The National Emergency Management Agency has commenced the distribution of relief materials to victims of recent banditry attacks in Kebbi State, as part of efforts to provide humanitarian support to affected communities.
This was disclosed in a statement published on the Kebbi NEMA Facebook page on Monday.
According to the statement, the Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, flagged off the distribution...
The Bank Directors Association of Nigeria has announced the appointment of Dr Oluwayemisi Olorunshola as Chairman of its Board of Directors, following the retirement of Mr Mustafa Chike-Obi upon the completion of his tenure.
This was disclosed in a statement made available to The PUNCH over the weekend.
Olorunshola currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wema Bank Plc and...
At least 169 people have been killed and buried in a mass grave in South Sudan, two local officials told AFP Monday, the latest incident as the country sees a dramatic increase in...
The First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, will on Saturday, March 7, 2026, inaugurate the Geriatric Centre in Akwa Ibom State, otherwise known as the ARISE Elderly Citizens Centre.
The facility, also referred to...
China's President Xi Jinping. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP)
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China called on Monday for a ceasefire and diplomatic talks to end...
The Federal High Court sitting in Gombe on Thursday sentenced two persons to two years’ imprisonment each for child trafficking.
The trial judge, Justice Amina Aliyu-Muhammad, ordered that the convicts be remanded at the Gombe...
The Federal High Court sitting in Gombe and presided over by Justice H.I.O. Oshomah on Thursday sentenced 51-year-old Hamidu Damisa to prison for child trafficking offences.
Damisa, a resident of Putuki Pargale in Balanga...
Ghana’s foreign affairs minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has confirmed that at least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting in the Russia‑Ukraine war, with two others held as prisoners of war. The figures, shared during...
Motorcycle‑riding gunmen launched coordinated attacks on three villages in Niger State, killing at least 46 people, according to humanitarian sources. The assaults took place...
Domingos Simões Pereira, the most prominent opposition figure in Guinea‑Bissau, appeared before a military court on Friday over allegations that he was involved in...
Several athletes collapsed on Friday during pre‑finale endurance events at the Argungu International Fishing Festival in Kebbi State, prompting emergency evacuations but failing to...
Nigeria will hold its next presidential election on 20 February 2027, the electoral commission announced on Friday, marking the official start of a political...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A passenger plane carrying 55 people veered off the runway at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport on Tuesday, ending up on...
