The Delta State Government has identified some gaps and funding challenges delaying the ongoing road construction in the state. The Director-General of the Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency, Mr …
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Private school teacher nabbed over assault on three-year-old pupil
Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) yesterday confirmed the arrest of a primary teacher, Ms Stella Nwadigo seen in a viral video assaulting a three-year-old boy, Abayomi Michael, …
Read More »NiMet forecasts hazy weather beginning Wednesday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has forecast hazy weather conditions nationwide from Wednesday through Friday. In its weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja, NiMet projected moderate dust haze with horizontal …
Read More »No plan with Nigeria to destabilise Niger, says France
France on Wednesday described as “groundless” the allegation by Niger Republic that Nigeria had offered its territory to France as a base to destabilise the former French colony. In an …
Read More »Tax reforms, recapitalisation will challenge insurance sector – CIIN
The President of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Yetunde Ilori, has said that the proposed tax reforms and possible recapitalisation will be some of the challenges that the insurance …
Read More »How soldiers repelled B’Haram attack, killed 34 – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters, on Wednesday, gave the details of last Saturday attack by terrorists on the Forward Operating Base in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The PUNCH …
Read More »Why some stations sell petrol above N1,000/litre — Marketers
Marketers of petroleum products say filling stations still sell Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, above N1,000 per litre because they have yet to sell out the old stock. According …
Read More »Again, two killed in Lagos, Ogun auto crashes
Barely 48 hours after two separate accidents in Lagos and Ogun states left one person dead and six others injured, a yet-to-be-identified driver and a pedestrian have lost their lives …
Read More »How I was attacked, robbed by Auxiliary, driver tells court
The trial of Mukaila Lamidi, alias Auxiliary, a former chairman of the Park Management System in Oyo State, continued on Wednesday at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, with more …
Read More »FG proposes additional N1.1bn for population census
The Federal Government has proposed N1.1bn in the 2025 budget for the long-delayed national population and housing census, marking an increase from the N693.3m set aside in 2024, The PUNCH …
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