The Principal of Christ Ambassadors Mission International School, Eagle Island, Port Harcourt, Mrs Mirabel Wobo, and two others have been arrested by the Police for allegedly torturing the student with a hot iron over an accusation of stealing N30,000. Others arrested in connection with the alleged torture are a teacher and the aunt of the victim, a 14-year-old girl. The teenager, who is currently receiving medical treatment, sustained severe burns. Rivers State Police spokesperson, SP...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has advised outgoing corps members to turn their focus towards building wealth through entrepreneurship, instead of relying solely on white-collar jobs. This message was delivered by the NYSC Rivers State Coordinator, Mr Moses Oleghe, during the passing-out ceremony of the 2024 Batch B Stream 1 corps members, held in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Addressing the young graduates, Oleghe urged them to carry forward the values they learnt during the...

Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the President of the African School of Governance, has joined the Board of Directors of the International Security Conference on Africa – ISCA. Moghalu’s nomination to the Board of the continental African Security Conference came during the ISCA’s inaugural conference at Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The ISCA board is chaired by Clotilde Mbaranga Gasarabwe, who had served as an Assistant Secretary-General for Security Services, at the United Nations. Other members of...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued a directive to all Nigerian universities, ordering an immediate stop to the practice of multiple accreditations of academic programmes by various professional bodies. This move follows a formal notification from the Federal Ministry of Education, which raised concerns over the increasing trend of independent accreditations by professional bodies, separate from the NUC’s oversight. In a circular dated 20th May 2025 and signed by Jubril Abu Momoh, Acting Director,...