Bandits have reportedly killed an abducted National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Musa Usman Abba, despite payment of N10 million ransom for his release Recall that Abba, a graduate of Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, where he studied Plant Science and Biotechnology, was abducted on January 9, 2026, while travelling from Gusau to Sokoto State….
Abuja, the federal capital territory, was agog few days ago, as the Prevailers Theological School held its graduation ceremony at the Centre for Childcare and Youth Development (CCYD), with fanfare. There were talks on religion, education, leadership and national development. Speaking at the occasion, Prof. John Imonbhio Abhuere, Chairman of the occasion and Founder/Chairman of…
By Chido Onumah Kwesi Pratt Jnr. is an interesting author and a history-conscious son of Africa. The latter identity is particularly important because Pratt Jnr. has chosen a struggle that is guaranteed to be lifelong, frustrating, sparsely rewarding, if at all, and largely unsung. His latest book, Reparations: History, Struggle, Politics and Law is a…
An examination in the Department of Accounting at the University of Calabar was abruptly cancelled after an examiner allegedly distributed question papers containing both the questions and their corresponding answers. According to reports circulating among students, the error was discovered shortly after the exam began, when candidates noticed that the answers were printed on the…
Profields Schools, a Cambridge-approved institution offering pre-school, primary and secondary education (day and boarding), has reaffirmed its commitment to raising confident, well-rounded, and future-ready learners with the successful hosting of its 2026 Inter-House Sports Competition. The biennial sporting event, held at the Egbin Power Football Sports Field, provided an engaging platform to demonstrate the school’s…
By Chido Onumah Comrade Biodun Jeyifo (BJ), who will be interred on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Ibadan, Oyo State, was a man of many distinguished parts: First class student, Professor Emeritus of English at Cornell University and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, journalist, author, literary critic, President of the Academic Staff…
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has a primary school teacher at Ansa-Ur-Deen Main School I, Kemta Lawa, Abeokuta, Mr Solanke Taiwo, a brand new car for emerging as Nigeria’s Overall Best Primary School Teacher According to a statement issued on Friday, the governor presented the car keys to Solanke at his office in…
Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Joint Campus Council Lagos, escaped being abducted on way to their convention in Ekiti. The delegation of student leaders were said to be travelling to the NANS South-West Zone D Convention at Ekiti State University when the incident occurred. In a Tuesday statement by its Public…
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, yesterday disclosed that there was a reduction in examination malpractices in the year 2015. The board said the incidence of the 2025 examination malpractices represented a slight percentage decrease compared to the 2024 November/December NBC/NTC and ANBC/ANTC examinations. Dr Mohammed Aminu Mohammed, Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB…
By Chido Onumah Against All Odds: A Biography of Innocent Chukwuma emerges not simply as a chronicle of one man’s defiance against the vicissitudes of life, but as a profound meditation on a vanishing ethos in Nigerian public life: the ethos of unyielding, principled insistence. Through its meticulous narration, the book endeavours to safeguard the…
