Month: May 2025

Bauch, Nigeria — Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has approved a donation of N100m to support families of vigilantes and villagers who were recently ambushed and killed by bandits. The governor made the announcement on Thursday during a condolence visit to Duguri, Gwana, Yelwa Duguri, and other affected communities in the Alkaleri Local Government […]

Amambra, Nigeria — The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, Habubakar Umar, for allegedly defiling four minors in the state. In a press statement on Thursday by the command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the police disclosed that the suspect was arrested on Tuesday. “The operatives of Adamawa State Police Command attached to […]

Abuja, Nigeria— The World Bank has raised concerns over the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPCL) partial remittance of revenue gains following the removal of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) subsidy. This observation was detailed in the World Bank’s latest Nigeria Development Update (NDU), released in May 2025. The report indicates that despite the official […]

Ogun, Nigeria — The Residents of Ogun State have dismissed claims of “deadly rice” circulating in communities within the state, describing the rumours as mere “business gimmick.” Recently, voice messages were circulated by concerned parents and relatives, warning their loved ones against buying or consuming rice. According to the messages, a foreign trader allegedly invoked […]

England — American Rapper Chris Brown was arrested at a five-star hotel in the United Kingdom on Thursday for allegedly attacking a music producer, Abe Diaw with a bottle at a nightclub in 2023. Metropolitan Police detectives detained the 36-year-old American musician at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester at 2 am on suspicion of grievous […]

Port Harcourt, Nigeria — A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has raised serious concerns over President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments into the Presidential Census Committee, describing them as unbalanced and detrimental to Nigeria’s unity.   In a statement issued on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Eze expressed deep disappointment […]

Ibadan, Nigeria — The Oyo State Government has launched a range of export-ready, value-added food products in a bid to accelerate agro-industrialisation and strengthen the state’s participation in regional and continental markets.   The initiative was spearheaded by the Agricultural Exporting Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Society, which unveiled processed and packaged yam, cassava, and plantain flour […]

United States – Harvard president Alan Garber will take a voluntary 25% pay cut, as the elite university faces mounting federal funding reductions under U.S President Donald Trump’s administration. U.S media reported on Thursday, citing the university. The salary cut is set to take effect at the start of the new fiscal year on July […]

Lagos – A human rights lawyer, Evans Ufeli, has filed a N10 billion suit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the Minister of Education over what he described as widespread irregularities and technical failures that allegedly marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, during a press […]

NIGERIA – Activist-cum-politician, Omoyele Sowore, has called for the resignation or sack of the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede. News reports that JAMB admitted to errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for the examinations, over 1.5 million […]