A 23-year-old woman who was caught on camera brutalizing her five-year-old son has been sentenced to two years in prison. Patience Uwimana, a resident of Byuma Village, Kyazanga Town Council in Lwengo District, Uganda, was on Wednesday, March 24, convicted by Masaka Grade One Magistrate, Ms. Christine Nantege for torturing her son on February 8, 2021….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration exercise will start on Thursday, April 8, and end on Saturday, May 15, 2021. JAMB also announced the commencement of registration of candidates for the 2021 Direct Entry (DE). The statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs…
Years after British authorities looted the Benin Bronz, the University of Aberdeen, UK has disclosed that it will be returning it to Nigeria. The UK University made the disclosure in a statement released on Thursday March 25. The school also disclosed that they previously repatriated sacred items and ancestral remains to Canada, Australia and New…
Apostle Paul Okikijesu of the Christ Apostolic Miracle Ministry has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against being coerced into shedding the blood of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido and ex-militant leader, Tompolo. He also said that the President has refused to listen to wise counsels from…
President Muhammadu Buhari has voiced concern that the lack of employment prospects and opportunities in most rural communities has remained a major contributor to insecurity. President Buhari spoke on Thursday while hosting a delegation of Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN). The President said that for decades, previous government policies had focused on…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC); Oyo State Command has arrested three officials of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Agency (OYRTMA) for allegedly stealing 70 bags of maize meant for distribution as COVID-19 palliatives. The Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Iskilu Akinsanya, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the Command…
A 19-year-old secondary school student has been arrested in Assin Fosu, Central Region of Ghana for defiling 18 month-old twin girls. The suspect who lives with the mother of the twin girls, reportedly disappeared with them after they were left in his custody. It was gathered that after searching for Patrick and her twin girls, the mother…
A court in Ondo state has sentenced two brothers, Isaac Sunday and Isaac Lucky, as well as their accomplice, Ovie Nana Friday, to death by hanging for stealing. The convicts were said to have in December 2013, used dangerous weapons to dispose of many residents of Bolorunduro in Ondo state of their belongings which include mobile…
A staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun State, Fisayo Oyeniyi, has committed suicide. Oyeniyi was one of the armed guards in the institution hung himself in his residence after sending suicide texts to his mother, wife, and children. In the text message, Oyeniyi informed his loved ones of his desire to end his…
A yet-to-be-identified driver of a Toyota Carina with registration number FD310ABC was involved in a fatal crash at Tollgate Nteje Onitsha road on Thursday evening March 25, which left one person dead and two others seriously injured. According to eyewitnesses, the crash was a result of speeding which led to the loss of control of the…