The cost of servicing Nigeria’s debt has surpassed federal government’s revenue by N310 billion in the first four months of 2022. This is as Nigeria’s debt service will gulp a staggering N1.94 trillion while the federal government’s total revenue for the period will be a mere N1.63 trillion. This was revealed in the 2022 fiscal…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has approved new cut-off scores for the nation’s universities and polytechnics. The choice was made following a contentious meeting that included representatives from the National Universities Commission, the Ministry of Education, the National Board for Technical Education, and others. For the polytechnics, 120 cut-off mark was approved while 140…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has been told to call off its six-month-old strike. The Federal Government through Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education made the call at an event. Speaking at the 2022 police meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria held in Abuja, the minister said the strike should be…
Bolu Bamidele, a man in Osun State, who died after he was allegedly set ablaze by his wife, Ifeoluwa, has been buried. Recall that the man was killed over allegations of having an extramarital affair has been buried. Bamidele, popularly known as Teebam, was said to have returned to Osogbo, the capital of Osun State…
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a man named Edwin Onditi Odada for killing his friend’s fiancée in Nairobi, Kenya, by strangling her. He had illegal carnal knowledge of the woman. Pamela Asesa, 26, was killed by the suspect after she allowed him to stay in her fiance’s house while he…
Bandits storm Ruwan Godiya and Kwai village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State killing six-person and injuring many others. It was gathered that the bandits stormed the communities on Tuesday afternoon, July 19, 2022, and also carted away several cattle, among other domestic animals. One Lawal Kafinta who hails from the Ruwan Godiya, claims that…
Mr. Godwin Aigbogun, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ward 9, Orhionmwon Local Government of Edo State, has escaped from his kidnappers’ den. The kidnappers were said to have demanded N5 million ransom from his family for his release, but he was able to escape without ransom payment. Aigbogun was kidnapped on Monday, July 18, while…
One of Lamido Sanusi’s son, Mustapha Lamido Sanusi, bags a first class in economics from a UK university. Sanusi Lamido was the former Emir of Kano. The former governor of the CBN, his wives, children, and family friends were present during the graduation.
The current strike, which began on February 14, according to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President Emmanuel Osodeke, would not have lasted as long if politicians’ children attend public universities in the country. Osodeke who reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the strike to be resolved in two weeks in an interview on…
The supervisor was taken hostage by unidentified gunmen who had earlier raided the farm of the late Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala, the former governor of Oyo State. According to the GIOTV, on Saturday night, armed men broke into TDB farms in the Jabata area of the Surulere Local Government area of the state and kidnapped…