By MILLICENT IFEANYICHUKWU THE Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Zone C (South-West) has expressed concern over unresolved issues negatively affecting polytechnic education and staff welfare. The union also expressed dissatisfaction at alleged government insincerity in honouring agreements with it. The Coordinator of the zone, Mr. Masopa Nurudeen, raised the concern at a news conference […]
NIGERIA’S newly-introduced secondary school curriculum will, for the first time, include modules on journalism, computer programming, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and fact-checking. Dada Olusegun, Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Social Media, disclosed this in excerpts from the yet-to-be-released curriculum document, which he shared on Tuesday. According to the document, journalism will […]
THE Delta State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old mother of two, identified simply as Lilian, for allegedly stabbing her partner to death during a domestic dispute at Ijanpa Road axis of the state. The state police spokesperson, Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrest in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday. According to […]
THE stage is set for the 2025 Zenith Bank/NBBF Women’s Basketball League Final 8 Play-Off, which tips off on 14 September at the National Stadium, Lagos. The championship marks the climax of Nigeria’s premier women’s basketball league, with eight outstanding teams competing for the coveted national title and a place in continental competition. The finalists […]
THE National Orientation Agency (NOA), Ebonyi Directorate and Traditional Rulers have cautioned against abuse of Naira currency in social gatherings in the state, urging citizens to uphold national values and commenced drive against the spread and dance on the nation’s currency at party or social gatherings, NOA had sometime in August launched a nationwide campaign […]
THE Police Command in Enugu State has confirmed that 10 lives were lost in two separate fatal accidents along the Ozalla/Four-Corner Enugu axis of the Enugu-Port-Harcourt Expressway. The accidents which occurred on Wednesday, also left 10 persons with various degrees of injuries, who are currently receiving treatment in hospitals. The Command’s Spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, […]
SENATOR Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta) has called on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, to take urgent steps towards completing three critical projects in Delta North. The projects according to Nwoko who represents Delta North Senatorial District are the Ogwashi-Uku Dam, the Okpai Independent Power Plant step-down, and the rehabilitation of the Onicha-Ugbo–Idumuje-Ugboko Road. This is contained in a […]
THE Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has directed intending pilgrims to pay a deposit of ₦8.5 million for the 2026 Hajj exercise. Alhaji Lamin Danbappa, Director-General of the board, stated this during a meeting with its members, management staff and Local Government Hajj Registration Officers in Kano. This is contained in a statement issued by the […]
THE Al-Furqan Deaf Islamic Da’wah Association, Zaria, Kaduna State has organised a Qur’anic competition for hearing-impaired students drawn from 13 Local Government Areas of the state. Malam Yasir-Suleiman Kofa, Leader of the competition told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria on Wednesday that the hearing-impaired students competed in four categories. Kofa explained that the […]
A 23-year-old man, Muhammud Dayyabu, on Thursday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, over alleged possession of stolen phones. Dayyabu, whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of possession of stolen phones, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence […]