News as it breaks
The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), and Nigeria’s Elermanent Representative with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Professor Charles Anosike, was among eminent Nigerians and professionals conferred with the prestigious Honourary Fellowship (HFCRM) of the Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria (CRMI). The conferment formed…
In a landmark move aimed at advancing Nigeria’s aviation sector, the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN CON FCIarb (UK), has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Boeing, one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers. The signing ceremony took place yesterday in Seattle, Washington,…
The Federal Government has appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD0) to call off their seven-day warning strike. The association began a seven-day warning strike to push for the rescue of a Kaduna-based doctor, Dr Ganiyat Popoola who was kidnapped in December 2023 and has now spent about…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has set up a sub-committee to review the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This is as both parties agreed to reconvene by September 6, 2024. These decisions were taken at the end of a closed-door meeting, held at…
The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) has asked the Federal Government to end the “alarming” and “disheartening” spate of killings, kidnapping and banditry recorded in the country in the last week. In a statement on Tuesday, NIREC under the leadership of the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Daniel…
Spain will donate 500,000 Mpox vaccine doses to countries in central Africa suffering from a surge in cases, the government said Tuesday. The doses amount to 20 percent of Spain’s total mpox vaccine reserves, the health ministry said in a statement without specifying which nations in the region will receive…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has condemned the Federal Government’snn decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examination Council, even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities backed the policy, The PUNCH reports. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir…
Bartholomew Chukwuma Idoko, the CEO of Benid Industries Limited, and Board Member Coalition of Nigeria Youths on Security and Safety Affairs(CONYSSA), has called on the Security Agencies, Organizations as well as Nigeria leaders to tackle the triggers of insecurities in the Nigeria, as a prerequisite for achieving a lasting safety…
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has launched a manhunt for those responsible for the de@ths of two police officers during a violent clash with members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites. The incident occurred on Sunday, August 25, at Wuse Junction in Abuja,…
Nigeria’s first Olympic medallist, Nojim Maiyegun, died on Monday, aged 85, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The former boxer, who made history by winning a bronze medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, passed away in Vienna, Austria, where he resided for several years after relocating from Nigeria. Multiple sources confirmed that…
