Russian Troops Take 400 People Hostage At Mariupol’s Intensive Care Hospital In Ukraine

No fewer than 400 people are being held hostage by Russian troops after occupying an intensive care hospital in the Mariupol, a Ukrainian city. This was made known on Tuesday…

Nigerian Sentenced To 6 Months Imprisonment For Lying To Obtain Ghana Card

A Nigerian, Usman Emmanuel, has been sentenced to 6 months in prison for posing as a Ghanaian to acquire Ghana Card.The Asokore Mampong District Magistrate Court, however, gave the Nigerian…

Dentists warn Nigerians against patronising beauty salons for tooth whitening

Ahead of this year’s World Oral Health Day, the Nigerian Dental Association, NDA, has warned Nigerians against patronising beauty salons for their tooth whitening even as it called on the…

UK suspends work, study visa applications in Nigeria to prioritise Ukrainians

The United Kingdom (UK) has temporarily suspended applications for work, study and family visas in Nigeria because said it was “prioritising applications made under the Ukraine family scheme and in…

390 persons killed, 37 injured by armed herders in Benue LG — Monarch

NO fewer than 390 persons have been killed in repeated armed Fulani herdsmen attacks on communities in Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State, while 37 others were…

Nigerian Police Team, SWAT Officers Extort N100,000 From Abuja Artiste

The Special Weapons and Tactics Team personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have been accused of abduction and assault of an Abuja-based music artiste, Eche Abraham, aka Soundboi. The artiste…

Judge didn’t accuse bank of bribery — Court papers

Lagos—A Lagos State High Court judge, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, did not accuse Zenith Bank Plc. of bribing judges and lawyers for 11 years to pervert justice, according to the certified…

Buhari approves new NBC board

The President of Nigeria, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the reconstitution of the Governing Board of the National Broadcasting Commission, sequel to the expiration of the tenure of the…

Design curriculum in line with 21st century challenges,Osinbajo tasks WAEC

ABUJA-VICE President Yemi Osinbajo,has tasked the West  African Examinations Council,WAEC,to design new academic curriculum in line with the 21st Century challenges. He equally enjoined the West African secondary schools examinations…

Ogun, Anambra, Kaduna, others fail to access N33.6bn UBEC fund 

Twenty-six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory have failed to access the sum of N33.6bn earmarked for basic education by the Universal Basic Education Commission. The fund…