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“She confessed to staging her own kidnap with the help of a family friend. The motive appears to be financial.”
13/05/2025

“She confessed to staging her own kidnap with the help of a family friend. The motive appears to be financial.”

IN AN incident that exposes the troubling intersection between youthful impulsiveness and rising digital mischief, a 16-year-old senior secondary school

In the race for the party ticket which preceded the election, Senator Emordi beat out the challenge of a little-known me...
13/05/2025

In the race for the party ticket which preceded the election, Senator Emordi beat out the challenge of a little-known member of the House of Representatives, Ubanese Alphonsus Igbeke. Having lost the contest for the party ticket, Ubanese promptly defected to the opposition All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), which granted him the ticket to fly its flag in the contest for the election to the senate in Anambra North.

ANAMBRA NORTH senatorial constituency comprises seven Local Government Areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North,

The quarter-final clash against Senegal on Monday, ended goalless after 120 minutes of regulation and extra time in a te...
12/05/2025

The quarter-final clash against Senegal on Monday, ended goalless after 120 minutes of regulation and extra time in a tense encounter that tested tactical patience and mental strength on both sides. With neither team able to find the breakthrough, the contest was settled via a penalty shootout Nigeria prevailing 3–1.

A BLEND of discipline, grit and clinical penalty-taking has earned Nigeria’s Flying Eagles a place in the semifinals of the

The board disclosed this on Monday through a statement signed by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, noting that its annu...
12/05/2025

The board disclosed this on Monday through a statement signed by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, noting that its annual system audit which typically follows the examination season has been fast-tracked due to the scale of feedback received from candidates and parents nationwide.

MOUNTING public dissatisfaction has forced the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to initiate a detailed review of the recently

The duo were reportedly on their way back from a colleague’s wedding when the fatal accident occurred, cutting short two...
12/05/2025

The duo were reportedly on their way back from a colleague’s wedding when the fatal accident occurred, cutting short two rising careers in Nollywood’s behind-the-scenes talent pool.

THE NIGERIAN movie industry has once again been thrown into mourning following the death of two promising cinematographers, Johnson and

His emergence as the 14th President of ASUU was confirmed during the Union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress, held on S...
12/05/2025

His emergence as the 14th President of ASUU was confirmed during the Union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress, held on Sunday in Benin City, Edo State. Piwuna, who also serves as the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, edged out Professor Adamu Babayo of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, in what observers described as a closely watched electoral contest within academic circles.

A NEW ERA has begun for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as Professor Chris Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist

At the auction held in the first week of May, the CBN raised its total T-Bills offer to N550 billion, representing a 37....
12/05/2025

At the auction held in the first week of May, the CBN raised its total T-Bills offer to N550 billion, representing a 37.5 per cent increase from the N400 billion offered in the previous auction. The offer spanned the 91-day, 182-day, and 364-day tenors. Yet, total subscriptions dropped significantly to N1.01 trillion, down from N1.43 trillion recorded earlier a 29.45 per cent decline in overall demand.

DESPITE weaker investor demand at the latest Treasury Bills Primary Market Auction, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) managed to

“The inclusion of Nigeria Boxing Federation as a member of World Boxing by the defendants is illegal, void, and not in c...
10/05/2025

“The inclusion of Nigeria Boxing Federation as a member of World Boxing by the defendants is illegal, void, and not in compliance with the Articles of Association of Nigeria Boxing Federation,”

THE LEADERSHIP crisis rocking the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has escalated into a full-blown legal confrontation, with interim president Azania

“That might be the first open case we’ll do with every detail posted online. We’ll go to court repeatedly. The EFCC is p...
10/05/2025

“That might be the first open case we’ll do with every detail posted online. We’ll go to court repeatedly. The EFCC is powerful because it’s the government, but I’ll stress that it damages its own reputation. They will prove the money laundering charge or cast doubt on every other person they’ve accused of it.”

POPULAR Nigerian social media activist and influencer, Martin Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has vowed to take legal action

I was not surprised. Mrs Oluremi Tinubu is first, a trained teacher before being a politician. In fact, she is a teacher...
09/05/2025

I was not surprised. Mrs Oluremi Tinubu is first, a trained teacher before being a politician. In fact, she is a teacher by profession and only a politician by occupation. It explains my addressing her as Auntie Remi. That is her perfect classroom name. She understands students’ psychology and what happened between her and those students was not anything more challenging than a typical rough classroom situation where skills in managing the overflowing exuberance of adolescents and young adults are required in abundance.

Auntie Remi has not handled the matter of the protesting women of Rivers State with characteristic candour. From the details

The petition, submitted to the 58th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, comes amid ri...
08/05/2025

The petition, submitted to the 58th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, comes amid rising global concern over the treatment of immigrants and asylum-seekers by the United States government.

A Coalition of civil society organisations from across Africa has formally petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), condemning

“a reflection of decades of underinvestment in education.”
06/05/2025

“a reflection of decades of underinvestment in education.”

THE JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results has ignited widespread

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