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Stanbic IBTC Bank, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, is collaborating with other bodies to acknowledge and reward the exceptional efforts of teachers across the country. The bank in partnership with the Nigeria Breweries and Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust is hosting the 9th Edition of the Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition Grand Finale. This partnership according to Stanbic IBTC, …

Police on Friday arraigned a 41-year-old farmer, Akember Ikpior, at the Makurdi Magistrates’ Court in Benue State for alleged attempted murder of a colleague in the state. Ikpior was arraigned by the police for alleged criminal conspiracy and attempted culpable homicide on one Azenda Ikyor. However, the Magistrate, Mrs. Ada Jack, did not take the defendant’s plea for want of …

At least 12 persons were confirmed dead and 13 others injured in an auto crash along the Gusau-Funtua Road in Zamfara on Wednesday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in Zamfara, Iro Danladi, who confirmed the news to journalists in Gusau, said an 18-seater bus belonging to Zamfara State Mass Transport Company and a truck were involved …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released 58 out of the 70 detained students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun. The EFCC operatives arrested the students in a midnight raid on off-campus hostels on Wednesday. The students led by the leadership of their union stormed the commission’s office in Ibadan, Oyo State, in three Coaster buses and …

Fire on Thursday razed a residential building at Obiofia Nnewi Ichi in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Director of the state Fire Service, Mr. Martin Agbili, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Onitsha. He added that the incident was caused by a power surge in the building. The director said: “The service received …

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted two Chinese and a Nigerian on forgery and fraud charges. The Nigeria Police Force arraigned Hao Aijun, Liu Yangxi, and the Nigerian, Obi Anthony-Chibuzor, on a 13-count charge of conspiracy, forgery and fraud in 2017. The defendants who were directors of BN Ceramics Industry Nigeria Limited …

An 80-year-old man, Malam Rabiu, on Sunday died in a well at Sabon Sara, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. The spokesman of the state’s Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday night in Kano. He said: “We received an emergency call at about 11:00 a.m. from one Hassan Abduallhi, that a man …

A commercial bus driver on Sunday stabbed a Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) official in the Costain area of the state and stripped naked in a bid to evade arrest. The agency confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday evening. The driver, according to LASTMA, stabbed the official after he was arrested for a traffic offence in the …

Nyesom Wike is incidentally the first southern Nigerian to occupy the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ministerial position since 1979. With its over three million population and the myriad of challenges, the question is what will Wike do differently; KEHINDE OSASONA asks? Background Globally, reports have it that it requires being audacious for any government to embark on projects of building …

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the use of four products containing potent medicinal ingredients, steroids, and other banned substances. The agency gave the warning in an alert signed by its Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Sunday in Abuja. She said NAFDAC was notified of the product in …