Less than 24 hours after the Joint Military and Police Security Task Force, JTF, in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State discovered the armoury of wanted militia leader, Terwase Agwaza in Gbishe, gunmen, Tuesday night, gunned down 10 persons in Tor Donga, another stronghold of the militant leader in the area.

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, cover has been blown open by detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission leading to the invitation of the medical director of Golden Cross Hospital. Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia had lied to the officials of the security agency that she was on admission in a Lagos hospital in Ikoyi hence she could not […]

ABAKALIKI—EBONYI State government, yesterday, froze all the accounts of Ebonyi State University, EBSU, Abakaliki, following the impasse between it and the constitution of the institution’s chapter of Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU.

For the first time ever, gender matters have come to the front burner of Nigerian politics, forced on to that position by the influence of global politics by no other than Mr. President himself.

IN Nigerian tertiary institutions, the issue of rape and s3xual harassment by lecturers has continued to be a huge problem. In May 2016, the Nigerian Senate moved a motion to hand a five-year jail term to lecturers who engage in sexual relationship with students.

Rahama Sadau is one phenomenal Hausa actress from Kaduna State, Nigeria. She studied Business Administration at Kaduna Polytechnic and joined the Hausa movie industry (Kannywood) in 2013. In the course of her career as an actress, she emerged as the Best Actress (Kannywood) 2014 award by City People magazine, and also won Best African Actress at the 19th African Film Awards by African Voice, a British tabloid with African interest.

FIVE suspects allegedly involved in last year’s kidnap of Nancy Dickson, younger sister to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state were yesterday paraded in Warri, Delta state by the Nigeria Navy Ship, NNS, Delta.

GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has relieved the Commissioners for Tourism, Mr. Folorunsho Folarin-Coker, Finance, Dr. Mustapha Akinkunmi, and Transportation, Dr. Ekundayo Mobereola of their appointments in a minor cabinet reshuffle.

ABA—Abia State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, has effected the transfer of all policemen serving at Ndiegoro Police Division, Aba. Oyebade made the revelation while briefing journalists on some of the recent successes recorded by police in combating crime in the city.

THE 10-year-old Adekoya Wariz, who was beaten to death by his father in Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun State, once told a neighbour, Baba Olaolu, that he usually stole N50 from his step-mother’s handbag because he needed it to buy gari and groundnut, as he was always denied food.

Governor Yahaya Bello has reiterated his determination to reposition education in the State and use the sector to drive the socio-economic renaissance of the State.

THE National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC, has disclosed plan to establish first Centre of Excellence for Seed Industry, CoESI, to boost research and production of various seeds for farmers in the country.

I will tell you very frankly that it was a shocking and disappointing news, but not surprising to me because I had over the years pointed out that there were lots of problems with our Judiciary, and that the judiciary, more than any organ of government, should not accommodate corrupt practices or corrupt judges because the judiciary is the last hope of the common man.

The National Universities Commission (NUC), in collaboration with vice chancellors of public and private universities, have taken far-reaching decisions on the university system to make it one of the world best. Having delebrated extensively for three days in a meeting held from Monday to Wednesday last week in Abuja, it was agreed that sub-degree diplomas in universities be scrapped.

WE heartily congratulate the Royal Family and, indeed, the entire people of Benin Kingdom on the strings of success coming our way at this time. The 20th of October will go down as a red-letter day in the history of this Kingdom.