Tunde Ososanya
2249 articles published since 27 Nov 2017
2249 articles published since 27 Nov 2017
Six herdsmen and over 150 cows at Akpanagya, in the Keana local government area of Nasarawa state, have allegedly been killed by soldiers deployed to Benue and Nasarawa states border. The incident has been confirmed by the police.
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has been accused by a former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dayo Adeyeye, as “a greedy and selfish politician with an uncanny capacity to spin reckless lies.”
Ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been accused of stalling the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan road project. Babalakin said if Jonathan had not interfered with the project, it would have been awarded before 2014.
The registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says 25% of candidates who sat for the 2018 UTME scored above 200. He says 1,603,181 candidates sat for the exam and 414,696 scored above 200.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability has expressed concern to the spate of killings in Nigeria. The group has written an open letter to the UN Human Rights Council to assume its responsibility by doing something about it.
Eight suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested for their roles in a widespread Africa-based cyber conspiracy that allegedly defrauded United States companies and citizens of approximately $15 million since at least 2012.
Following heinous attacks in Plateau state by armed men in which over hundred people were reportedly killed on Saturday, June 23, the Presidency has released numbers for residents to call for help when in danger.
India has been overtaken by Nigeria as the world's poverty capital. According to a report by Brookings Institution, at the end of May 2018, Nigeria had about 87 million people in extreme poverty, compared with India’s 73 million.
Following the criticisms that have trailed the slashing of the 2018 budget by the NASS, the lawmakers have explained that allocations for some projects were slashed to correct the alleged imbalance in the appropriation bill.
Tunde Ososanya
Load more