200 students trapped in collapsed school building – Plateau
The Plateau Commissioner for Information and Communication, Musa Ashoms, has confirmed that about 200 students were trapped in the Jos school building that collapsed in Jos. The Saints Academy, a secondary school in Jos, collapsed on Friday, while students were…
Olakulehin crowned 43rd Olubadan
Oba Owolabi Olakulehin on Friday has been crowned as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The event was held at the Labosinde compound in the ancient city of Ibadan – the family whose right is to crown any Olubadan of Ibadanland….
52,000 applicants jostle for Oyo 7,000 teachers recruitment
The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board has announced the closure of its online portal for recruiting primary school teachers, with a total of 52,423 applications received during the application window. The job application portal for recruiting 7,000 primary school…
Corps members injured in Ekiti hostel collapse
The collapse of a hostel wall at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Ise-Emure, Ekiti has injured an unspecified number of corps members. It was gathered the bathroom wall of one of the female hostels reportedly collapsed Friday…
Woman, son beat 14-year-old boy to death over missing N1000
A yet-to-be-identified woman and her son, known only as Chukwuemeka, have allegedly beaten a 14-year-old boy named Testimony to death at their home on Delta Street, Ayanre, off Ibiye bus stop, Badagry, Lagos. Our correspondent gathered that the deceased was…
N33bn fraud: Ex-power minister collapses before trial, remanded in prison
A former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, collapsed on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja where he was arraigned for alleged N33bn fraud. Mamman, who served under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, was led into the dock in drenched clothes,…
Policemen accused of phone theft arrested in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command said it has identified the officers allegedly fingered in a viral video of telephone theft in a community in Otuocha Local Government Area of the state. In a video that circulated on social media on…
Israel strikes kill 32 in Gaza
Israeli strikes killed another 32 people in the Gaza Strip, the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory said Friday, more than nine months into Hamas’s war with Israel. Fighting raged from the north to the south of the coastal…
ASUU gives N400,000 scholarship to Ebonyi indigent students
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, gave scholarship grants to two students of the Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, to the tune of N200,000 each. The two beneficiaries, Ms Onwe Emmanuella C. and Chukwuemeka Ogar P. were final-year students…
Senate seeks end to IG, PSC clashes
The Senate on Thursday frowned at unending clashes between the Inspector General of Police and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission over recruitment exercise. It accordingly urged the newly confirmed Chairman of PSC, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd.), to work…