IN an unscheduled visit on Thursday in Kaduna, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy hospital. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this …

Two yet-to-be-identified persons have been burnt to death, and others severely injured after a petrol laden tanker exploded in the early hours of Thursday at the toll gate area of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun state. Some vehicles and properties were also destroyed by the fire. Emergency responders are currently at the …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, has said that many assets belonging to the Federal Government within the nation’s capital are not properly documented. According to him, some of the public property, which were meant to be disposed of, had not been sold 17 years after. Bello …

French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experiences of class and gender, was on Thursday awarded the Nobel Literature Prize. Ernaux, 82, was honoured “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”, the …

IGBO women on Wednesday converged on Owerri, the Imo state capital on a solidarity rally for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. The women who gathered at the Ndubuisi Kanu stadium, march through some streets in Owerri, causing gridlocks in some parts of the metropolis. Adorning …

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, said the National Population and Housing Census coming up in 2023 was necessary as it would go a long way to tackle the country’s insecurity. The governor also said the 2023 Census data would drive the implementation of his programmes and policies. He …

The Head, Impact and Sustainability, Verod Capital Management, Chigozie Ejimogu, has said that poverty is the leading cause of climate change in Nigeria and if left unattended to, will worsen its effects. Ejimogu, who was a panelist at a private sector meeting with the Red Cross, organised by the International …

THE House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to prevent the trial of Justices and judges before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The legislation is from the harmonisation of proposals from seven members, namely Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, Solomon Bob, Obinna Chidoka, Nicholas Ossai, Olajide Olatubosun, Ben Igbakpa …

Governor Nyesom Wike has reappointed Dr. Tammy Danagogo as the Secretary to the Rivers State Government. The PUNCH reports that Danagogo had resigned his appointment to contest the governorship primary of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 election in the state. Danagogo, like many others, lost the party’s ticket …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration will recover every land illegally converted by land grabbers from communities and individuals across the state. The governor said he would intensify the campaign against land grabbing to improve land administration in the state. Obaseki said, “We are resolute …