Innoson Vehicles, a leading Nigerian automobile manufacturer, has demonstrated its commitment to academic excellence by awarding a N3 million scholarship to Joy Ejikeme, the overall best-performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Joy, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra State, emerged the overall best student in the examination with a score of 362 …

Female legislators in the ninth National Assembly, under the aegis of Women in Parliament (WIP), on Monday called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to enforce the National Gender Policy of Nigeria by allotting 35 per cent of appointments in the public sector to the womenfolk. According to them, anything less than 35 per cent would not be accepted. The …

Some terrorists, on Sunday, abducted over 40 worshipers at Bege Baptist Church in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph Hayab, however, said that 15 of the abducted worshippers escaped and have since returned to their respective families. He said: “About 40 people were, on Sunday, …

The Imo State Government has set up a monitoring committee to checkmate malpractices, as the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Johncliffe Nwadike told newsmen in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday that all possible loopholes for examination malpractices had been blocked. Nwadike, a former Head of the Department of History …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is in discussion with global consultants to establish a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on its corporate governance structure, its Executive Director on Projects, Mr. Charles Ogunmola has said. In an an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the Oil Technology Conference (OTC), which ended last Saturday in Houston Texas, United States. Ogunmola said: ‘‘We …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has received the Personality of the Year Award from the Triangle News magazine in recognition of his exceptional contributions and indelible footprints in public office. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, received the award in London, United Kingdom, on Saturday. Other recipients were Minister of Communication and …

Sixty-nine-year-old Babatunde Fabiyi was part of the candidates who wrote the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with the aim of studying Medicine at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), information obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed. Fabiyi, who picked UNILAG as his first choice, made Lagos State University his second choice with the same choice …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has advised Nigerians seeking the scrap of the scheme not to be unnecessarily emotional. At a Unity Walk organised to mark the 50th anniversary of the scheme in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, the Director for South West Area Office, Oluwole Julius Amusan said scraping the scheme is not the best for Nigeria. Amusan, …

Suspected kidnappers reportedly stormed the palace of the Emir of Kagarko, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and kidnapped nine of his children and grandchildren, as well as three other people in the town, on Sunday night. One of the members of the community, Alhaji Musa Jibril said that the bandits stormed the town around 11:15 pm and headed straight to the Emir’s …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued 58 kidnapped victims held hostage at Udulu Forest, Gegu Local Government Area of Kogi State, bordering Sardauna Forest, Nasarawa State, and other identified kidnappers’ den in communities contiguous to the FCT. Spokesperson of the command, Superintendent Josephine Adeh said: “The kidnappers, on sighting the security team coordinated by the Police, fired …