…angry students demand the immediate release of colleagues Four female students of the Joseph Sarwan Tarka University, Makurdi, JoSTM, former Federal University of Agriculture, were Tuesday night reportedly abducted on campus by unknown armed men. It was gathered from a fellow student who spoke on condition of anonymity that the four victims identified as Emmanuella,…
A man in Shanghai lost nearly $28,000 after being tricked into a long-distance “relationship” with an AI-generated girlfriend, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. Scammers used generative artificial intelligence software to create realistic video and still images of a young woman in order to pose as the fictional “Ms. Jiao”, according to state broadcaster CCTV….
The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Wednesday said he inherited N8.9 billion debt from his predecessor when he took over office. The former Kano State governor disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at the ongoing National Executive Committee meeting of the APC. He noted that the expenses were incurred during pre-election…
After three years in operation, Nigerian education technology startup Edukoya has ended operations, saying poor infrastructure and economic challenges made it impossible to scale. The startup which secured Africa’s largest pre-seed funding of $3.5 million in 2021, said it will return capital to investors rather than persist in what it described as an unsustainable market…
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has expressed disappointment over the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima into office in the 2023 general election. The council also lamented that Muslim communities, particularly in Yorubaland, have not benefited from having two Muslims at the highest levels of government, contrary…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed deep sadness over the murder of Mr. Ismaila Ibrahim and Hon. Kasali Adebayo, two members of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Ilesa West, calling for calm as every legal effort will be explored to get justice for their families. Governor Adeleke who condemned…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jubril Okutepa has challenged any lawyer to quote any section of the Court of Appeal judgement that ordered the reinstatement of the sacked Osun council chairmen. Speaking on Arise TV News Night on Tuesday evening, the SAN said the judgement that sacked the council chairmen was upheld by another Court…
US President Donald Trump is set on Wednesday to convene his first Cabinet meeting since returning to office last month, in an effort to further his agenda with most of his nominees now having been confirmed by Congress. Billionaire supporter and advisor Elon Musk, tasked with overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has…
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced two teachers to 44 years imprisonment for raping minors. The defendants Ajibola Gbenga (43) and Olaofe Ayodele (52) were arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on 2nd March 2022, on three-count charges bordering on rape and abuse of office. The charge reads that “the defendants,…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday unveiled the “Imole Statewide Public and Private Schools Students SSCE Scholarship” to reward the best-performing students in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) across the state. The scholarship supported by Electronic Collections Group (ECG), is designed to recognize and support outstanding students from both public and private schools…
