By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said contrary to claims in some quarters that the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME questions were set outside the recommended syllabus, nothing as such happened. The board, in a statement by its Head of Media and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Tuesday, insisted that […]

By Steve Oko The coalition of southeast Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has expressed rage over the arrest and deportation of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, alleging that it is a plot to permanently silence Ndigbo. COSEYL in a press statement jointly signed by its National President, Goodluck Ibem; and […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, gave reasons why he abandoned his trial and escaped out of the country in 2017. Kanu, who was re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria last Sunday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he fled the country to […]

The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme ,PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio, retd, has said the scheme is planning to begin free medical evaluation of ex-agiators to determine the impact of drug abuse on their lives

By Prince Osuagwu Federal government has made another move towards strengthening its agencies and parastatals. The move sees its public institution, Galaxy Backbone organizing a digital skills enhancement training for members of the Digital Transformation Technical Working Group, DT-TWG. Members of the working group were drawn from across the Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies. […]

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a student of Lagos State University (LASU), Afeez Ogunbowale, to 21 years’ imprisonment for involvement in armed robbery and rape of two fellow LASU students. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced Ogunbowale after finding him guilty of five counts bordering on […]

A 24-year-old man, Sola Jegede, was on Tuesday sentenced to death by An Ado Ekiti High Court for armed robbery

The high level of crime, banditry, kidnapping and other related crimes among the youths have been blamed on the failure of the parents to do their job.

Governor of Delta State Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated the Dein of Agbor, Benjamin Ikenchukwu, Keagborekuzi 1, on his 44th birthday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, on Tuesday, in Asaba, Okowa extolled the sterling qualities of the revered traditional ruler, describing him as one of the most exposed and influential […]

In an attempt to sensitise Nigerians more on the need for grassroot participation in choosing the right leaders, Johns Hopkins University has partnered Nigeria’s foremost civic education platform, Young Nigerians And Governance, YNAG, on Grassroot Voter Education Campaign. According to YNAG’s founder, Adetunji Adeniran, the campaign is the organisation’s initiative to support the efforts of […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Igbo National Council, INC, on Tuesday said that the Federal Government should tread with caution on the arrest and extradition to Nigeria of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The INC, President Chilos Godsent, made this statement in Owerri, hours after the reports of […]

The family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has asked the Federal Government not to manhandle their son and the Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, who is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.

A housewife Maryam Musa on Tuesday dragged five of her friends before a Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna for allegedly calling her a witch. They are Saratu Ayuba,Bilkisu Musa, Jummai Abdullahi, Firdausi Ayuba and Adama Musa. The prosecution counsel, Insp Sambo Maigari, said Musa, reported the matter at the Rigasa police division on June […]

By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja Despite the loss of yet another governor to the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, remains upbeat of its chances of returning to power at the centre in 2023. Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawalle, Tuesday, crossed over to the ruling party, a development that did not go […]

By Prince Osuagwu Real Estate Developers association of Nigeria, REDAN, lagos state chapter has commended the Lagos state government for developing an app MPP&UD which it said will help members easily obtain different building permits in the state. Chairman of the association, Mr. Bamidele Onalaja said currently, members were going through excruciating time to obtain […]