The decomposing body of Fatima Salihu Muhammad, a 24-year-old resident of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi Staff Quarters, who was declared missing about five days earlier has been discovered in a maize farm. Fatima disappeared last Wednesday after she was sent to buy groceries from Birshin Fulani, a community laying just separated from Fatima’s residence by a…
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and others have made it to the 2025 TIME100 Artificial Intelligence (AI) list. This was announced by the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister, Isime Esene. Esene said that the list is a recognition of the 100 most…
Another tragic news has emerged in the Nigerian soccer world as former Super Eagles winger Okwuchukwu ‘Allen’ Waobikeze has passed away. The announcement comes just days after the death of ex-Super Eagles captain and goalkeeper Peter Rufai, adding to the recent sorrow within the Nigerian football community. Although he had limited appearances for the Super…
The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions – IBRD and IDA (the World Bank), IFC, MIGA, and ICSID and young professionals can be deployed to any of the institutions. Applicants can apply to the following thematic areas: Operations: -Investment -People – Social Protection -Prosperity – Economic Policies -Prosperity – Institutions…
Organised labour in Nigeria demands the immediate reversal of what it calls an unconstitutional state of emergency in Rivers State, in the interest of democracy, economic stability, and the welfare of Nigerian workers. The organised labour in a statement tagged: Stop this assault on democracy now’, the workers group says Nigeria’s democracy must not be…
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has commenced the implementation of new pension increments for retirees under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS), following the partial release of N20.188 billion by the Federal Government. The adjustment includes a flat rate of N32,000 and percentage increases of 10.66% and 12.95%, which will reflect in the September 2025…
Two Chinese expatriates and a policeman have been killed in an ambush by armed men in Abia State. Four other Chinese expatriates and two police officers were, however, rescued by security operatives. The attack occurred on April 4, 2025, while the group was en route to a company site in Agukwu-Amaya, Ndundu Community, Uturu, Isuikwuato…
The President of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN), Sheikh Abdul Rasheed Hadiyatullah, has passed away. Sheikh Daood Imran Molaasan, the Grand Mufti of Yorubaland, said this in a statement he signed on Monday night. He, however, did not give the details of where the late Muslim cleric died and when. Sheik Molaasan…
A mob in Oke-Ijeun, a community in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday lynched an elderly woman. The woman, Ojo Kehinde, was accused by the mob of being a witch and transforming from a bird to a human Video clips showing Mrs Kehinde in a ditch and surrounded by the mob have been circulating…
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has revealed that he is open to returning to the All Progressives Congress (APC) if given clear terms. Kwankwaso made this known while addressing his supporters on Thursday. “If you said I should enter APC, I want to…