Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has picked a former senator and founder of Baze University, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as his running mate. Labour Party national chairman, Julius…
Month: July 2022
Edo: 30 suspects arrested over cult clashes
Thirty suspects, including seven females, were on Thursday paraded by the Edo state police command, over alleged involvement in the recent cult-related clashes that claimed several in Benin metropolis. It was…
2022 Guber: Over 20,000 Osun students endorse Oyetola for reelection
Students under the umbrella of National Association of Nigeria Students/Joint Campus Committee, (NANS/JCC), Osun Axis, and the National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS) on Thursday passed vote of confidence in the…
FG declares Public Holidays For EEld-El-Kabir 2022
The Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration…
Kuje prison attack: ‘Our guns were no match for theirs’ — Nigerian soldier speaks
No resident in Kuje expected that as the sun in the area council dropped over the hazy horizon and twilight slithered over the sky to usher in the night, gunshots and explosions…
Gombe: Eight corp members abscond, four to repeat NYSC
No fewer than 775 corps members have completed the national youth service scheme in Gombe, while eight others were said to have absconded and four got an extension. Speaking at Pantami…
Enugu: 2 corps members die, 19 absconded
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that two corps members in the 2021 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 die in Enugu State. The Coordinator of the scheme in the state,…
Report: 7 journalists killed in Ukraine – UN
Citing UN data, top independent rights experts on Wednesday said seven journalists had been killed in Ukraine while many had been facing unprecedented danger and even targeted while performing their work. …
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson resigns
Boris Johnson has officially resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and declared he would remain in office until a new Conservative party leader is chosen. Johnson disclosed this in a…
Boris Johnson’s full speech: Sad giving up the best job in the world
Boris Johnson said on Thursday that although he would resign as Britain’s prime minister, he would stay on as caretaker before a successor is chosen. Without addressing the reasons for his…