The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday paraded a fake soldier for impersonation and rape while 44 others were arrested for cultism, murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police,  Shina Olukolu, alleged that the fake military officer had carnal knowledge of a 17-year-old girl at his hideout at Papa Eleye in […]

The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), on Thursday, said that no fewer than 7,500 students were admitted for the 2019/2020 academic session. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, made the disclosure while declaring open a three-day orientation programme for the newly-admitted students, in Oye-Ekiti. The Vice Chancellor, represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor […]

Dozens of people on board the Grand Princess cruise left in limbo off the California coast will be tested for the infection, the cruise liner confirmed in a Thursday morning statement. Princess Cruises said in a statement that there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 currently onboard the vessel and that the CDC has identified […]

A witness, Alhaji Yahaya Ahmed of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna  State, has narrated how juveniles allegedly robbed his house and other residents at Unguwar Dan-Madami in Zaria. Ahmed made this known while given evidence at the Zaria City Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The Prosecution, Sgt. Yau Garba, had earlier said the case […]

Fifteen corps members absconded the service while two corps members died during year in Jigawa, the state NYSC coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Muhammad, has said. The NYSC Jigawa Coordinator disclosed this during the Passing Out Parade (POP) ceremony for 1,521 Batch ‘A’ 2019 corps members in Dutse on Thursday. According to him, the 15 absconded corps […]

Ministers, organisations, advocates and supporters of the girl-child will celebrate International Women’s Day at an event designed to foster sustainable support and empowerment for the girl-child and related causes.

Minister of Works and Housing, Raji Fashola says the construction of roads in Nigerian tertiary institutions has become a major policy of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari. Fashola said this on Thursday at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) while handing over some 2.2km of roads rehabilitated in the university by the Federal […]

Marseille face punishments from UEFA after the governing body of European football decided the French club “did not comply” with an agreement to balance their books. UEFA announced on Thursday that its Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) had decided to refer Marseille and Polish club Lechia Gdansk to its adjudicatory chamber. In 2019, UEFA found […]

Premier League players and officials will not take part in the traditional pre-match handshake from this weekend over fears about the spread of the coronavirus. Teams have been told by Premier League chiefs that they will still line up as usual before kick-of, but the home team will walk past the away side without shaking […]

Eric Bailly has vowed to repay the faith shown in him by Manchester United after signing a new deal with the club. The 25-year-old has been hit by injuries again this season but that has not stopped United tieing down the player’s future for the next two years. Indeed, Bailly has seen an extension option […]