JUST IN: Zinedine Zidane appointed France coach
Zinedine Zidane has been appointed France coach on Tuesday, as widely expected, following the departure of Didier Deschamps, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced. Zidane, 54, had long been…
Woman in police net for cutting off boyfriend’s manhood in Kano
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman for allegedly cutting off the manhood of her boyfriend (name withheld). This is contained in a statement on Monday in…
‘Phantom’ council: DG hijacked our letter to State House – Accountant General
The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, on Monday told the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) that the council’s self-acclaimed…
25-year-old model, Unijos graduate beaten to death over alleged phone theft
A 25-year-old University of Jos graduate, Ibrahim Mbaya, popularly known as “Ibee,” has been allegedly killed by students over alleged phone theft. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred on…
Xenophobia: Tinubu declines to meet South African envoy
President Bola Tinubu has declined to receive a special delegation from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa It…
I never transferred N44bn into private accounts, says Ex-NSIPA CEO
Former National Coordinator/CEO of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu has denied transferring N44 billion into private accounts. On January 2024, President Bola Tinubu suspended Shehu as…
Ondo assembly insists on speaker’s removal over N44m diversion
The Ondo state house of assembly says it will not hold a plenary until Olamide Oladiji, the speaker, resigns over the alleged diversion of N44 million released by the Ondo…
Gunmen attack INEC officials in Osun, steal PVCs, BVAS machines
Gunmen have attacked officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Odo-Otin LGA of Osun state. Abiodun Ojelabi, spokesperson of the state police command, shared in a statement…
Two killed, three rescued in Anambra students’ hostel collapse
Two persons have been confirmed dead, while three others were rescued after a three-storey hostel building, known as Elite Five Star Lodge, collapsed in Amaokpala, near the Federal Polytechnic,…
Kogi Poly suspends seven lecturers amid sex-for-marks allegations
Anxiety has gripped Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, following allegations of renewed sex-for-marks, cult activities and other misconduct months after a new rector assumed office. Female students alleged that disciplinary…
