By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has apprehended 14 suspects for various crimes, including murder, theft, and possession of marijuana. The suspects were paraded before journalists on Thursday at the Police Command Headquarters in Maiduguri. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Dasu...
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has provided funding for 30 indigent indigenes battling with various heart conditions to undergo open heart surgery at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). The Chief Medical Director of LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), as well as the Federal Government have pegged the cutoff mark for admission into Nigerian universities at 140 in the new academic session, 2024/2025. The decision was taken at the 2024 Combined Policy meeting on admissions...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A former senator and one time deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Solomon Ewuga, has debunked rumours making the rounds that he is eyeing the Aren Akun’s vacant stool. Senator Ewuga, made this known in a statement issued by one of his aides,...
Wikki Tourists Football Club FC of Bauchi State on Thursday unveiled Abdu Maikaba as the new head coach of the club. Maikaba who was given a two-year contract, managed the club from 2014 to 2016, when he led it to the CAF Confederation Cup in his second season....
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the re-election victory of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship poll. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the appeal filed by the appellants; Mr...
An Area Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday dissolved the Islamic marriage between one Rashida Bashir and her estranged husband, Bashir Adegboye, over the latter’s womanising attitude. The Presiding Judge, Hammed Ajumonbi, in his ruling, said that the letter sent by the husband revealed that he agreed to...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 72-year-old man, Patrick Ukpenor in a correction centre for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. Magistrate E.Kubrinhe remanded Ukpebor at Kirikiri Correctional Centre where he will be until Aug. 13 for trial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
Nigerian Guinness World Records 3-day gaming marathon A 24-year-old Nigerian, Oside Oluwole, has broken a world record by continuously playing a soccer video game for three days, according to the Guinness World Records (GWR). The GWR said Oluwole, with the nickname, “Khoded”, performed the longest videogame marathon playing...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has expressed shock over a fire incident that killed the daughter, elder sister and two siblings of Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Kofar Mata. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yusuf led members of the State Executive Council and other...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike, has charged Nigerians to heed climate warnings in line with the United Nations Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) Initiatives. Prof. Anosike who was represented by the Director of the Directorate...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Stakeholders currently participating at the 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting were rattled when the Minister of Education, Prof Mamman Tahir announced that candidates seeking admission into higher institutions must be 18 and above. Immediately the Minister made the...
Community Advocacy for Peace and Strategic Leadership Initiative (CAPSLI), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has said the planned nationwide protest will have adverse effect on national security and public safety. The group’s position is contained in a statement issued by the National Chairman of CAPSLI, Akwuobi Francis and National...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested one Vincent Markus, a suspected serial internet fraudster. The suspect, a student of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) was arrested in Badirisa, Damare Ward Girei Local Government, Adamawa...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday evening at the Government House held a closed door meeting with Student leaders from across the unions with a joint resolution to jointly work for good governance for all Osun residents. At the meeting coordinated by Governor’s...
The Collective Movement (TCM), a socio-political group, salutes Peter Obi, a former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, on his birthday anniversary. The Founder of TCM, High Chief Franklin Ekechukwu, in a statement on Thursday, described Obi, who will turn 63 years old on July 19, as a...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N545.83 in June 2023 to N750.17 in June 2024. It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for June 2024 released in Abuja on Thursday. It stated that the...
At least 16 people were killed in a fire that broke out in a high-rise building in China on Wednesday, according to local media. The fire broke out on Wednesday evening in a 14-storey building in the south-western city of Zigong, state news agency Xinhua reported. Initial investigations...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos- Journalists in Jos, Plateau State, have been tasked with promoting peace through conflict-sensitive reporting. This mandate was the focal point of a three-day workshop organized by the Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA). The workshop aimed to provide media practitioners with the...
By PAUL EJIME – Worried about the poor state of learning in Africa, “With nine out of 10 children unable to read with understanding or do basic maths by the age of ten,” African leaders and education stakeholders have called for an actionable Strategic Plan to prioritise Foundational Learning...