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Month: April 2024

VP Shettima arrives in Maiduguri for Eid-el-Fitr celebration

Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in Maiduguri and its environs as usual during such festive periods. Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Sunday arrived in Maiduguri ahead of the Eid-El-Fitr celebration, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. On arrival at the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Maiduguri, Shettima was received by the Borno Deputy Governor, Alhaji…

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NUC doesn’t plan to shut Plateau University over certificate saga, Registrar

Ayuba further explained that the management of the university did not sack any staff, including those recently employed in the newly created departments. The Management of the Plateau University, Bokkos, has denied allegations making the rounds that the National Universities Commission (NUC) was planning to shut down the institution. Yakubu Ayuba, the Registrar of the…

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London-Lagos Trip: Pelumi’s mother proud of her daughter’s achievement

Pelumi says her desire to travel is purely to show people that travel can be simple, safe, and achievable. Olubukola Nubi, mother of Pelumi Nubi, a Nigerian content creator based in the United Kingdom (UK) who embarked on a solo trip from London on January 30, described her daughter as adventurous and courageous. She said…

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Safe School Centre registers 528 schools in 10 years of initiative

Audi clarified that the safety of schools nationwide was a collaborative effort between state governments, security agencies, communities, schools and other stakeholders. Some key stakeholders implementing the Safe School Initiative in Nigeria have spoken on the journey so far since the Initiative was launched 10 years ago in May 2014. The News Agency of Nigeria…

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Body of missing 3-year-old girl found in Asokore Mampong, tongue missing

The body of a missing three-year-old girl was tragically discovered in Asokore Mampong, Ashanti Region, with her tongue missing, sparking shock and anguish throughout the community. The grim find occurred after three days of frantic searching when children playing football stumbled upon the lifeless body in a building undergoing renovation at Dagombaline. The victim, Taslima…

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Central Region: Suspected lesbians escape gang-rape in Nyakrom

There was near calamity over the weekend in Nyakrom, near Swedru in the Central Region, when a group of youth nearly gang-raped two young women accused of being lesbians. According to eyewitnesses, one Hadia Mohammed Nurudeen, a 26-year-old who resides in Nyakrom was visited by a female friend for the whole weekend, and they were…

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I was lonely, now I’m thankful, Pelumi Nubi says after London-Lagos journey

Pelumi says her desire to travel is purely to show people that travel can be simple, safe and achievable. Pelumi Nubi, a travel content creator, who successfully went on a solo trip from London to Lagos by road, says the journey was lonely. She said this in an interview with newsmen at the Nigeria-Seme Border,…

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Tinubu’s unified exchange rate yielding positive results – APC chieftain

The APC chieftain said the steady appreciation of the naira against the dollar at both parallel and official markets was commendable and a huge relief to Nigerians. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, says President Bola Tinubu’s policy on the unification of exchange rate has started yielding positive results….

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Don’t mock my God – Pastor Adeboye warns critics

Adeboye reminded those who have made mocking him a habit that his God is a consuming fire. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has sternly warned his critics and mockers to consider their ways. Recently, Adeboye has become a magnet for controversy as some Nigerians have questioned…

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Otti, Soludo, others present as Sanwo-Olu marries off daughter in Lagos

Sanwo-Olu gave out his daughter’s hand in marriage to her heartthrob, Johnson, in Lagos on Saturday. It was a roll call of dignitaries at the Cathedral Church of Christ in Lagos on Saturday, April 6, 2024, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu married off his daughter, Modupeoreoluwa to her sweetheart, Oladele Johnson. The white wedding, officiated by…

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