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A schoolteacher wanted by the police in Anambra State for allegedly caning a 12-year-old primary school pupil to death has surrendered to the state Police Command. The suspect is known as Mrs. Dim Ebere, 47 years old. Mrs Ebere was said to have surrendered at the Neni Divisional Police Station in Anaocha Local Government Area of ​​the state. He was …

The Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a teacher accused of allegedly flogging a 12-year-old pupil to death at Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area. The command said the teacher fled after the incident, while efforts were underway to arrest the suspect and reveal the circumstances of the boy’s death. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday re-arraigned Tunde Ayeni, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Apo, for fraud. Ayeni, former Chairman, Board of Directors of defunct Skye Bank Plc, (now Polaris Bank Limited), was re-indicted on an amended 18-count indictment. He was indicted on May 4, 2026, and re-indicted on June …

The owner and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Prince Ma’ruf Adesegun Ajibola (SAN), has been inducted as a pioneer member of the Abeokuta Polo Club during the club’s first anniversary celebration. Ajibola was decorated alongside nine other new members by the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, at the anniversary and …

One of the teachers rescued from the mass kidnapping of students and school staff in Oriire Local Government Area of ​​Oyo State, Zachery Olatunde, has rubbished claims circulating on social media that the kidnapping was staged, explaining that the students were wearing matching native clothes because they were kidnapped on Friday, when such clothes were officially worn at school. Olatunde, …

The Anambra State Police Command has begun searching for a teacher accused of caning a 12-year-old pupil to death at a school in Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area of ​​the state. The command said special teams operating under the Safe Schools Initiative have been deployed to trace the suspects and ensure justice is served if the charges are proven. This …

A forum of Yoruba lawyers, Egbe Amofin Oodua, has called for the postponement of the presidential elections of the Nigerian Bar Association, arguing that the association’s leadership has abandoned agreed electoral reforms that would ensure transparent and credible polling. The group warned that proceeding with the election without implementing the proposed reforms could undermine confidence in the NBA’s electoral process. …

The Federal Government has arraigned three suspected terrorists before a Federal High Court in Abuja for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of scores of schoolchildren and teachers from a school in Oriire Local Government Area of ​​Oyo State. The defendants – Abdulrazak Umar, Yunusa Musa and Shamsu Adamu Sani – face 10 charges bordering on terrorism, kidnapping, concealment of …

The Federal Government has laid terrorism charges against three men for their alleged involvement in the abduction of school children and teachers in Orire Local Government Area of ​​Oyo State. The suspects, Abdulrazak Umar, also known as Abu Khalifa or Abu Khalid, Yunusa Musa, also known as Yunusa bin Musa, and Shamsu Adamu Sani, also known as Abu Itisar, were …

The Federal Government has officially released the 2026 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) results, with 10 candidates emerging as top performers after scoring 202 marks out of a possible 210. The results were announced on Thursday in Abuja by the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, shortly after the National Examination Council (NECO) submitted its report on the …