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Students of IMG Secondary School, Oke Ado, Ibadan, on Wednesday, expressed outrage after their colleague was allegedly flogged to death by a teacher. The yet-to-be identified student reportedly slumped and died following severe punishment from a teacher for arriving late to school. Some properties of the school were destroyed by the students before policemen arrived at the scene. Chairs and tables, cabinets were destroyed by the protesting students, even as they scattered documents. Windows and doors of the staff room were also vandalized. As the protest escalated, teachers and administrative workers of the school took to their heels for fear of being attacked. An eye witness told Nigerian Tribune that trouble started when the student arrived school after classes had commenced for the day. “ He told the teacher he came late due to illness . “At that point, the principal, who was passing by asked the teacher the cause of the discussion. “ The principal ordered the teacher to fl...

All road linking the school with town went block when the Mass Communication, Science and Laboratory Technology and Estate Management students embark on logout walk to Skating Ground, Pansheke. The celebration witnessed different display and acts from the joyous students as they walked from the school gates all through to Ibara Skating Ground in Abeokuta. Below are photos credited to Seyi Soyemi

As the Department of State Service, DSS, continues the screening of some ministerial nominees, indications emerged at the weekend that three immediate past governors, Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Ameachi and Kayode Fayemi, have allegedly failed to pass the President’s anti-corruption test. The trio worked hard for the former Head of State to emerge the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential flag bearer as well as for him to get elected President and were seen as top contenders for positions in Buhari’s cabinet. A highly placed security source at the weekend told Nigerian Pilot Sunday that the DSS did not clear three ministerial nominees, who are former governors, based on allegations of corruption brought against them before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC. According to the source, the security agency allegedly refused to clear the three former governors based on a ...

A statement by the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu said “the documents submitted to the CCB, which officials say are still being vetted and will soon be made public, show that prior to being sworn in on May 29, President Buhari had less than N30 million to his name. He also had only one bank account, with the Union Bank. President Buhari had no foreign account, no factory and no enterprises. He also had no registered company and no oil wells”, the statement said. The statement further added that “the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) who had been a successful lawyer before his foray into politics declared a bank balance of about N94 million and 900,000 United States Dollars in his bank accounts”. It added that President Buhari “had shares in Berger Paints, Union Bank and Skye Bank. The documents also revealed that “President Buhari ...

News just reaching us said that the Nigeria's ambassador to the United State of America, Prof. Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, has died in Washington, DC, SaharaReporters just learned.  Adefuye, who is also a historian, died at a yet to be disclosed hospital in the US, a source in the US told our correspondent. Mr. Adefuye was recalled to Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as President. He was still waiting to hand over to a new ambassador when he suddenly died today. A former professor of history, Mr. Adefuye was in 2010 appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s ambassador in the US. An outspoken person and fierce defender of Nigeria, the deceased diplomat tackled critics of Nigeria in the US. He vociferously lobbied against Nigeria’s classification as “a country of interest” in America’s terrorism watch list. Mr. Adefuye hailed from Ijebu-Igbo in 1947, and studied at the University of Ibadan where he earned his first degree in 1969 as ...

 Lagos State is under siege and needs urgent divine intervention according to the Deeper Christian Life Ministry. The high rate of robbery, cultism, drug abuse and corruption, among other ills, could have totally destroyed the state but for God’s grace, the ministry said. The church stated this on Wednesday at Gbagada, Lagos, while announcing a city-wide crusade, organised by the ministry in conjunction with the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria. The 20-day event, which is themed, ‘Supernatural Power of God’s Wonders,’ will begin on September 8 and cover 17 local government areas of the state. The church’s state Moderator, Pastor Joseph Fasanmi, described the event as unprecedented, adding that the ministry’s General Overseer, Pastor W.F. Kumuyi, would be one of the men of God that would minister at the event. Fasanmi said the alarming rate of crime in the state necessitated the crusade, adding that despite the change mantra of...

  Someone purchased cooked chicken from Walmart and allegedly found a dead rat in it when he got home to begin consumption. See more pictures after the cut...