The prominent Kano businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, has been laid to rest in Madina, Saudi Arabia, in accordance with his final wish to be buried beside his late wife. Although his burial took place in Saudi Arabia, a funeral prayer was held in absentia at the Umar Bin Khattab Mosque in Kano….
The global average height, approximately 166.99 centimeters (5 feet 5.7 inches), shows considerable variation across regions, with the shortest people primarily located in Southeast Asia. In contrast, the Netherlands is home to some of the tallest people in the world, with an average height of 177.07 centimeters (5 feet 9.7 inches)—almost 10 centimeters above the…
Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have arrested a former Commissioner of Finance and Accountant General in Kaduna State, under Nasir el-Rufai’s administration, Shizzer Joy Nasara Bada, at the Lagos Airport. Bada was reportedly travelling out of the country on Sunday when ICPC operatives apprehended her at the Murtala…
Scores of people are feared to have lost their lives following the collapse of a mining pit at the Kadauri mining site in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident occurred on Thursday while artisanal miners were working underground. Sources from the area told Channels Television that about 13 bodies have so far…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced a 27-year-old fashion designer, Haruna Musa Tolani, to 12 months imprisonment for impersonating and defrauding Callitus Egwuonwu, an investigating officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Directorate. Tolani, an indigene of Ilorin East Local Government Area…
The Kwara State Government says a teacher, Fatima Amuzat, involved in the alleged assault of a National Youth Service corps member has been summoned and that necessary disciplinary procedures will be taken. This was confirmed by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Peter Amogbonjaye, on Friday. Amogbonjaye quoted the Commissioner, Hajia…
The office of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has clarified claims that the Assembly invited the Department of State Services (DSS) to take over the premises. The clarification follows an incident on Monday, February 17, 2025, when armed DSS officers stormed the Assembly, preventing Speaker Mojisola Meranda and other lawmakers from…
A graduate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Rhoda Odeyale, has been abducted by gunmen while travelling to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. She was reportedly kidnapped alongside other passengers on an inter-state commercial bus on Wednesday. According to sources close to the family, the kidnappers have…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has swept all 20 chairmanship seats in the Ogun State Local Government polls held on Saturday. The Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) Babatunde Osibodu declared the results of the exercise at the Commission’s headquarters in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta. He said the APC also won in the 236…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination for 206,610 candidates in Lagos and 173,387 in the South East commenced on Friday with candidates across the two zones expressing satisfaction with the exercise. Lagos has resit exams in 65 centres while 93 are in the South East. In all the centres visited by Saturday Tribune…