950 students abducted in six months
NO fewer than 950 pupils have been abducted from various schools in Nigeria, by gunmen in the last six months. This was according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (…
Gunmen abduct Edo PDP member, demand N20m ransom
GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo State, Mr. Ugbo Iyiriaro. The incident occurred on Wednesday along Benin-Abraka Road, between…
Driver in coma as gunmen kill SEDI DG, orderly in Enugu
DOCTORS in Enugu State are currently battling to save the life of the driver to the Director General of the Science and Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), Enugu, Prof. Samuel Ndubisi…
Youth sets self ablaze in Kano over inability to pay exam fee
A 20-year-old man Danladi Shu’aib, has reportedly set himself ablaze in Kano State, over inability to pay his Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination (SSCE) organised by the National Examination Council…
Maritime Academy upgrades to full-fledged university
THE Senate on Wednesday, at a plenary, passed a Bill to upgrade the Maritime Academy, Oron in Akwa-Ibom State, into a full-fledged university for maritime studies. Also passed was a…
Sunday Igboho: Protesters storm Olubadan’s palace, demand release of aides in DSS custody
HUNDREDS of supporters of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularlly known as Sunday Igboho, on Wednesday, staged a protest at the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba…
OPC member dies in shootout with kidnappers in Osun
THE socio-cultural group, Oodua People’s Congress, (OPC), Osun State Chapter, says it lost a member Muheeden Oladejo, to a shootout between a combined team of security operatives and some suspected…
DSS denies detainees arrested in Sunday Igboho’s house access to their lawyers
THE Department of State Services (DSS), has denied the detainees arrested in Sunday Igboho's house access to their lawyers after days of being in the custody of the security operatives.…
Court orders internet fraudster Abraham Umuibe to sweep Abuja school for 90 days
AN FCT High Court, sitting in Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday, ordered a 21- year-old student, Abraham Umuibe to sweep Mpape Government Secondary School for 90 days. Umuibe swindled a Chinese…
Niger Delta University students to wear uniform to school, pay uniform fee of N30,000
THE Management of Niger Delta University in Bayelsa State says that henceforth, students are to wear school uniforms under its new policy just as it compelled them to pay N30,000…
