Fake degrees: Uganda, Kenya demand Nigerian students’ verificatio
Examination boards in Kenya and Uganda are now writing Nigeria to verify records presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in their countries. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board made this known in a document for the 2024…
2027: APC kicks as PDP backs call for Jonathan’s return
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party has thrown its weight behind the call for former President Goodluck Jonathan to join the presidential race for 2027. In the past few weeks, there has been a growing rumour that northern elites and politicians…
LG Polls: Osun PDP Present Certificates of Return to candidates
The Osun State Chapter of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday presented Certificates of Return of to candidates of the party who came out as winner of the primary election of the party that held recently. While presenting the certificates…
JUST IN: NLC President rejects police invitation, demands details of allegations
Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has declined the invitation by the police for questioning over alleged criminal conspiracy and treasonable felony. Ajaero, in a letter by Femi Falana, his counsel, asked the police to provide details…
BREAKING: Philip Shaibu Remains Edo State Deputy Governor – Appeal Court Declares
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has dismissed an appeal by the Edo State House of Assembly, affirming that Comrade Philip Shaibu remains the Deputy Governor of Edo State. The Appeal Court upheld the earlier decision of the Federal High…
Kwara female student acting as girlfriend for N15,000 found dead
A 21-year-old female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Mojisola Awesu, who was contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for another private varsity student at a party for the sum of N15,000 has been…
World’s oldest person dies in Spain at 117
World’s oldest person dies in Spain at 117The world’s oldest living person, Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117, her family said Tuesday….
Tinubu sacks Hajj commission chair amid N90bn probe
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, appointed Professor Abdullahi Usman as the Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, effectively sacking Jalal Arabi whom he appointed last October. Arabi’s removal comes amid N90bn Hajj subsidy probe by the Economic…
NLC holds emergency NEC meeting over Ajaero’s police invitation
The Nigeria Labour Congress has summoned what it described as an emergency National Executive Council meeting following the invitation of its National President, Joe Ajaero, by the police for allegedly financing terrorism. The NEC meeting will be held by 8am…
N’Assembly tasks staff on technology, innovation
The National Assembly has challenged its staff to embrace technology for increased productivity and modernisation. The Clerk to the National Assembly, Magaji Tambawal, gave the charge during the opening ceremony of a four-day capacity building and training programme for 318…