The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has approved the renovation and upgrade of the palaces of eleven village heads in the Dass Local Government Area of the state. Mohammed also approved the complete renovation of the palace of the Emir of Dass, Alhaji Usman Othman, in the ongoing transformation of the traditional institutions in the…
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, OPWP, has destroyed a terrorist logistics base at Yadi Forest in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Ali said…
The Operatives of the Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have apprehended thirteen suspected internet fraudsters in Sokoto State. According to an official statement from the EFCC on Monday via X, the suspects were arrested on Saturday, September 28, 2024, in the Gidan Yaro and Dandima areas of Sokoto, following actionable…
The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Adeniran Akinwale, has advised youth in the state to refrain from participating in the protest being planned for October 1 by some individuals to prevent it from being hijacked by miscreants. Akinwale made the call in a chat with The PUNCH in Ado Ekiti on Sunday. Akinwale, who advised…
The World Bank announced that it has approved an additional $1.57 billion loan to the Nigerian government to fund three projects. The Washington-based bank disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The World Bank noted that new funding will support Nigeria in addressing governance challenges in education and healthcare, improving primary healthcare services, and increasing…
The convener of the Yoruba One Voice, YOV, and Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has charged the Federal Government and governors of the South West region to address the spreading hunger in Yorubaland. Gani Adams gave this charge at the end of YOV’s quarterly conference via Zoom on Sunday, urging the governors to…
A forest fire in central Greece has killed two men who were helping firefighters tackle the blaze, authorities said Monday. The fire near Corinth, 140 kilometres (87 miles) west of Athens, has forced several villages to evacuate. Anastasios Giolis, the deputy governor of Corinth, told public broadcaster ERT that two men were killed fighting the…
Some customers of First Bank Plc have taken to social media to drag the bank over what they described as unnecessary debits from the money-keeping giant. In several reactions on their Facebook page, @First Bank of Nigeria Limited on Sunday, the customers expressed their frustration over uncountable debits from the bank in the last two…
The people of Agu Umabor community, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have sent a Save Our Soul message to Governor Peter Mbah. This is following the devastating gully erosion which has cut off the community from the remaining parts of the state. In a statement made available to journalists on Monday, signed…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as director-general and global liaison for the Nigeria-China strategic partnership reached by the two countries during the President’s visit in early September. Tegbe, a 1988 first-class graduate in civil engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, will report directly to the President. He is a fellow of…
