A woman, 25-year-old identified as Rahma Sulaiman is currently cooling her feet at the Kano police custody for allegedly faking the kidnap of her own six years old daughter, Hafsat Kabiru and demanding N3 million ransom from her husband, Kabiru Shehu.Similarly, another woman, identified as Zainab Rabi’u, 45-year-old, was arrested for arranging the kidnap of…
Kogi Government has approved 65 years as the retirement age for teachers in the state.The approval was sequel to the passage of the Retirement Age of Teachers in Kogi State and for Related Matters Bill, 2022 on Thursday by the House of Assembly.The Speaker of the House, Mr Matthew Kolawale, said with the passage of…
Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from further imposing fines on broadcast stations in Nigeria.The court on Wednesday gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining NBC from imposing fines, henceforth, on broadcast stations in the country.In his judgement, Justice James Omotosho voided the N500,000 fine imposed individually on 45…
The University of Jos, Plateau State, will on Saturday graduate a total of 20,532 students at its 33rd and 34th convocation ceremony.The Vice Chancellor, Professor Ishaya Tanko, who disclosed this on Wednesday during a pre-convocation press briefing, said out of the number, 112 of the students would graduate with first-class Honors.The VC said during the…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi Command, has arrested a 41-year-old father for allegedly defiling and raping his 16-year-old daughter.Speaking after parading the suspect on Wednesday at NSCDC Command Headquarters, Lokoja, the state’s Commandant, Ahmad Gandi, said the command received a complaint lodged by an NGO on May 5.According to him, the…
No fewer than 15 girls have been reported dead after a fatal boat accident at Dandeji village in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State.The girls were said to have been on their way to a nearby bush to fetch firewood when the boat capsized on Tuesday morning.According to eyewitness accounts, over 40 girls…
Terrorists have freed three of the remaining seven girls of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, who were being held in their captivity.Those released are Elizabeth Ogechi Nwafor, Esther Sunday and Aliya Abubakar.The chairman of parents of the Abducted School Girls’ Forum, Malam Salim Kaoje explained that the newly released girls arrived Kebbi…
Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, has reinstated that air plane ‘tyre burst’ is an incident that happens occasionally in the industry and does not determines airline’s safety standards.This is coming against the backdrop of the sensational reporting of the incident involving Max Air flight that had an emergency landing and suffered burst tyre at the…
