Flash floods and landslides after torrential monsoon rain over the last two days killed at least 30 people in India’s northeast, officials said on Sunday.State disaster management officials said eight people died in Assam, and nine in Arunachal Pradesh, many of them in landslides as earth loosened by the ...

  Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has expressed sorrow over members of the Kano State contingent who died in a road crash while returning from the just-concluded National Sports Festival held in Ogun State.   The accident, which occurred on Saturday at Gadar Yankifi in Garun Mallam Local Government ...

  The Kano State Government has declared Monday, June 2, 2025, as a public holiday to mourn and sympathise with the families of 22 young athletes, coaches, and officials, who died in a ghastly auto crash while returning from the just-concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun State.   Governor Abba ...

  The National Association of Nigerian Students has expressed condolences to the government of Kano State and the families of the 21 athletes who lost their lives in an auto crash at Gadar Yankifi in the Garun Malam Local Government Area of the state.   PUNCH Online reports that the ...

    The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has stated that the Federal Government did not destroy any property belonging to Landmark Africa during the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.   The minister disclosed this during the inauguration of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Phase 1 in Lagos on Saturday. ...

    The Kano State Censorship Board has announced a ban on vulgar content displayed on tricycles, popularly known as Adaidaita Sahu, in a renewed effort to safeguard public morality and enforce state regulations.   A statement issued on Saturday by the Board’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Sani Sulaiman, said the decision ...

  Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Saturday, announced that new 2025 SUVs have been given to council chairmen to aid effective service delivery, noting that the narrative has changed and chairmen are now recognised by his administration.   The governor also clarified that it does not interfere with ...

  President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian Muslims Ummah to strictly adhere to the teachings, values, and noble objectives of the Holy Qur’an, for Nigeria to witness and achieve greatness.   Speaking during the grand finale of his late Mother, Abibatu Mogaji’s Qur’anic Recitation Competition in Kano on Saturday, organised ...

  President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated three Nigerian Navy Ships – NNS SHERE, NNS FARO, and NNS IKOGOSI, and three AW109 Trekker helicopters: 501, 502, and 503 into the Nigerian Navy fleet.   Tinubu, speaking at the inauguration on Saturday in Lagos, said that the addition of the three Fast ...

  Pro-democracy group, the Take It Back Movement, on Saturday, criticised the Federal Government over its invitation to Amnesty International Nigeria following the release of the human rights group’s report on insecurity in the country.   The PUNCH reports that the Office of the National Security Adviser, led by Nuhu ...