The University of Ibadan (UI) Tuesday held its first virtual matriculation ceremony for over 7000 students admitted for the 2020/2021 academic session. 4,000 students were admitted for the conventional degree programmes while over 3000 others were for the Open and Distance Education (ODE) programmes. Addressing the matriculants, the Acting Vice-Chancellor …
Read More »Nigeria ranks 16th on FBI’s list of countries worst affected by internet crimes
Nigeria has been ranked 16th in FBI’s list of countries which are worst affected by internet crimes. The State-specific statistics which can be found within the 2020 Internet Crime Report and in the accompanying 2020 State Reports, includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime, an increase of more than …
Read More »Nigeria’s super tucanos to arrive mid july – Garba Shehu
As Nigeria continues to prosecute the war against insurgents, the presidency has announced that six of the twelve Super Tucanos to be used by the military are on track to arrive in mid-July 2021. According to a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on …
Read More »We have evidence that PDP won 2019 election Presidential election – Governor Bala
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the 2019 presidential election. The Bauchi state Governor in an interview on Channels Television, claimed that fraud on the part of either INEC or security operatives cost his party the election. Bala also added that …
Read More »Governor Masari explains why kidnappers prefer Nigeria to Mali and other countries in the Sahelian region
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina state has explained why kidnappers prefer carrying out their activities in Nigeria and not in Mali and other countries in the Sahelian region. In an interview on Channels Television, the Chairman of the North-West Governors’ Forum stressed that Nigeria is economically attractive to kidnappers …
Read More »Bride-to-be who was reported missing 2 days to her wedding faked her kidnap; says she didn’t want the wedding to hold because she doesn’t love her fiancé
A Kano bride who faked her kidnap because she didn’t want her wedding to hold, has explained why she made the decision. It was reported earlier that Amina Gwani Danzarga was kidnapped 48 hours to her wedding, while on her way back from Dorayi quarters where she went to drop her exams card. …
Read More »Where is Murtala Nyako?
“If Nyako and people who think like him have any conscience left, let them raise a voice against the current politics of deceit, the mismanagement of our diversity and the scourge of insecurity now undermining the very basis of our national survival.” On 16th April 2014, the Northern Governors Forum …
Read More »Bandits in Nigeria have international sponsors – NSCDC’s Commandant General, Ahmed Audi
Ahmed Audi, the Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) has said that bandits in the country have international sponsors. Speaking at a training workshop for state commandants of the NSCDC in Abuja on Wednesday March 17, Audi stated that the asymmetric war witnessed in the country …
Read More »Governor Akeredolu appoints first female SSG
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has approved the appointment of Princess Catherine Oludunni Odu as the Secretary to the State Government. Before her appointment, Odu who holds degrees in Law, Sociology and Industrial Sociology from the University of Lagos, University of Benin and the University of Calabar respectively, was the …
Read More »Nigeria’s debt hits N32.9tr
From Uche Usim, Abuja Nigeria’s total public debt has risen to N32.9 trillion as at December 31, 2020. The Debt Management Office, (DMO), which made the disclosure in a statement on Monday noted that the debt stock grew by N700 billion within three months from N32.2 trillion as at the end …
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