Police seal ADC’s meeting venue in C’River
A team of mobile policemen in Calabar, Cross River State, yesterday sealed off the venue slated for inauguration of African Democratic Congress , ADC, membership registration, mobilisation and revalidation committee.
Amputated Jan, Feb salaries: UNILAG lecturers begin indefinite strike
LAGOS — MEMBERS of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Lagos chapter, yesterday, threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over what it described as ‘amputated’ salaries received from the university management in January and February, 2026. Chairperson and Secretary of the union, Idou Kehinde and Adesina Arikawe, in a communique issued at […]
Insecurity: Protests rock Ondo, Oyo as youths block highway with corpses
—2 shot dead, 3 others abducted in Ondo —Protesters chase away Police boss By Dayo Johnson & Adeola Badru AKURE — FOLLOWING the killing of two persons and the shooting of three abducted persons, angry residents of Akure North Council area in Ondo State, yesterday, blocked the Akure/Owo highway with corpses of those killed by gunmen. […]
Olayinka Alade champions innovation-driven engineering for Africa’s development
Engr. Olayinka Alade, Managing Director and CEO of G & D Buildings and Engineering Limited, has called for innovation-driven engineering as a catalyst for Africa’s development.
Collapsed school building: Lagos govt begins probe
Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has explained situation surrounding Monday collapse of a school building housing Yemco Nursery, Primary and Comprehensive College, located at 11 Adu Street, behind County Hospital, Aguda, Ogba, Lagos State.
Naira depreciates to N1,420 in parallel market
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,420 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,410 per dollar on Monday. But the naira appreciated to N1,390.5 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira fell to […]
POS operator murdered in Minna despite offering money to assailants
A 30-year-old Point of Sale (POS) operator, Aliyu Musa Vatsa, was killed in his bedroom by unknown assailants in the “T Mama” area of Minna, Niger State, on Monday morning.
Middle-East war: Dangote reduces gantry price to N1,075 as crude drops to $88 per barrel
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery ,yesterday, reduced its ex-gantry petrol price by N100 per litre to N1,075 per litre from N1,175 per litre, following a drop in crude oil price to $88 per barrel from $110 per barrel.
Emmanuel Agboola’s “GumBody” enters genius top 10, cementing rising star status
By Benjamin Njoku Award-winning Nigerian musician Emmanuel Itunu Agboola, popularly known as Abephe, continues to gain traction in the music industry as his latest single, GumBody, breaks into the Top 10 on Genius charts. Abephe first rose to prominence in 2024 after winning the prestigious Crest Africa Award, a milestone that boosted his profile and […]
Nigerian Scientist Develops AI Glasses to Transform Crime Scene Investigations
By Juliet Umeh Chiamaka J. Femi-Adeyinka, a Nigerian digital forensics expert and Ph.D. candidate at Sam Houston State University (SHSU), has developed AI-powered smart glasses designed to revolutionize crime scene analysis. The glasses use real-time object detection algorithms to identify, tag, and log digital devices at crime scenes, acting as a “second set of eyes” […]
Sanwo-Olu reaffirms commitment to scaling down cost of governance
…Prepares Multi-Agency Complex for Flag-Off By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos, Nigeria — Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to reducing the cost of governance and enhancing inter-agency collaboration through sustainable office infrastructure for civil servants. Governor Sanwo-Olu inspected the ongoing construction of the Multi-Agency Complex Office and the Geographical Information System (LAGIS) […]
