The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said its troops had repelled attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents at a military formation in Kukareta, Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe. In a statement, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations,…
Elections in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Comoros will take place in March, according to a presidential decree published on Monday. Voters will choose the president of the union, a role that had rotated among the three islands…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to keep working for peace as the 2019 general elections draw closer. He warned that Nigerians, and not God, should accept responsibility, if peace eludes the country. The elder statesman gave the advice…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo thrilled some residents of Abuja to `Next Level’, a song composed from the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections. The vice president addressed a crowd of enthusiastic residents, then paid a…
Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola, the Osun State governor, has admonished Christians to celebrate the Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, peacefully. Oyetola, in his Christmas message to residents of the state, while rejoicing with them on the occasion, urged them to…
Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti State governor, has congratulated Christians in the state, saying the nation can achieve more if the people are united. The governor urged Christians to continue to live by example in matters relating to love, peace…
Togo President Faure Gnassingbe’s party won most seats in parliamentary elections, according to provisional results on Monday, in polls overshadowed by pre-ballot clashes and an opposition boycott. But the party will need support from other legislators to secure a fourth-fifths…
Barely 24 hours to the Yuletide, prices of goods and services have soared in major markets across the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). A market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, revealed that prices of perishable…
A woman was killed and two other people sustained serious inuries in an accident involving a truck and a motorcycle in Ibadan, Oyo state. The fatal accident occurred in Apata, Ibadan early this morning, according to online reports. The accident…
Fire in the early hours of Monday razed two different story buildings with property worth several millions of naira destroyed near Udu Harbour market in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State It was gathered that the fire, which started…
A Nigerian Man was killed by unknown gunmen few days after he returned home from Brazil, for the Christmas holiday. The deceased identified, Ndubuisi, has reportedly been in Brazil for a long time and decided to come back home to…
Following his loss to Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the All Progressives Congress governorship primary in October, Ambode will not run for a second term, and he is entitled to a lot of benefits because he was not impeached. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode…
A fatal accident along Benin/Auchi express way has claimed the lives of an entire family while traveling for Christmas. A family has been wiped out following an accident which happened yesterday along Benin/Auchi express way in EtsakoWest Local Government Area…
During interrogation, suspected bank robbers who were apprehended by the Police confessed why they engaged in the criminal act. Policemen attached to Ilasamaja division have arrested two suspected members of a robbery syndicate that specialised in attacking customers, who had…
One of Africa’s foremost philosophers, Professor Sophie Oluwole has been reported to have passed away. Top African philosopher, Professor Sophie Oluwole is dead, Punch Metro reports. Professor Oluwole known for her pan-African stance passed on at the age of 83.…
Properties belonging to the Deputy Chairman, Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in the 2015 election, have been seized by the EFCC. According to a report by Punch Metro, a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the…
Most travelers moving from one part of the country to the other parts during this yuletide have lamented disruptions in their movements occasioned by increase in transport fare; flight delays and cancellations as in case of air passengers. As early…
The Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators have alleged that some politicians are amassing arms in the region ahead of the 2019 elections. The coalition said the arms are being stockpiled “to cause mayhem in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states”. The…
Primate Babatunde Ayodele Elijah of the Inri Evangelical Mission, has predicted that the boasts of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), notwithstanding, the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), will still win the 2019 presidential polls in the country.…
A volcano-triggered tsunami has left at least 222 people dead and hundreds more injured after slamming without warning into beaches around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, officials said Sunday, voicing fears that the toll would rise further. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed…