2021 UTME: JAMB blacklists 25 CBT centres over malpractices
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has delisted a total of 25 Computer Based Test centres across the country over examination malpractices. In a statement issued on Sunday by…
14 bandits killed as Police foil attack on Station
At least 14 bandits were killed early Sunday morning as Police foiled an attack on a station in Benue State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Kate Anene, confirmed the…
Principal confirms 102 FGC students were Abducted in Kebbi
As many as 102 students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, were abducted by bandits this week, the principal has confirmed. Alhaji Almustapha Ayuba Sokoto, the…
Troops rescue Kidnapped Kebbi teachers, students from bandits
…one female student found dead Nigerian troops have rescued some of the teachers and students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yawuri in Kebbi State, who were abducted on Thursday.…
Court Absorbs Senator Nwaoboshi of N322m fraud charge
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday discharged Senator Peter Nwaoboshi of the N322million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…
Emergency Officials Recover Five bodies after Lagos tanker fire
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the recovery of five bodies from the site of a gas tanker explosion that occurred in the early hours of Friday along…
Gunmen Abduct Female Students, Teachers from Kebii College
…kill Police officer, wound another Gunmen on Thursday morning Federal Government Girls College in Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State, and abducted an unspecified number of female students, and five teachers. They also…
Editorial: Exorcising the ghost of June 12
On June 12, 1993, 28 years ago, Nigeria held the most free, fair and credible presidential election ever, since the country gained political independence in 1960, and which the late…
Francis Atuche, Bank PHB ex-MD jailed six years for N25.7b fraud
Francis Atuche, former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced for N25.7…
Baba Ijesha denied bail, as case transferred to high court
…faces between 3 years to life imprisonment Olanrewaju Omiyinka James, also known as Baba Ijesha, the embattled Nollywood actor, was Wednesday arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate Court, which denied him…