The Ekiti State Government has announced the recruitment of qualified teachers into public primary and basic schools across the state as part of efforts to strengthen the education sector and improve the quality of teaching and learning. The recruitment exercise, being coordinated by the Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (EKSUBEB), is aimed at filling…
The Nigeria Customs Service has announced a major shift in its recruitment policy, declaring that future recruitment exercises will be conducted annually instead of at irregular intervals. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this during a press briefing on the release of the final list of successful candidates for the 2024/2025 recruitment exercise at…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has urged the state Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to desist from heaping blame on President Bola Tinubu and the immediate-past governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, over his political woes. The party, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, obtained in Osogbo on Tuesday, said…
Street-pop singer Portable has responded to his controversial disqualification in a celebrity boxing rematch against Nollywood actor Charles Okocha by releasing a diss track aimed at the fight’s officiating and dramatic ending. The bout, tagged “Unfinished Business,” took place at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Lagos and was promoted as a rematch after Okocha disputed…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Team Nigeria for its outstanding performance at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, where the country won a total of 24 medals. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President praised the athletes for securing 10 gold, seven silver…
The family of a kidnapped Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruku Bunza, has claimed that a ₦50 million ransom was paid to secure his release after a week in captivity, contradicting the Kebbi State Police Command’s assertion that no ransom was paid. According to family members, the kidnappers initially demanded ₦200 million but later…
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts of tertiary institutions across Nigeria to immediately expel any student found guilty of kidnapping or related criminal activities after due investigation.Alausa gave the directive on Tuesday during a meeting with the governing council and management of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia)…
The leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Elijah Ayodele, has dismissed reports claiming he predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would lose the 2027 presidential election. In a statement issued on Tuesday through his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the cleric described the reports as a deliberate distortion of his remarks, allegedly carried out by…
Real estate entrepreneur, King Mohamed Adah, popularly known as King Ochacho, has described the ₦400m mansion he gifted to TikTok star Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, and his wife, Elizabeth Amadou, alias Jarvis, as “small money.” Ochacho stated this during a TikTok livestream on Monday, two days after the couple’s wedding in Lagos. The…
…As Fayose hails Governor’s exemplary leadership. Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has unfolded plans by his administration to honour more eminent Ekiti leaders including the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) with legacy projects. The…
