The Senate yesterday approved the death penalty for drug trafficking convicts in the country. The punishment prescribed in the extant National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act is a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The Senate’s resolution followed its consideration of a report of the Committ...
University workers yesterday rejected the N35,000 wage award, saying that they prefer to negotiate their salaries with President BolaTinubu. The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who spoke at the inauguration of the secretariat of the University of Iba...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan, will arrive in Nigeria today on a three-day private visit. The royal British couple is visiting Nigeria on the invitation of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa. The Director of Sports at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Air Vic...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged corps members not to disrespect the traditional practices of their host communities or meddle in local politics. Its Anambra State Coordinator, Mrs. Blessing Iruma, gave the advice while addressing this year’s Batch ‘A’ Stream 2 orientation course in Awk...
Two high school students, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, from St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans, have achieved a mathematical feat. They’ve developed a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry, a method previously thought impossible. Their work was presented at the Amer...
Vice-President Special Duties, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ezinwa Ahaneku Valentine Nzubechi, has urged higher institutions in the country to enhance the standards of campus hostels. He made the appeal on Wednesday in an open letter to the representatives of Nigerian higher institu...
