Abia top UTME scorer to get N.5m scholarship in memory of late Ukpabi
Highest scorer in Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam, UMTE, from Abia State, is to receive N500,000 scholarship, courtesy of the late Uche J. Ukpabi Legacy Foundation.
NIMASA grants 20 outstanding seafarer cadets automatic employment
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has granted 20 seafarer cadets who graduated with distinction from various foreign universities automatic employment in the agency.
Anambra School gives ‘goat’ as gift to distinguished students
For distinguishing themselves academically, students of Santa Mary Nursery and Primary school 2, a school managed by St. Theresa’s parish, Catholic diocese of Awka, Anambra state, were weekend given ‘goats’ by the school management.
Prerogative of Mercy: Ambode frees 12 Kirikiri prison inmates
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday released twelve inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Apapa in furtherance of the law establishing the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy.
Oko community sets up committee for Ekwueme’s burial
TO ensure that it gives its illustrious son and former 2nd Republic Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, a befitting burial, the Oko community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, has constituted a burial committee for the late former Vice President, to make all the necessary arrangements for the burial that has been fixed for February 2, 2018.
LIBYA HORROR: We watched as 59 Nigerians were shot dead —Returnee – couple
They pushed me and my wife into the boat to cross the sea but Libyan militia arrested us and took us to prison
I begged for alms on Lagos streets to raise N520 school fees – Kamaldeen, lawyer
And so, for 12 days, he raised about N1, 900, through alms begging, out of which, on his return to Offa, he paid N520 for his admission at the Erin-Ile school
Woman bites electricity workers for disconnecting her light
A 28-year-old trader, Kemi Shopade, who allegedly assaulted two Ikeja Electric workers that wanted to disconnect her electricity wire, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
I thank God that I came back from hell – Edo migrants from Libya
When Bright stepped off the plane from Libya and heard that his home state in southern Nigeria had begun a rehabilitation programme for returned migrants, he thought it was another scam.
Nigerians rescue baby, mother detained in Ondo hospital over N40,000 bill
Nigerians, moved by the plight of a baby, Temitope Omotoso, and mother, Taiwo, that were detained over N40,000 bill by Ondo State-owned Mother and Child Hospital, began donating money to offset the bill, yesterday.
Anti-human trafficking: Group takes campaign to Benin markets
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Concerned Edo Citizens, has taken the campaign against human trafficking to major markets in Benin metropolis, calling on the people to shun the antics of cartels, who over the years deceived youths and are now selling them into slavery.
