Armed robbers kill Oyo ex-commissioner’s wife

Our correspondent gathered that the 66-year-old woman was shot at her home around Bodija-Ashi Area of Ibadan early Friday morning. The deceased’s husband, who was a former chairman of Ogbomoso…

Mexico friendly: Ex-Eagles slam Rohr over home-based snub

Former Super Eagles players have faulted Gernot Rohr’s decision not to coach the home-based team for next weekend’s friendly against Mexico, UGAMATV reports. The game is billed to hold at…

Borno queries provost for suspending students who refused to ‘welcome’ Buhari

The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Juliana Bitrus, has queried the Provost of the College of Nursing and Midwifery, Rakiya Mustapha, for suspending 20 students who disobeyed an executive order…

Borrowing: Budget Office backs Lawan, says Nigeria poor

The Budget Office of the Federation has said Nigerians must admit that their country is poor and only potentially rich. It also stated that the country must keep borrowing to…

Breaking: Buhari postpones London medical trip

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has postponed traveling to London for medical check-up. Recall that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina had in a statement he…

Kano school accepts cryptocurrency, asks FG to embrace digital payment

A Kano-based school, New Oxford Science Academy, Chiranchi, has adopted cryptocurrency as means of payment of school fees. The school’s principal, Sabi’u Musa Haruna, who confirmed the development to our…

Students sent home as cultists threaten Akwa Ibom principal, dump fetish objects

Students of the Uyo High School along Oron Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, have been asked to temporarily vacate the school premises as suspected cultists threatened to kill the principal,…

We’re investing $1bn on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, two others – FG

The Federal Government on Thursday said it was investing $1bn on the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, and Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. It disclosed this at the official opening…

Senate President backs FG borrowing spree, opposes new taxes

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has defended Nigeria’s borrowing spree, arguing that the Federal Government cannot tax Nigerians any further to fund infrastructure. Lawan also said that Nigeria was…

Unity can’t return to Delta APC even after 2023 – Defecting vice-chair

THE Vice Chairman of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, Chief George Okafor, has said peace will continue to elude the party even after the 2023 general…