The Governing Council of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has dismissed a senior lecturer, Dr Usman Aliyu, over allegations of sexual harassment involving a married postgraduate student, Mrs Kamila Aliyu. The decision was announced in the university’s official newsletter, ATBU Herald (Vol. 39 No. 5, April 22), following the 96th regular council meeting held on…
Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, says patients from the UK, US and the West African subregion have been flocking to Nigeria for quality medical care. Pate spoke on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu….
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa says he has directed an autopsy after the death of the state’s Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Diri made the disclosure on Saturday while hosting former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Government House, Yenagoa. Ewhrudjakpo breathed his last after collapsing in his office on Thursday. He was rushed to the Federal…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bright Ngene of the Labour Party as the winner of the rerun election held in Enugu South 1 State Constituency. INEC on Tuesday declared Ngene the winner of the rerun election, bringing to an end the prolonged crisis that had trailed multiple failed attempts to conduct the…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on all levels of government in Nigeria to urgently redirect national focus toward critical areas of development, particularly health, education, and poverty alleviation. Obi made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday via X, warning that the country’s worsening poverty levels were a…
A serving Corp member in Lagos State has cried out over a threat she received from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) board following her recent social media post in which she expressed her displeasure about the rising costs of commodities in the country. According to the video shared on TikTok via the handle…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 30-year-old Brazilian woman, Ingrid Benevides, with 30.09 kilograms of heroin. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the drugs, worth over ₦3 billion in street value, were allegedly concealed in factory-sealed coffee packs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja….
A final-year nursing student at the Sunyani Nursing and Midwifery Training College, identified as Gifty Kyere, has tragically passed away under mysterious circumstances at her boyfriend’s room in Jinijini, located in the Bono Region of Ghana. Gifty, who was 28 years old and nearing the completion of her nursing education, had reportedly left her family…
CAF President Patrice Motsepe has spoken on Burna Boy’s challenge at the Moroccan airport while travelling to headline the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Fan Zone concert in Rabat. The incident which went viral sparked reactions from fans who questioned the custom officers for holding the Grammy-Award winning artist at the airport. Motsepe, however,…
Sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, in the early hours of Tuesday after breaching the facility’s security. In a statement issued by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, the inmates reportedly overpowered personnel on duty during the breakout. Five officers were injured in the incident,…
