It has not been a good news to Nigeria UMTE candidates that sat for JAMB examination last Saturday, as the Minister for Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai announced that only 520,000 of the 1,720,000 candidates will get admission into our Universities [...]
August 23, 2016
Education
The Nigerian army has claimed that Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau has been “fatally wounded” in an unprecedented air raid that also killed several top commanders of the Islamist group. The claim is yet to be independently verified but the [...]
Joachim Iroko, The man who named his dog Buhari, was remanded on Monday at the Ibara Prison following his arraignment at the Ota Magistrate Court 2, Ogun State, Punch reports. He was charged to court by the police with conduct [...]
Zamfara Religious Killings – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned, in strong terms, the killing of eight people in Zamfara state for allegedly blaspheming against Islam and Prophet Muhammad. No fewer than eight persons were killed in Talata-Mafara community following violence [...]
Senators Reject Buhari’s Emergency Powers Bill – The move by President Muhammadu Buhari to secure emergency powers aimed at addressing the nation’s economic crisis may not see the light of the day, as senators yesterday rejected the proposed bill, saying [...]
Chibok Parents: Tsambido Hosea, leader of Kibaku area development association, says the Chibok community voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 general election because he promised to rescue the abducted girls, but he has disappointed them. Speaking [...]
The Nigerian military says its “most unprecedented and spectacular air raid” has “fatally wounded” Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader, in his shoulders. Sani Kukasheka Usman, a colonel and acting director of army public relations, made the claim in [...]
18-Seater Bus Built By N-Delta Youths – AN 18 –seater bus built from scratch by former Niger Delta militants trained at Innoson Kiara Academy, an arm of Innoson Motor Manufacturing Company, Nnewi, is to be delivered to President Muhammadu Buhari [...]
August 23, 2016
Technology
No fewer than eight persons were terminated on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara following the event that erupted over alleged blasphemy against Islam by a student of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara. The state governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, joined [...]
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Ndahi Auta, may have taken steps to correct inconsistencies in court pronouncements, especially over the leadership tussle in the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, over which the integrity of the judiciary [...]
An advocacy group, Transparency Initiative, has petitioned President Muhammadu Bbuhari over alleged rot in the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria. The group, in a petition by three legal practitioners, Nnaemeka Amaechina, George Nwahajioke and Taiwo [...]
ASABA—THE Society for Peace Studies and Practice, SPSP, has vowed to uphold the unity of Nigeria and continue to fight corruption in the country. By Festus Ahon Rising from its 10th annual convention with theme ‘Curbing Corruption and Building Sustainable [...]
By Godfrey Bivbere & Blessing OyakhireLAGOS — The Nigeria Customs Service, NSC, and importers are currently at loggerheads over foreign exchange differentials, Vanguard investigation has revealed. Customs is insisting that importers pay duties for their goods, which Form “M” was [...]
By Peter OkutuABAKALIKI—THE Ebonyi State chapter of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, yesterday, accused officials of Abakaliki federal prisons of extra-judicial killings in the attempted jail-break which occurred at the prisons last week. The accusation became [...]
By Peter OkutuABAKALIKI—GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State yesterday ordered the return of the 15-year-old girl, Uzoamaka Chukwu, who was stripped and tortured on July 13 by some people in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of the State. Uzoamaka This is barely [...]
The decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to, again, postpone the re-run legislative elections in Rivers State is a serious setback to the consolidation of democracy in the state. It is also a bad omen for the rest [...]