The Ondo State Government has stated that it is now an offence for public school teachers to enroll their children and wards in private schools. Victor Olabimtan, the Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, in the State claimed that the development had led to the declining enrollment in State-run primary schools. In…
Premier League club, Nottingham Forest have rekindled interest in Super Eagles and Watford striker Emmanuel Dennis. The newly promoted Premier League side have already spent in excess of £85million on new players this summer but they are still looking to add more to their rank. Forest have identified both Dennis and Estupinan as potential targets they would…
A 4-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a leopard inside a private tea estate at Arakadu near in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India. According to local media, the girl identified as Saritha, daughter of migrant workers from Assam, was attacked on Wednesday afternoon, August 10, 2022, when she went to relieve herself…
A lawyer in India has won 22-year court battle involving 100 hearings after he was overcharged for a train ticket in 1999. Passenger Tungnath Chaturvedi paid 20 rupees (21p) more than he should have for two tickets on a North East Railway service from Mathura to Moradabad in 1999, but was handed over 100 rupees…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have signed a peace pact to de-escalate religious tensions in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. The peace accord was signed in Washington D.C., United States at the International Religious Freedom Summit 2022 organised by the Global Peace Foundation and…
Kwara State Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, August 11, remanded a farm worker and his accomplices in prison custody for allegedly killing his boss, Jamiu Ibrahim, during an armed robbery operation. The suspects, Isiaka Sabi, Hassan Bature and Ardo Umaru on June 29 allegedly conspired and killed the 45-year-old farm owner in Idofin Odo-Ashe,…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has appealed to Nigerians to make the right choice as the wrong choice will consume the whole nation. The former President made the call when he spoke at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin challenge of poverty…
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A 23-year-old graduate of Business Administration from York University in Canada, Chinonso Anene, has allegedly committed suicide in Lagos. According to reports, Anene reportedly locked himself inside his apartment at House 9, Emmanuel Court, Olusegun Aina Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi and thereafter used a pump action gun to shoot himself. His lifeless body was…
The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN says the non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is responsible for the naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets. On Thursday, July 28, the naira traded for N700/$1 at the parallel market and N415.96/$1 at the official market. In…
