The Management of Ekiti State University, Ado – Ekiti, after due consultation and negotiation with its Students’ Union met to review the situation surrounding the fee regime payable by freshers for the 2024/2025 academic session. At its meeting held on Monday, 25th November, 2024, Management also considered the concerns of parents and stakeholders, including the…
Mrs. Blessing Adagba, Coordinator of the Ngbo Central Development Centre in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was abducted by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Thursday. The incident, which occurred around midnight in the Okposhi Eheku community, has sent shockwaves through the local population. Eyewitnesses said the assailants, disguised as soldiers, stormed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a Chinese national, Liu Beixiang, also known as Lao Liu, before Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos, over an allegation of providing false information to a government official. Liu is facing a one-count charge bordering on deliberately supplying false information to an…
Jubilation erupted at the Department of State Security (DSS) headquarters in Abuja following the announcement that President Bola Tinubu had relieved Yusuf Bichi of his duties as the Director General (DG) of the DSS. Bichi’s replacement, Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, an Assistant DG within the same agency, was received with cheers and visible relief by many…
A 25-year-old woman, Zainab Musa, on Wednesday, returned the N100,000 bride price she received from her husband, Musa Sani, in exchange for a divorce at Rigasa Shari’a Court, Kaduna. The woman had earlier prayed that the court should dissolve her two-year-old marriage through the Khul’i (redemption), an Islamic ruling that gives a woman the right…
The Federal Government has announced that it has commenced work on the construction of a multi-purpose dam upstream of the River Dura in the Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State to contain the heavy water that flows from that axis. The Deputy Director of Hydrology at the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation,…
Nigerians are expected to pay more for their vehicle and drivers license renewals and new ones even as the Joint Tax Board (JTB) has approved an increment in price. The new price adjustment will be effective Sunday, 8th June 2025. By this announcement, the JTB, being the apex body for revenue authorities in Nigeria, urges…
A Max Air flight from Lagos crash-landed at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, with 53 passengers onboard. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday around 10:57pm. The aircraft, with the registration number: 5N-MBD, was said to have lost its nose landing gear tyre during landing, thereby leading to the incident. However, sources said passengers and…
Popular Nollywood actress, producer, and singer, Dayo Amusa, has welcomed her first child in the United States. The founder of the Best of Nollywood, BON Awards, Seun Oloketuyi, announced the baby’s arrival in an Instagram post on Monday. “@dayoamusa delivers baby in the US. Congratulations,” he wrote. Confirming the good news on her Instagram page,…
19-year-old Usman Tijani, a student of Confluence University of Science and Technology and a Point of Sale (POS) operator was lured to a Muslim burial ground in Kogi by his friend, Abdulmuqeet Musari, who then slit his throat and robbed him of N200,000. The victim’s family member, Zainab Avosuahi, shared the devastating news, revealing that…