Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has declared Chinese and Hindu languages, as well as Climate Change compulsory courses for students studying in Ebonyi vocational institutions. Umahi said the implementation of the courses, prescribed for students studying Entrepreneurship/Business Development and Information and Communication Technology, would take effect from January 28, 2020. He spoke through his…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 41-year-old father for allegedly hanging his 10-year-old daughter to the ceiling over theft of N3,000. The Oyo State NSCDC Commandant, Iskilu Akinsanya, who disclosed this on Monday in Ibadan, said the victim’s step mother was also arrested. Akinsanya, who paraded the suspects, alleged that…
The National Examination Council has confirmed that Senator Ifeanyi Ubah passed seven out of the eight subjects he sat for in 2003. The Head of the Department of Legal and Board Affairs of NECO, Comfort Kolo, stated this in a letter she addressed to the National Secretary of the Young Progressives Party, Vidiyeno Bamaiyi. The…
The primary objective of forming the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014 was to fight poverty among the larger Nigerian population, especially the most vulnerable and the poor. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo stated this at the weekend at the fifth edition of the Airtel Touching Lives in Lagos. He said the writers of the party’s manifesto,…
Picture of Sydney Ogudoro who allegedly shot the AA senatorial candidate in Imo, Ndubuisi Emenike. More details about him later…..
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, says Nigerians ought to be thankful that the spate of attacks by Boko Haram has dropped. He said despite the recent bombings that have claimed scores of lives, the impact of terrorism was still less than what Nigerians faced under former President…
A 19-year-old housewife, Rabi Shamsudden of Danjanku Tasha village has been arrested by police for allegedly killing her 25-year-old husband, Shamsudden Salisu with a knife. Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the police in the state, Gambo Isah said Rabi stabbed her husband with a knife at about 4am on Monday. He said neighbours heard…
Former President Ibrahim Babangida is alive and healthy, some of his aides have confirmed. They denied rumour in the social media that the Niger-born ex-Military leader passed on in the early hours of Monday. As at the time of filing this report, sources in his Hilltop Residence said that Babangida was taking his lunch and…
The popular Sabo market in Sagamu, Ogun State has reportedly been engulf in fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as many shops and properties are affected. As of the time this report, the fire is yet to be put out.
The Governor, yesterday in a live radio programme monitored in Makurdi said he had gone to his farm in the outskirts of Makurdi town few days ago when armed herdsmen besieged the vicinity and open fire. According to him, “just last week I was in my farm that is situated in the outskirts of Makurdi…