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.
Nigeria, other at-risk nations to make case at UN climate summit
Nations most threatened by rising sea levels and devastating droughts will use a UN summit in Poland on Monday to urge richer countries to pay their fair share in the climate change fight.
Boko Haram: S/W hunters offer to help soldiers, presidency
Ola Ajayi, Ibadan HUNTERS Association in the South West zone of the country has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to involve them in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. The call was made by the National President of Soludero Hunters Association of Nigeria, Oba Nureni Ajijola Idris Anabi while speaking with […]
Edo holds dialogue on managing migration,
The Edo State Government will host international organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations including Civil Society Organisations and other stakeholders involved in addressing human trafficking and illegal migration to a two-day roundtable to fine-tune strategies to stem the menace.
Grazing: Herdsmen don’t see anything wrong invading farmlands — Lagos CP
THE Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Edgar Imohimi, Thursday, warned that anyone seeking services of a herder in the state should sensitize them on illegal grazing, saying they don’t see anything wrong grazing their cattle on people’s farms.
US life expectancy drops again, overdoses climb
Life expectancy in the United States dropped yet again as drug overdose deaths continued to climb — taking more than 70,000 lives in 2017 — and suicides rose, a US government report said Thursday.
Amaechi explains delay over Eastern rail line
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has denied the alleged exclusion of Eastern rail line from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri in the ongoing nationwide rail construction and modernisation.
My nude photos posted online, by human traffickers says girl shipped to Dubai
A young Nigerian girl has told a Lagos High Court about her ordeal in the hands of some human traffickers, who shipped her to Dubai in United Arab Emirates, for prostitution.
Delta women threaten to boycott 2019 election over herdsmen, rickety road
UTO-EWU — WOMEN of Uto-Ewu federated communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, have vowed to stay away from the 2019 general elections except the state government kick out rampaging herdsmen causing mayhem to the inhabitants and fix the impassable link road to their localities.
The Osinbajos mark 29th wedding anniversary
Vice president Yemi Osinbajo and his wife Dolapo marked their 29th wedding anniversary Sunday with a beautiful family photograph posted on Instagram by Dolapo
Metele attack : Surviving soldiers send SOS to Buhari
Some soldiers who survived the attack by Boko Haram on the military formation in Metele have sent an SOS to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to probe the quality of weapons procured by the military authorities and save them from further avoidable deaths.
