A total of 272 pilgrims from Kwara who performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia returned to Nigeria on Wednesday. The pilgrims departed Jeddah International Airport at about 8:30pm on Tuesday and arrived Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos midnight Tuesday and subsequently airlifted from Lagos to Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Wednesday by Air…
The FBI has rescued more than 200 people including 84 children in a major national human trafficking operation. As part of this year’s Operation Cross Country mission, the FBI teamed up with federal agencies, state and local police and social services agencies in the US to identify and save people who had been trafficked, predominantly…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is set to add another app called Threads to its portfolio. The app, which has a dashboard with a similar look to that of the popular online social media and social networking service Twitter, is set for release on Thursday, July 6, 2023. The application, currently…
Prophet Michael Ojo, popularly known as Baba Olowere, one of Christ Apostolic Church’s (CAC) most respected ministers of God, is dead. The renown Evangelist and founder of Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Agbara, Asi Bodija, died on Wednesday at his Asi residence, Ibadan. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE 🕊️🕊️ More Details later…
Osun State Governor’s Wife, Her Excellency Chief Mrs Titilola Adeleke on Wednesday received a certificate and award as Net Ambassador of the State. The certificate was presented to her during the flag-off ceremony of the Insecticide Treated Net Campaigns organized by the State Ministry of Health in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Health, Development…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a fresh two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government over the implementation of a 200% increment in the salary structure of its members, amongst other demands. The resident doctors reached the resolution on Wednesday at a virtual Extraordinary National Executive Council Meeting (E-NEC) to appraise the level…
A visually impaired man, Francis Ugachukwu has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl, (name withheld). The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court remanded the defendant, pending hearing and filing of his bail application. Soladoye adjourned the…
….tenders LP’s membership register in evidence President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, closed his defence to the petition that candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election victory. Tinubu, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, wrapped up his defence to the petition, after he presented…
The management of Deeper Life High School celebrated their students yesterday for achieving impressive scores above 300 in the recently concluded 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Miss Umeh Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere emerged as the top scorer with an outstanding mark of 360, making her the highest achiever in the 2023 UTME. Miss Umeh Kamsiyochukwu, who…
… Says the girl may have been manipulated by an adult. The House of Representatives has waded into the allegation of result forgery levelled by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) against a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme. The lawmakers expressed concerns that the exam body acted in an unprofessional…
