

Oyo Government Probes Officer Who Killed Student
Oyo State Government says the police personnel who shot a secondary schoolboy during a routine traffic operation in Ibadan is currently under investigation. Hifox News reports that the incident, which happened on Alakia Old Road on Tuesday, has triggered outrage among residents and calls for justice. Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Media, Sulaimon…

Mother Of Combs’s Ex Cassie Testifies At Music Mogul’s Trial
The mother of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s ex-partner Cassie testified Tuesday about threats and violence experienced by her daughter during her decade-long relationship with the music mogul. Regina Ventura took the stand after several days of grueling testimony by her daughter, Casandra Ventura, the singer known as Cassie, who detailed harrowing abuse by Combs and his…

2025 UTME Must Be Cancelled, JAMB Has Lost Integrity – Lawmaker
A member of the House of Representatives, Iduma Igariwey, has called for the cancellation of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), citing what he described as a “catastrophic institutional failure” that has compromised the integrity and fairness of the process. Speaking during an interview, Igariwey, who also leads the South-East Caucus in the House,…

Armed Men Ambush Uganda Crypto Trader, Coerce Him to Transfer $500,000
Festo Ivaibi, the founder and leader of Mitroplus Labs, a crypto education hub in Africa, has just become the latest victim of a violent robbery in Uganda, where he lost 500,000 USDT in what many describe as a fast-rising class of crypto-related crime that spans across digital and physical worlds. According to a statement released…

2025 UTME: JAMB To Release Resit Results For 379,000 Candidates Wednesday
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it will release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, on Wednesday. The resit was conducted between Friday and Monday after widespread complaints of technical and human errors during the initial UTME, which significantly impacted candidates’ performance, especially in…

UK Decries Nigeria’s ‘Worrisome’ Insecurity
The United Kingdom has decried the security situation in Nigeria, describing it as worrisome. Briefing journalists at his residence in Abuja, the UK High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, attributed the situation to spill overs from Sudan and Niger. Montgomery said the UK government was collaborating with the Office of the National Security Adviser as…

US Deports Three Nigerians For Various Offences
Three Nigerians have been deported from the United States of America, having been charged with various crimes in the country. Sources connected to the matter said their deportation was in connection with a decision by the US government to deport at least 3,000 Nigerians, who had been involved in various crimes in the country. The…

UPDATED: Protest In Ibadan As Police Stray Bullet Kills Student Going For WAEC (VIDEO)
Some youths in Ibadan on Tuesday protested at Oyo State Government Secretariat over the killing of a student by a stray bullet allegedly fired by a policeman. The student, said to be writing the ongoing West African Examinations Council (WAEC) was hit by the stay bullet around Gbagi market road in the early hours of…

Ballon d’Or Award Ceremony Set For September 22 In Paris
The Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on September 22 this year and the number of awards for women and men will be equal for the first time, organisers said on Monday. Awards for best women’s goalkeeper, best young women’s player and the top women’s scorer in a club or national team have been…

Europa League Golden Ticket Offers Man Utd, Tottenham Salvation
Manchester United and Tottenham will slug it out in the Europa League final on Wednesday in Bilbao, with both sides desperately seeking salvation from dismal Premier League campaigns through silverware and a golden ticket into next season’s Champions League. A potential £100 million ($133 million) honey pot for reaching Europe’s top competition is on the…