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A tragic incident occurred at BrickHall Schools in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura, Abuja, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died during the school’s feeding hours on Wednesday.The boy was pronounced dead upon arrival at Excel Specialist Hospital, following complications during lunch. According to the death certificate issued on April 24, 2024, Miguel was brought into the hospital around 11 am by his teachers in an unconscious state. The medical report from Excel Specialist Hospital detailed that the young boy had aspirated on meat while eating at school. Upon examination, doctors noted that Miguel exhibited severe symptoms, including fixed and…

A fire outbreak has occurred at the E54 Passenger Air Bridge at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos State.The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Obiageli Orah, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Orah stated that the incident happened at 5:29 a.m. on Thursday, and flight operations out of Terminal 1 of the Airport have been diverted to the D Wing of the facility. She, however, said the Airport Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS) brought the fire under control at 06:41 a.m. while…

Passengers of an Ibom Air flight heading to Abuja were on Thursday morning left stranded in Lagos over the aircraft’s faulty landing gear. One of the passengers and former DAI’s Country Director for Nigeria, Dr. Joe Abah, who narrated the incident in a post on his X platform handle said that they were saved from an impending disaster by a ground engineer at the airport who stopped the flight at the point of takeoff. Narrating their ordeal, Abah said, “I boarded a 7am @ibomairlines flight in Lagos this morning, heading to Abuja. My brother @seunonigbinde was on the same flight…

Nollywood actor Williams Uchemba has lamented over the choice of outfit ladies wear to the gym. The movie star, in a video on his official Instagram account, lamented that women now wear revealing outfits to the gym, and the times he goes to the gym, he sees something he didn’t plan to see. He also revealed that, due to this trend, he stopped going to public gym because of his desire to “make heaven.” He said, “Ladies how far? Should all the men not come to the gym again? Because it’s getting out of hand and becoming appalling, I don…

If only leaders of nations are committed to listening to God-given instructions and warnings, the world would be a better place free of unnecessary chaos and panic but the incessant ignoramus attitude towards divine instructions by leaders make people become endangered in their own world. God has blessed us with vessels that he speaks through, he has provided us with prophets like Primate Ayodele who on a daily basis shares the mind of God with mankind. Through vessels like Primate Ayodele, God warns presidents of countries ahead of time against unpleasant happenings but at all times, these warnings are ignored…

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria), the leading telecommunication service provider in the country, on Thursday, 29 February, 2024, submitted its full-year audited report for the year ended 31 December, 2023 to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). The report showed very impressive highlights like growths in total subscriber base, active data users, active mobile money (MoMo PSB) wallets, service revenue and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). Despite all these positive highlights in the Statement of Accounts, the media and most analysts, as the MTN Nigeria would wish, ran with the forex loss of N740.4 billion as well as…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A Ikeja, has said that eight officers were attacked and five died between September 2021 and April 2024. The outgoing Customs Area Controller in charge of the unit, Hussein Ejibunnu, disclosed that during the handover ceremony at the command recently. The management of the NCS recently announced a reshuffling of some area controllers. Ejibunnu added that the command, within the period under review, intercepted 222,285 bags of foreign parboiled rice, each 50kg, equivalent to 370 trailer loads. He said that the command made 3,189 seizures worth N35.9bn within the period under review.…

…says we’re in touch with IBEDC for prompt action Ogun State Government said it was in touch with the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to ensure the immediate fixing of poles damaged as a result of rainstorm occasioned by Sunday’s downpour in some parts of Sango in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The government, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media, Hon. Kayode Akinmade said a team from the state government was in the area on Monday to physically ascertain the extent of damage and to know how to engage with IBEDC, as well…

The Nigerian Police Force, Maritime Police Command, has arrested two suspects for faking indemnity to shipping companies and stealing empty containers. The acting Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Ehinmode Adewumi, disclosed this in a statement obtained by The PUNCH, recently. Adewumi claimed that the male suspects, Okechukwu Onyewuenyi and Chukwuma Ogwashima, were 43 and 42 years old, respectively. He added that the suspects were members of criminal syndicates that specialise in hijacking and stealing empty containers from importers and transporters under the pretext of using the same for stuffing export goods. He said that the suspects had been…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, hosted Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Wednesday. This follows Onakoya’s return from New York City, where he set a new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon of 60 hours. PUNCH Online earlier reported that Onakoya received a heartwarming welcome upon his return to Nigeria on Wednesday. Sharing from Onakoya’s visit on his X handle, Sanwo-Olu wrote, “Powerful visions birth movements that change lives. Today, we welcomed back #Tunde_OD , our chess champion, to Lagos. “His journey embodies the spirit of Lagos—resilient, ambitious, and driven to succeed. As…