The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday, August 5, declared null and void the sale of Nigeria Air Ltd to Ethiopian Airlines Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa in his judgment stopping the sale, ordered that the proposed establishment of a national carrier-Nigeria Air, by the federal government, should not be carried out. The judge made…
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti and Head of the Council of Senior Scholars, Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh, has passed away at the age of 82. According to a statement from the Royal Court, the prominent cleric died in Riyadh on Tuesday morning. His funeral prayer will be held at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh…
The Minister of Sports, John Enoh, has condemned the Libyan authorities’ treatment of the Super Eagles team ahead of its second leg match slated for Tuesday in the country. The Nigerian contingent, who were billed to land in Benghazi for the second leg of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya, scheduled for…
Some bandits have invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping two nurses and an unspecified number of patients. According to Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of a local Vigilante group, the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arriving around 9 am on Monday,…
The wife of the Edo State Governor, Betsy Obaseki, on Saturday, urged childless women not to see themselves as barren but as fruitful, potential, and proud mothers of children that would come in God’s time. Obaseki, accompanied by Mrs Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, the wife of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, shared these comforting words during…
The Lagos Coroner’s Court, presided over by Magistrate T.A. Sotobi, has threatened to compel absent witnesses to testify in the inquest into the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad if they continue to ignore summons. The court allowed Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, to serve witness summonses through newspaper and social media notices, The PUNCH…
Tragedy struck in Awka, Anambra State, as Reverend Father Anthony Udogu of the Catholic Diocese of Awka slumped and died while playing lawn tennis at the premises of St Patrick’s Cathedral. The sudden passing of the priest was confirmed in an official statement released by the Diocesan Chancellor, Rev Fr Charles Ndubuisi. “With faith in…
The players and officials of the Super Eagles are set to depart from Libya following a tumultuous delay of over 14 hours and alleged mistreatment by the host country on Sunday. This was disclosed by a sports enthusiast, identified as Pooja Media, via his X handle on Monday. He wrote, “Super Eagles players and all…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and federal government workers have demanded an urgent review of the national minimum wage, insisting that the current ₦70,000 is no longer sustainable. They made the demand, following the bold steps taken by several states across the country, to increase the minimum wage of their workers above the N70,000 benchmark,…
Two suspected ritualists have been arrested by the operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command for the murder of a 10-year-old boy in the Jada Local Government Area of the state. The Adamawa Police Command’s spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroje, made this known in statement on Sunday. He said the boy, Abdalla Lawali of Anguwar Dubai, Jada,…
