•Bandits Bandits have shot dead a driver, simply identified as Danladi Jobe, and abducted two others along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. A resident resident of Jere, Yahuza Alhassan, told our correspondent on the phone today, that the incident happened last night at Dogon-Fili, a few kilometers away from Jere town, reports Daily Trust. He said the...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that approximately 1.8 million candidates are expected to take the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30 and end on Monday, June 24, 2024. A statement by Head of Nigeria National Office, Dr ...
•Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for civil servants in the state. The governor revealed this while commissioning the new Labour House in Edo state today. According to him, the new wage comes into effect on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. […]
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured that any customer not currently enjoying 20 hours of electricity would not pay the new tariff. The minister stated this today while appearing before the Senate Committee on Power, for a one-day investigative hearing on the need to halt the proposed increase in electricity tariff by eleven [&h...
•Prince Harry and wife, Meghan Markle The Duke of Dutchess, Prince Harry, and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, will visit Nigeria in May. In a statement today, the Defence Headquarters’ Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, said during their stay in the country, they will be meeting with service members...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a male passenger carrying 4,000 tramadol pills at the Muhammad Murtala International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, yesterday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA officers at the gate ‘C ‘depa...
•Armed Fulani herdsman At least four people have been said to have been killed last night and many wounded as suspected herdsmen invaded Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. Residents who spoke to our correspondent said that the Fulani herdsmen attacked mourners at Ugwuijoro Nimbo community killing four people ins...
•UTME candidates No fewer than 6.9 million candidates sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination between 2019 and 2022 with only 2.03 million of them admitted into tertiary various institutions while 4.87 million candidates failed to secure admission. Among the 4.87 million candidates, who failed to secure admission, are 4,385 candidat...
•Ex-AIG Ambrose Aisabor A retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, has said adopting state police is non-negotiable. According to him, the clamour for state police raged over the failure of the federal police, reports Daily Trust. The discussion on state police has been revived recently with President Bola Tinubu and sta...
An American Based Nigerian Scientist, Peter Ofuje Obidi is exploring the recycling of carbon into biofuel in order to reduce carbon emission into the atmosphere which is responsible for climate change that is affecting the economy of Africa adversely. Obidi is a doctorate degree candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Missouri University of Sci...
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