Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has offered automatic employment to Aminat Yusuf over her record-breaking feat at Lagos State University (LASU) last week. Edo-born Miss Yusuf, who studied law, is the first student to graduate with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 in the institution’s 40-year history. Speaking at the Government House yesterday in Benin on Monday, the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has banned the importation of Indomie noodles into the country. The Director General of the Agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in an interview with journalists, on Monday. The Nigerian regulatory body took the action amid an investigation by Taiwan and Malaysia authorities which reportedly discovered ethylene oxide,...
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has lost the Kogi central senatorial district election to Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The result was announced by Rotimi Ajayi, INEC returning officer for Kogi central senatorial district on Tuesday, February 28. Ajayi said Sadiku-Ohere garnered 52,132 votes to beat Natasha of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who had 51,763 votes. The announcement is...
The Magistrate Court in Wuse, Abuja has granted bail to Ameerah Sufyan, the lady who raised a false alarm about being abducted. She was granted bail on the ground of “mental illness” . Ameerah had on June 14 alerted the public on her Twitter handle of being abducted by gunmen dressed in police uniforms along with 17 persons including three...