•Gunmen For the student community of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Saturday, December 2, 2023, will always remain a sad memory that will linger on following the gruesome murder of one of its students, a 500-level geology student, Joseph Obiaje Agabaidu, by unknown gunmen. He was said to have been stabbed to death by suspected [&hel...
•Gunmen Gunmen abducted two landlords in the Asokoro extension area of the Federal Capital Territory last night, demanding a ransom of N20 million for their release. According to reports, the armed assailants used one of the landlords as a tool to gain access to the victims. Witnesses recounted that the gunmen held one of the […]
The management of the University of Calabar (Unical) has announced an increase in the university’s tuition fees for undergraduates by over 100 percent. The announcement was made in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar today. In the statement by the institution’s spokesman, Mr Effiong Eyo, said the upward review of the fees was [&he...
•Underage voters A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to identify, within 90 days, its officials involved in the registration of the underage during the continuous voters’ registration (CVR) exercise in polling units across the country. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgement, also direc...
•Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite All is set for the disbursement of the N275 billion palliative support funds announced in July by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to mitigate the pains arising from the removal of petrol subsidy. Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, yesterday said that two programmes under the multi-layered inte...
•Tanker explosion A diesel tanker went up in flames at the Ojota (Lagos) inward interchange in the early hours of today. The incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), via X(formerly Twitter) where it stated that its personnel had been deployed to the scene. At the time of this report, the […]
•NAF jets on air raid Many have been reportedly killed in an air strike carried out by the Nigerian Air Force at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident is said to have occurred last night when villagers gathered for Maulud celebration. Although the Air force is yet to […]
The dust generated from Nigeria’s 1,400 delegation to the COP28 Climate Summit is yet to settle as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the spokesman of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign Yunusa Tanko has asked the presidency to explain who funded the country’s delegates. Since the country’s delegates number emerged, critics and opp...
•Some patients in a hospital The migration of doctors and other health workers to other countries is taking a toll on hospitals across the country as the institutions have reduced the number of their outpatients and surgeries due to a shortage of manpower. Investigations yesterday showed that almost all the health institutions were battling wi...
•FRSC rescue team Five persons have been confirmed dead and 11 others injured in a fatal auto crash that occurred on Saturday, along the Calabar-Itu highway in Cross River State. The accident which occurred at about 3 p.m. was between a Nissan Caravan with registration number GWB532XY and a Mark Truck with no registration number. […]

