Nigerian Army has allegedly stormed the scene where students were protesting in Akure, Ondo State on Tuesday. The students had gone out for a second-day protest in the state over the lingering strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The soldiers marching in their numbers with their guns, alongside a van being…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, has intercepted 19 boat engines and eight trailer loads of foreign rice smuggled into the country through illegal routes. The boat engines, comprising five new ones and 14 fairly-used pieces of different brands are worth N17.322million. They were reportedly intercepted at a bush part near one…
Boko Haram Commander, Abubakar Sarki reportedly controlling the dreaded Sambisa Forest in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria has been killed. Nigerian Army (Operation Hadin Kai) confirmed that troops, following intelligence, attacked the convoy of the late Shekau-led faction Commander, Abubakar Sarki, and killed him alongside his fighters in a bloody exchange of gun fire within the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has issued a warning that some students may not receive their results for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The reason, according to JAMB, is that some of the results have been withheld. The examination body blamed the non-release of some 2022 UTME results on examination malpractices,…
Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, has resigned from the Federal Executive Council (FEC). According to a report in the Nigerian Tribune. The report quoted sources close to the former Minister as saying that he sent “his resignation letter today “. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari directed that all Federal political appointees seeking electoral…
Deborah Samuel’s family has received assistance from a man of God. After hearing the tragic story of the late student, Chibuzor Chinyere, the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries, has awarded “automatic scholarships” to Deborah Samuel’s seven siblings. Deborah, a 200-level student at Sokoto’s Shehu Shagari College of Education, was stoned and burned last Thursday…
Unidentified gunmen storm Karfi Village of Takai Local Government Area of Kano, killing six persons and abducting the village head, Yahya Illu. The gunmen in their numbers were said to have opened gunfire, hitting nine persons, six reportedly died while three are said to be critically injured. Confirming the incident, the State Police Spokesman, SP…
The wife of a sound engineer killed by a gang of okada riders has requested assistance. A mob of motorcycle operators lynched and set fire to David Imoh. Imoh, 38, a sound engineer, was set ablaze by a mob last Thursday on Admiralty Way in Lekki, Lagos, after an argument over N100. Grace, his wife,…
The management of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has expelled 196 students from the institution over poor academic performance. This was contained in a statement issued in Lokoja by the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the polytechnic, Uredo Omale. Omale said the Rector of the polytechnic, Dr. Salisu Usman, announced the expulsion of…
Borno state police command has defused a bomb at Dalori internally-displaced person camp (IDP) in Konduga LGA of the state. Residents of the camp woke up to see a sack with content suspected to be an improvised explosive device (IED). Everyone including armed police officers at the camp stood far away while waiting for the…