Boko Haram insurgents and their families are reportedly deserting their camps in large numbers following the wreckage caused by the flooding of their enclaves. Last week, over 70 suspected Boko Haram members got drowned in a river following air bombardment by Operations Hadin Kai in Borno State, according to sources. Over 200 insurgents, including five commanders, were also said to have been …

Despite the intractable crisis in the university system, the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife has commenced to process of resuming academic work. It announced the 2022 admission screening exercise for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry candidates on Monday through a statement by the Registrar and Secretary to Council of the institution, Mrs Margaret Omosule. Omosule said the …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to step in in the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to enable their members return to school. ASUU commenced an industrial action on 14 February – 205 days ago – with no hope of settlement between the Federal Government and ASUU in …

Another round of fuel scarcity looms in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and some neighbouring states as the Suleja Depot branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN ) started a three-day warning strike on Monday. The Suleja depot supplies Kaduna, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger and some other states. The marketers are insisting that the Federal Government must pay their …

Entries have opened for the Kanga Fashion Week (KFW) 2022, which is powered by four partners. Under the theme, Fashion Fusion, registration for KFW opened on 1 September and closes on 29 October. Registration fee is N5,000, while a cash prize of N100,000 is to be won. KFW is organised by Treaty’s 360° Fashion House, Kanga Couture, Sahara Fashions and …

At least two persons have been confirmed dead in Lagos after a seven-storey building collapsed in the Lekki area of the state. According to Channels Television, the building, which is under construction, caved in on Sunday morning. It is situated at Oba Idowu Oniru Street by Ave Maria Hospital, near Sandfield Bus Stop, Lekki. Although the immediate cause of the …

Over 70 suspected Boko Haram members got drowned in a river following air bombardment by Operations Hadin Kai in Borno State, according to sources. It was gathered the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force, had earlier killed over 20 members of Boko Haram insurgents in Sheruri village of Bama Local Government Area of Borno on Thursday. Sources …

Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has called on contractors handling projects at the Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, Delta State to hasten the work, pointing out that the institution would boost technical education across the state and nation. After a project inspection on Saturday, Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, pointed out that the polytechnic was conceived with the intent of making it the bastion of technical and academic excellence. According to him, academic work would commence from some buildings in the community pending completion of work at the institution. He listed some of the temporary sites to include Orhoera Secondary Secondary, Ugono-Orogun; JAMB Centre, Orhoera; and Information Communication Technology Centre, Emonu-Orogun. “Since the state government is not willing to give us a temporary site, we are trying to see some …

The Ondo State Environmental Protection Agency (OSEPA) has drawn the attention of stakeholders, particularly inhabitants of the coastal areas of the state to the danger of continuous pollution of their water bodies, and the hazard it poses to public health, biodiversity and the ecosystem. OSEPA is saddled with the responsibility of policing the state environment against any form of infractions …

The Federal Government has confirmed the suspension of work on the eastern rail line by China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCEC) due to insecurity along the corridor and vandalisation of the rail infrastructure, While on a project inspection tour in Port Harcourt on Saturday, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo said CCEC complained of attacks on its workers …