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 …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 8,852 kilograms of Canadian loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis, at Eleko Road in the Lekki area of Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi said the seizure was made after operatives of the agency engaged armed persons escorting the illegal substances …

No fewer than six teachers in the service of the Oyo State Government have been demoted. The teachers were demoted over their involvement in examination malpractices. The state government announced the demotion of the affected teachers via a letter obtained by newsmen on Sunday. According to the letter, the teachers were demoted over their involvement in examination malpractices during the …

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it has zero tolerance for any act inimical to the rights and wellbeing of the citizenry, just as it vowed to deal with any officer involved in unprofessional conduct. A video footage trended on the social media, in which certain persons clad in military camouflage were seen molesting civilians at a hotel in Kaduna. …

A Max Air aircraft reportedly conveying passengers from Adamawa State crash-landed upon getting to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday causing panic. There was panic at the Abuja airport on Sunday when the Max Air aircraft crash-landed after the tyre reportedly burst into flames. The Aerodrome Rescue and Fire-fighting Service operators at the airport were swiftly deployed to …

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase has approved the salary payments for the 2021/2022 police recruits who have passed out of police colleges and are currently employed as police officers. The Head of Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani revealed in a statement on Sunday. The PSC noted that the affected recruits, serving in various …

With three weeks to the inauguration of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s fifth President of the Fourth Republic, Kenyan president, Dr Williams Ruto has sent a special envoy to discuss with the incoming Nigerian leader areas of mutual interest between the two countries. In a letter he personally signed, Ruto congratulated Tinubu on his victory at the polls …