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President Bola Tinubu on Sunday said the Sahel Alliance comprising Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso would not lessen the resolve of the Economic Community of West African States to uphold its primary objective. This objective, he said, is to prioritise good governance for West Africans, as it catalyzes socioeconomic transformation and development. Tinubu affirmed this

The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell patients from 12 years of age and above. According to a press statement released by the FDA on Saturday, the treatment comes in two stages namely Casgevy and Lyfgenia, representing the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment of sickle

The African Development Bank has secured a $1 billion guarantee from the United Kingdom to increase lending towards South Africa’s effort to transition towards renewable energy and build a greener economy. According to a press statement made available to PUNCH Online on Sunday, the backing will allow the bank to “increase its lending capacity in

The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a young man who allegedly killed his mother, Mrs Charity Orji, and his sister, Miss Ukamaka Orji, and buried them in a shallow grave in their backyard in the state. The suspect, identified as Somadina Orji from Igboariam in Anambra State, was said to have

The Emirati head of UN climate negotiations stepped up pressure Sunday on countries to quickly resolve differences over a deal on fossil fuels, warning that “failure is not an option”. With the conference in Dubai due to officially end on Tuesday, COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber urged the nearly 200 nations at the talks to

The leadership of the Nigerian Senate on Sunday announced the donation of N109 million being the December salary of members to the victims of the accidental bombing in Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, made the announcement when the leadership of the Senate paid the

Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, in a show in Berlin, Germany on Saturday night, December 9 conducted a gender reveal for a couple. In a viral video on Sunday, Burna during his performance, delighted the audience by orchestrating a gender reveal for the couple. The couple and the crowd went wild in jubilation as soon as

The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Shehu Gabam has lamented the insecurity in Zamfara State. He has also urged Nigerians to unite and bring about change for the peaceful co-existence of the country. Speaking while he was presented with an Excellence Award 2023, on Sunday, in his office, Gabam, expressed concern about how

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has revealed that its operatives intercepted 12 consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a drug trafficking organisation, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, on Saturday, December 9. The spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi revealed that the 12 cocaine consignments was recovered from a businessman, Augustine Emeka,

The Kaduna State Police Command said its operatives rescued a kidnapped victim, a housewife, in the early hours of Sunday. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansur Hassan, disclosed this on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “Around 1am on Sunday, our operatives received a call that a group of armed men invaded a residence in

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna Sector Command, says no fewer than 16 persons died and 27 sustained injuries in a road crash on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway. The Sector Commander, Mr Kabir Nadabo, said that the fatal road  crash occurred at Audu Jhangon village along the expressway on Sunday. He explained that the crash occurred

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr Mele Kolo Kyari, to “promptly publish details of barrels of oil Nigeria produces and exports every day and the total amounts of revenues generated from oil since the removal of subsidy on petrol in May 2023.”

The Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda, in collaboration with a joint security team, successfully foiled a terrorist attack on the Zakka community in Safana Local Government Area. According to a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kaula Mohammed, posted on his Facebook page on Saturday, the team also rescued a 33-year-old man abducted

Eight hundred and forty students benefited from Lead City University’s tuition-free scholarship in the 2022/2023 academic session, while 65 other students got free accommodation as part of the institution’s scholarship programmes. The value of the scholarship awards was put at three hundred and twenty-two million, six hundred and six thousand, two hundred and fifty naira

The International Monetary Fund has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to hike the interest rates in the next Monetary Policy Committee to address the country’s high inflation rate. The agency’s Director of the Communications Department, Julie Kozack, disclosed this during a press conference held on Thursday. The transcripts of the conference were published on

Nigerians on social media have bashed a self-acclaimed entrepreneur, Francis Van-Lare, who claimed to have slept with about 70 women and released the faces of the women on the internet to celebrate his 70th birthday. Van-Lare, who took to his verified Facebook page on Friday, released the now-deleted names and pictures of the women he

The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch has eliminated a dreaded terrorist and kidnap kingpin, Yellow Jambros, and scores of other terrorists in airstrikes in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Nigerian Air Force made this known in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Ireti Kingibe, on Saturday, vowed to establish gender-based violence marshalls from each ward in the Federal Capital Territory as part of plans to curb the rising cases of violence against women and girls. The federal lawmaker stated this while speaking with journalists in Abuja at the Betta Arts

Olamilekan Sanyaolu, the father of 14-year-old Mubarak, who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet on November 4, 2021, at Command bus stop in the Meiran area of Lagos State, tells EMMANUEL OJO how his family has been affected by the tragedy Where was Mubarak on the day he was killed? My name is Olamilekan

Factional president-elect of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Pedro Obi, speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE about the controversy surrounding his emergence, among other issues. You recently emerged as president-elect of the National Association of Nigerian Students at a convention. How did you achieve this? I did my best in line with our constitution. The election

Tornadoes tore through the US state of Tennessee on Saturday, leaving at least six people dead, damaging homes and causing blackouts, authorities said. Three people died in a suburb of Nashville, the southeastern state’s capital, while photos posted by the city’s Office of Emergency Management showed downed trees and collapsed homes. “Unfortunately we can confirm

The president of an Ivy League university stepped down on Saturday in the wake of a firestorm of criticism after a congressional hearing on the rise of anti-Semitism on US campuses. The University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill “voluntarily tendered her resignation,” the chair of the university’s board of trustees Scott Bok announced. Bok also

West African leaders met on Sunday for talks with the region in a deepening crisis, after four countries fell under military rule and with risks growing from Sahel jihadist conflicts. After coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger since 2020, the Economic Community of West African States bloc also saw member states Sierra Leone

The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed how he would like to die. The cleric who disclosed this at the ongoing annual Holy Ghost Congress of the church on Thursday in Ogun State, said he wanted a death similar to one of his uncles. He said, “I

The Bauchi State Police Command has said that its detectives have arrested a 35-year-old man in the Bauchi metropolis, who allegedly tried to kill his wife with a pestle. According to the police, he intended to kill his wife, sell off the television set in their house, and use the proceeds to furnish his shop.