Nigerian music superstars Davido, Rema and Burna Boy were among the top winners at the 2023 Trace Awards held in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday. Rema, who won the biggest awards at HEADIES 2023, also won big, bagging two awards — Song of the Year award for his global hit, ‘Calm Down’ and Best Global African...
Friends of a Nigerian medical student, identified simply as Ikem, have mourned the killing of the student who was allegedly murdered by a group of Chinese. Details of the incident were still sketchy as of press time, but an X user, @michaelojuola, on Sunday, tweeted that the deceased’s hands were tied,...
A 500-level veterinary medicine student of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Bauchi State for allegedly killing a 17-year-old. The suspect, Abdullahi Ibrahim, was said to have lured the teenage secondary student with his nak...
Transportation University, Daura, Katsina State, has received the green light to begin academic activities. Its approval letter was issued by the National Universities Commission (NUC) on October 18. The university will offer 14 programmes catering to the transportation industry and related fields. The...
Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) Prof Wahab Egbewole (SAN) yesterday revealed that the institution has received a sum of N954.7 million from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). He said the fund is for the year 2023 and it is to cover eleven specific areas. Prof Egbewole sa...
A wanted killer, Nnanyereugo Best a.k.a. Killaboi, who was declared wanted by the police for killing his girlfriend, Augusta Osedion, a student of Lead City University, has been arrested in Sierra Leone. The suspect was said to have changed his name to Kanu Princeton Samuel and used $25,000 to purchase...