Benin, Sept. 30, 2024 (TheGavel) – Prof. Monday Igbafe, the Benin Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and a lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, has successfully escaped from the captivity of suspected kidnappers in Edo State. According to reports, Igbafe was ambushed late Saturday night at the entrance of his residence in Ekpoma by armed men believed to ...

Awka, Nigeria(TheGavel) – The Anambra Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially rejected the results of the local government council elections held on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Chief Chigozie Igwe, the party chairman in Anambra, made this declaration in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Monday. The election results were announced on Sunday ...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Segun Sowunmi, on Monday described the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a gang of Zombies Sowunmi said APC would be traveling on a lane of deception to think that it’s a political party. Featuring on Channels TV’s Politics Today, the PDP chieftain wondered when last the APC conducted a congress. He said: “The PDP just did Congress all over ...

Lokoja, Nigeria (TheGavel) – The Nigerian Army has announced plans to collaborate with the Nigeria-Korea Friendship Institute (NKFI) in Lokoja on military innovations and national development. This was revealed by Brigadier-General Oluremi Fadairo, Commander of the 12th Brigade, Nigerian Army, during his inspection visit to the institute on Monday, September 30, 2024. Brig.-Gen. Fadairo praised ...

The Director of the National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Olaitan Zubair, has expressed concern over the lack of public interest in the ongoing nationwide digital birth registration for children aged 0-5 years in Kwara State. He stated this during a press briefing in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday. The digital birth registration initiative is part of the civil and vital registration ...

The landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) has further dropped from the N981 per liter recorded on September 25, 2024, to N945.63 per liter as of September 27. Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria disclosed this in its Competency Centre Energy Bulletin data released on Monday. The drop represents a significant decline from the cost recorded in July 2024 which stood at N1,130 per ...