Scores of armed bandits have been eliminated when military jets of the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) shelled missiles at a wedding feast organized for one of Katsina top Bandit Leaders, PRNigeria reports. Among…
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Nigerian student emerges West Africa best overall in WASSCE
Eighteen-year-old, Chinasa Nweze, a former student of Lagoon School, Lekki, Lagos State, on Tuesday emerged the best overall in West Africa in the May/June 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)….
Osun: Groups Differ Over State Finances, Ex-gov Aregbesola’s Probe
A group, The Osun Masterminds, has asked for a probe into the finances of Osun State during the tenure of Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, as the governor of the state. The…
Osun Poly Workers Begin 2-Week Warning Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, chapter on Monday declared a two-week warning strike over issues relating to salaries. The union made this known following a congress…
Police Officers Who Shot Poly Student In Oyo Lands In Trouble
The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of officers allegedly involved in the shooting of one Samuel Akinsuyi, a student at Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State. It was…
Four killed as security operatives hits NDLEA office
Four persons were killed on Tuesday when security agencies repelled an attack by gunmen on the Ebonyi Head Office of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The gunmen attacked the headquarters…
Five Students Killed As Benz Rams Into Truck
Five undergraduates have reportedly lost their lives after their Benz ran under a stationary truck along Kwale expressway in Delta State. All five including two ladies were returning from a night club…
Lagos Party: Woman Who Distributed Petrol As Souvenirs Arraigned
The Police in Lagos State have arrested Pearl Chidinma Ogbolu, a.k.a. Erelu Okin for the controversial Lagos party. The organizer distributed kegs of petrol as souvenir at Havilah Events Centre in Oniru,…
NPHCDA: 1,060 Vaccine Poliovirus Cases Recorded In 2 Years
Nigeria recorded a total of 1,060 cases of circulating Vaccine derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV) between 2020 and this year. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency…
Use of Hijab in schools should be abolished, Court orders
An Indian court Tuesday upheld a ban on wearing hijab in class in the southern state of Karnataka, saying the Muslim headscarf is not an essential religious practice of Islam. …