The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said its air component of Operation Whirl Punch has eliminated many terrorists in their hideouts in Kaduna state. Edward Gabkwet, spokesperson of t NAF, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the terrorists were hit at various locations in Giwa and Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has banned Mmesoma Ejikeme, the school girl who allegedly forged her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result from taking the board’s examinations for three years. Spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday. The board also insisted that high-level investigations had revealed…
Marie-Therese Nanlong writes on the recent bomb scared that sent residents Jos, the Plateau state capital, scampering for safety. Terminus area in the heart of Jos, the Plateau State capital is a melting point for residents. The bomb scare that rocked the city two days ago was reminiscent to the persistent bomb attacks on the…
A federal high court in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja has sentenced a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara state, Prof. Magaji Garba, to seven years imprisonment for N260 million fraud. Garba was jailed on Tuesday after the court presided by justice Maryam Aliyu, found him guilty on all five counts…
Former information minister and presidential aspirant of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2018, Prof. Jerry Gana has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Gana, a foundation member of the PDD served as minister of information during the Obasanjo administration. He however left the PDP in 2018 to the SDP to pursue a presidential…
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Prof. Suleman Bogoro has said that the increasing pressure on land is responsible for the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen. Speaking while delivering the maiden annual lecture of Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Oyo state, Bogoro said the most common trigger of farmer-herder…
