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A serious admission dispute has erupted between a student of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Basola Jamiu Owodunni and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the status of the graduate who completed his studies after six years but is now being told his admission was never valid. Basola, who gained admission in […]
President of the Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds, underscored Nigeria’s and Saint Lucian ancestral links by quoting the result of a British census conducted on the island in 1815, which showed that most of the residents came from Nigeria. “Of the 16,282 enslaved people in Saint Lucia that year, 3,488 were born in Africa. Of […]
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) said it has compensated two beneficiaries with N23 million under its Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS). The management of the Fund, led by Managing Director, Barrister Oluwaṣeun Faleye, presented the cheques to the two beneficiaries in Lagos on Monday. According to a statement issued by the Fund, one beneficiary, […]
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, and the immediate-past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, have arrived Madina, Saudi Arabia, for the funeral rites of elder statesman business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the DSP, Ismail Mudashir, said that […]
The corpse of Michael Usange, an Internal Displaced Person (IDP) and retired director with Taraba State Teaching Service Board was on Saturday exhumed from his grave at Chiina village along Wukàri Chinkai road by suspected militias and burnt to ashes. Usange and his family were displaced in the Tiv/Jukuns crisis since 2019. He died while […]
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd), will be among the eminent personalities attending the 50th anniversary of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) 18 Regular Course Alumni. A statement by the president of the 18 Regular Course Alumni, Air Commodore Isaac […]
The Aliyu Magatakarda Foundation, a charitable and non-governmental organisation initiated by Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko in collaboration with Vision Savers Eye Care Centre, has launched the 2025 edition of the free community eye care programme. The free eye care targeting 5,000 beneficiaries across Sokoto State was a continuing humanitarian initiative that has provided medical treatment […]
In a landmark case, the Bauchi State Urban Water and Sewerage Corporation’s newly inaugurated mobile court sentenced Abdullahi Kabiru from Shingen Abbah, a community in the metropolis, to one a year imprisonment for water theft. The offender can also pay a fine of N200,000. Justice Zainab, who presided over the mobile court, delivered the ruling […]
Arewa Think Tank (ATT) has applauded the member representing Ikeja federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, for his uncommon commitment to the security and well-being of the people of his home state, Kogi. Recall that Hon. Faleke recently donated a brand-new Hilux patrol vehicle to support the operations of the […]
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has the potential to emerge as Africa’s premier destination for medical tourism—comparable to established global hubs such as New Delhi—if strategic policies, partnerships, and promotional efforts are implemented, the All Africa Medical and Wellness Expo (AMWE) Medical & Wellness Foundation has said. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja themed […]
