Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has announced the increment of monthly allowance of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state from N5,000 to N15,000. Makinde later announced on his Twitter handle, saying: “We visited the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp at Iseyin this evening. I assured the youth corps members that we…
Two suspected Transborder cattle rustlers have been arrested by the police in Adamawa State. The police have also recovered 83 heads of cattle from the arrested suspects, a 32-year-old Njidda Ardo and one Julde Ali, 30-year-old; both from Rumirgo village in the Uba Askira Local Government Area of Borno State. A release from the spokesperson…
A 20year-old Ijaw student from Rivers State, Miss Alaba Ann Tam Danagogo, is the 2021 overall best scholar at the Syracuse University in New York, the United States of America (U.S.A). Graduating with distinctions in Biology Major and Minor in English and Textual Studies, among other academic accomplishments, Alaba was also awarded the prestigious 1870 scholarship by…
Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, and his son, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, alongside some other Nigerians took to the streets of Lagos to protest the rising insecurity and poverty wreaking havoc in the country. The protesters, under the aegis of the Peoples Alternative Political Movement, marched from Ikeja Bus Stop to the Governor’s…
One of Nigeria’s leading private universities, Covenant University (CU), has graduated a record 201 students who were awarded First Class degrees among 1,664 graduates for the 2019/2020 academic session. The Vice-chancellor of the university, Professor Abiodun Adebayo, announced this at the 15th convocation ceremony of the institution tagged, “The Release of Eagles” on Friday. According…
Suspected members of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly caused the death of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram, officially known as Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah Lid Da’wah Wa’l- Jihad (JAS) during a fierce battle between the rival groups in their Sambisa Forest hideouts on Wednesday, May 19, Vanguard reports. According…
On Monday, the Ebube Agu security network in Ebonyi State arrested seven armed robbery suspects for alleged theft of tricycles, drugs dealings, and other crimes. They were arrested from various locations in the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Border Peace, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, stated this in Abakaliki while parading the suspects, adding that the suspects were in…
Two ex-students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state, Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, who escaped from Boko Haram militants in 2014, have graduated from Southeastern University in the United States. Bishara and Pogu were among the 276 girls first kidnapped by the insurgent group on April 14, 2014. The duo managed to escape captivity by jumping off the truck…
Lawmaker of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, Idem Unyime has stated that the general public would soon be enjoying the pay-as-you-go services for digital satellite television, DSTV as the Bill scaled second reading before the House of Representatives at plenary on Thursday. Unyime, Deputy Chairman, House…
According to the federal government, over 36 million electricity meters will be deployed throughout the country by the end of the second quarter of 2021. According to the government, these efforts will restore customer faith and trust in the power sector because customers will no longer be extorted by an estimated billing scheme that does…
