President Bola Tinubu congratulates Prof. Mary Nanwor Lar, a famous educationist and onetime Nigerian ambassador to the Netherlands, on her 90th birthday. The President extols the nonagenarian for her pace-setting contributions to education, diplomacy, and nation-building. Born May 15 1935, in Langtang, Plateau State, Prof Lar is a famous teacher who dedicated much of her…
The celebration marking the official beginning of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate on May 18 is a solemn liturgy. The symbolic rite highlights the bond with the Apostle Peter and his martyrdom, which nurtured the nascent Church of Rome, and the significance of the “Petrine” episcopal insignia conferred upon the Pope: the Pallium and the Ring…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strengthened its collaboration with the British High Commission in the fight against organised immigration fraud through a specialised training on document forgery. The training, organised by the Home Office International Operations of the British Deputy High Commission, held on Thursday, for the two Directorates in Lagos. The…
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Bashir Bello Ibrahim, a former Kaduna State government contractor and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Formal Act Legacy Limited for alleged multiple fraud to the tune of N30 billion. The EFCC disclosed that no less than 251 complaints received by the…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commissioned a series of groundbreaking infrastructure projects in Kano State, aimed at strengthening the operational efficiency, welfare, and healthcare capacity of its personnel. This is part of activities in marking its 61st Anniversary. The commissioning ceremony, took place on Tuesday, at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kano, with…
The Federal High Court in Kaduna presided over by Justice R.M.Aikawa has sentenced a content creator on tiktok and Instagram, Muhammad Kabir for abusing and mutilating the Naira. The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of Kabir who was arrested on Tuesday May 29th, 2025 at…
Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Baamlong, has said the state has recorded five cases of cholera, three fatalities, and 20 suspected cases. Baamlong, on Wednesday in Jos, said the confirmed cases were reported in Ngyong, Hurti, and Wurit communities in the Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA). According to Baamlong, the state ministry of…
“It was a combination of human error and technology. We are sincerely sorry,” JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said on Wednesday. Prof Oloyede while admitting to error announced that about 379,997 candidates in the just concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would retake the examination. Oloyede, stated this at a press conference in Abuja….
An Area Court in Jos sentenced Idris Bello to one year imprisonment on Tuesday for stealing four toilet seats, three aluminium window frames, and electrical cables from a building. The Judge, Mrs. Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the offences. The judge, however, gave the convict the option of paying a…
Nineteen-year-old Opesusi Faith Timilehin on Monday took ‘Push Out’ rodent poison for scoring 190 in the just-released Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result. Timilehin, from Abeokuta, lived at Odogunyan in Ikorodu, Lagos State, with her elder sibling. The Guardian Newspaper learnt that neighbours and residents mourned Timilehin, whom they described as “gentle and humble.”…
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