Flowerbudnews Former Commandant of the Navy War College, Rear Admiral Murtala Bashir (rtd.), says the Nigerian Navy’s onslaught against oil thieves saved the nation 91,725.26 barrels of crude in 2023. Bashir made the disclosure in a paper he presented at the inauguration of the Naval Warfare Course 8Continue Reading
The Federal Government said members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are no longer posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country. Several corps members have been abducted in some parts of the country during their one-year mandatory national service, raisingContinue Reading
The Minister of Youth Development, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, says it is not certain that the Federal Government will increase the monthly allowance of serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC Bio-Ibrahim, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme, said the government would find innovative waysContinue Reading
The residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, have flooded the streets to protest the rising cost of food and living in the state. The protesters, in large numbers, blocked the Minna-Bida Road at the popular Kpakungu roundabout as early as 7 am on Monday. Efforts by theContinue Reading
There was pandemonium on Wednesday, January 31, after a fight broke out among some cult groups said to be students of Community Senior Grammar School and Ikotun High School at Ikotun in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened as aContinue Reading
The Alara of Ara in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, has recounted his escape from a recent attack by gunmen that resulted in the tragic deaths of two of his colleagues last Monday. On January 29, Fatoba escaped after gunmen killed two monarchs:Continue Reading
Th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cote d’Ivoire 2023 has entered into the penultimate stage with four teams set to battle for two final spots. With the conclusion of the quarter-finals matches on Saturday, the 24 teams that started the tournament have now be whittled down to just four.InContinue Reading
The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, died at the age of 73. He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, a source who preferred anonymity claimed. Another source close to the family posted on his Facebook page, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has suspended ongoing re-run elections in some constituencies due to what it described as “disruptions, irregularities and abduction of election officials”. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement issued Saturday in Abuja. affected areasContinue Reading
