President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by as much as 50 per cent over the next two years. In the long term, he promised that budgetary allocation to the sector would witness a…
Shortage of manpower in forensic expert in the country has been described as one of the challenges mitigating against curbing the menace of cyber attacks, which the duo of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and National Institute for Security…
An alleged international fraudster, Ramon Abbas who is popularly known as Hushpuppi, has pleaded guilty to multi-million dollar fraud charges filed against him by the United States government. In a plea agreement document, Hushpuppi agreed to plead guilty as charged.…
Ten Nigerian athletes have been declared ineligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday. AIU, an independent body created by World Athletics to manages all integrity issues – doping and non-doping,…
The Former Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Makura, has been invited for interrogation at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. Al-Makura who is now a serving senator was invited on Wednesday along with his…
The Department of State Services has failed to produce the 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho at the Federal High Court today. The detained aides are Abdulateef Ofeyagbe, Amoda Babatunde, Tajudeen Erinoyen, Diakola Ademola, Abideen Shittu, Jamiu…
Miss Ajuma Abah, a 24 year-old, has been crowned Queen of Peace Nigeria in the 2021 Queen of Peace Nigeria International Pageant. The graduate of Botany from Kogi University, who represented Kogi, was crowned in the early hours of Thursday…
Danladi Maude, the paramount ruler of Jaba Chiefdom in Kaduna State has been released by his abductors. The 83-year-old monarch was released Wednesday night according to his brother, Anthony Maude who spoke to journalists. Danladi spent approximately 48 hours in…
Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare has said that the sport system in Nigeria is flawed and that athletes are always at the receiving end of the damages. Okagbare stated this on Wednesday after some Nigerian athletes were disqualified from competing in…
The United States Department of Justice has narrated how Hushpuppi, a fraudster from Nigeria, bribed Nigeria’s celebrated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. How it started The statement from the office of the U.S. Attorney’s Office said a federal grand…
