Punch Newspaper Headlines Today Friday 25th August 2023
Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Punch Newspaper Headlines Today
Read also
JUST IN: Military holds mass burial for personnel killed in Niger state ambush
The military is currently conducting a mass burial for personnel who died during an ambush and air crash in Niger state. Bandits had ambushed the troops in Niger state on August 14, 2023, killing 14 soldiers while seven were injured. The incident necessitated the deployment of the Air Force evacuation aircraft. The aircraft, however, was
Read More
NBTE clarifies ‘skills not degrees’ slogan
Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education, Prof. Idris Bugaje, says the board’s slogan, “Skills not Degrees”, is to encourage Nigerian youths to focus more on acquiring skills than certificates. Bugaje made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday. He said that the clarification became necessary following
Read More
Akwa Ibom gov orders relocation of Chinese firm over alleged emission
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has ordered the relocation of a Chinese firm, Golden Tripod Limited, located along the Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo, to the Ibom Industrial Park in Itam, Itu Local Government Area of the state. He also directed the Commissioner of Environment, and the Commissioner of Internal Security to carry out an
Read More
NNPP suspends two members
The National Working Committee of the New Nigeria People’s Party has announced the suspension of two of its members. The members are Boniface Aniebonam, a founding member of the party, and Agbo Major, its National Publicity Secretary. In a statement signed by the party’s acting National Chairman, Mallam Abba Kawu Alli, the party said the
Read More
Culture minister still a corper, group alleges
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has accused the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa of serving as a minister while undertaking the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps scheme. In a statement on Thursday, HURIWA alleged that years back, Musawa abandoned her NYSC in Ebonyi state but later showed interest
Read More
10 FCTA directors shun FG’s directive, refuse to retire
About 10 directors in the Federal Capital Territory Administration who have spent over eight years in office have failed to proceed on mandatory retirement almost one month after the newly revised Public Service Rules became operational. The directors were said to have spent between nine and 12 years on the directorate cadre and were required
Read More
Spanish football chief Rubiales to quit over World Cup kiss scandal — reports
Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales will quit his post after being roundly condemned by the football world and beyond for forcibly kissing a Spain player on the mouth following the Women’s World Cup final, several media outlets reported Thursday. Rubiales, 46, will submit his resignation as president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF) on Friday
Read More
Niger: I’m holding back ECOWAS, others from military invasion- Tinubu
The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu, has implored a delegation of Islamic scholars (Ulamas), who were previously engaged in discussions to facilitate the restoration of constitutional democratic governance in Niger Republic, to expedite progress in their ongoing dialogue with the military junta. The President received a
Read More
Gunmen kill soldier in Benin, steal bags of money
Gunmen suspected to be armed on Wednesday attacked an Army patrol van in Edo State, killing a soldier and carting away sacks believed to have been loaded with cash. Three soldiers were said to have been in the military vehicle that was heading towards Ikpoba Hill when the robbers struck at the traffic lights along
Read More
Account for missing Boko Haram victims, families urge FG
Relations and speakers at an Amnesty International Dialogue in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government and the military to account for the thousands of persons missing or arrested as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency over the last 13 years in the North-East. Over the last 13 years, especially between 2012
Read More
Read also
You can also check
