Suspected kidnappers on Sunday at Aruwa Village, Ifewara in Osun, attacked a vehicle conveying two expatriates working for a mining company, killing a Police inspector attached to company. The gunmen also carted away the rifle and ammunition of the slain police officer. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been discharged from the hospital following a successful surgical operation and rehabilitation, according to his chief personal physician, Dr Nicholas Audifferen The statement was made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande. “The vice president was admitted to the Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, on July […]
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday 6th August 2022, for its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who could not participate in the examinations during the period of the exercise for some verified reasons. Information contained in JAMB weekly bulletin indicated that the decision was a result of JAMB’s determination […]
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The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested three suspected gun runners and two kidnappers in different parts of Plateau. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the troops had on July 24 apprehended three gun runners during a […]
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Oyo State Government has sanctioned some head teachers for allegedly collecting illegal fees and denying pupils access to examination halls during the ongoing Public Primary Schools Unified Examination. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran disclosed this on Monday while monitoring the examinations in Ibadan. This was contained in […]
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It will not be totally strange to say that the trio of Nollywood actresses, Funke Akindele, Tonto Dikeh and Caroline Danjuma are acting a monologue in William Shakespeare‘s As You Like It: “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one (wo)man […]
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Gunmen on Monday morning, attacked a police station in Akure, the Ondo state capital and killed a police inspector. Confirming this in a statement, police spokeswoman in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, said: “On the 25th July, 2022 around 0100 am, hoodlums attacked Okuta Elerinla Division, in Akure. “Policemen who were at alert and alive […]
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Tobi Amusan of Team Nigeria celebrates after winning gold in the Women’s 100m Hurdles Final on day ten of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 24, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by AFP) World 100m hurdles record holder, Tobi Amusan, in the early hours of Monday (Sunday in Oregon), won the […]
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There was an outrage on Sunday over the brutal whipping of some of the 43 passengers abducted from the Kaduna-Abuja train by their captors. No fewer than eight persons were killed and 61 others kidnapped during the attack at Katari, Kaduna, on March 28. In a viral video posted on social media, the hoodlums were […]
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The family of a Bureau De Change operator, Modibo Usman, has been thrown into mourning after he died from shock following an encounter with two officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority in the Surulere area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Modibo, who was hypertensive, was being conveyed by his son, Mustapha, […]
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