News From Nigeria

No arrest has been made in connection with the gruesome death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni, who was a boarding student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the father of the deceased student alleged that the Junior ...

If there is truly a real freedom fighter without any kind of vested interest aligned with the principle of the empire, then that person is Adeyinka Grandson. There is one person that is not like the usual Nnamdi Kanu, Sowore, ...

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) says all medical graduates who schooled abroad and seek to take the council’s assessment examination will undergo a six-month mandatory attachment programme.Applicants who are Nigerian citizens are required to pay a non-refundable ...

The Lagos State government has said the findings of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry that nine persons were killed at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, last year, is incorrect. According to a white paper released Tuesday, the state government said the ...

Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, November 30, declared as illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional, the banishment of the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to Awe, a remote community in Nasarawa State. Delivering ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday, November 30, destroyed drugs worth over N50 billion weighing 20,000 kilograms in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Chiarman, NDLEA, (rtd.) Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, speaking during the burning of the ...

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. This is the case for a final year student of OAU that was ...

Beginning from December 1, 2021, civil servants in Kaduna State would only be required to go to work four times a week, the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has announced.The governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, in a ...

The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to make the provision of basic welfare compulsory. The bill, sponsored by Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), sought to amend section 6 of the 1999 Constitution by allowing the judiciary to entertain ...

Never forget that walking away from something unhealthy is brave even if you stumble a little on your way out the door. A lady who received the beating of her life from her fiance has chosen to remain in the ...