken his oath of office and has been inaugurated as the 32nd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Osigwe will serve alongside other newly sworn-in national officers for the next two Read more…
Cristiano Ronaldo, the all-time leading goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League, has been honoured with a special award from UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin in recognition of his remarkable legacy in the world’s most prestigious competition. Ronaldo’s achievements in Europe’s premier Read more…
The Federal Government has approved a 50 percent subsidy for electricity tariff in public hospitals across the country. This was announced by Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, while commissioning some projects at the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Read more…