Cameroon army says 5 soldiers, 86 Boko Haram militants killed in clashes

About 32 years after its creation, the federal government-owned Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, has been denied its take-off grant by subsequent federal administrations for no explained reasons. This is despite sustained pressures and demands for its release by its subsequent Governing Councils and Management. The scenario was revisited by the…

The war of words between Conservative Party member, Kemi Badenoch, and the federal government took another turn for the worse after

On Saturday, the University of Ibadan Basketball Club defeated Beavers Basketball Club 21-17 to win the sixth edition of Propella 3×3 Male Open Challenge at Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Hoop Dreams of Ibadan came third after defeating Better George 21-16. Speaking after the games, Zakari Momoh,…

No fewer than 1,814 young Nigerians have been recruited into the Nigerian Navy within the last six months to strengthen joint military operations in the North East Zone, Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Emmanual Ogalla, said this at the Passing Out Parade of Batch 36 Trainees at…

Education stakeholders in Abia and Imo have expressed deep concern over the exorbitant fees charged by private schools in the country. A cross-section of the respondents blamed the phenomenon on the lack of effective monitoring of the schools by the regulatory agencies of government at all levels. In Abia, the people blamed the commercialisation of…

Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State says the government has committed over N2 billion to upgrade the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital and building students’ hostels to address the problem of accommodation scarcity. Mbah disclosed this on Saturday, while answering questions from the Students’ Union leadership during his Town Hall meeting with Enugu people with…

Olamide Thomas, a nurse and activist who was arrested and detained by the police in Lagos for criticising Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police, and President Bola Tinubu, has been transferred to Abuja. The activist is reportedly being held at the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Take it Back…

Abia State government has begun the recovery of over 200 schools it hitherto returned to their previous owners, which, it was gathered, included churches, individuals and groups. The government accused the churches, individuals and groups not only of mismanaging the schools but also of selling their lands, undertaking non-educational services/purposes and recruiting non-qualified teachers and…

The Coalition of Northern Groups, Taraba State chapter, has alleged that the proposed Tax Reform Bill by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration is cleverly designed with premeditated intent to further develop the South at the expense of the North. The northern youths, lamenting the economic hardship in the country, concluded that the effects of these…

For the second time this year, the Enugu Timber Market, located in Enugu South Local Government Area (LGA), was gutted by fire over the wee