Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, have vehemently rejected the appointment of Prof. Carol Umobi as the acting Vice Chancellor of the University. Recall that the Governing Council Chairman and Pro-Chancellor of the University, Amb. Greg Mbadiwe, on Saturday, presented an appointment letter to Prof. Umobi as the new Acting Vice Chancellor of…

  A Max Air commercial flight with 113 passengers and 6 crew members onboard experienced a total failure of its rear landing gear during takeoff from Yola Airport. The Boeing 737-300, tail identifier 5N-ADB, was set to fly to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, when all its rear tyres burst on the runway. According to…

The corpse of a young man, believed to be from Gombe State, was discovered in Zaria over the weekend. According to reports, it had deep cuts and was found near the bustling PZ area in the Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It is alleged that the deceased and his killers were in…

The Abia State Police Command says that armed men killed Inspector Shehu Oyibo and three civilians on Sunday in the Aba area of the state. Inspector Oyibo, who was attached to the state’s Rapid Response Squad, was shot by the assailants along Ngwa Road near the Mosque junction in Aba. In a statement from the…

The Imo Hoteliers Association has decried what it described as overtaxation of hotels in the state and called for the state government’s intervention. Chairman of the association, Mr Chima Chukwunyere, made the call while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Saturday. Chukwunyere thanked the state government for streamlining payment of taxes through the state’s Treasury Single…

To address the challenges of the education sector, the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) has called on the Government to make more budgetary provisions for the sector to meet the UNESCO requirement and at same time asked stakeholders to support goverment in funding the sector. The Coalition opined that the increase…

Guests at an event in Onitsha, Anambra State where entertained to some beautiful dance steps on Saturday, July 20, as the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo took to the stage to dance to a popular ‘Buga’ song Tagged the “Good Olden Days Are Back”, the event, which held at the Achebe Stadium, Fegge…

   Africa’s wealthiest man Aliko Dangote said he is willing to give up ownership of his multibillion-dollar oil refinery to the state-owned energy company NNPC Limited. The billionaire spoke as a new dispute with one of the key equity partners in the plant heats up in the latest phase of a bitter row with regulatory…