The World Bank has revealed that the general increase in food prices which occurred between June 2020 and June 2021 may have increased the percentage of Nigerians living below the national poverty line from 40.1 per cent to 42.8 per cent. The bank said this in a new report titled, ‘COVID-19 in Nigeria: Frontline Data and Pathways for Policy.’ According to Worldometer, the current population of Nigeria is 213,145,112 as of Wednesday. Forty two per cent of the current population means about 91 million Nigerians may have been pushed below…

Abubakar Malami SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has disclosed that Nigeria would soon make additional recovery of about $200million, being part of public funds looted and stashed outside the country. He said the repatriation of the looted fund was subject to the settlement of litigations that the Federal Ministry of Justice was currently attending to. Malami spoke at the 2021 annual public lecture organized by the Centre for Media and Peace Initiative, New York, United States of America. The AGF, in a statement by his…

Waliu Salaudeen, a student of the Department of Microbiology, who was found guilty of assaulting a female lecturer in the same department has been expelled by the management of the University of Ilorin. A statement by the varsity’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, stated that the verdict was handed down by the Student Disciplinary Committee after Salaudeen was arraigned on Monday. According to him, the student has 48 days to appeal the verdict. “Salaudeen has since been handed over to the police for further necessary action,” Akogun added.…

A gas explosion on Ojekunle Street, off Ladipo Street, in the Mushin area of Lagos State has left five persons dead on Tuesday. No fewer than 15 vehicles were also destroyed by the explosion, which damaged many houses in the area. The workshop where the explosion occurred housed mechanics, panel beaters, gas retailers and other traders. Eyewitnesses said the incident happened when a woman, identified as Mama Emma, was frying puff-puff around 7.30am. It was learnt that around the same time, a gas retailer, identified as Sodiq, was dispensing gas…

A final year student of the university of Ilorin, Salaudeen Waliu, alias Captain Walz, of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, allegedly battered a female lecturer, Mrs Rahmat Zakariyau. Salaudeen claimed to have gone to the office of the female lecturer to beg her to help wave the mandatory Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme course which he missed due to unforeseen circumstances. He claimed to have met Mrs Zakariyau numerous times, but all led to negative responses before the last Thursday assault on the lecturer.…