Friday, 20 December, 2024

Month: May 2024


Members of an unidentified Muslim group recently stormed a worship centre that plays host to both Christian and Islamic services in the Alalubosa area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The group members who said they were acting on the Read more…


Russia remained in the top five countries for Schengen visa applications in 2023 and almost 90% of the requests were approved, the European Commission has revealed.The EU Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs published its annual report on Wednesday, showing Read more…


Dangote refinery plans to buy 24 million barrels of crude from the United States over the next year as it increases processing rates. According to a report on Thursday by Bloomberg, the plant issued a “term tender” for the purchase Read more…


The management of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), led by its Managing Director, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, has announced May 24, 2024, as official date for the opening of the Fund’s portal for student loan applications. This was contained in a Read more…


Six directors and 222 other staff members of the Anambra State Local Government Service Commission have been sacked for possessing fake certificates with which they gained employment into the commission. In the same vein, two former staff members, one of Read more…


The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has threatened to down tools if the Federal Government fails to pay public university lecturers their withheld salaries. The President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television on Read more…


Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu said those grumbling over the electricity tariff increase for Band A customers are people who are not paying electricity bills. The said the new tariff has led to reduction in energy cost for consumers in Read more…


The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo through the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Hon Patrick Agha Mba commissioned the pitch for the tournament open and ready for the competition. The Pitch was built single-handedly by Prof Victor Read more…


The close ties between Russia and China should not be viewed as a threat against any other country, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said as he arrived in Beijing on Thursday. The Russian leader made his comments during a meeting Read more…


An assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico took place on Wednesday in the city of Handlova, where a government meeting was being held. The attacker fired up to five shots at the prime minister, who received gunshot wounds to Read more…


The Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki has hinted that the Federal Government is working assiduously to reconstitute the governing councils of the 61 federal universities as soon as possible. Maiyaki made this known while Read more…


A Nigerian identified as Felix Emenike said he has 14 million naira in his Sportybet account which he tried to withdraw but was logged out. Felix stated that he reportedly contacted Sportybet’s customer support, informing them of the issue, and Read more…