Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Wednesday abducted the Member Representing Nguroje State Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed. An aide to the lawmaker told our correspondent on the phone that Mohammed was kidnapped around 1 am in his house in Jalingo, the state capital. According to…
There was confusion among school owners, parents, and students on Tuesday after the National Examinations Council said the missed papers during the just concluded NECO exams would hold in February 2021. A statement by NECO registrar, Mr. Godswill Obioma, on Tuesday said the papers would be taken during the Senior School Certificate Examination holding between…
The Federal Government says it has delivered on offers made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was in reaction to the claim by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, that the government had failed to deliver on offers made to the union. Ogunyemi had blamed the FG…
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested Khamis Abdullahi for posing as a captain in the Air Force. Spokesman Gambo Isa, in a statement on Tuesday, said Abdullahi was arrested after a tip-off. “The command arrested Khamis Abdullahi of W02 Quarters, NDA, Kaduna State, a notorious fraudster and thief, who specializes in defrauding the public…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that globally, eight million people die every year from smoking. Noting that the covid-19 pandemic presents an opportunity for people to decide to quit smoking, it stated that globally, around 780 million people say they want to quit, but only 30 percent of them have access to the…
There was pandemonium in Ohorhe community, Uvwie council area of Delta state, Tuesday, as two teachers were reportedly kidnapped by armed men dressed in a military uniform from Ohorhe Secondary School. The suspected kidnappers were reported to have gained entrance into the school’s premises in a gold-colored Highlander SUV. It was gathered that they hovered…
Football superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted he never saw Lionel Messi as a rival after Juventus brushed past Barcelona in the Champions League with a superb 3-0 win on Tuesday night, December 8. Ronaldo converted two penalties before Weston McKennie scored at Camp Nou, and the 0-3 win means Juve claim the top spot in …
*’Tired Of Being Strong’- Davido Mourns His Late Personal Bodyguard* Davido has paid tribute to his bodyguard, Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan, who died on Tuesday, December 8, after a long battle with an undisclosed ailment. Ogbeide’s who served as Davido’s bodyguard for 11 years, died on Tuesday leaving behind a wife and children. He was 36…
Former Argentina manager, Alejandro Sabella has tragically died at the age of 66. His death comes less than two weeks after the passing of Diego Maradona, who played with Sabella for the Argentine national side in the 1980s. According to The Sun, Sabella was ‘rushed to a specialist hospital’ at the end of last month…
President Muhammadu Buhari has engineered a desperate and sectional move to hedge out yet another southerner from clinching a crucial federal position under his administration, all aimed at elongating the Northern grip on the nation’s security architecture. According to Peoples Gazette, a deep-laid plot to suddenly promote Moses Jitoboh, an Assistant Inspector-General of police from…