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A group under the auspices of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Management Committee in Bauchi State has advocated against child and forced marriage in communities of the state. Mrs Grace Maikudi, Deputy Chairperson of the committee,…

A 30-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Favour Ikuolere, was on Friday arraigned in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged burglary and stealing of valuables worth N120, 000. The defendant, whose address…

China’s national observatory on Friday issued a red alert for high temperatures, the most severe warning in its four-tier weather warning system, as a scorching heat wave hits more regions of the country. During the daytime on…

The Institute of Educational Leadership Practitioners of Nigeria (IELPN) on Friday inducted new members, charging them to advance transformational teaching and learning through the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT).…

A World Bank-assisted project ‘Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE),’ says it will rehabilitate 614 public secondary schools at N1.8 billion in Kano State. The Deputy Project Coordinator, Mr Nasiru Abdullahi,…

Mr Rafael Mariano Grossi, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General on Thursday, briefed the UN Security Council in New York on the situation at the Zaporizhzya nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Our UN correspondent…

Police in Lagos have arrested a 41-year-old driver for allegedly selling off his employer’s N36 million Hilux Car. The command’ s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday…

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President of Women Arise, has called on Nigerian leaders to embark on a genuine process of restructuring the country through a new constitutional framework. Okei-Odumakin made the call on the sidelines of the 1st…

A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday convicted one Christopher Adetuberu, a National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) member serving in Ogbomosho, Oyo state, for offences bordering over internet fraud. The Ilorin Zonal Command of…

The Nigerian Army has trained 106 Cadet Officers of the 69 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in mechanised operations to address the country’s security challenges. The Commandant, NDA, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf, said…