A London court, on Thursday, sentenced a teenage boy to life in prison for stabbing to death a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a row over a teddy bear. Hassan Sentamu, 18, was ordered to spend a minimum of 23 years in jail for knifing to death Elianne Andam in Croydon, south London, on her way to ...
The Lagos State Government, in partnership with MTN Nigeria, has unveiled the MyLagosApp, a digital platform designed to enhance integrated multi-modal transportation in the state. This is according to a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, B...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has assured students that beneficiaries of the student loan scheme will not be restricted from travelling abroad after graduation. The Managing Director and Chief Executive of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this clarification during a sensitisation programme at Edo Uni...
The Federal Government has called for a thorough investigation into the mysterious death of a Nigerian TikTok content moderator, Ladi Olubunmi, in Kenya. The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Thursday, urged Kenyan authorities to determine the circumstances surroun...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has attributed the proliferation of universities to mounting pressure from lawmakers. Alausa spoke at the third edition of the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Federal Government is under increas...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced the disbursement of this year’s intervention to various tiers of tha nation’s higher education. The agency said public universities will get over N2.8 billion each; each polytechnic will get N1,994,335,731.71, while every Colleges of Education wi...
