Students of the Imo State University said to be involved in the sex-for-marks viral video against one of their lecturers Professor Victor Njoku of the chemistry department, would now face the Inspector General of Police, Mohammad Adamu, for failure to submit prove against Njoku’s involvement in sex-for-marks allegations. This was the decision taken Friday in […]
The court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday upheld the election of Bayelsa State governor, Duoye Diri The court overturned the nullification of the governor’s election by the Bayelsa State election petition tribunal. The five-man panel of the appellate court held that the tribunal acted outside its jurisdiction in nullifying the governor’s election. In a […]
A police constable, identified as Etim Israel, has been arrested for impersonation in the last 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, explained during a briefing Friday, that the law enforcement officer was nabbed for engaging another person to sit for him in the 2020 UTME. According to Israel, […]
Steps to reopen the schools may meet a brick wall, as staff unions in schools, especially those owned by the FG, have sounded warning strike, while those already on strike, may not back out yet. Commenting on the development, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told one […]
Seventy people have died and over 6,000 others infected with rat fever in Sri Lanka so far this year, local media reported on Friday, quoting the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry. According to the official statistics, 6,096 patients were infected with rat fever as at September, while the highest number of patients were reported […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined all citizens of United States of America in prayers for quick and full recovery of President Donald Trump and his wife, Melanie, who reportedly tested positive to COVID-19. The Nigerian leader, who expressed his sympathy in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 10 suspects for alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects were arrested at Ajinde Road, Akala-Expressway, Ibadan in the early hours of Friday. by men of the Commission from the Ibadan Zonal Office. According to the anti-graft commission, their arrest followed credible intelligence and many weeks […]
Ishaq Usman Bello, chief judge of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, may not be selected as judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Muhammadu Buhari nominated Bello as Nigeria’s candidate in June 2020. However, in a report of the advisory committee on the nomination of judges, the ICC said Bello lacked knowledge […]
…321 Kidnapped Victims were rescued, 1,708 criminal elements arrested. …70 Illegal Refinery Sites, 134 Metal Storage Tanks Immobilized …9.04million litres of Stolen AGO, 37, 117 barrels of Stolen Crude Recovered As the nation marked its 60th independence anniversary on Thursday, the Military High Command said on Friday that following its several operations against criminal elements […]
The Federal Government has ordered the reopening of all schools in Nigeria. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. He advised all institutions to obey and adhere to the guidelines for the reopening of schools, earlier announced by the presidential task force. He said all […]
