AAUA students block highway, protest 68-day ASUU strike
By Dayo Johnson, Akure Students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, on Thursday blocked major roads around the institution in protest against the 68-day strike that has kept them away from academic activities. The students, led by the Students’ Union Government, SUG, shut the university’s main gate and roads linking the institution to the highway, […]
40 feared dead as boat carrying women, children capsizes in Jigawa
At least 40 women and children are feared dead after a canoe conveying passengers capsized in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The Jigawa State Police Command confirmed the incident on Monday, stating that search and rescue operations were ongoing to locate the missing passengers. In a statement shared on its official Facebook page, […]
Beyond cash: How digital wallets displace crumpled notes in Okada riders’ pockets
‘Last week, I let a passenger go, and the money never came. I lost that fuel money. Now, if I don’t see the credit alert on my own phone, you are not leaving’
Alleged money laundering: Ex-Warri Refinery MD Yisawu gets N500m bail
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, granted bail to the former Managing Director of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited, Jimoh Yisawu, to the tune of N500 million.
Alleged $2.63m money laundering: Court admits Miyetti Allah president to N2bn bail
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday admitted Bello Bodejo, the National President of Miyetti Allah Kauta Kore, to N2 billion bail with two sureties in the like sum.
Pastor to die by hanging for killing 16-yr-old daughter in Calabar
A Calabar High Court has sentenced a 51-year-old Apostle, Ubong Bassey Etim, to death by hanging for murdering his 16-year-old daughter in Calabar
