Hundreds of rescuers in Vietnam battled Monday to free a 10-year-old boy who fell into a 35-metre-deep hole at a construction site two days ago. The boy, named Thai Nam, fell into the shaft of a hollow concrete pillar just…
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at various correctional facilities within the State. The governor commuted the convictions of the seven prisoners who were awaiting execution from death sentences to…
Four persons died while three others sustained injuries in a lone accident on Sunday at Nami village, Agai Local Government Area of Niger. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in Niger, Mr. Kumar Tsukwam, told newsmen in Minna on Monday…
Former Commissioner of Environment in Osun State, Idowu Korede, who passed on after failing to recover from an illness on Saturday. Korede, served as a commissioner in the cabinet of ex-governor, Rauf Aregbesola, during his second term in office as…
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday, approved the release of eleven prisoners from the correctional centre. This is according to the powers conferred on the governor by Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as…
The Kogi House of Assembly has finally approved N172 billion Budget for 2023 fiscal year. The lawmakers passed the budget on Friday during their last plenary for the year 2022 at the Speaker’s Lodge, Lokoja. Gov Yahaya Bello had on…
By Philemon Adedeji Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper has selected the Chairman of United Bank of Africa (UBA), Mr Tony Elumelu Nigerian NewsDirect Man of the Year. Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Nigerian NewsDirect said the selection of Tony O. Elumelu is in recognition of his…
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State signed the state’s 2023 budget of N167 billion into law on Friday in Enugu. He presented the budget proposals to the state’s House of Assembly on Dec. 15. The governor said the “Budget of…
Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Abubakar Abdulkadir, Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Special Operations Command, said Nigerian Air Force (NAF) conducted 1398 sorties to counter insurgency and banditry in 2022. The AOC made this known at the First edition of the Nigeria…
The Transmission Company Of Nigeria (TCN) has cautioned Kano residents against erecting structures under the transmission cables to ensure safety of lives. The Assistant General Manager, TCN, Malam Muhammad Bello, gave the warning at a news conference in Kano on…
