Following the skidding of the runway by an aircraft belonging to Dana Air with registration no: 5N-BKI, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has released its preliminary report on the incident. The bureau linked the incident to failed Nose Landing Gear. This report was obtained by PUNCH Online on Saturday. The Dana aircraft skidded off the…
The Lagos State Ministry of Health Neglected Tropical Diseases unit will conduct a mass school-based deworming campaign from May 20 to May 24, 2024. This was as the NTD also said that over 48 million school-age children in Nigeria needed treatment for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis infection, saying these infections result from poor sanitation and hygiene conditions…
The 2024 Amirul Hajj (leader of pilgrims) in Kebbi, Sa’idu Dakingari, has charged prospective pilgrims to protect Kebbi State and Nigeria’s image in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dakingari also charged them to be careful with their money as it was crucial to their well-being in the holy land. He gave this charge on Friday…
The Nigerian Union in South Africa has condemned the killing of Prince Ebuka, a 43-year-old Nigerian national from Obosi, Anambra State. Ebuka was killed on Friday in Danielskuil, Northern Cape, South Africa. This was contained in a statement signed by the NUSA National Publicity Secretary, Habib Miller, and made available to our correspondent on Saturday….
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have finalised plans to form a new confederation, the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States, marking a geopolitical shift in the region. This move showed their departure from their former colonial ruler, France, and a turn towards closer relations with Russia. The announcement was made following a meeting of…
About 555 persons have been appointed to serve as chairmen and members of governing councils of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu, according to the Ministry of Education in an advertorial signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, gave the approval of the pro-chancellors and chairmen of the Governing Board of…
The Delta State House of Assembly on Tuesday ordered a 14-day suspension on the member representing Ughelli North 1 state constituency, Hon Matthew Omonade for alleged gross misconduct. The order, which was officially pronounced by the Speaker, Hon Emomotimi Guwor was preceded by a motion raised on the floor of the House by the Majority…
The Plateau State Police Command, on Tuesday, confirmed the arrest of a suspected suicide bomber, one Benjamin Basil, a student of Plateau State Polytechnic, Heipang, Barki Ladi LGA of the State, who stormed a commercial bank with what looked like explosive devices tied around his body. Briefing journalists at the Police Command headquarters along Joseph…
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has aborted a planned burglary incident at Unguwar Fulani in Kumbotso local government area after responding promptly to a distress call from residents of the community. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Ibrahim Abdullahi, noted that the response by…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has lamented the huge debt burden inherited from his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. According to him, most of the projects commissioned in the state were not fully funded. Governor Fubara stated this during the commissioning of the Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo Road, also known as Old Bori Road in Eleme Local Government Area of…
At least four people were Tuesday rescued from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the Kiamaiko area of Mathare North in Nairobi County. The four were rescued by a team of Kenya Red Cross personnel dispatched to the site after several people were reportedly trapped in the incident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon. Police…
The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Funsho Adegboye, has ordered the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Okpella to engage local hunters and vigilantes in ensuring the rescue of abducted Dangote Cement workers kidnapped on Monday in Okpella, Etsako East local government area of the State. The gunmen had abducted an unspecified number of workers,…