An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has fixed March 27 to hear a fundamental human rights suit filed by female Muslim students of University of Ibadan International School Ibadan (ISI) over alleged refusal of the school to allow them…
The Upper Area Court 4 in Yola, Adamawa State, has sentenced a 21-year-old man to seven years imprisonment for phone snatching. The sentence comes without an option of fine. The presiding judge of the court, Ibrahim Ulenda, convicted and sentenced…
The Katsina Police Command on Wednesday said its operatives have neutralized two bandits and rescued a kidnapped victim. The operatives also repelled several bandits in two communities. SP Gambo Isah, Command’s Public Relations Officer, in a statement said the command…
The Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education in Kumbotso, Kano State, has been upgraded to a University of Education. Executive Secretary of the National University Commission, NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, disclosed the upgrade in a letter of recognition of the institution…
Nigeria’s January inflation figure rose from 21.34 per cent in December to 21.82 per cent in January, according to National Bureau of Statistics, NBS recent data. The January 2023 inflation rate showed an increase of 0.47% points when compared to…
A motorcyclist and an unemployed man were on Wednesday remanded in Lagos State for alleged illegal possession of two locally-made guns. The motorcyclist – Oluwaseun Saka, 39 – and the unemployed, Elijah Adefinuola, 26, reside at 56, College Road, Itamefa,…
Many residents of Lokoja have expressed anxiety and fear on what they describe as inability of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide necessary instruments for effective swapping of the old naira notes. Some of the residents spoke with…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta With about 10 days to the presidential election in the country, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Otunba Segun Showunmi has said that Nigerians should protest the obvious misrule and incompetencies of…
The men’s national football team of the U.S., along with those of Mexico and Canada, will automatically qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals. The three countries won the right to host the World Cup in a united North…
Super Falcons defender Ashleigh Plumptre has said the team is battle ready for their opponents at the four-nation invitational tournament in Morocco. The former African champions will be joined at the competition tagged” Revelation Cup” by hosts Mexico, Colombia and…
