The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has published a list of institutions that have submitted their complete student data for the student verification system (SVS) portal. In the list, major varsities in the Southeast were missing. In a statement on Sunday, NELFUND also revealed that students enrolled in the 36 state-owned tertiary institutions can […]
Gunmen were reported to have killed three people, including an aged couple in the Ikpele community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. A resident of the community, who did not want to be mentioned, said that the incident happened at the weekend when gunmen stormed the community. Several people were reportedly injured […]
President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected for another one-year tenure as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. Tinubu, whose first tenure is to elapse on July 9, 2024, was elected by a unanimous decision of fellow Heads of Government at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority held at […]
Gunmen on Sunday ambushed and Killed three local vigilantes and a teenager at Umuaka, Ubah autonomous community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. According to village sources who preferred anonymity, the incident happened at Hilltop school, by Afor Umuaka on Sunday. The local source said the driver who’s also a vigilante sustained injuries […]
Representative Abdulmalik Zubairu (APC-Zamfara), on Saturday, sponsored the mass wedding of 105 orphans and underprivileged brides in his constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the wedding ceremony took place in Bungudu Town in Bungudu Local Government Area. Mr Zubairu represents Bungudu/Maru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. The 105 […]
A female student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in Enugu state identified as Favour has been found dead. The 100-level student of the department of Medical Laboratory Science was said to have gone missing on Tuesday after attending her chemistry practical. The remains of the deceased were however found near the Eni-Njoku […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate where large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered. According to the NDLEA, the syndicate is headed by a couple: Agbakoba John Mmadu, and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The court also ordered the former minister to provide the list and details of the beneficiaries who received […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Sunday said the national power grid has been restored following Saturday’s collapse. The TCN Public Affairs General Manager, Ndidi Mbah described the collapse as partial, saying that “there was a partial disturbance of the grid at about 15.09Hrs yesterday, 6th July 2024.” According to her, the incident “brings […]
A trigger-happy police officer has reportedly shot dead a betting agent identified as Anuoluwapo Abiodun in the Imala/Elega area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. According to Punch, Abiodun, a graduate of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, reportedly operated a betting shop in front of a popular hotel in the area and was closing his shop […]
