Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-OluLagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-OluLagos State Government is still not tolerating corporal punishment in public schools and has upheld counseling as an effective correctional measure. The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. […]

Six officials of the Accounts and Salary Unit in the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, have been remanded in custody over alleged N96 million fraud. Justice Suleiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin ordered their remand in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ilorin. The six officials charged to court by […]

The Chairman of Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu, (APC, Ekiti South), said yesterday there was currently no formal petition against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over allegation of sexual harassment levelled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. He also described Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegation against the Senate President as a storm in a […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the illegal circulation and marketing of a substandard and falsified medical product, the Knowit Insulin Syringe 40 IU 29G x 1/2, in Nigeria. The agency issued the warning in a statement on Monday, highlighting concerns from the Association of […]

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said Nigerians are unfair to former military president Ibrahim Babangida following the release of his memoir, A Journey in Service: An Autobiography. Since the launch of the 420-page book, Babangida’s admission that MKO Abiola won the 1993 presidential election, which his government annulled, has sparked widespread reactions, with some critics […]

The Police Command in Ondo State says it has arrested three suspects in alleged connection with the attack on members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) at Ogbese in Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Sunday, Feb. 23, NANS members were attacked at Ogbese, Akure North Local Government […]

The police in Bauchi have apprehended a 20-year-old man (name withheld) for the alleged murder of his mother. The police said the suspect killed his 40-year-old mother, Salama Abdullahi, with a pestle in Abujan Kwata area of Bauchi metropolis. This is contained in a statement by the spokesman of the command, CSP Ahmed Wakil, on […]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to deepening diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom (UK). Tuggar made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, on the sideline of his three-day high-level visit to the UK from March 3 to 5, for strategic cooperation across multiple sectors. In […]

Dolly Parton and husband Carl DeanCarl Dean, the husband of country music legend Dolly Parton, has died at the age of 82, as announced by the singer herself. Dolly Parton revealed her husband’s passing on Monday evening, and she added that he would be buried in a private ceremony with members of their immediate family. […]