On May 12 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s economy recorded its fastest growth in about a decade in 2024, driven by a strong fourth quarter and an improved fiscal position, the World Bank said on Monday, but warned that persistently high inflation remains a challenge. Bold reforms implemented by President Bola Tinubu, including ending costly petrol subsidies,…
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, the Anambra State owned public University, has achieved a significant milestone with the National Universities Commission (NUC) granting full accreditation to its various academic programs. The accredited programs include Medicine, Nursing, Accountancy, and several others, following a rigorous evaluation process conducted by the NUC in October/November 2024. The NUC’s accreditation process…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The academic community of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, has once again been thrown into mourning following the tragic death of one of the youngest associate professors in the University, Associate Professor (Builder) Fidelis Okechukwu Ezeokoli, a senior lecturer in the Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, who also…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Few months after the launch of the ongoing investigation into the brutal murder of an Anambra lawmaker, the Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the re-arrest of Ikemefuna Ossai, a suspected kidnapper and one of the masterminds behind the abduction and killing of the late Hon. Justice Azuka, who represented…
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, the Anambra State owned public University, has achieved a significant milestone with the National Universities Commission (NUC) granting full accreditation to its various academic programs. The accredited programs include Medicine, Nursing, Accountancy, and several others, following a rigorous evaluation process conducted by the NUC in October/November 2024. The NUC’s accreditation…
Controversial social media activist, VeryDarkMan (VDM), made headlines again — this time, not for calling out corruption or confronting celebrities, but for stepping up in a national crisis. The outspoken influencer donated a whopping ₦20 million to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to aid the repatriation of over…
Lawyers cite Freedom of Information Act, raise alarm over record failure rates and possible software glitches Over 1.5 million candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and scored below 200 have petitioned the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), demanding the release of the questions and corresponding answers administered to…
Amid heightened political tension in Rivers State, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has confirmed that Governor Siminalayi Fubara recently visited him to seek peace, accompanied by two serving governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and an elder statesman. Wike disclosed this on Monday while speaking to journalists in Abuja, saying the…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a fresh stay-at-home directive scheduled for May 30, 2025, in the Southeast region. According to IPOB, this initiative is intended to take place throughout the entire Southeast on that specific date. Emma Powerful, who serves as the group’s spokesperson, explained that the day is meant to…
Ben Murray-Bruce, a former senator representing Bayelsa East, has expressed confidence that Afrobeats musician David Adeleke, widely recognized as Davido, has the potential to become the Governor of Osun State in the future. During a recent edition of his Common Sense program, Murray-Bruce remarked that Davido could thrive in the political arena, citing the…
