Kenya has reported a sudden surge in teen pregnancies in one single county over a period of five months thus threatening to cut short the pursuit for education among school-going girls. Machakos county, located in the north eastern province in Kenya is leading several other counties in terms of teenage pregnancies in Kenya according to…
The authorities of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) on Monday directed the students of the institution to commence online lectures with immediate effect. Already, various faculties in the institution have grouped the students for the easy conduct of online lectures in the university Unilorin, in a statement by the school’s Director of Corporate affairs, Mr….
A man identified as Bodmas Prince Kemepadei who hails from Sagbama in Bayelsa State has openly denounced Christianity and accepted the worship of Egbesu – a deity in his hometown. The man, understood to be a graduate of the Niger Delta University not only dumped Christianity but asked others to join him in doing the same and…
There was a fire outbreak at a section of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Wednesday. According to sources, the incident occurred at the Departure Hall of the Kenyan Airways at 6:58am Fire fighters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), however, promptly responded and successfully put off the fire. Alabi Joseph, spokesperson…
Chidinma Ekile, the Nigerian singer, has announced herself as a “crusader of Jesus Christ” with the release of a new gospel-inclined track titled ‘Jehovah Overdo’. The songwriter broke the news on her Instagram page on Sunday — on the occasion of her 30th birthday. “Jehovah Overdo made it possible, I’m a crusader of the Gospel of Jesus Christ….
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of additional 20 private universities across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, revealed this while briefing the State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Adamu, the approved universities will…
Emergency workers rescue a child from the scene of a collapsed building on Freeman Street, in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State on July 11, 2020. Our reporters gathered that the three-story building collapsed in the early hours of Saturday when the occupants were still asleep. The Director-General of the State Emergency Management Agency…
A survey has found infection rates of COVID-19 to be higher among males than females in the country. Findings from the survey published on Monday also show higher infection rates among urban residents than rural residents. The household seroprevalence survey was conducted by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Nigeria Institute for Medical…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested 57 internet fraud suspects in Ilaro, Ogun State, with two pump action rifles recovered from some of them on Friday. The agency said in a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, that it arrested them at their hideout in Yewa Frontier Hotel & Resort, Ellysam Hotel & Suits, April…
The Joint Action Committee, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities will start a three-day protest today . A statement by the General Secretary of NASU, Mr Peters Adeyemi and president of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim on Friday, said, the JAC NASU/SSANU observed that the federal government failed to address…