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Gunmen Invade Imo WAEC Centre, Chase Students, Parents Away

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Gunmen on Monday stopped students from taking English Language paper in the ongoing WASSCE being written by senior secondary school students at the Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo state. Sources disclosed that the students were preparing to begin the examinations when the attackers came and chased them away. As the gunmen started shooting, students...

Minister Charges NYSC Members To Stop Influencing Posting

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Dr Ramatu Aliyu, Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, cautioned youth corps members against influencing their postings to their preferred places of assignments. Aliyu gave the advice when the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) led by the FCT Coordinator, Alhaji Abdul Suleman, visited her office in Abuja . The minister urged the corps members...

Abia North Stakeholders Laud Sen. Kalu Over Distribution Of Educational Materials To Schools [VIDEO]

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Stakeholders in Abia North have commended the Senator representing the district and Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu over the flag-off of the distribution of educational materials to primary and secondary school pupils in the zone. The exercise which took place Monday started with Ohafia, expected to go round the entire local governments that make up the zone. One...

Siblings Beat Up Islamic Teacher For Punishing Their Sister, Detain Him In Abuja

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An Islamic school teacher has been beaten up and detained by the police for punishing a female student in Abuja. Daily Trust learnt that the teacher had punished a 12-year-old female student during a lesson session. It was after the student reported the matter to her family that three of her siblings teamed up and whipped the teacher mercilessly. The siblings nearly...

NUC Finally Explains Why Nigerian Universities Do Not Make List Of Best Universities In The World

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THE Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, had lamented that poor funding was the main reason Nigerian universities were not ranked among the best in the world. He also said that any university that loses reputation must have lost everything in its existence, saying the commission was planning to put in place stringent measures that would...

My Journey From Nwa-Boi To Law Degree Holder Fascinating, Unforgettable — Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah

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Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah has expressed gratitude to God for seeing him through his journey from a trade apprentice, popularly known as Nwa Boi to a Senator and now a Law degree holder, describing his experience as fascinating and unforgettable. In a social media post sighted by ABN TV, the Anambra State governorship...

Abductors Demand N300m Ransom To Release Abducted Uniabuja Staff, Family Members

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The abductors of the six individuals from the University of Abuja on Tuesday have asked the families for N300m ransom. “They demanded N50 million naira for each person; they have contacted the family but that is all we know for now,” one source said. “They got in touch with the family, the parents of the abducted children were contacted. We learnt...

Abducted Uniabuja Lecturers, Family Members Rescued

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Six persons abducted by bandits on Tuesday from the University of Abuja Staff Quarters,have been rescued. They include a professor of Economics, Joseph Obansa and his two children, university deputy registrar,Mallam Sambo,Dr Fegurson Tobins and two children of Prof. Bassey Udom of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences. The Public Relations Officer of the university,Dr Habib Yakoob, confirmed the development to Vanguard...

No Going Back On 120% Ondo Varsity Fees Increase, VC Vows As Parents Weep

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The Vice-Chancellor of University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, Ondo State, Prof Adesegun Fatusi, has said there is no going back on the hike in tuition fees of the institution. This coming on the heels of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and parents of students in UNIMED, yesterday, kicking against the 120 per cent increase in tuition fees, saying the increase...

Sen. Orji Kalu Applauds Nigerian Young Author, Supports Her Financially (Photos)

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Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has commended a young Nigerian author, Miss Amadi Sonia Kodichinma for her brilliance in writing an inspiring book. The 15-year-old girl is the author of "Nigeria Yesterday and Today". The Abia North Senator who made a donation for printing of more copies of the book for distribution in a social media...