Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Wednesday commended the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for its role in the growth and development of tertiary education in the country. Okowa gave the commendation when he received Chairman and members of the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education and Services led by Rt. Hon. Aminu Suleiman, […]

Nigerian actor, Olanrewaju James (popularly known as Baba Ijesha), was on Wednesday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for alleged sexual assault and attempted rape of a minor. The 48-year-old man was arraigned on a four-count charge of sexual assault, sexual assault by penetration, attempted rape and indecent treatment of a […]

…As Imo Attorney General yet to confirm attack on his house By Chinonso Alozie The lawmaker representing Orsu state constituency, in Imo state, Ekene Nnodumele’s gate man’s head early hours of Wednesday, was decapitated by “unknown gunmen.” Vanguard gathered in Owerri, that the attack took place at the hometown of the lawmaker, in Orsu local […]

As skeletal preparations begin for the 2023 Presidential election, campaign posters of Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, surfaced in major streets and strategic locations in Abuja, today. The poster which read “2023 For President: Yahaya Bello for a generational change,” was seen by our correspondent at the streets leading to the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela Following the announcement of the Ekiti State governorship election timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), the two major political parties in the state, the All Progressives Congress(APC) and the opposition People’s Democratic Party(PDP) on Wednesday commenced a ground battle. The APC exuded confidence that it would trounce the PDP just like […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that it does not look like the Coronavirus (COVID-19) originated from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, local media reported. “At the moment the advice we’ve had is that it doesn’t look like this particular disease of a zoonotic origin came from a lab,” Johnson […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed June 18, 2022 for Ekiti governorship election and July 16, 2022 for same exercise in Osun state. The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Wednesday at the Commission’s meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja. Yakubu, said that commencement date of campaign and […]

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, weekend, expressed his amazement on the level of the tenacity of a 70-yr-old Doctorate degree graduand of the University, Justina Obi.

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Hundreds of commuters were Wednesday stranded in Ehor, Uhunmwonde local government area of Edo state as angry youths blocked that axis of the Benin – Auchi- Okenne Highway over activities of kidnappers by suspected criminal herdsmen which on Monday resulted in the death of a Masters of Science degree […]

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the result of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock exam conducted on June 3. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. READ ALSOJAMB: UTME registration closes today Benjamin said in the statement: […]