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Grace Adeleke Two hundred and fourteen students of the University of Calabar have dragged the institution, its Vice-Chancellor, Registrar and President Bola Tinubu before the Federal High Court in Abuja, demanding N5bn in damages over their removal from the Faculty of Law. The students are challenging the decision of the university management directing them to return to the departments where they were originally admitted, after they had spent up to almost three academic sessions studying Law. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1825/2026, filed on August 12, 2026, the students are seeking, among other reliefs, an order restraining the university from blocking…

Suliat Lawal The Lagos State Police Command has detained a Chinese national, Bai Quang, over allegations that he sexually assaulted and repeatedly made unwanted advances towards his Nigerian employee, identified as Charles Nwafor. Quang was reportedly arrested following a petition by Nwafor, who alleged that his employer subjected him to unwanted sexual advances and assaulted him after he repeatedly rejected the alleged advances. A police source said the alleged assault occurred when Quang reportedly pulled down Nwafor’s trousers and touched his private parts. The source further alleged that the Chinese national later invited the employee to a hotel under the…

A final-year Physics student of the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Daha Muhammad Albakari, has developed an Artificial Intelligence-powered system designed to detect and prevent fire outbreaks at an early stage. The innovation, known as the AI FIRE SYSTEM, combines computer vision, embedded artificial intelligence, Internet of Things technology and environmental sensors to monitor surroundings and identify potential fire hazards in real time. The university disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday by its Director of Public Affairs, Abdullahi Bello. According to Albakari, the system was developed to address limitations in conventional fire alarms, which largely depend on smoke…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has congratulated the Alara of Ilara Kingdom, Lagos State, Oba Folarin Olukayode Ogunsanwo, Telade IV, on his appointment as Chancellor of Lagos State University and the conferment of a Doctor of Business Administration degree on him by the institution. Oba Ogunsanwo formally assumed his responsibilities as LASU Chancellor on Wednesday during the university’s combined 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 convocation ceremonies. The monarch’s appointment as Chancellor was approved by the Lagos State Governor and Visitor to LASU, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in February 2026. In a congratulatory message issued on Thursday and signed by Prince Bashir…

Mujeeb Akindoyin Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has claimed that he saved the life of former President Olusegun Obasanjo while both men were in prison by exposing an alleged plan to administer a fatal injection to him. Atiku made the claim in an interview, alleging that he received information about the purported plan and warned Obasanjo against accepting the injection. The ADC presidential candidate said the alleged method had previously been used against the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, who died in prison in 1997. “I saved Obasanjo’s life in prison by leaking information about…

Daud Olatunji Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that Nigeria would have been overrun by terrorists without what he described as the “resolute interventions” of the Tinubu administration. Bwala said the administration inherited a complex security situation worsened by the spread of terrorist networks across the Sahel, insisting that the government had deployed a combination of military operations, intelligence gathering and international partnerships to contain the threat. He spoke on Thursday during an interview on Frontline, a current affairs programme on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun State. According to him, the…

… Kosoko explains why ailing actor cannot be moved from hospital Zainab Abioye More than 300 spiritualists and other well-wishers have offered to assist veteran Yoruba actor, Alhaji Taiwo Babatunde Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, as concerns mount over his health. Veteran actor, Prince Jide Kosoko, disclosed this in a statement shared on Facebook by popular actor Muyiwa Ademola on Thursday, while appealing to Nigerians and Ogogo’s fans to continue praying for the ailing actor. Kosoko said the number of people offering spiritual, medical and other forms of intervention had risen to more than 300, with some estimates putting the…

A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and House of Assembly candidate for Abeokuta South Constituency II, Adeoye Adewale Adeniran, popularly known as A3, has warned against using the agitation by Ogun West to produce the next governor of the state as a platform to impose what he described as a “Lagos proxy” on the people. Adeniran said the people of Ogun State supported the legitimate aspiration of the Yewa-Awori axis to produce the next governor but would resist any attempt to use the agitation to promote a candidate he described as a “non-indigene with identity crisis.” He spoke while reacting to…

Daud Olatunji At least 20 people are feared dead after a boat carrying about 40 passengers capsized in Gorau community, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, on Thursday. The boat was reportedly conveying men, women and children when it overturned, throwing the passengers into the water. Residents said only five passengers had been rescued as of press time, while more than 20 bodies were reportedly recovered from the scene. Rescue operations were still ongoing on Thursday evening, with local residents and emergency responders searching for passengers believed to be trapped or missing. The incident has plunged the community into…

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