The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, today, admitted avoidable professional errors by its troops in the airstrikes that were executed in Tudun Biri Village, Jabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State last year during which several innocent citizens were reportedly killed. Addressing Defence Correspondents in Abuja at the bi-weekly briefing on the on...
•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...
Dana Air has grounded one of its aircraft with registration number 5N BKI, after it veered off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The airline confirmed the incident, saying that the aircraft was flying in from Abuja to Lagos today Tuesday, April 23 when the incident occurred but that all 83 passengers were […]
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has called on the federal government to investigate the management and Board of Trustees of the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria (CTIN) over alleged diversion of N20 billion intervention fund meant for training of students and development of CTIN. The National President of the assoc...
•Nigerian Senate President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio today inaugurated a 17 man adhoc Committee to investigate the Ways and Means and the Anchors Borrowers Programme under the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Senate had last month following the report of its Joint Committees on Banking, Insurance and other Fin...
•Tinubu and bandits Over 200 violent attacks have been recorded across all six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory since President Bola Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023. The incidents led to the death of no fewer than 87 residents of the FCT, while 176 were kidnapped within the period, reports Saturday PUNCH. […]
•Late MohBad Joseph Aloba, the father of the late Afrobeat singer, Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba well known as Mohbad, says he is not satisfied with the police investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding his son’s untimely death. Joseph said this in an exclusive interview with Trust TV today, appealing to the government to intensify effo...
•NUC headquarters, Abuja The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Education yesterday Tuesday, January 9, launched a probe of degree racketeering in foreign and local private universities. A seven-member inter-ministerial committee will investigate the allegations within eight weeks, reports The Nation. Minister of Education, Pro...
•Betta Edu The presidency has said that it is investigating the transfer of N585.189 million grant meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos states into a private account. This is just as some civil society organisations called for the sacking of Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta [&h...
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso Financial experts and seasoned economists have sued for caution in the way and manner the Special investigation report on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is being handled to forestall the possibility of eroding public confidence in the institution. The leaked report raises serious allegations against various offici...