UNIJOS to resume January 22

After more than nine months of closure, the University of Jos will on January 22 reopen to continue its academic activities for the 2019/2020 session. The University announced this on…

Gunmen kidnap Rivers poly lecturer

Gunmen have kidnapped a lecturer at the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic in Bori, in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. This is as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic…

COVID-19: PTF incompetent, dissolve it now, PDP tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to dissolve the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 over alleged incompetence. In a…

Buhari mourns ex-military gov, Kanu

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, mourned a former military administrator of Lagos and Imo States, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (retd.), saying his service to the nation…

Schools are not drivers of COVID-19 pandemic –UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund says closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic will impact negatively on the development, safety and wellbeing of children globally, noting that schools are…

Mother, son, docked in Lagos over assault on policeman

A 45-year-old woman, Aminat Salami and her son, Abiodun Salami, 22, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up a police officer. The defendants, who reside…

NECO releases SSCE results

The National Examinations Council has released the Senior School Certificate Examination results. This was disclosed by the Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma while speaking at the NECO headquarters in Minna, Niger…

Cross River workers suspend protest after Ayade’s intervention

MEMBERS of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and other affiliate unions on Tuesday suspended their two-day picketing of the Accountant General’s office in Calabar over the non-remittance of…

Ex-military gov, Ndubuisi Kanu, dies at 77

A former Military Governor of Lagos and Imo States, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (retd.), has died at the age of 77. Kanu’s associate and ally, Mrs Joe Okei-Odumakin, confirmed this…

Police arraign Osun housemaid who attempted to abduct boss

One Olayemi Lawrence, who allegedly attempted to abduct her employer, Eunice Fateye, on Tuesday, appeared before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Osogbo. The 23-year-old Lawrence had allegedly broken…