Sunday, 22 December, 2024

Month: November 2023


At least 288 graduands of the 2022/2023 academic session of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) will tomorrow be conferred with first class honours degrees of the institution. This is as it insisted that the recent allegation of admission racketeering against Read more…


IN apparent defiance to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s vacation order, truck drivers have practically shut down Oshodi-Apapa expressway, causing untold pains to motorists and residents. Following the Lagos State zero tolerance on indiscriminate parking by truck drivers in Apapa axis, sanity returned. Read more…


The Police in Kano State, on Wednesday, dispersed defiant protesters, who took to the streets of the ancient city over the contradicting Appeal Court judgment. Information gathered had it that the protest broke out around the Kofar DanAgundi area in Read more…


The bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines was an “act of state terrorism” aimed at eliminating a key energy competitor of the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a virtual summit of G20 leaders. Nord Stream 1 and Read more…


A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said. There was no immediate information Read more…


Ukraine has lost over 13,700 troops and approximately 1,800 tanks and other heavy weaponry so far this month, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told his government colleagues on Tuesday during a ministerial meeting. Russian forces have been actively thwarting Kiev’s attempts Read more…


Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said Nigerians democracy is experiencing ill health under the rule of the All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that the ruling party has turned the once respected Nigerian judiciary to a “cash and carry.” Atiku, Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The father of the Anambra State governor, Nze Simeon N. Soludo(Akukananwa) has been billed for burial on 23 December, 2023. The announcement for the burial program was signed by Chief Emma Soludo on behalf of the family. Read more…


Chaos rocked the Senate on Tuesday after Senate President Godswill Akpabio named Abba Moro, senator representing Benue South, as minority leader, and Osita Ngwu, senator representing Enugu West, as Minority Whip. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members replaced Simon Mwadkwon, Read more…


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted verdicts of the Nigerians judges on the electoral disputes, saying three to five judges should not overturn decisions made by millions of voters during an election. Obasanjo described the powers vested in the hands Read more…


The Federal Government has revoked 1,633 mineral titles previously given to non-complying mining companies. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, announced this during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the licenses of these mineral title holders Read more…


A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an order urging the two parties in the Rivers State House of Assembly to maintain the status quo and suspend further deliberations at the moment until the matter is dispensed. Read more…