The Federal Government has disclosed that 128 Nigerians benefited from its 50 per cent discount on transport fares at the Yuletide. The Director of Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Transportation, Olujimi Oyetomi, disclosed this on Monday. According to him, the Ministry’s Situation Room Monitoring TeamContinue Reading
Two people have been confirmed dead, while six others were injured in an early Tuesday crash said to have occurred around 2:21 am, around Car Park C turning of the Redemption City, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The lone crash involving a Toyota bus with number plate ACA607XT was blamedContinue Reading
A 29-year-old fun-seeker identified simply as Francis has drowned while swimming at the Pop Beach Club in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Thursday at about 12pm while the victim was holding a birthday hangout with hisContinue Reading
A broadcast journalist with the Independent Television and Radio, Hillary Nosa Odia, has been shot dead by suspected cultists around 2nd East Circular, Benin City, Edo State capital on Christmas Eve. A colleague of the deceased who spoke with PUNCH Metro said the late Odia left the office atContinue Reading
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu has pleaded with beneficiaries of the Renewed Hope financial grants approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invest the grants into profitable economic ventures. Addressing the less privileged individuals in Cross River State on Monday, the Minister stated thatContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Onitsha (Anambra): : The Women Arise for Change Initiative, an NGO, has urged Gov. Charles Soludo and his wife, Dr Nonye Soludo, to come to rescue of eight-month-old baby Chizeterem Ezenwata, suffering from hole in the heart. The NGO also called on the Commissioner for Women andContinue Reading
Fellow Nigerians, Christmas is a special time of the year for all of us. For Christians, this time of the year marks the birth of Jesus Christ and celebrates the hope and redemption that are the hallmarks of Christ’s life. For people of all faiths, this is an opportunityContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Enugu: Rep. Chiamaobi Atu (LP), Member representing Enugu North and Enugu South Federal Constituency, has reiterated his call to build a new Nigeria where peace, love and justice exist for everyone. Atu made the call on Monday in his constituent’s country home, Ugwuaji in Enugu, whileContinue Reading
By Yakubu Uba Maiduguri: Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has felicitated Christian faithful at Christmas. Zulum said this in his Christmas message on Monday in Maiduguri. “I will like to felicitate with our Christian brothers and sisters in Borno at the Christmas celebration. “I will like us to alsoContinue Reading
