OAU Bans Veils, Skimpy Dresses, Tattoos, Coloured Hair, Others For Students, To Rusticate Defaulters
The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Southwest Nigeria, has announced the imposition of a dress code on its students by banning any skimpy dress or one that covers faces. The school management said sexually…
N5bn palliatives: Ex-agitators vow to shut down Niger Delta over governors’ silence
The aggrieved ex-agitators have threatened to stage protests in the Niger Delta following failures of their governors to provide palliatives to poor communities despite receiving N5bn from the federal government.The…
Luis Rubiales’ mother on hunger strike over kiss row
Spanish FA president, Luis Rubiales, has been at the fore of the news since the completion of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup after kissing forward Jenni Hermoso in Spain’s World Cup triumph. The mother of the…
Protests erupt in Libya over talks with Israel; PM’s residence set ablaze
Protests have erupted in Libya after Israel said its foreign minister had met with his Libyan counterpart despite the two countries having no formal diplomatic links. Libyan media reported this on Monday. Prime…
‘Cheap blackmail’ — Obi refutes allegation he monetarily induced Rufai Oseni
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last elections, has refuted the allegation that he financially induced Rufai Oseni, a journalist with Arise Television. Reno Omokri, ex-aide to former…
PHOTOS: Dokubo visits Ganduje, congratulates him on becoming APC chair
Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), has paid a congratulatory visit to Abdullahi Ganduje, national chair of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dokubo congratulated Ganduje on his…
Bayelsa Residents Invade Warehouse, Steal Flood Palliatives Stored Since 2022
Some residents of Bayelsa on Sunday night broke into a warehouse in Yenagoa where 2022 flood palliatives were kept by the state government and stole some food items said to be already decaying. The warehouse…
Tinubu Bars FG Officials With No Direct UNGA Participation From Travelling
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to freeze the processing of visas for all government officials seeking to travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly…
JUST IN: PSC compulsorily retires four DIGs ‘for failing to uphold police tradition’
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has directed four deputy inspectors-general of police to proceed on compulsory retirement. The affected DIGs are Dan-Mallam Mohammed, Moses Ambakina Jitiboh, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa…
Corps member Hannatu Musawa an illegal minister – Falana
Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights crusader, cites relevant sections of the Nigerian laws, court precedents, especially the one on the National Youth Service Corps scheme, to argue that corps…
Huge economic benefits await Nigerians after Tinubu’s reforms – Adedeji
In this interview with journalists, Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, Zaccheus Adedeji, speaks on how President Bola Tinubu’s administration plans to diversify the economy from reliance on oil for most…
Fidelity Bank records highest earnings per share on the NGX for H1 2023
For the second year running, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has emerged the company…
FCMB, Tulsi Chanrai Foundation Restore Sight of Over 2,000 in Kebbi
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) have restored the sight of over 2,000 visually impaired people in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The beneficiaries…
Family hopeful Bawa will be released soon
There were indications at the weekend that suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, may be released soon. The Federal Government had directed that Bawa…
Osimhen Scores 100th Club Goal, Juve Survive Penalty Controversy
Victor Osimhen scored his 100th club goal as Napoli continued a perfect start to their Serie A title defence with Sunday’s 2-0 win over 10-man Sassuolo, while Juventus survived penalty controversy in a 1-1 draw with…
Ministers: Tinubu Not Afraid To Fire Anybody, Won’t Accept Failure – Presidential Aide
President Bola Tinubu spent the months since his victory at the February 25 election setting clear goals for each sector in the country and will…
Zimbabwe’s elections flawed, SADC, US, EU, UK say
Several international election observer missions and diplomatic missions in Harare have published statements after Zimbabweans cast their votes in the elections…
Group Knocks Gov Fubara Over Comment On Pipelines Surveillance Contract
An oil and gas monitoring group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has rained knocks on the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara ,for saying it was wrong to award such the…
Hannatu Musawa disowns statement on NYSC status
Hannatu Musawa, the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, has disowned a viral statement…
FX squeeze: SEC backs NGX’s proposed dollar asset listings
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at the weekend, backed the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX)’s…
Ag. CBN Gov, Shonubi, Lands In Fresh Trouble
The acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shonubi, has courted fresh trouble…
ECOWAS demands shorter transition period from junta in Niger
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged a swifter transition from the junta in Niger.…
Higher fees squeeze parents as schools resume
Josiah Mutah, a 44-year-old father of three, says with his N76,000 monthly income, living…
Disaster Looms In 13 States Over Release Of Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam
Authorities at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have been alerted to a possible flooding along the River Benue basin in a few days due to the imminent release of water from the Lagdo Dam in…