The Federal Government is making preparations to evacuate about 5,500 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan through the Egyptian town of Luxor, The PUNCH gathered on Sunday. It was gathered that the Federal Government was seeking Egypt’s support so that the stranded Nigerians could be moved to Luxor. The Director of Special Duties of the National…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to drag the federal government to court if it fails to investigate allegations that over 149 million barrels of crude oil are missing and unaccounted for. SERAP openly threatened President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter dated April 22, 2023, specifically stating it wants the government to set…

The clashes had also displaced thousands of civilians who fled the capital, Khartoum, even as some foreign nations, including Japan, Uganda, and Tanzania, had begun evacuating their nationals as the violence, which started on April 8, entered its 13th day on Friday. Until recently, the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by General Abdel al-Burhan, and the…

The Shawwal crescent moon has been sighted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday, April 20. Qatar and UAE also announced that Eid Al-Fitr would be celebrated on Friday, April 21, following the sighting of the crescent moon. This means Eid Al-Fitr will be on Friday, April 21. Therefore, Thursday was the last and 29th…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ahmadu Fintiri, has emerged winner of the supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State. As announced by Professor Mohammed Mele the state Returning Officer, Fintiri who is the incumbent governor of the state scored a total of 430, 861 votes to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…