The Kwara State Government has shut Baptist High School, Ijagbo in the Oyun local government area of the state amid the crisis over wearing of hijab by Muslim schoolgirls. The state commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajiya Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The …

The National Independent Electoral Commission, INEC – have released calendar and political itinerary in 2022 in Nigeria. The calendar is consists of political activities bordering the 2023 presidential and gubernatorial elections in the country. According to the calendar released by the INEC, starting from March 2022 the commission will give …

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has set up a political committee to assist the South-East region to achieve its aim of having a southeasterner as Nigeria’s President in 2023. This comes after a National Executive Council meeting of the organisation in Enugu, the Enugu State capital. The …

A Chief Magistrate Court II sitting in Mubi, Adamawa, has ordered that one Abdullahi Adamu, be remanded in prison for allegedly raping a five-year-old nursery 3 schoolgirl (name withheld). The 28-year-old suspect was said to have allegedly lured the minor into an uncompleted building in Mubi in the Mubi North Local …

A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Lagos State, Ganiu Taofik, says the party is ready to receive Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu if indeed he wants to return to office in 2023. Taofik made this known in a chat with The PUNCH on Thursday. The former PDP spokesman in Lagos said his …

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has stated that while every woman has something that’s beautiful about her, not all have beautiful faces.   Reno stated this while reacting to a Twitter user’s question about one of his nuggets.   The writer had taken to Twitter to advise that a man …

The Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker on Thursday was taken to the Aso Rock Villa where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Naija News reports Bwacha was taken to the Villa …

It was cheering news for the Presidential ambition of former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki as former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida throws his weight and support for him as the rightful man to take over from President Muhamadu Buhari come 2023. General Babangida was responding to request from a …

Veteran Nigerian actress,  Taiwo Ajai-Lycett turned 81 today, February 3,  and she released lovely new photos of herself to mark the occasion. The actress accompanied the photos with a short note of prayer, where she extended her gratitude to God.     She wrote… 81 full years of living! What …

Former Nigeria head coach, Gernot Rohr has dismissed reports linking him to the vacant Black Stars coaching job. Recall that Ghana sacked Milovan Rajevac after the Black Stars were eliminated from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. Rohr was reported as one of the candidates to replace Milovan Rajevac …