Man roasts his grandma to death in Jigawa

Jigawa State Police Command arrested a 26-year-old man, Nura Mas’ud for allegedly setting his grandmother on fire. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam confirmed the arrest in a statement that: “On October 8, 2024, at about 1600hrs, the command was notified of a sad and regrettable incident that occurred in Mu’azu village, Dan Gwanki ward, Sule Tankarkar LG. “That one Nura Mas’ud, 26, of Mu’azu village, Sule Tankarkar LGA, went to his family house with a petrol canister and poured it on his grandmother, Zuwaira Muhammad, 60, of…

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Covenant University emerges best Nigerian university in 2024 [Full list]

A private University in Nigeria, Covenant University (CU), has been ranked as the country’s top university in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings. The prestigious global ranking, published annually by Times Higher Education, evaluates universities worldwide. Completing Nigeria’s top 5 universities are the University of Ibadan which came in second, the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), the University of Lagos (UNILAG), and Bayero University, Kano, in third, fourth, and fifth position respectively. For the 2024 edition, THE assessed 1,907 universities from 108 countries and regions using 18 performance…

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Panic as Turkish Airline pilot dies mid-flight

Passengers aboard a Turkish Airline were yesterday thrown into a state of panic as the pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said. The plane had taken off from the western US coastal city of Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X, formerly Twitter. He wrote: “The pilot of our Airbus 350 flight TK204 from Seattle to Istanbul collapsed during the flight. After an unsuccessful attempt to give first aid, the flight crew…

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VIO Lagos operations not affected by Court judgment – Lagos govt

The Lagos State Government says the Federal High Court judgment in Abuja barring the Directorate of Vehicle Inspection Office ( VIO) from stopping and impounding vehicles does not affect VIO Lagos directorate operations. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Osiyemi said it was important to note that in law a court has limits of its territorial jurisdiction and in this case, the judgment was restricted to Abuja. “It is also important to know the rationale of the…

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Policeman stabbed to death by soldiers for stopping colleague driving against traffic

A policeman, Saka Ganiyu, has been stabbed to death by Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, while driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen commercial bus against the traffic, was stopped by policemen on enforcement duty at Volks Bus Stop. Angered by the action of the policemen, it was learnt that an…

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NLC demands reversal as fuel price jumps to N1,030/litre

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Organised Private Sector have called for the immediate reversal of the hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Retail stations of NNPC raised the price of petrol to N1,030 from N897/litre in Abuja, and in Lagos it was hiked to N998/litre from N868/litre. Other locations witnessed similar price hikes, a development that triggered anger among Nigerians. The price hike, the second in one month, represents about 14.8 per cent or N133 rise.…

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Katsina monarch arrested for supplying information to Bandits

Police in Katsina state has arrested Usamatu Adamu, the Village Head of Unguwan Tambai, Runka in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina, for allegedly supplying information to bandits. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, disclosed this while parading 15 suspected criminals in Katsina. Sadiq-Aliyu said the command, while acting on credible intelligence on October 3, tracked and arrested the 45-year-old monarch to Sabon Gida village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Sadiq-Aliyu said Adamu was arrested in connection with a suspected case of criminal…

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Whitney Houston’s mother dies at 91

Grammy-winning mother of the late Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, has died at the age of 91. “It saddens my heart to announce the passing of my beloved Queen Cissy Houston today! Please keep the Houston family in your prayers,” Pat Houston, her daughter-in-law wrote on Instagram. Born Emily Drinkard, Cissy Houston sang soul and gospel, boasting a successful backup career for the likes of Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick, including as part of the popular group the Sweet Inspirations. Along with being Whitney Houston’s mother, she was the aunt…

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Davido pays tribute to late friend, DJ Olu

David Adeleke, afrobeat star, popularly known as Davido, has paid tribute to his late friend, Olugbemiga Abiodun, popularly known as DJ Olu, who passed away seven years ago. Reposting a throwback picture of himself and DJ Olu on his Instagram story on Monday, Davido wrote, “Billi 4ever.” During his lifetime, DJ Olu was the official disc jockey to Davido. DJ Olu, son of Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, was found dead alongside his friend, Chime Amaechi, in a BMW car on October 7, 2017. They were both 25 years old…

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Teacher sentenced to life imprisonment for raping two 7-year-old pupils

A head teacher, Benjamin Ogba, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, for defiling two underage girls, who are both seven years old. The judge held that the prosecution proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt, with the ingredients of defilement to the court’s satisfaction. She held that the evidence of the defence witnesses was tainted with lies, which did not hold water. Soladoye described the convict as a “serial paedophile” and his testimonies a “pack…

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