Category: Breaking news

UTME 2025: ICONS, AUDCHS students shine, as Olumide Afolabi breaks 10-year-old record with 370 marks Two outstanding students from Ondo State have emerged among the top scorers in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), drawing admiration and applause across the education sector. Olumide Afolabi of ICONS Comprehensive College, Akure, recorded an impressive 370 aggregate,…

First Class ‘Monarch’, Four others arrested in Ondo The Ondo State Police Command has apprehended a self-acclaimed monarch for allegedly involving in illegal installation process that can lead to breakdown of law and order in his town. The self-imposed monarch, Adekolajo Aladeseyi who allegedly installed himself as the Olujare of Ijare, a Community in Ifedore…

Drama As Nnamdi Kanu Disowns Counsel In Court There was a mild drama in court on Tuesday when detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, disowned a lawyer, one Charles Ude, who claimed to be representing him. Kanu is facing terrorism-related charge before the court. During the trial, the…

20 years on, children to celebrate “Deaconess Ayinke Olufemi Eyebiokin” legacy May 24.   Two decades may have passed, but the memory of Deaconess Florence Ayinke Olufemi Eyebiokin of Gbagi Market still burns brightly in the hearts of her children and all who knew her. Come 24th May 2025, the family of the late Deaconess Florence…

S/West youth parliament hails Tinubu, urges Govs to tackle insecurity, wants more youth in governance The Southwest Youth Parliament (SWYP) has issued a strong call for greater government action on key regional concerns including insecurity, climate change, and youth involvement in governance. This was the thrust of a press conference held at the end of…

Aiyedatiwa pays ₦180m electricity Meter subsidy to ease power access The Ondo State Government has released a total of ₦180 million as subsidy for electricity meters across the state in a bid to make power more accessible and affordable for residents. This was made known on Wednesday by the Special Adviser on Power to the…

Heavy explosions at Giwa Barrack’s Armoury Maiduguri. Residents of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, were rudely jolted from their sleep at midnight due to the sounds of explosions thought to be bombs exploding. Many residents of the town, which had witnessed the worst of Boko Haram in the recent past, were alarmed, fearing the…

Neptune Prime, Yobe First Movement to train citizen reporters on information dissemination through social media in Yobe Renowned media company Neptune Network Nigeria Limited (NNNL), publishers of Neptune Prime English and Neptune Hausa, will be holding a Zonal Engagement and Training on Citizen Reporting and Dissemination of Information through Social Media in Potiskum, Yobe State,…