The Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) has announced the winners of the 2023 Essay Competition, which is the 14th edition of the annual youth mentoring and mental capacity development initiative. The competition focused on Nation Building, Good Governance, and…
Jihadists from Niger, Mali, Libya taxing Nigerian farmers — Rep (Vanguard) A member of the House of Representatives representing Tangaza/Gudu Federal Constituency of Sokoto State, Sani Yakubu, has raised alarm, saying jihadists from Niger, Mali and Libya and the local…
Reflecting on the absence of a unified perspective on the Nigerian Civil War I must have been in either Primary 4 or 5 when I first heard about the Nigerian Civil War. I’m not exactly sure how I found out,…
Pastor jailed 2 years for stealing chemicals (Punch) An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure the state capital, has sentenced a man, Mr Friday Okeneji, to two years imprisonment for stealing some chemical substances worth a sum of N130,000.…
FIFA has banned Al-Nassr from registering new players for failing to pay add-ons owed to Leicester City as part of the Ahmed Musa deal. Al-Nassr signed Cristiano Ronaldo in January 2023 but has been banned by FIFA from registering any…
Aliko Dangote, the president of the Pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Group, has once again been ranked as the richest man in Africa for the 12th consecutive year, according to Forbes magazine. Dangote Cement Plc, his business flagship, is the largest producer…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has 14 more days to unveil his cabinet in line with the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment mandates presidents and governors to submit the names of their ministerial and commissioner-nominees within 60 days of…
The asset recovery committee set up by Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Tuesday, stormed the automobile workshop owned by former governor Samuel Ortom with towing vehicles and removed some vehicles. Alia, through his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, recently…
The House of Representatives has directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) to immediately halt the implementation of hike in tuition fees by federal universities. It also mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education and Services (when constituted) to probe the increase…
Drug addict arrested for stabbing Lagos cleric to death (Punch) A 30-year-old man identified simply as David, who is said to be under the influence of hard drugs, has allegedly stabbed a cleric, Akeem Ojiwusi, to death around Odekeye close,…
