…impersonated Professor Aina. The defendant was alleged to have registered his picture on Whatsapp profile and true caller on telephone number: 08139433155 with the intent to gain financial advantage to himself. The offence is said to be contrary to and punishable under section 22(3)(a)(b) & (4) of the Cybercrimes (Proh…
…the university's Public Relations Officer, Chima Achu, confirmed the expulsion in a WhatsApp interview on Saturday, October 3.Madonna University expels nursing students after a video they recorded inside the university’s teaching hospital went viral on social media. Photo University>The Punch also noted the update.PAY…
One person has been confirmed dead while another sustained serious injuries in a petroleum tanker inferno opposite the Odukpani Local Government Secretariat, Odukpani, Cross River State. The incident occurred on Saturday, October 4, 2026, when a tanker conveying petroleum product was involved in a road traffic accident…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has lampooned former Rivers State governor and African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, over his claim that President Bola Tinubu's economic policies contributed to the de@th of his mother. Amaechi made the claim during an…
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The North-East Governors Forum (NEGF) on Saturday unveiled an 11-point communique at the end of its 13th regular meeting which took place in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Floating the North-East Air shuttle was part of the resolutions reached.. The governors unanimously recommitted to s…
…overnight.“ “By morning around 5:00 am, they moved. The next thing we saw on our WhatsApp group at 6:17 am was a flashing alert/message from the kidnappers.” She disclosed that the abductors subsequently contacted her and demanded N50 million for her daughter’s release, followed by other financial demands. According to…
…for help after her twin daughter, Kehinde, sent a distress message to the family WhatsApp group before her phone went unreachable.Gunmen attacked two commercial buses on the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State, on Thursday, October 1 Several corps members travelling from Ibadan to orientation camps in…
By Tony-Okafor Favour After more than two months of drama, evictions, alliances, twists and disciplinary actions, Big Brother Naija Season 11 is set to reach its climax tomorrow, Sunday with nine housemates left to battle for the N160 million grand prize. The “Show Ya Sef” edition began on July 26 with 24 housemates, b…
…to his mother, managed to send a one-word message, “Kidnappers!”, to his family WhatsApp group before his telephone line went dead. A manifest from the two affected vehicles listed 30 passengers, 15 in each bus, while two other vehicles operated by the same company and heading to Abia State escaped the attack. Among th…
… EU, UK others toeing Trump’s stringent immigration stance – Foreign policy expert … Calls for domestic policy reset … Focus may be shifted to residency schemes in Malta, Greece, others – Migration advisory firm By Nkiruka Nnorom Thousands of wealthy Nigerians who once turned to Caribbean golden passports as a backdoo…
Ask ten Nigerians which trading platform is best and you’ll get twelve answers, a few WhatsApp forwards and at least one cousin who “made money last year.” Trading has exploded in popularity from Lagos to Abuja to Port Harcourt, driven by smartphones, a young population and, frankly, the desire to protect savings from…
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA: Troops of Operation Udoka have rescued three kidnapped victims and dismantled a suspected terrorist and kidnapping syndicate’s hideout in Anambra State, recovering arms, ammunition and other operational equipment. The operation was conducted by troops of 185 Battalion in collaboration with th…
…another. She claimed her daughter suddenly sent the word “kidnappers” to their family WhatsApp group before making several missed calls. She has reportedly been unreachable since then, although her phone calls are still going through. The mother also claimed that the family received videos showing an alleged attack on…
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued five abducted women, including a mother and her infant, during an operation in Katsina State. The rescued victimsPhoto: Nigerian Army In a post obtained from the Nigerian Army’s X handle on Thursday, the troops acted on intelligence about the movement of suspected terrorist…
…Calls for early checks, healthier diets, exercise as warning signs go unnoticed By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Heart Foundation, NHF, has disclosed that over 235,000 Nigerians die from cardiovascular diseases annually, warning that many heart conditions develop silently from childhood into adulthood.The Foundation, at …
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo OSOGBO — The Owa of Otan-Ayegbaju in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Lukman Adesola Ojo-Fadipe, has appealed to Governor Ademola Adeleke to urgently intervene to prevent the total collapse of the Otan-Ayegbaju–Ila-Orangun road. During a recent inspection of the road, critic…
By Innocent Anaba Pastor Evelyn Joshua, leader of the Synagogue, Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, rounded off her evangelical visit to Brazil with a charity outreach to Colinas do Oeste, an Osasco community in the São Paulo metropolitan region, where she and the Emmanuel TV team distributed food items, clothing and toilet…
By Henry Ojelu The promoter of Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited, Leno Adesanya, has rejected attempts to link him politically with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, saying such associations were being exploited by political detractors to create a misl…
By Dayo Johnson Akure There was a massive turnout in Arogbo, headquarters of Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, as a political support group, Ondo Riverine for Tinubu and Ojogo, in collaboration with the Apoi Youths Congress, staged a solidarity walk in support of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid and H…
By Maryam Abdul-Aziz Usman DAMATURU — The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has alerted motorists to a major road hazard along the Bauchi-Maiduguri highway following the cutting off of a significant portion of the road near the Darazo exit in Bauchi State. SEMA issued the warning in a public alert posted on…
By Dayo Johnson, Akure AKURE — Students of state-owned universities in Ondo State have issued a 14-day ultimatum to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to resolve the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and o…
NAFDAC alerts Nigerians on circulation of fake toothpaste The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC, has alerted the public of the circulation of a suspected counterfeit toothpaste product, ORACIRE+ TOOTHPASTE, being distributed in Nigeria under the guise of the registered ORACARE+ Toothpaste…
…An extract from a report of the meeting circulated across some Christian WhatsApp groups in the state read in part"The DSS Osun State Command called for a meeting with the OSCAN Chairman, Rev. Dr John Adeleke, on the alertness of security in Osun State.They made it known, based on their intelligence and security expert…
WhatsApp is testing 2x playback for Status videos, helping users move through lengthy updates more quicklyUsers can activate double speed by pressing and holding the right side of a video StatusThe feature follows longer music clips on Status but remains limited to selected iOS beta testersPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng…
Wike's aide, Lere Olayinka, calls for TikTok ban in Nigeria The spokesperson of the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, has called for the review or total ban of social media platform, TikTok. Lere made the call via his social media handles today while reacting to the recent arrest of a 36-year-old mother …