A High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, be remanded in a correctional centre. The Lagos State Government charged Ominnikoron with four counts bordering on conspiracy, murder and rape. Justice Sherifat…
The Police on Tuesday barricaded the entrance gate of the Cross River House of Assembly Complex in Calabar, following Monday’s court judgment that sacked 20 lawmakers in the state. Newsmen reports that workers of the assembly and others who had…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has upgraded the Shehu Shagari Colleges of Education, Sokoto to the Shehu Shagari University of Education as the first university of education in the northern region. Prof. Rasheed Abubakar at the presentation of a recognition…
Mr Yunana Barde, Chairman, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State has appealed for calm in the area following the violence that claimed some lives in Kagoro on Sunday night. The appeal is contained in a statement signed by Barde…
The World Health Organisation, (WHO) has called for an urgent investment of resources, support, care and information into the fight against Tuberculosis (TB). The organisation made the call in a press release on Tuesday, ahead of the 2022 World Tuberculosis…
Beatrice Agba Nwaji, Ex- BBNaija reality show star, has revealed that she attempted suicide in 2019. Beatrice, on her Twitter page, narrated that she last contemplated suicide on March 22, 2019, after two previous attempts. She urged fans and followers…
Former Brighton and Newcastle manager, Chris Hughton, has said Ghana is battle-ready for Nigeria. The Black Stars host the Super Eagles in the first leg of their 2022 World Cup playoff this Friday. Hughton, who is the Technical Director of…
Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has urged the institution’s alumni to use its goodwill to attract further development to the university. Olatunji-Bello made the appeal on Monday in Lagos at the coconut breaking festival organised by…
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on the occasion of his 58th birthday. Lawan said this in a statement by Mr Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…
An Osun State High Court in Osogbo has adjourned the murder trial of a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. At the resumed hearing on Monday, the presiding Judge and Chief Justice of Osun State High Court,…
