An 80-year-old Chinese woman, Yeyu Ying, has entered Guinness World Records for having the title of longest career as a female language teacher of an incredible 64 years and 33 days. GWR said Yeyu Ying started her teaching career at the tender age of 17 in a rural elementary school in Zhejiang, China. She was…
Worried about the high cost of production inputs, the federal government says it plans to support interested media houses with single-digit loans to keep them in business. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced the intervention at the ministerial performance briefing to mark the first year of the Tinubu administration in office. He…
The management of Ebonyi State University, Abakiliki, has broken its silence over the death of Miss Favour Ugwuka, a student of the institution. Ugwuka, a final year student of EBSU in the Department of English Language and Literature, allegedly committed suicide in her hostel apartment on Wednesday, May 23, 2024. Addressing journalists on Monday at…
The Nigerian military has reopened the popular Banex Plaza in Wuse 2 area of Abuja for business after over a week of siege on the market. According to reports the plaza resumed operations around 2:30pm on Monday. The market was sealed by military authorities on May 18, following a violent clash between traders and military…
A group, Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, has been speaking on the reason why all Igbos and lovers of the Southeast should observe its May 29 to 31st, 2024 sit-at-home in honour of slayed Biafran heroes of the 1967-1970 Civil War in Nigeria. The group said this while lamenting that whereas the civil war ended on…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the appointment of Hajiya Hauwa Ibrahim as acting Managing Director, Abubakar Rimi Television. The appointment followed the suspension of the managing director, Mustapha Indabawa. The letter of appointment dated 27th May 2024 was signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Baffa Bichi. The letter…
The Imo State Police Command says its officer, identified as Inspector Isong Osudueh, who was caught on camera collecting bribes from motorists along the Owerri-Onitsha express road, has been demoted. This was disclosed in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, shared on X on Monday. The video which went…
The National Assembly in Nigeria comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives will on Wednesday, May 29, hold a joint sitting to mark the 25 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. The sitting, the first of its kind since the return to democracy in 1999, will feature paper presentations by eminent Nigerians, including former…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says the Nigeria Air project remains suspended “indefinitely”. Keyamo stated this while reeling out the achievements of the aviation sector at the 3rd ministerial updates on Monday in Abuja. He also hinted at plans for the resumption of cargo flights between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Back…
The upper legislative chamber in Nigeria the Senate has started a public hearing on an Act to provide for the National Anthem of Nigeria and related matters. The leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, who represented the President of the Senate at the hearing, said the second stanza of the existing national anthem shall be…
