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 APC-PCC SHOWCASES TINUBU’S EDUCATION REFORMS:  N372B STUDENTS LOAN, 160,000 TVET ENROLLEES  The All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council says, President Bola Tinubu's  reforms in the education sector since he assumed office has expanded access to learning, improved teachers'  welfare, and stabilised academic calendar across higher institutions in the country.  A statement by its spokesperson Dele Alake indictates that the Federal Ministry of Education through its Nigerian Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI) 2026 report, the government's interventions cover basic and secondary education, technical and vocational training, and tertiary education. The reforms focus on six priority areas: technical and vocational education, science and medical sciences, out-of-school children, girl-child education, digitalisation and education quality assurance. It's further explains that going by NESRI report, the Federal Government allocated a reco...

 Edo Court Jails Man for Fraud The Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, secured the conviction of Samuel Akove Adavize before Justice E.G. Adekambi of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. Samuel was arraigned on a two-count charge of impersonation, Obtaining by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents. Justice Adekambi convicted and sentenced the defendant to two years imprisonment. Aside the prison sentence, the court ordered the forfeiture of Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N400,000) being proceeds of crime and iPhone 12 being instrument of crime, recovered from the convict to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The court further ordered that his Opay account and Sparkle MFB account be permanent closed. 

 Ethiopia and Sudan close each other's consulates after allegations of meddling in civil war Ethiopia and Sudan closed each other's consulates near their shared ​border, officials from the two countries said on Wednesday, marking a further deterioration ‌in relations over allegations each side is supporting the other's enemies. Sudan accuses Ethiopia of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, while Ethiopia accuses Sudan of backing rebels in its northern Tigray region. The allegations and counter-allegations, which both sides deny, have raised fears that the two wars could bleed into each other, spawning a broader conflict in the ⁠Horn of Africa. On Sunday, Sudan’s government said it had lodged a complaint against ​Ethiopia with the United Nations Security Council and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, ​accusing Ethiopia of allowing the RSF to use its territory to launch suicide drones against civilian infrastructure in Sudan. Ethiopia closed the Suda...

 Police Rescue Nigerian Woman Allegedly Trafficked to Mali, Arrest Three Suspects The Nigeria Police Force says it has rescued a 21-year-old Nigerian woman who was allegedly trafficked to Mali after being promised a well-paying job abroad. Three suspected members of an international trafficking network were arrested during the investigation, according to a briefing by the Force Intelligence Department’s Special Tactical Squad in Abuja on November 3. Police said the woman was taken from Nigeria through the Republic of Benin to a gold-mining settlement in Mali, where she was allegedly sold for CFA420,000, approximately ₦770,000, and subjected to sexual exploitation. According to investigators, her phone and travel documents were taken from her, cutting off contact with her family. A report by her sister prompted the investigation that eventually led to her rescue. Police said the operations, conducted during October, also led to the rescue of three other women who were reunited with ...

 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU DEPARTS JEDDAH FOR ABUJA AFTER SUCCESSFUL UMRAH IN MAKKAH President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday departed King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for Abuja after successfully completing his Umrah (Lesser Hajj) in the holy city of Makkah. President Tinubu's plane took off at the Royal Terminal of the King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, at exactly 5:13.pm Saudi time. The Deputy Governor of the Makkah Region, Prince Saud bin MISHAAL bin Abdulaziz Al Saud; Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Yakubu Gambo, and the Hon. Consul-General, Ambassador Muazam Ibrahim Nayaya, accompanied the President to the airport. Before departure, President Tinubu had a brief meeting with the Deputy Governor of Makkah at the Royal Guest Palace in the airport. On arrival on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, the President led members of the Nigerian delegation to perform the Umrah rites, including the circumambulation of...

  North Korea slams FBI over allegations of being behind Binance hack North Korea has rejected FBI allegations linking it to a reported $6 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, with Kim Yo Jong describing the accusation as a "grave political provocation". In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday, November 3, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the allegation as "absurd rhetoric and nothing new". She referred to previous US accusations connecting North Korea to the major attack on cryptocurrency platform Bybit last year. "It is a grave political provocation against the DPRK that the US misleads the international public opinion as if all the cyber crimes in different parts of the world are our deeds," she said, using the abbreviation for North Korea's official name. The FBI said on Saturday that TraderTraitor, a hacking group it associates with North Korea, was responsible for the Bin...