News

There is a need for secondary school students to leverage technology to achieve success in the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, advised Gbenga Ogunleye, a seasoned management, marketing and education sector professional. Ogunleye, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Toga Royal Nigeria Limited, made the appeal on Wednesday at a seminar organized by LABASCO Old Students Association for students …

Nigerian comedian Freedom Okpetoritse Atsepoyi, known as Jollof, courted controversy after claiming he had enjoyed a stable electricity supply since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took office. The comedian made this claim in a video shared on his Instagram page, where he described the increase in electricity supply in his area. His statement quickly sparked debate online, with many Nigerians refuting …

An Iyaganku court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday, sentenced a cleaner, Tobi Gabriel, 24, to eight months in prison for stealing a colleague’s phone. Gabriel, an employee of Sumal Foods Ltd, Oluyole, Ibadan, was arraigned on March 9 on a charge of theft, to which he pleaded guilty. Gabriel also confessed that he sold the Samsung phone …

Born with visual impairment, Azeez Olajumoke stood quietly in a queue to withdraw cash at a local bank in Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria.  As her turn to use the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) got closer, Olajumoke’s unhappiness surfaced, not for her disability or the lack of an ATM card, but for one thing: “The ATMs are not user-friendly to people …

The Ogun State chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has raised the alarm over growing divisions among Muslims in the state, urging caution and unity as the 2027 general elections approach. In a statement on Friday, the group warned that some Muslim leaders and community members are being swayed by politicians’ “pregnant promises,” commitments whose realization is uncertain and …

Police in India have arrested two Nigerian nationals for allegedly being members of an international cybercrime syndicate linked to a cooperative bank hack. The two men, Modebe Joseph and Sunday Okonkwo, were arrested by the cyber crimes unit of the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police Commissionerate in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, for their alleged association with a cyber group known as “Solar …

Martins Oloja [Inside Stuff with MARTINS OLOJA ‘The Guardian’ March 14, 2026, Back Page] Volevo stare lontano dal rimprovero e dalla sfida della cittadina Leah Sharibu dopo l’articolo della scorsa settimana poiché ci sono altre questioni di urgente importanza nazionale e internazionale, ma la mia coscienza non me lo ha permesso. Avevo pianificato di scuotere la coscienza della nazione su …

President Donald Trump says he believes Iran’s newly installed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is alive but may be injured after the outbreak of conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States. Khamenei has not appeared in public since he was chosen by a clerical council to lead the country following the assassination of his father, Ali Khamenei, in the early …

Nigerian Army troops have successfully thwarted an ambush carried out by suspected armed criminals in Odonget Community, Obubra LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria, killing four assailants in a gunfight following security intervention in the area. This operation was carried out by soldiers from the 13th Brigade of the Indonesian Army to address tensions arising from communal disputes in society. In …

The wives of five engineers of NELAN Construction Ltd, who were abducted by gunmen in November 2021, have implored President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and President Tajudeen Abbas to mobilize the Department of State Services (DSS) and the police to facilitate the release of their husbands. The engineers were said to have been working on the African Development …