By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has cancelled the registrations of 817 candidates in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known on Tuesday after separate meetings with stakeholders, said the registrations...
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Nigerian Music Producer and Artiste, Rexxie sits with Chude Jideonwo to discuss his creative process, his evolution from being a producer to a recording artiste. On his journey to music production, he shared, “It was the point when my mum wasn’t feeling too well, and that period I wasn’t getting much cash from home and I...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Some retired police officers have asked the National Industrial Court to commit the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to prison for contempt of court. This is contained in a statement issued by one of the aggrieved officers, Mr Emmanuel Idris, on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Igbo leaders from the 19 Northern states in Nigeria has canvassed supports for the Katsina State Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda. The leader of the group, Comrade Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, while addressing...
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Imo, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest following the incessant attacks, killings and kidnapping by gunmen in the state. Their grievance was further heightened with the killing of Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman, Customary Court, Ejemekwuru, in Oguta Local Government Area, on...
The people of Muchila ward in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa have appealed to Police and Department of Security Service (DSS) to investigate the attack on wife of the state Governor, Hajiya Lami Fintiri’s convoy in the area. Mr Sunday Mathew, Spokesperson for the community, made the...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday barricaded the main entrance gate to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office complex in Benin to protest the scarcity of new naira notes in the country. The protesters chanted solidarity songs, calling on the bank to make the new...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Professional Forum has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to review the timing of the implementation of the naira re-design policy. Malam Isa Yuguda, Chairman Board of Trustees (BoT)of the forum said this a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. “We call on Buhari to...
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay officially submitted a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday. While doing so, the four South American countries called for the tournament to return “where football was born”, 100 years after the first World Cup was held in Montevideo. During...
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday discharged and acquitted Shamsudeen Bala, son of Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed, of the N1.1 billion fraud charge against him. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had filed a 20-count charge bordering on money laundering against Bala. However, in a ruling earlier...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has promised to continue with crude oil exploration in the North East. Abubakar said this when he addressed a mammoth crowd of party supporters at a rally in Bauchi on Tuesday. He said that crude exploration in North...
Sen. Shehu Sani has adopted a two week old baby, reportedly abandoned on the street in some part of Nasarawa State. The baby was reported to have been picked by a Police patrol team, who proceeded to a social welfare centre. Sani, who on Tuesday, paid a visit to...
As farmers across the country prepare for the 2023 planting season, farmers in Ebonyi and Enugu States have expressed mixed concerns about the prediction of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) of early rain in March. A cross-section of the farmers who spoke on the prediction in separate interviews with...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has ordered the redeployment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs). Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated on Tuesday in Abuja that the redeployment was in line with the inspector-general’s manpower...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has promised to provide seamless cash needed for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute the 2023 general election. The promise was in aftermath of the naira redesign policy of the present administration which restricted the withdrawal of money...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has arre a fake DSS officer, seven suspected kidnappers and three others for armed robbery. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo, said the suspects were arrested...
A Non Profit Organisation, Techsocietal, the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) Internet Society Nigeria and TikTok on Tuesday held workshop for parents and educators on online safety for children. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop hosted by TechSocietal is to commemorate the Safer Internet Day (SID)...
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sympathised with its Deputy Governorship Candidate, Ms Funke Akindele, over the death of her mother, Dr R. B. Adebanjo-Akindele on Tuesday. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Hakeem Amode, described the death as a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – World Health Organization (WHO) has supported the treatments of 32, 215 mental health patients as well as provided mental health care sessions conducted in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in Northeast Nigeria. The WHO Health Emergencies Response Manager, Borno state, Mr. Beatrice Muraguri disclosed...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – With the scarcity of new Naira notes and fuel unabated in many parts of the country, All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has once again appealed to Nigerians to remain calm as the government and relevant agencies continue to work out...