By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City The new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Professor Lilian Salami yesterday said she would breathe a new lease of life into the institution with a seven-point agenda to make the University the best in the country and compete with world-class universities. Speaking shortly after taking over from her predecessor, […]

The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on Monday sacked all his political appointees and asked them to hand over the government’s properties in their possession. The sack came just a few days after the governor was re-elected for a second term in office. READ ALSO: Kogi Deputy Gov Writes Love Letter to Governor Yahaya Bello A […]

By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin  Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured that his administration will continue to explore all avenue in resolving the lingering  crisis rocking the state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The governor who gave the assurance weekend in Benin, was said this responding to the call by the President of […]

 No fewer than 10,000 people have been killed in cult-related violence within and outside school campuses between 1996 and 2019, according to Mr Ike Onyechere, Founding Chairman, Exams Ethic Marshall International (EEMI), an NGO. Onyechere made this known in Abuja on Monday at a news conference on the imperatives for stamping out Campus Cultism, Exam […]

Shareholders of Eland Oil & Gas Plc have given overwhelming backing to the £382 million takeover of the company by indigenous oil & gas producer, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc.

Justice Rilwan Aikawa has ordered the temporary forfeiture of Saraki’s two properties designated as Plots No. 10 and No. 11 Abdulkadir Road, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State. Mr Olamide Sadiq, who is an operative of the EFCC, said in an affidavit filed in support of the ex parte application that the move for the forfeiture of […]

A former Miss Ukraine stripped of her crown and barred from competing for Miss World because she is a mother has launched legal action against the contest, demanding a rule change. “We demand a change of rules, @missworld”, allowing all women to participate, 24-year-old Veronika Didusenko said on her Instagram on Monday after launching a […]

By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Nigeria Correctional Service, Akwa Ibom State Command yesterday said that 70 per cent of inmates in its four correctional facilities are awaiting trial. The Controller of Corrections in the state, Mr Alex Oditah who disclosed this yesterday in Uyo, said the four correctional centres with 1, 336 capacity is currently having […]

Scholars, students, activists and member of Civil Society Organisations will converge at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, JP Clark building, University of Lagos for the International Conference on Elections and Electoral Violence in Africa from 4 – 6, December 2019.

By Ndimele Ajuri The Senate resolution on the leadership crisis bedeviling the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) offers the country hope of a new beginning for the beleaguered agency. At its sittings last week Senate President Ahmed Lawan, while directing the committee on NDDC to scrutinize the commission’s budget, insisted that the budget must not […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The immediate past Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology CRUTECH,Prof. Anthony Owan Enoh has charged  institutions of higher learning  to enforce  stiffer penalties against  any  lecturer  who trades marks for money so as to serve as deterrent to others. Enoh gave the charge while fielding questions from journalists weekend  […]

Three men – Kujembola Olawashina (36), Kola Afolabi, (42), Alade Adeyinka (26) and a female, Toyin Obide (49) – were on Monday arraigned at the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for assaulting and unlawfully detaining a police officer. The defendants were docked on a four-count charge of conspiracy, breach of the peace, assault and obstructing police officer […]

By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri The Borno State government has proposed a Budget of N134.5 Billion with Recurrent Expenditure of N67.54 Billion and Capital Expenditure of N66.96 Billion representing 50.37% Recurrent Expenditure and b49.73% Capital Expenditure. This is even as Government seek procurement of new fleets of buses for both intra and inter-state mass transit […]

The Solid Miners were hoping to end their winless streak against the newcomers, however, they failed in that bid. Solomon Enudi’s strike proved vital for the visitors as the Lafia-based team failed in their quest to come back in the second half. ALSO READ: Ihedioha promises to return glory to Imo through sports Following their second […]

An Abia-based sociopolitical Group, the Ikuku Vision Mandate Initiative (IVMI), has congratulated the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, on his recent award as the Best Performing State Assembly Speaker in Nigeria, at a ceremony held on Thursday at the Sheraton Hotels & Towers, in Abuja.