The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated its commitment to its practice of remitting its operating surpluses to the government. The examination board stated that the funds were used to fund universities, polytechnics, and other tertiary institutions. The spokesperson for the board, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. According to Benjamin,…
A woman took to Facebook to call out a school after her 3-year-old daughter was mercilessly flogged by a teacher. The 3-year-old returned from school with multiple cane marks on her legs. She was also having a fever and they had to get drugs for her.A Twitter user, who is familiar with the family, shared…
After 20 Months After 20 months, the United States has finally reopened its land and air borders. The announcement was made on Monday. US reopened its border to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The ban, imposed by former president Donald Trump in early 2020 and upheld by his successor Joe Biden, has been widely…
Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, over the weekend, paid a condolence visit to the father of Femi Osibona, owner of 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi on Monday, November 1. 43 bodies including that of late Femi Osinbona have been evacuated from the rubble.
A Nigerian Air Force officer, Sergeant Torsobo Solomon has been arrested in connection with the recent attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. Two officers were killed and one other abducted during the attack on Tuesday, August 24. Solomon, who is currently attached to the Air Force Comprehensive School, Yola, was arrested on Monday…
The Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, has abducted three brothers from the royal family of Askira Uba Emirate of Borno State. According to PRNigeria, Mohammed Askira, 50, was kidnapped alongside his two brothers while traveling to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital after attending a function in Askira Uba town. Sources said the three siblings are…
Bandits attacked Rijiya Village in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State and killed six people. Several others including women and children were abducted in the attack which occurred around 1.30 pm on Sunday, November 7. A resident of the village, Musa Sani, who fled to Gusau town told Punch that the bandits stormed the village on…
A middle-aged man, Samuel Marvelous, has reportedly committed suicide by drinking a substance suspected to be poison in Osogbo, Osun State capital. His reason for committing suicide is yet unknown at the time of filing this report. According to information the deceased, from the southeast, was found unconscious in his apartment opposite Our Lady and…
A gas tanker exploded along the Sagamu interchange axis of the Lagos-Ibadan highway, Ogun State on Monday, November 8. The tanker, which was moving outward the Lagos section of the highway, had three occupants as of the time it caught fire. Dailypost reported that the three occupants, among whom was the driver, sustained injuries and…
An Abuja Federal High Court has convicted Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reform Task Force. Justice Okon Abang convicted Maina of money laundering charges. The judge found the former Pension boss guilty of stealing over N2 billion belonging to Pensioners “most of whom have died without reaping the fruits of their labor,”….