The police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) from Lagos command has detained a 33-year-old man for allegedly stealing an electronic road sign. RRS made this known in a post on its X handle@rrsLagos767 on Monday night. It said the suspect was apprehended at about 2am last Wednesday in Oshodi area of the state while removing the installation. “The suspect was apprehended for stealing one of the ...

The Niger State Government has shut down Markaz Ummina Habiba, an Islamiyya school, in Tafa LGA of the state for allegedly promoting anti-democracy and Western ideologies similar to those of Boko Haram sect. The state also banned the cleric, Muhammad Sani Muhammad, from holding any religious congregation or preaching. The cleric was invited to a meeting with the Peace and Conflict Management ...

The hardship unleashed on Nigerians by the Tinubu administration has left no one in the country unaffected. Tinubu’s unending hardship has become a national tragedy, like a stone in a lake; even the fish feels it. The outcome has been summarised as “T-Pain, although the administrators of the administration are trying so hard to sugarcoat it. A school of thought thinks Tinubu is pushing the ...

Popular Nigerian singer, Blackface has revealed that there were attempts to bring back Plantashun Boiz, a defunct music group he formed alongside Tuface and Faze. According to him, the attempts failed becaused he was not included. He made the claim in a recent episode of the ‘Curiosity Made Me Ask’ podcast. The host asked Blackface if there was any chance that the group might come back ...

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch Sonny Echono, has said research outputs from Nigeria’s tertiary institutions are gaining increasing global recognition across fields such as natural sciences, technology and innovation, social sciences, and the arts. Speaking at the inaugural TETFund National Research Fair/Exhibition in Abuja, Echono highlighted the ...

 The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has called for improved procurement practices in government projects, adding that the current practice still lags behind international global practice. At a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, ahead of the institute’s 2024 Annual General Meeting, NIQS President Kene Nzekwe underscored the vital role quantity surveyors play in managing ...