A final year student of the University of Port Harcourt identified simply as Gloria, has died few days after writing her first semester exam. It was gathered that the student of the Faculty of Agriculture reportedly collapsed in her room and died on Wednesday, April 7. The cause of her death cannot be ascertain, however,…
Former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, says Nigeria is where it is today because of nepotism. Speaking on Tuesday, April 6, at the Palace of the Emir of Bauchi during a one-day working visit to Bauchi state, Mr Jonathan said the problem is with Nigeria’s leadership style that puts family, friends, and acquaintances over merit,…
The Federal government has received 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from India. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID19, Boss Mustapha, confirmed this on Tuesday April 6, at the national briefing by the PTF in Abuja, adding that more vaccines are coming from African Union’s Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT). “As you are aware, Nigeria received…
Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have abducted a family of five in Ajowa Akoko, a community in Akoko north-west LGA of Ondo state. The victims, Ibrahim Olusa, a native of Daja Ajowa, his wife, and three children were said to be plying the Ajowa-Ayere expressway when they were attacked and abducted on Monday night, April 5. They were said…
Mark Elliott, a longtime voice actor known for narrating numerous Disney movie trailers and television promos and home video ads, has died at the age of 81. Longtime friend of Elliott’s, Chris Van Dyke, told The Hollywood Reporter that Elliott, who was reportedly battling Lung Cancer, died Saturday, April 3, at a Los Angeles hospital…
Kano State Government has slashed the salaries of political office holders in the state by 50 per cent for the month of March due to dwindling resources. The State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April 6, said the action was due to shortfall in the…
A military veteran reunited with his primary school mates decades after their graduation and he took to Twitter to share photos of them when they were still in primary school and now as adults. Barade, a criminologist and security expert, said they graduated from primary school in 1967. He said he hosted them recently…
Four members of the Anglican Church of Zaria Diocese in Kaduna state, have reportedly been kidnapped by suspected bandits along the Kachia-Kaduna Road in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Channels TV reports that the incident was said to have occurred on Tuesday, April 6, when the bandits barricaded the road and opened fire…
Following the recent killings of security personnel in the area, the Nigerian Military on Tuesday, April 6, launched an aerial bombardment of Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. Essien Udim, the council area of the Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and has been under siege by criminal elements alleged to…
Barcelona Football club has confirmed Nigerian international, Asisat Oshoala has undergone successful surgery on her foot. Oshola missed the Santa Teresa triumph after hurting herself in the first leg Champions League quarter-final match against Danish champions Fortuna Hjorring last month. She was later cleared to take part in the second leg against Fortuna in the…
