An Abuja school, Brickhall School, has been shut down for a week following the death of a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, who was declared dead under distressing circumstances last week. According to a medical report from Excel Specialist Hospital, where Miguel was taken, he had choked on a piece of meat during a meal at…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed why the football body chose Finidi George as Super Eagles head coach over other applicants. The NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, said Finidi George became the best fit for the Super Eagles job because he spent 20 months with the team as the assistant coach to Jose…
Pakistan on Wednesday declared an emergency to enroll 26 million children of school-going age who are not registered to seek formal education, the highest number in the world. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced in the capital Islamabad his government was imposing the formal emergency declaration to tackle the daunting task of wooing back children to…
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 25-year-old woman, Yakubu Ifedayo, in a correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over alleged N4.5 million fraud. The defendant of Covenant Avenue, Ajebamidele Street in Ado-Ekiti, is facing a charge of fraud. The police prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant committed…
THE Police Command in Katsina State, says within the month of April, it arrested about 22 suspected armed robbers, and 36 persons in connection to rape and sodomy cases in the state. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, confirmed this while briefing newsmen on the command’s achievements within the month under review. Sadiq-Aliyu said that…
A lawyer, Festus Onifade, on Tuesday, commenced contempt proceedings against Mr Mohammed Sani, Manager of Abuja office of Multi-Choice Nigeria Ltd, over alleged disobedience to the order made by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CCPT presided over by Saratu Shafii had, on April 29,…
The Police Command in Rivers has announced the arrest of a gang allegedly specialized in kidnapping and raping young women in the state. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that the gang kidnapped and molested one Ogechi, 28, in Elele, Ikwerre LGA on July 1, 2023. She said…
President Bola Tinubu has condoled with Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, over the passing of his brother, Salihu Ribadu. The NSA’s brother died on Sunday in Yola, Adamawa. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. The president…
A 16-year-old boy, on Tuesday, told an FCT High Court in Zuba that he was given N880,000 cash by Mr Emmanuel Olorunlaye, in Alliance Hospital, Abuja, after his kidney was removed. Trust News Africa gathered that the teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir. The National Agency…
