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A private owned varsity, Tansian University, Umunya in Anambra State, in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Educational Practitioners, United Kingdom, has concluded plans to offer free training to 5,000 repentant commercial sex workers and vulnerable persons in Nigeria. The National President, CIEPUK, Marcel Ezenwoye, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday. Ezenwoye said the beneficiaries…

A Kenyan woman, Helen Vuyanzi, 35, set herself and her three children on fire following a disagreement with her husband in Sirende village, Lugari sub-county, Kakamega. While she and two of the children died, her third child survived the fire after jumping out of the house through a window. According to Kenya’s The Star, the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released its notice of election for the June 18, 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said that the notice was posted at the commission’s state office in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday. According to him, the move was in accordance…

By Samuel Agbelusi The Presidency is said to be ready for an interesting political event as Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has informed his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to run for the apex political seat in 2023. This however has put the president in a situation that looks dim. Vice President Osinbajo’s intention…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, raises fear that forces beyond its control might hinder the board to kick off the registration for 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, as early as possible. The exam body also justifies its decision to enforce the National Identity Number, NIN, requirement in the registration process. The…

Imo State Executive Governor Hope Uzodimma will on Tuesday(Today) name those behind the spate of insecurity in the state. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, stated this in a statement on Sunday. He said the governor will use the occasion and gathering of the sixth edition of Imo stakeholders forum to name those who…

Punch Newspaper There are strong indications that legal tussle may affect the appointment and installation of the next Olubadan of Ibadan. The PUNCH had reported that 41st Olubadan of Ibadan, Saliu Adetunji, died on Sunday at the age of 93 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan and has since been buried according to Islamic rites.…

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned after another day of mass protests that paralyse activities in the nation’s capital, Khartoum. Thousands of aggrieved Sudanese who were not happy with the prime minister marched against a recent deal he had done to share power with the army, who staged a coup in October. Chanting “power…

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday outlawed cows reared by Fulani herdsmen in the South Eastern states of the country. IPOB let this out in a New Year address by its Head of Directorate Mazi Chika Edoziem through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful. The ban, IPOB said, would take effect from…