18,000 Teachers In Oyo State Receive Teaching Aids

EducationNewsNigeria18,000 Teachers In Oyo State Receive Teaching Aids

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 14, 2025

In order to enhance the capacity of teachers in Oyo State, the governor, Engr ‘Seyi Makinde has flagged off the distribution of instructional training materials and teaching aids to 18,000 primary and junior secondary school teachers across the 33 local government areas of the state. The Governor, who was represented by his deputy, Barr. Abdulraheem Bayo Lawal at the event held at the Emmanuel College, Agbowo, Ibadan, said the state government has commenced training of...

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Correctional Facilities In Nigeria House 8,246 Mentally ill Inmates – NCOS

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCorrectional Facilities In Nigeria House 8,246 Mentally ill Inmates – NCOS

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 14, 2025

The Assistant Controller General of Corrections (ACG) of the Nigerian Correctional Service in charge of Medical Services, Dr Glory Essien has revealed that a total of 8,246 inmates are currently suffering from mental illness across the custodial centres in the country. She disclosed the figure during a public hearing of the Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, Abuse of Power, Torture, and Other Inhumane Treatment by the NCoS, in Abuja. According to her, the prison...

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Nasarawa Varsity Vice Chancellor Honoured at Oxford University

EducationNewsNigeriaNasarawa Varsity Vice Chancellor Honoured at Oxford University

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 13, 2025

The Vice Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Professor Sa’adatu Hassan Liman, has received an award and honourary fellowship at the Centre for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Oxford. The award was conferred on the Vice Chancellor at the 14th International Conference on Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE), which was held at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. Professor Liman, who presented a paper at the conference entitled “Leadership...

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Court Discharges Comfort Emmanson as FG Withdraws Charges, Lifts Lifetime Ban

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCourt Discharges Comfort Emmanson as FG Withdraws Charges, Lifts Lifetime Ban

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 13, 2025

…KWAM 1 Appointed Aviation Security Ambassador A Lagos Magistrate Court in Ogba has discharged Ms Comfort Emmanson, the passenger accused of unruly behaviour on an Ibom Air flight, after the police formally withdrew the five-count charge against her. During Wednesday’s session, presiding Magistrate Olanrewaju Salami struck out the matter following an application by Police Prosecutor Oluwabunmi Adeitan, who informed the court that the complainant, the airline, and the authorities were “no longer interested in pursuing...

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Keffi Jail Break: Nine Inmates At large

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKeffi Jail Break: Nine Inmates At large

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2025

Sixteen (16) inmates have escaped in a violent jailbreak that left five correctional officers injured, two of them critically at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, in the early hours of Tuesday. The incident had sparked nationwide manhunt and renewing concerns over prison security across the country. The spokesperson of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Umar Abubakar who confirmed the incident in a statements, said the escape occurred when a group of inmates...

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NAF Decimates 592 Terrorists, Destroys 372 Assets In Borno

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNAF Decimates 592 Terrorists, Destroys 372 Assets In Borno

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2025

No fewer than 592 terrorists have been killed by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, and 372 assets have been destroyed in 8 months of intensified operations against insurgents in Borno State. Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, who disclosed this during a visit to Governor Babagana Zulum in Maiduguri on Tuesday, said the operations, carried out under Operation Hadin Kai. He said the operations involved 798 combat sorties and over 1,500 flight hours,...

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NBA Condemns Ibom Air’s ‘Reckless’ Treatment of Passenger, Demands Redress

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNBA Condemns Ibom Air’s ‘Reckless’ Treatment of Passenger, Demands Redress

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 13, 2025

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly criticised the treatment of Ms Comfort Emmanson by Ibom Air, describing it as “reckless” and a violation of her right to dignity. The incident occurred aboard an Ibom Air flight on 10 August 2025, leading to her forcible removal from the aircraft and the imposition of a lifetime flight ban by the airline and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON). In a press statement jointly signed by NBA...

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Keffi Prison Break: 2 Officers Injured, 9 Inmates on the Run

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKeffi Prison Break: 2 Officers Injured, 9 Inmates on the Run

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 13, 2025

In the early hours of Tuesday, 12 August 2025, sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium-Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, following a violent breach of the facility’s security. Some detainees reportedly “breached the security of the facility and attacked personnel on duty to compromise the situation, enabling 16 inmates to escape custody.” A statement by NCoS spokesperson Umar Abubakar disclosed that five officers sustained varying degrees of injury during the chaos, two of whom...

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Nigeria Exceeds OPEC Quota, Oil Output Hits 1.507 Million bpd in July

NewsNigeriaOil & GasNigeria Exceeds OPEC Quota, Oil Output Hits 1.507 Million bpd in July

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 13, 2025

In July 2025, Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production rose to 1.507 million barrels per day (bpd), a modest increase from June’s 1.505 million bpd, according to OPEC’s latest Monthly Oil Market Report. This surpasses the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) quota for the third time this year. OPEC emphasised that these figures were obtained via direct communication with Nigerian authorities, boosting the country’s status as Africa’s leading oil producer, ahead of Algeria,...

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Political Parties Step Up Campaign for Anambra South Senatorial By-Election

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsPolitical Parties Step Up Campaign for Anambra South Senatorial By-Election

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2025

Three days to the Anambra South senatorial by-election, candidates of participating political parties have stepped up campaigns across the seven local governments of the senatorial districts. Altogether, about four political parties, namely, YPP, ADC, APGA, and APC, have intensified campaigns across the senatorial zone. The YPP candidate, Prince Oforbuike Okoli-Egbo, who is the youngest of all the contestants, is a diehard supporter of late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah to the end, and he is the only...

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