Tragedy struck at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi (ATBU) on Tuesday as four students of the school drowned when a pedestrian bridge within the campus in Gubi, Bauchi State collapsed. Reports said the tragedy occurred around 12:00am when some…
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SERENA WILLIAMS TOPS FORBES’ LIST OF HIGHEST-PAID FEMALE ATHLETES FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
Serena Williams is Forbes’ highest-paid female athlete for the fourth year in a row after she earned $29.2million in just 12 months. The 23-time grand slam singles champion made 29.2 million US dollars for the 12 months to June 1, only…
Read MoreBUHARI TO SWEAR IN NEW MINISTERS AUGUST 21
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is to swear in his ministers-designate on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. This was contained in a statement issued by Babatunde Lawal, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of…
Read MoreFG DECLARES MONDAY AND TUESDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
The Nigerian government has declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August as public holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-il-Kabir celebrations. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Georgina Ehuriah, made the announcement in a statement released on Tuesday August 6. She…
Read MoreN9.9BN FRAUD: COURT ORDERS EFCC TO FREEZE 3 LAGOS GOVT ACCOUNTS
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to freeze three bank accounts said to belong to the Lagos State Government over an alleged fraud of N9.9 billion. The three bank accounts,…
Read More7UP HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL SCHORLARSHIP 2019 WINNER UNVEILED
Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited (SBC) makers of Pepsi, 7Up, Teem, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Aquafina and H2Oh! have restated its commitment to consistently invest in the Nigerian youth. At the unveiling of Miss Anyanwu Maureen Uzoamaka as the recipient of…
Read MoreAIDS/HIV killed Nigerian Odemu Efe in Ethiopian Prison
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Tuesday said, Mr Odemu Efe, a Nigerian serving a five-year prison sentence in an Ethopian prison died of HIV/AIDS. Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, NIDCOM’s Head of Media made this known in a statement in…
Read MoreGRAPHIC: TRAILER CRUSHES COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLIST AND FEMALE PASSENGER TO DEATH IN BENUE
A commercial motorcyclist and his female passenger were on Tuesday morning crushed to death by a trailer on the ever-busy New Otukpo Highway in Makurdi, the Benue state capital. The accident which occurred around 8:40 am had both victims…
Read MoreEFCC FROZEN BANK ACCOUNTS LINKED WITH AMBODE
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, ordered the freezing of N9.9bn in four bank accounts linked with an aide of former governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The EFCC said only N300…
Read MorePHOTOS: POLICE FOIL ATTEMPT TO HIJACK LAGOS BOUND BUS IN RIVERS STATE, KILL 3 SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS
Gallant Police officers on Monday morning, foiled an attempt by suspected kidnappers to hijack a Lagos bound 15-seater commercial around Rumuji, in Emohua Local Government area of East-West road of Rivers State. Spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command,…
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