Ibadan Poly Bans Pregnant Students, Nursing Mothers from Staying in Hostels, Bringing Babies to Classroom

The Polytechnic, Ibadan, also known as Poly Ibadan, has banned pregnant female students and nursing mothers from residing in the school hostel and nursing mothers from bringing babies to the classrooms. According to a notice signed by the institution’s governing council on behalf of the management on Tuesday, defaulters would be suspended for one semester. The school management also banned students from hugging publicly, sitting on the opposite sex’s laps in public and driving tinted...

Fire Razes 14 Classes, 12 Offices In Tsangaya Boarding Pry Sch In Kano

Fire has razed a Tsangaya model boarding primary school, in Kiyawa village, of Bagwai local government area of Kano state, razing 14 classes, 12 offices from the administrative block, and 21 toilets by the inferno. Saminu Abdullahi, Public Relations Officer Kano State Fire Service explained that following a distress call received by the Bichi fire station from one Ghaddafi Sani, on arrival, the rescue team discovered that a building was engulfed by an inferno. ”We received...

Police react to sentencing, says IGP unaware of court order

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), was unaware of a previous court order on the reinstatement of a former police officer. Earlier on Tuesday, a federal high court in Abuja sentenced Baba to three months in prison for disobeying a court order directing the reinstatement of Patrick Okoli, a former officer who claimed he was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the NPF. The presiding judge, Mobolaji Olajuwon...

Gunmen kill Labour Party LGA women leader in Kaduna

Victoria Chintex, the women leader of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaura LGA of Kaduna state, was killed by gunmen on Monday. She was reportedly killed after gunmen invaded her residence in Kaura and shot her. This incident was announced in a statement issued by Edward Buju, publicity secretary of the LP in southern Kaduna senatorial zone, on Tuesday. Buju disclosed that Victoria’s husband was also sustained gunshot injuries and is currently receiving treatment at...

Chimamanda Adichie Makes Second Appearance on Marie Claire Magazine

After making her debut appearance on the cover of Marie Claire Brazil magazine in 2019, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has again been featured on the cover for this month’s issue. Photographed at the Dior Gallery in Paris, with pieces from the Cruise 2023 Collection, the Nigerian writer shared her views on human rights and the importance of representation with Marie Claire. In a feature story titled: Chimamanda: icon of black feminism talks about democracy, police violence...

“Don’t Travel to US, UK to Avoid Being Robbed”, FG Advises Nigerians

The federal government has raised alarm over the high rate of theft of valuables, including passports of Nigerians in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. “It has come to the attention of the government that Nigerian travellers to the US and some countries in Europe are having their belongings, especially money and international passports, stolen at an increasingly high rate,” the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, said at the fifth edition of...

Nigeria Judiciary Has Over 4,741 Backlogs Of Cases

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday, described Nigerians as the most litigious people on earth, calling on the public to drastically reduce litigation and embrace other dispute resolution routes without necessarily overstretching the Judiciary. The CJN was speaking while swearing-in 63 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN, noted that not every disagreement should end in the court. He explained that currently the judiciary has over 4,741 backlogs of cases, out of...

Chacha Eke Reunites With Husband, Blames Bipolar Disorder for Break-up

Five months after announcing the end of her nine-year-old marriage on social media, Chacha Eke has reportedly reunited with her husband, Austin Faani. The West African Pilot News reports that in June the Nollywood actress disclosed that she has been ‘living a lie these past years’ with the filmmaker, noting that there has been trouble in her ‘perceived paradise’. “I sincerely and publicly apologize for living a lie these past years. True to random speculations,...

2023 election: Shun violence, thuggery, CAN tells Anambra youths

President of the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), Amb. Belusochukwu Enwere, has warned youths to desist from violence and electoral violence in the forthcoming election. Enwere made the appeal during YOWICAN leadership Retreat at Christ Holy Church, Awka, saying the era of politicians using youths as thugs to snatch ballot boxes and cause violence was over. He clarified that CAN had not endorsed any presidential candidate and therefore warned against campaigning...

Why Anambra Incumbent Senators Might Still Return in 2023

This might be the first time the three Anambra State senators are strong, firm and formidable, two months to the General Election. So far, not much effort is being put into unseating the three incumbent senators by the opposition and the three remains likely to be returned in February, 2023. Senator Uche Ekwunife of Anambra Central is poised to be returned in 2023. This also applies to Senator Stella Oduah of Anambra North and Senator...

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