Three suspected kidnappers have been nabbed and three victims rescued in Adamawa State. The state police command, which announced this on Tuesday, said the command’s operatives arrested the suspects in an operation on Sunday, December 19. The command, in a press statement signed by its spokesman, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said that its operatives attached to…
A fire triggered by a cigarette stud has reportedly destroyed 15 speedboats, goods, and property worth millions of naira. The inferno which began around 11 pm on Sunday, December 19, from a nearby filling station after shop owners had gone home, razed a section of the Miller Waterside along with the NPA Road in Warri, Warri South…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has insisted that all prospective candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be required to acquire their National Identification Number (NIN) ahead of the 2022 exercise. The board stated this on Monday in its weekly bulletin released by the Office of the Registrar in Abuja. This…
The new international termination rate (ITR) for voice calls has been set at $0.045 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The NCC said the new rate which is paid to local operators by international operators to terminate calls in Nigeria, will be effective from January 1, 2022. This will replace the initial rate which was…
GIOTV reports that Libya’s education minister was arrested on Monday as part of an enquiry into a lack of schoolbooks, the prosecution service said. Moussa al-Megarief “was placed in preventative detention pending an investigation into (possible) negligence”, it said in a statement. “The Public Prosecution has launched an enquiry to determine the circumstances around contractual…
A Nigerian man, Benjamin Emily Charles is currently demanding justice for his cousin, Ashulee Winnie Bahago, who was allegedly strangled by her boyfriend in Kaduna state. Benjamin in a post shared on Facebook alleged that his cousin had gone to visit her boyfriend at his place. He claimed that during the visit she received a…
Bello Turji, leader of the group of bandits who are responsible for the attack which claimed the lives of 23 passengers in Sokoto state and other killings in the North-West region, has reportedly written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari; Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, and the Emir of Shinkafi. Premium Times reported that the three-page…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) in its 2021 universities ranking, revealed that only 25 universities in the country have fully accredited courses. There are 170 public and private universities in Nigeria. According to the NUC, less than 70 percent of courses offered by other universities are accredited. NUC in a 146-page report by its Executive Secretary, Abubakar Rasheed,…
Three persons were reportedly killed in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday, December 19. One of the deceased was said to be among the security operatives of the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Oye. A source in the area said the killings could be linked…
Queen Adeyemi Olaitan, one of the estranged wives of the Alaafin of Oyo has kicked against hypocrisy. According to the queen, she knows people that pray five times daily but are the most wicked beings. The entrepreneur revealed this while interacting with her followers during a question and answer session at the weekend. “I know…