Five of the students kidnapped on Wednesday from Government Day Secondary School, Kaya in Zamfara State have escaped and returned home, hours after they were kidnapped. PREMIUM TIMES reports that the students where kidnapped Wednesday…
The Ogun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it impounded 4,138 (50kg) bags of smuggled rice and 592 jerry cans of fuel in August. The command said this on Thursday during a monthly…
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), Olamilekan Adegbite, has commissioned two aircraft for Airborne Geophysical Survey to identify mineral deposits in Nigeria. Mr Adegbite, who inaugurated the aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun the tracking of constituency and executive projects in Lagos State. The tracking exercise, which began Wednesday, would last for 12 days, the state…
The Ogun State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ahmed Umar, has enjoined motorists to refrain from excessive speeding and reckless driving that could lead to unnecessary loss of lives on the road. Mr Umar…
Herbert Wigwe-led Access Bank Plc posted a surge in profit of more than two-fifths in the first half of 2021, finding support from marked improvement in earnings from interest and fees and commission, its two…
From ethical dilemmas on data security to worst-case scenarios unfolding in real time – the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan is spurring urgent concern about the safety of data that aid groups have collected…
A scandalous controversy is brewing in Akwa Ibom State, over an allegation that a local council chairman had administered fetish oath to extract loyalty from his political supporters. One person is said to have died…
The number of people missing across Africa appears to be rising. By the end of June, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had recorded more than 48,000 missing across the continent – an…
The struggle by the embattled National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, to save his seat has further taken a downward turn as his primary constituency in Rivers State announced his suspension from…
As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues its rage in Nigeria, 11 deaths were recorded on Wednesday with 582 new infections. This is as the federal government mulls the idea of introducing sanctions…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has begun phase three tracking of over 118 Executive and Constituency projects worth N4.5 billion in Yobe. Laban Emmanuel, ICPC Team Leader in…
On a Friday in May 2020, the second month into the restriction of movement announced by the Nigerian government to curtail the spread of the then-novel coronavirus infection, the cloud thickened in preparation for a…
Zamfara State government has shut down schools across the state following Wednesday’s abduction of 73 students from a public school in the state.. The state government also imposed a 6 p.m to 6 a.m. curfew…
Private tertiary institutions should not be left at a disadvantage simply due to the nature of their ebtablishment by private individuals, many of who appear as being essentially public-spirited and driven by the altruism to…