15-year-old Ekene Franklin scores 347 in 2019 UTME to emerge best...
A 15-year-old boy, Master Ekene Franklin from Imo State, has emerged the overall best candidate in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) conducted...
Soyinka’s titanic untruths
Shaka Momodu
“A lie’s greatest defence is to tell the lie and hope that no
one will counter it with the truth.”
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka...
Sokoto Emirate next for bulkanisation – ACF
The secretary general of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr. Anthony
Sani, has said he would not be surprised if the Sokoto emirate is broken up.
Sani...
33km remaining to complete 156km Lagos-Ibadan rail project – Amaechi
The minister of transportation Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said yesterday that 123 kilometres of the 156-kilometre stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project had...
Ganduje defies court’s order, appoints four new emirs
Ime Akpan
The governor of Kano State, Mr. Abdullahi Ganduje, yesterday brushed aside a restraining order of the state High Court and went ahead to...
JAMB releases results of 2019 UTME, withholds 34, 120
Ime Akpan
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released
the results of candidates who wrote the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) held between April...
Army apprehends bandits’ logistics supplier, weapons manufacturer
As Civilian JTF frees
894 children held by Boko Haram
Troops on operation `Exercise Harbin Kunama III’, have
arrested a suspect the army described as “notorious’’ bandit...
Court of Appeal faults Onnoghen’s suspension by CCT
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday struck
out four appeals filed by the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice
Walter Onnoghen,...
Man charged for stealing N7.1m worth of air conditioner kits from...
A 41-year-old man, Mr. Taofeek Omotosho, appeared at an Ebute
Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday for allegedly stealing
952 pieces of air...
Bulkachuwa will be biased because of potential conflict of interest –...
Ime Akpan
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the president of
the Court of Appeal and chairman of the five-man panel of the Presidential
Election Petition...