US, France evacuate citizens from Sudan as battles rage
US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan’s battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden announced Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens escape deadly fighting between rival generals. France on Sunday also…
Kwara man returning from Sallah prayer dies in crash
Tragedy struck in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday, when a middle-aged man lost his life and three others were injured in a road accident. The accident reportedly involved four persons, who were riding on a motorcycle on Eid-el-Fitr day in Ilorin. The…
Evacuation: Flight operations now risky in Sudan – NIDCOM
The Federal Government has said that the ongoing crisis in Sudan is making it difficult for stranded Nigerians to be evacuated. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said although the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the…
Soldiers kill 54 terrorists, nab 122 suspects
The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that troops of the Armed Forces had in the last two weeks eliminated 54 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa terrorists, arrested 122 terrorists, collaborators, and rescued 468 kidnapped victims in various…
Abuja collapsed fence kills two construction workers
Two construction workers were on Wednesday killed when a perimeter fence around a construction site in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, collapsed. The incident occurred on Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, in the Wuse 2 area of the nation’s capital.…
Fire destroys multimillion naira factory in Ibadan
Tragedy struck, on Saturday, in Ibadan, Oyo State, when fire gutted Stribalag factory located at Olope meji in Egbeda, Egbeda Local Government area of the state, destroying multimillionaire machinery and other valuables. PUNCH Metro reliably gathered…