2027: I’ll tackle corruption, power crisis if elected, says Obi
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Mr Peter Obi, has vowed to declare an immediate state of emergency on corruption, education and power generation if elected president in 2027. Obi made the pledge during a massive public engagement and town hall meeting in Enugu State on Thursday, as part of his ongoing nationwide […]
Ex-rep wins APC rerun primary in Plateau
A former member of the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has won the All Progressives Congress rerun primary for the Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency of Plateau State. Bagos defeated Esther Simi Dusu in the exercise conducted across 11 wards on Wednesday, following a court order. The High Court in Jos had nullified the previous […]
Police arrest suspect over alleged rape, robbery in Edo
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a suspect identified as Adedeji Benjamin over a case of abduction, rape and armed robbery in Benin City. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson for the command, Eno Ikoedem, on Thursday. The statement read, “The Edo State Police Command has arrested a male […]
Cyber fraud: EFCC returns recovered N114m to microfinance bank
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has returned N114 million recovered from a cyber fraud case to a microfinance bank. According to a post obtained from EFCC’s X handle on Friday, on Thursday, the Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC’s Benin Zonal Directorate, Deputy Commander Sa’ad Hanafi Sa’ad, presented a bank draft of N114 million […]
Kenyan links emerge in $200m US ‘ghost student’ fraud
A nationwide fraud scheme involving stolen identities, fake student enrolments and diverted federal education funds has allegedly cost the United States more than $200m, with investigators linking some of the activities to a network of Kenyan nationals. The United States Department of Justice disclosed this on Thursday in a statement on its website while announcing […]
ASUU awards N1.1m scholarships to 11 UI students
Eleven indigent students of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, have received scholarship awards worth a total of N1.1m from the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan branch. The awards, presented on Thursday, comprised N200,000 each for two students from the union’s national body, N100,000 each for five recipients from the university’s ASUU […]
Reps demand accountability from VCs, decry poor infrastructure
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has urged vice chancellors and management teams of federal universities to ensure prudent and effective utilisation of available resources. The Committee noted that proper management of public funds is critical to the development of the institutions and the nation’s education sector. The Committee Chairman, Abubakar Fulata, gave […]
FG pumps N5tn into military operations
The Federal Government has disbursed N5.15tn in special intervention funds to the Nigerian military and related security agencies between November 2023 and September 2026, amid persistent insecurity, including terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes across the country. The Federation Account Allocation Committee, obtained on Thursday, revealed that the government received N5.65tn into a dedicated […]
Ondo air crash: Monarch seeks Tinubu’s intervention over pollution
The Olugbo of Ugboland, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on the cleaning-up of Ilaje communities which had been polluted as a result of the plane crash which occurred in Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. This was contained in a statement issued on […]
Osimhen, partner welcome second child
Super Eagles striker and Galatasaray forward Victor Osimhen and his partner Stefanie Kim Ladewig have welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Liora Audrey. The Turkish Süper Lig champions announced the news on Thursday via their official social media channels. In a post obtained from Galatasaray’s X handle on Friday, the club posted, “Our […]
