In a renewed effort to apprehend inmates who recently escaped from the Medium Custodial Centre in Ilesha, Osun State, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has announced a N5 million cash reward for any member of the public who provides actionable information leading to their recapture. The development was confirmed in a statement released on Wednesday,…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Osun Police Command has stated that it has not received any official communication regarding the escape of seven inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State. The Police Spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, disclosed in a statement on Wednesday, “We also heard about the escape, but there is…
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has admitted that the technical glitches which disrupted the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) almost made him consider resigning. Oloyede made this known on Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting with Chief External Examiners, state technical advisers, and other education officials in…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano A young woman, Hamdiyya Sidi Shariff, who is currently facing trial with the Sokoto State Government over alleged attempts to incite public unrest, has been declared missing. Her lawyer, Abba Hikima, announced the development on his official Facebook page, stating that Hamdiyya has not been seen since Tuesday morning when she…
From Abuja, the nation’s federal capital, to Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, reports have uncovered how poor sanitation fuels disease outbreaks, endangers lives, and exposes systemic failures in waste management and urban planning. In this special report therefore, Juliet Jacob takes viewers into the heart of Nigeria’s growing public health emergency—where piles of uncollected waste,…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos As part of efforts to bolster healthcare delivery in Lagos State, the First Lady, Dr Claudiana Sanwo-Olu, presented professional kits—comprising scrubs and crocs—to nurses and midwives under the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), led by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Speaking at the presentation held in Lagos on Tuesday, Sanwo-Olu, who…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Tuesday, handed over 753 units of houses recovered by the Commission at Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The property, measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 Units of duplexes and…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned the duo of Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, who are both employees of Premium Trust Bank, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. They were arraigned alongside Samson Latshin Dakup, Bolaji Omotosho…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has expressed concern over the low number of student loan applications from Rivers State University. Speaking during a strategic engagement and sensitisation campaign on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, NELFUND’s Managing Director, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, represented by Dr. Zino Ugboma, Director of Administration, revealed that while the University of Port…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Zamfara State Government has firmly debunked a viral report claiming that a young woman named Zainab, who allegedly converted to Christianity, is scheduled to appear before a Shari’a Court on Friday. In a statement released on Tuesday, the spokesperson for Governor Dauda Lawal, Sulaiman Bala Idris, described the report as…
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