Category: Update
Elders Of Ijesaland And The Problems Of ‘Priority And Selfishness’
By: Lawal Sodiq Adewale Chocomilo Recently, some elders of Ijesaland visited Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the state secretariat. These elders travelled to...
BREAKING: State Govt declares Friday Public Holiday To Mark 30th Creation Anniversary
Nationnewslead reports that the Jigawa State Government has declared Friday, the 27th of August, 2021, as holiday. ….The declearation is meant to...
BREAKING: Police invite activist over ‘murder case’ after calling for release of suspected ESN operative’s girlfriend
The Nigeria Police Force has invited a rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, over an investigation into a “murder case” after demanding the release of...
Ex-president Jonathan gets new appointment in Uganda
Nigeria’s Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has been inaugurated as the Chancellor of Cavendish University, Uganda. The ex-president made this known...
ASUU seeks 10-year ban on new varsities accessing TETfund grants
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to bar state governments proposing to establish new universities from...
Police, hunters kill three gunmen in Osun
Three gunmen have been killed by the combined efforts of the Nigeria Police and local hunters in a gun battle at a checkpoint in Osun State....
Court jails UNILORIN student
Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin yesterday sentenced one Udoh Sunday Okon of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) to one year jail term over alleged...
Cultism: Rivers varsity expels student over murder
The Rivers State University has expelled Suanu Wisdom Nwiyaara for shooting and killing a 400-level student, Uzondu Chimena. Chimena, a 400-level student...
Three die as gunmen ambush van conveying murder suspects to Osun correctional centre
No fewer than three hoodlums have been killed along Osogbo/Ilesha road during an ambush for a vehicle conveying murder suspects to the facility of Nigeria...
Hospitals, mortuaries overwhelmed with injured, corpses, NMA laments
Plateau branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Thursday raised the alarm over the surging corpses in mortuaries and injured in hospitals...
Court remands 8 men for allegedly kidnapping commissioner’s wife
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that eight men be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly kidnapping Benue Commissioner’s...
Tragedy as seven family members die
Seven members of a family on Wednesday died in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. It was gathered that the incident, which occurred at Umueze Umuakanu...
Flood: Seven die, 74,713 displaced in Adamawa – SEMA
The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency says seven persons had been killed and about 74,713 people affected by flood in August across the state. Dr...
BREAKING: NBC queries Channels TV over Ortom interview
The National Broadcasting Commission has queried Channels Television over the “inciting, divisive and unfair comments” made by Benue State Governor,...
Terrorists named govs, senators, Presidency officials as sponsors during interrogation – Ex-Naval officer
A former Naval officer, Commodore Kunle Olawunmi, retd, said yesterday that Boko Haram terrorists mentioned names of current governors, senators and Aso...
Just In: FG Announces Commencement Of Work For N-Power Batch C
After the much anticipated N-power Batch C has been officially launched on Monday and announced the release of beneficiaries, the Minister for Humanitarian...
Sex-for-grade: Rivers varsity suspends senior lecturer, cuts salary
The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said one of its senior lecturers, Dr Samuel Abiye, has been suspended for three...
Osun First Speaker, Barr. Afolabi To Speak At 30th Anniversary
First Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Barr. Wale Afolabi is among those that will be speaking on Friday at a special live programme to mark...
Incessant killings: Gunmen kill 44, youths deposit corpses at Government House
A burnt house and youths during a protest against gunmen attack on Yelwa Zangam community in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State…on...
Facebook to launch digital wallet this year – Official
Facebook is ready to launch a digital wallet that would let users store cryptocurrencies, a senior company executive said in a US media interview...
