Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra election has won four Local Government Areas, in the results declared by INEC. He won Anaocha, Awka…
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EXPLAINER: How To Apply For CBN 500m Student, Graduate Grant
The CBN, as part of its policy measures to address rising youth unemployment and underemployment, introduces the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) to create a paradigm shift among undergraduates and graduates of…
Doctors Suspend Strike In Kwara
Medical doctors in the employment of the Kwara State government on Saturday suspended their strike. Members of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) had embarked on a…
Ekiti: Kidnapper Killed While Collecting N2.1 Million Ransom
A joint task team of security agencies in Ekiti has killed a suspected kidnapper at the point of collecting ransom in a forest between Ekiti and Kwara states border. A source told…
Mystery as Woman Plunges Car Into Osun River
A lone vehicle on Saturday afternoon plunged into the Osun River under the Gbodofon Bridge in Osogbo. According to the Federal Fire Service, the driver of the vehicle, a woman on high…
Lagos: Shock As FAAN official Found Dead In Canal After Four Days, Left home For Farm
Abdulrahman Musa, the head of the electrical engineering unit of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Lagos, has been found dead. According to report, Musa, a 51-year-old father of…
Protests Rock Nnewi Over Alleged missing INEC result sheet
Voters are protesting the alleged unavailability of original result sheets in Polling Unit 002, Enem Hall, Otolo Ward 2 in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra state. According to voters, the…
Nigeria Vice President To Sue whatsApp groups, Social Media Users, others linking him to Ikoyi Building
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commenced moves to sue media houses, publishers, journalists, bloggers, social media users, WhatsApp groups and others linking him to the Ikoyi building collapse. In a statement on…
Drama As Staff Of Osun Varsity Perform ‘Mock Funeral’ For ex-VC
There was drama in Osun State University (UNIOSUN) on Friday as some workers of the institution staged a mock funeral ceremony as a farewell to the immediate past Vice-Chancellor, Prof Labode Popoola…
Nigeria has potential to earn N1.2trn from cassava exports annuall— PIND
Dara Akala, executive director of Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), says Nigeria has the economic potential to earn $2.98 billion (about N1.2 trillion ) in agricultural exports of cassava annually….