Controversy is trailing the sudden death of Ayo Adekunle Ajala, a PhD student at the Department of Crop Science, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero. While investigation to unravel the cause of his death is ongoing, a post on social media two days after his demise, read, “This …

Buckingham Palace has admitted it needs to do more to promote staff diversity in the wake of Harry and Meghan’s claims of racism within the Royal Family. For the first time, officials yesterday unveiled figures showing how many staff are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. Just 8.5 per …

Igbo Businessmen Ask Northern Traders To Give Estimate Of Losses Incurred From IPOB Attacks Some prominent businessmen in the South-East led by Nigerian politician Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, have called on northern traders in the region to provide them with an estimate of the losses incurred as a result of attacks by …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), yesterday, disclosed that ‘mafia’ groups with unwholesome interests in different sectors of the economy have been frustrating the fight against corruption in Nigeria. Chairman of the ICPC, Prof Bolaji Owasonoye, stated this in Abuja at the unveiling of “Corruption Tori …

Nigeria’s government is in talks with Standard Chartered Plc about arranging funding for two rail projects expected to cost as much as $14.4 billion, replacing earlier plans to source the loans from Chinese banks, Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi said. President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and the London-based lender are discussing financing …

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has said Fulanis are not enemies to Iwo people, stressing that they help secure the community. Akanbi said this while stating that his people enjoy a peaceful coexistence with their Fulani counterparts. The monarch, in a statement he signed, disclosed how Fulanis in …

GOV HOPE UZODIMMA APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF 11 NEW PERMANENT SECRETARIES Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved the appointment of 11 new Permanent Secretaries in a deft move to further strengthen the State’s Civil Service for maximum productivity. The newly appointed Permanent Secretaries were all Directors who recently sat for a competitive …

OWERRI – OKIGWE – IHUBE ROAD IN IMO STATE FIXED! Do you know that, at the instruction of the Buhari administration that all dilapidated federal highways across the country should be fixed, the Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) began the rehabilitation of the Owerri – Okigwe – Ihube federal …

  (CNN) A pedestrian bridge that likely was struck by at least one vehicle collapsed onto Interstate 295 in Washington, DC, injuring several people and blocking the highway in both directions, officials said Wednesday. Chris Geldart, acting deputy mayor for public safety and justice, told reporters that preliminary evidence shows …