Education Nigeria Top Story

WAEC hands ‘best school’ award to private rural school in Abia

In picture above: Founder TEDA Dr Godson Dinneya receiving the Trophy for producing best overall results in WASSCE 2020; third winner in WASSCE for 2020 in Nigeria, Miss Nwaozuzu Confidence Chinaza; TEDA Principal, Mr. Bethel Agozie; donor of the Award, Prof ABO Oyediran and representative of Oyo State Governor, Mr. Olawale Mogbonjubola. Eke-Owerri is one Read More…

Metro Top Story

Lagos Police arrest 12 over killing of CSP Kazeem Abonde

Lagos, Nov. 16, 2021 (NAN) The Lagos State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, says it has arrested 12 suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of police officer Kazeem Abonde, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that late Abonde, a former Operations Officer of the Command, was Read More…

Crime Metro Murder Top Story

Security guard tells how he discovered Ataga’s body

Lagos, Nov. 16, 2021 (NAN) The security guard at the apartment where Mr Usifo Ataga, Super TV Chief Executive Officer, was allegedly murdered, on Tuesday said he was the person who discovered the corpse of the victim. The security guard, Abubakar Mohammed, said this while testifying before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Read More…

COVID19 Health Nigeria Top Story

Nigeria plans mass vaccination drive, considers booster shot

ABUJA, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Nigeria will start a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign later this week, aiming to inoculate half of its targeted population by the end of January, government officials said. Africa’s most-populous country has a goal to vaccinate 111 million people to reach herd immunity. Under the initiative to start on Friday, 55 Read More…

Metro Top Story

Owner of tragic Airbnb apartment claims no prior meeting with Chidinma or Ataga

The owner of the apartment where TV executive, Usifo Ataga, Super TV Chief Executive Officer, was allegedly murdered, on Monday said murder suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, did the booking with the name, Jewel. She had neither met Ataga nor his alleged murderers before the incident. Nkechi Mogbo testified before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Read More…

Environment Nigeria Top Story

No smiles for Nigeria, developing countries, at COP26

The final agreement from the COP26 which just ended in Glasgow, Scotland, offers little promise for Nigeria and its fellow developing nations. Even then the two-week conference in Scotland delivered a major win in resolving the rules around carbon markets, just as it did little to assuage vulnerable countries’ concerns about long-promised climate financing from Read More…

Media Nigeria Top Story

Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame inducts Dokpesi, Izamoje, Craig, others

A second set of broadcasting elite have been inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The new batch of inductees to the Broadcasters Hall of Fame was released by the Broadcasters Guild of Nigeria, BGN. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the Guild, Ohi Ojo, the list includes two former Directors General of Read More…