The Bauchi State Government, through the state Special Schools Management Board, has demoted the Vice Principal (Academics) of Jibril Aminu Model Secondary School to the position of a classroom teacher after she was found guilty of administering severe corporal punishment on students. The decision, it was gathered, followed an emergency meeting of the senior management committee of the Bauchi State Special Schools Management Board held on Tuesday, 30 September, 2025. The Chairman of the Board, Babangida Barau, who confirmed the development, appealed for calm among parents, assuring that further disciplinary measures would be taken after due investigation. “The board is…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
An official of the Edo State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) named Agun Gbenga, on was said to have on Thursday, 2 September, 2025, slumped and died shortly after delivering a speech. It was gathered that the sad incident occurred at the Bishop Kelly Pastoral Centre, off Airport Road, Benin City, during an event organized by the International Association of World Peace Advocates (IAWPA), where he was one of the awardees. Gbenga, it was gathered, was said to have collapsed moments after giving his goodwill message. Efforts to revive him at the venue proved futile…
The Indonesia National Search and Rescue Agency Operations Director Yudhi Bramantyo on Friday, 3 October, 2025 disclosed that the death toll in the country’ school collapse rose to eight but dozens were still believed to be under the rubble without signs of life days after the disaster. Part of the multi-storey boarding school in the town of Sidoarjo collapsed suddenly on Monday, 29 September, 2025, as students gathered for afternoon prayers, leaving rescuers racing to find dozens missing in the rubble. Two male students who had been hit by debris were discovered on Friday, 3 October, 2025 in the ablution…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Works, has directed the contractor handling the rehabilitation of the Abuja–Keffi expressway to expedite action on the project, even if it means working at night. The Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, who gave the order while inspecting the road on Thursday, 2 September, 2025, said the directive was imperative to ease traffic on the road that has become a nightmare for commuters. The Minister explained that while 41 kilometres of the 43.6-kilometre road had been completed from the Keffi-bound section, the Abuja-bound stretch, which is just three kilometres, remained…
The Chairman of Odiolowo-Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area, Hon. Seyi Jakande, has hailed the unity displayed during the last local government election as the key factor behind the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s resounding victory across the state. Hon Jakande made this statement at the LCDA’s APC general meeting on Thursday, 2 October, 2025, being the first of such since the significant local elections on July 12, where he secured widespread support across all nine electoral wards within the community. Joined by his Vice Chairman, Hon. Gbeminiyi Awodogan, and legislative representatives from the hallowed chamber, Jakande arrived at Shokunbi Primary School,…
By Segun Adewale, Bauchi Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abubakar Suleiman, has urged citizens across the country to strengthen the bond of unity and offer fervent prayers for leaders at all levels. In a goodwill message yesterday, the Speaker urged countrymen and women, regardless of region, tribe, or faith, to remain patriotic, optimistic, and vigilant while reminding political leaders to remain true to their promises of development. “Our beloved Nigeria has been a shining light in Africa, upon which many countries look forward. The 65 years of independence were marked with transformations, but more still…
By Segun Adewale in Gombe Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has officially declared open the maiden Gombe Health Summit. In her remarks at the ceremony on Thursday, 2 October, 2025, she commended Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for his bold and visionary reforms which, according to her, have repositioned the state’s health sector as a model for the nation. The First Lady described the health policies of the Inuwa Yahaya administration as transformational and trailblazing. She pointed to the expansion of primary health centres, the modernization of hospitals across the three senatorial districts and the innovative approach to tackling child…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has launched the nationwide distribution of the Flow with Confidence Menstrual Hygiene packs. The event which was held in Gombe according to the First Lady is a vital menstrual health intervention designed to empower school girls by promoting knowledge, dignity and confidence through improved menstrual hygiene. “In today’s modern world, no girl should have to miss school because of her inability to afford sanitary products. It is unacceptable that our girls still continue to face significant challenges during their menstrual cycle, especially those in rural communities, who miss school days every month…
By Yarima Haruna, Birnin Kebbi The Kebbi state Head of the civil Service, Alhaji Malami Shekare, made this clarification at a News briefing in Birnin Kebbi, this Thursday, 2 October, 2025, in reaction to a social media report to the contrary. Shekare recalled that Kebbi state government under the incumbent leadership of governor Nasir Idris, was the vanguard in the payment of the new minimum wage of N75,000, above what the Federal Government approved of N75,000. “Before the implementation of the new wage, the government sat down with the Nigerian Labour Congress to arrive at the present figure of N75,000…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that renaming the renovated National Theatre after Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka was a fitting way to honour the legacy of a man of many parts, whose works have permanently put Nigeria on the global stage in terms of the creative industry and human rights advocacy. He expressed his belief that the rebirth of the theatre will revive the promotion of arts, culture, and the creative economy in Nigeria. In July 2024, President Tinubu renamed the theatre the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts in honour of Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, a…