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The vice chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in an unlawful act of water ritual on a fellow female student. The announcement of the suspension is contained in …

Mrs Tofunmi Akamo, Principal of Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, has denied allegations of covering up some students caught absconding from school to lodge female classmates in a hotel for sex romps. Akamo who spoke to Punch, said the six students were picked up from the hotel by the school, adding that the incident …

Police said the shooting was not an accident; investigators are working to determine where the child got the weapon. A six-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. No students were …

The United States has announced a new military assistance to Ukraine to aid in its conflict against Russia.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday, January 6 announced a new $2.85 billion drawdown in military assistance to Ukraine, which will include “Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, artillery systems, armored personnel carriers, …

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his administration will encourage the use of blockchain technology in finance and cryptocurrency assets if he is elected into office. Blockchain technology is an advanced database mechanism that allows transparent information sharing within a network. In 2021, the Central …

Famous Nigerian Afrobeats musician, David Adeleke, professionally known by his stage name Davido, has updated his marital status on Wikipedia. Davido reportedly finalised his traditional marriage rites to Chioma on Thursday. The singer’s Wikipedia page now reflects his new marital status and his wife’s name.The singer finally paid Chioma’s bride …

All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday promised to transform advance fee fraudsters, otherwise known as “Yahoo boys,” by creating technological hubs for them, if elected in next month’s poll. He stated this during his campaign rally in Benin, the Edo State capital, yesterday. Tinubu, who flew …

The weather is dry, cold, and dusty at this time of year.A number of factors including climate and anthropogenic factors can cause harmattan, according to environmentalists. The spread of airborne diseases has also been shown to be correlated with the season. Illnesses such as sore throat, frequent sneezing, watery or …

US president Joe Biden and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz have agreed to send armored infantry fighting vehicles to help Ukraine fight Russia, a day after France said it would supply its own armoured vehicles to Kyiv in an attempt to create a breakthrough in the 10-month war. Ukraine has …

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old woman, Amina Guguwa for allegedly killing her co-wife. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, January 5, 2023, said the suspect strangled the deceased to death. “Information available to the command revealed …