The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said on Tuesday that it had launched a probe into a violent clash between two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Abuja. The two NANS factions, in a trending video on X, formerly Twitter, engaged in a bloody clash that left one severely injured in the…
The National Examinations Council has re-scheduled the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges and the entrance examination into Federal Government Academy, Suleja. NECO’s acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the postponement was due to low enrolment. Sani said the Common Entrance…
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to agricultural reforms aimed at bolstering production and improving soil management practices. Shettima spoke on Tuesday in Abuja during the launch of an agricultural initiative tagged ‘Soil Values’. In 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said 26.5 million Nigerians might face a food crisis between…
The management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, has debunked allegations that its premises were being used as armoury by the Yoruba Nation agitators. The hospital through its Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmi Adetuyibi, in a statement in Ibadan on Tuesday, reiterated its commitment to health care delivery, adding that it would not engage in…
The Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Nasir Idris, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to uplifting the standard of sport in the state. Idris made this promise on Sunday at the closing ceremony of the Kebbi State Youth Parliament Cup Tournament, which was held at the FIFA mini stadium in Birnin Kebbi. He also assured of his…
The Adara Development Association has disclosed to that in the first quarter of 2024, 35 security breaches were reported between Adara land in Kaduna and Niger State with over 29 villages attacked, 41 persons killed, 24 injured, and 222 people kidnapped. The reported also noted that many of the kidnapped have yet to regain their…
The All Progressives Congress announced on Tuesday that it had petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to probe the purported suspension of its National Chairman, Dr Abdulahi Ganduje, orchestrated by some impostors allegedly affiliated to the New Nigeria People’s Party-led government in Kano State. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka,…
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party will on Thursday present a report naming members involved in anti-party activities during the 2023 general elections to the National Executive Committee. The national leadership of the PDP had on March 26 directed the chairmen of the 36 state chapters and the Federal Capital Territory to…
Gunmen have killed the secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Musa Ille. Ille was killed in his residence at about 8:30 pm on Monday by gunmen suspected to be bandits. A resident of the area, Iliyasu Samaila, told The PUNCH that Ille had just returned from the night…
TWENTY-SEVEN states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, have failed to access the sum of N54.9bn basic education fund provided by the Universal Basic Education Commission. The funds are lying fallow, despite the growing number of out-of-school children in the country. The N54.9bn figure is obtained from a document prepared by UBEC in…
A new kind of mosquito net delivered across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and nearly 25,000 deaths over three years. The project’s backers said this on Wednesday. There were 249 million recorded malaria cases and 608,000 deaths in 2022, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, with…
The Federal Capital Territory chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students has emphasised an urgent need to reform the Independent National Electoral Commission and other relevant bodies involved in the country’s electoral process to foster transparency and credibility in future polls. The appeal was made by the General Secretary of NANS, FCT Joint Campus…