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The most recent violence before the parliamentary and presidential elections in Nigeria saw over 40 people dead in skirmishes between vigilantes and gunmen in the country's northern Katsina state.An armed gang, known locally as bandits, raided a village in Katsina's Bakori local g ....
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, announced on Friday that the registration period for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination would not be extended.On February 14, the one-month window for UTME registration closes. Oloye ....
On Thursday, the Federal Government announced that it had transported 1,531 stranded Nigerians from Ukraine via air.On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, significantly escalating the conflict that had started in February 2014.Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, c ....
Usman Baba, the Inspector General of Police, has ordered senior officials in the Force to send their troops out into the streets to apprehend those who are misusing and selling naira.The IGP further ordered the prosecution of those detained, saying that the action furthered the Federal Go ....
Temi Otedola, a Nigerian actress, recently commemorated her engagement to Mr. Eazi after six years of dating.To commemorate the anniversary, the millionaire entrepreneur's daughter published a photo on Instagram.“Yesterday, we met 6 years ago,†she wrote in the po ....
In a U-turn, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered banks to start giving customers new Naira notes over the counter (OTC).The directive, according to the country's top bank, was made to shorten lines outside Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) everywhere.The instruction ....
Due to the lack of money, Nigerians are in a frenzy to get cash because it is hard to find it at banking facilities.Numerous financial service providers—Point of Sales (POS) operators—have started hoarding cash and selling at inflated prices. Some Nigerians are also in ....
Yesterday, Pope Francis addressed the conflicting factions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo directly to start the second day of his trip to Africa by pleading with them to lay down their guns and show one another forgiveness.The Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital of Kinshasa ....
A guy named Edmund Uzoma was charged by the police with bigamy on Wednesday at Yaba Magistrates' Court, Lagos State.Uzoma was charged with three charges of bigamy and forging information on a marriage certificate before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun.Idowu Osungbure, the prose ....
A 23-year-old trader named Bukola Orogun was detained by the police in the Ebute-Ero Division, Idumota, Lagos Island, and charged in a Lagos Magistrate's Court with having sex with a 12-year-old girl.According to reports, he committed the crime inside a store in the Abibat Mogaji P ....