Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has debunked rumours making the rounds that he collapsed. This was as the minister laid out conditions for any genuine reconciliation with his political protégé-turned-rival, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Wike, who stated this on Friday at the platinum jubilee celebration of Honourable Ken Chikere […]

Babagana Zulum, Borno State Governor, on Friday, raised the alarm over the regrouping of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in the Tumbus areas of Lake Chad and the Mandara Hills within the Sambisa Forest in the state. Zulum spoke in Maiduguri when the Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, […]

Panic and fear have gripped residents of Musukwani area in Jakara, Kano Municipal Local Government Area, following the mysterious disappearance of two young boys believed to have gone missing inside a large, deep ditch in the neighborhood. The alarming incident has raised fresh concerns, with locals linking the location to possible supernatural forces due to […]

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Thursday said the Nigerian Armed Forces had killed at least 1,770 terrorists and arrested 3,070 others in the past three years across five North-West states. He gave the figures in Katsina during a military sensitisation exercise for residents of Batsari and Dutsin-Ma Local Government Areas. The […]

A yet-to-be-identified 28-year-old man was electrocuted in Eruwa, Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased was electrocuted while rectifying a fault on the 33kv high-tension cables at the Odi Babaode area of the town. The general manager of the State Fire Service, Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed the incident. “The incident […]

Bain, a member of the K-pop boy band, Just B, has publicly come out as gay. The 23-year-old opened up about his sexuality during a concert in Los Angeles. This is a rare move in a high-pressure Korean music industry, where artists are very guarded about their private lives. Bain, while performing a solo, said: […]

The Nigeria Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has reached a remarkable milestone as over 500,000 Nigerian students have now applied for student loans through its portal. The spokesperson of NELFUND, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. This feat comes months after its establishment on April 3, 2024, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu […]

The National Youth Service Corps has sworn in 1,900 corps members of the 2024 Batch ‘A’ Stream I deployed to Jigawa State for their national service. Addressing the corps members during the swearing-in held on Friday at the Gen. Yakubu Gowon NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Fanisau, Dutse metropolis, Jigawa state capital, Governor Umar Namadi, who […]

The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has upheld the $220 million fine imposed on Meta Platforms Incorporated by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC. The Director for Corporate Affairs of FCCPC, Ondaje Ijagwu, made this announcement in a statement on Friday. Ijagwu said the tribunal also awarded the commission $35,000 to cover the […]