The University of Calabar says it has postponed its 35th Convocation ceremony scheduled for March 25 and 26. In a statement on Tuesday in Calabar, the Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, attributed the postponement to the ongoing Academic Staff Union of…
Paris Saint-Germain star, Lionel Messi is extra motivated and keen to prove the club’s fans wrong after being booed at the weekend, according to RMC Sport. Messi and his teammate, Neymar were jeered by their own fans during their home…
Some Nigerian celebrities have reacted to the planned reopening of Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge toll collection in April. The Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC) in a statement signed by its Managing Director, Yomi Omomuwasan announced that although operations would begin in April…
An Iyaganku Family Court in Ibadan has ordered the remand of a father and his three sons at Abolongo Correctional facility over alleged kidnap and murder of an eight- year-old boy in Saki. Newsmen reports that the defendants are: Salaudeen…
A consultant pathologist at the Central Hospital, Warri, Delta, Dr Clement Vhriterhire, who carried out the first autopsy on Dowen College Student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., said there was no proof of chemical intoxication in his body. Newsmen reports that Vhriterhire…
The management of The Polytechnic Ibadan says it is investigating the cause of shootings that took place on its campus on Monday afternoon. Mr. Soladoye Adewole, Public Relations Officer of the institution, said there were no casualties in the incident.…
Mr Mohammed Ahmed, the General Manager of Gombe State Environmental Protection Agency (GOSEPA) on Monday advised residents of the metropolis against open defecation around public facilities. Ahmed told Newsmen in Gombe that open defecation had been prohibited in the state.…
The Vice-Chancellor, Bells University of Technology, Ota in Ogun, Prof. Jeremiah Ojediran, has called for quick resolution of the impasse between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ojediran made the appeal in an interview with…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, inaugurated the first phase of the Federal Housing Project under the National Housing programme in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. The President, who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said the…
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR) has identified insecurity and theft of water pumps, as major challenges to the provision of potable water supply in rural areas. Mr. Isaiah Ademoroti, the ministry’s Deputy Director, Rural Water Supply, said this…
