Bury My Books With Me – Dead 400 Level Law Student of OAU:The last note by a part-four law student of Obafemi Awolowo University, who allegedly committed suicide, Dipo Ige, was that his books should be buried with him.Ige was said to have committed suicide in his private hostel penultimate …
Nigerian Women In UK, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Lagos Protest Against Gruesome Killing in North-East:Scores of Nigerian women, dressed in black attire, yesterday took to the streets to protest against the gruesome killing of over 50 school children in Yobe State and and other attacks on residents of the North-east by …
Bill Gates Back to the Top of Forbes’s World’s Billionaires List:WASHINGTON – The surging price of Microsoft shares returned US tech tycoon Bill Gates back to the top of Forbes’s world’s billionaires list, with his $76 billion beating out Mexico’s Carlos Slim’s $72 billion.The annual list, released Monday, counted 1,645 …
As families of students of the Federal Government College, Buni-Yadi, Yobe State, killed on Tuesday by suspected insurgents grieve, some survivors of the incident yesterday narrated their narrow escape and how their roommates were killed by the gunmen.One of the survivors, a JSS 3 student (name withheld) who escaped with …
Nigerian Students Sentenced to Death Over in Malaysia for Trafficking Drugs:A 28 year old Nigerian student, Prince Bartholowmew Obitube, has been sentenced to death by an high court in Malaysia for trafficking drugs. The Shah Alam High Court yesterday Feb 26th gave the death penalty to Obitube after he was …
Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, the President of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), on Tuesday in Abuja, said about 400 Nigerian indigenous languages were endangered.Ohiri-Aniche made the disclosure at the UNESCO International Mother Language Day Celebration organised by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with LAN entitled; “Local Languages for Global Citizenship: …
Dr Udofia Aniefiok, a lecturer at the University of Uyo, on Wednesday said that students needed internet exposure because it engendered skills acquisition.Aniefiok said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.“Students could be encouraged by exposing them to the techniques of investigating information through …
Atiku Broke Down in Tears Over Massacre of 29 Students in Yobe:Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Tuesday broke down in tears when informed of the killings of dozens of pupils of Federal Government College, Buni Yadi in the Gujiba Local Government Area of Yobe State.The former Vice Presiden,t who is …
Police Rescue ESUT Students from kidnappers:Men of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued two students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology from kidnappers’ den.The students regained their freedom on Tuesday, eight days after they were kidnapped.The kidnap victims, Afamefuna Akadieze, a third year student of the …
Pa Hector Olubiyi Oduneye’s life is an attestation of tenacity, determination and resilient spirit of a man who against all odds weathered many storms to reach his set goals. As he welcomed THISDAY into his Ijebu-Imosan, Ogun State home, Oduneye moved around unaided and his faculty is still intact. As …