Speaking on Wednesday during the handover ceremony, the new director-general promised to maintain the legacies of his predecessors. The newly appointed director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mohammed Fada, assumed office on Wednesday. Mr Fada, a Brigadier-General from Yobe State, took over from
Sudan’s transitional government agreed to separate religion from the state, ending 30 years of Islamic rule in the North African nation. Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdel-Aziz al-Hilu, a leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North rebel group, signed a declaration in
Policemen at Ede Poly Men of the Nigeria Police Force have, on Wednesday, stormed the gate of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, over a planned protest by the students of the institution against a recent fee hike. The PUNCH had reported on May
Tears, sorrow, and death have replaced for many what ordinarily ought to be a source of joy. Many expectant women’s lives have been cut short by fake or counterfeit drug called oxytocin. MOSES EMORINKEN writes on the new plague turning maternity homes to
Many school children are feared killed, while many others are currently trapped after an explosion rocked Aba Road in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State. Details of the incident are still sketchy, but some residents said that an explosive device went off
The management of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has expelled 196 students from the institution over poor academic performance. This was contained in a statement issued in Lokoja by the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the polytechnic, Uredo Omale. Omale said
The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have said the Federal Government did not reach a strong agreement with them that can
Students writing the UTME Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board released the results of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Saturday. Head, Public Affairs and Protocol in JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, advised candidates to send UTMERESULT in one word to 55019 to have
BY ETHELBERT OKERE Call him the Ariri Eri Mba Ndigbo (The Fellow Who Would Never Allow Ndigbo To Be Humiliated) and you would be perfectly in order. Senator Chief Francis Arthur Nzeribe, who recently passed away in London, was not the noisy politician, playing to
The significant year 2023 is still some eight months away, but the Nigerian political space is already feeling the weight and heat of electoral matters, especially with several candidates—presidential and gubernatorial—already signaling their intentions to contest. As at the writing of this piece,
BY EMMANUEL MGBEAHURIKE, Owerri The former deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has
As the world steps into 2025, Mr. Okwuosa Charles Chinedu, CEO of Birotojob, has called
As the dawn of a new year brings renewed hope and aspirations to homes across
In continuation of her mobilization and sensation exercise before its workshop, the Imo State GIZ