Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has faulted calls for extension of the validity of JAMB results beyond one year. Oloyede said this at a hearing on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) by the the House of Representatives Committee on...
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Mr Isaac Kekemeke, National Vice-Chairman (South-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, never betrayed the Yoruba race, but fought for justice, fairness, progress and development. Kekemeke made the clarification, while briefing newsmen on Wednesday shortly after the party’s zonal meeting at the...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar played a major role in pushing millions of Nigerians into the unemployment market and into poverty as Vice President between 1999 and 2007. This, according to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), is contrary to the impression Atiku sold in...
Nigerian soul musician, Preyé, has been selected as Spotify’s “Fresh Finds Africa” artiste for September. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s head of music for sub-Saharan Africa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Okumu said the ‘Fresh Finds Africa’ programme was launched in March, designed to provide a launching...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to present the 2023 budget to the National Assembly in October. Gbajabiamila said this when he addressed newsmen shortly after inspecting hearing rooms 028 and 234 of the House, which were expected to serve as...
Nigeria and French Development Agency(AFD) on Wednesday signed a grant of 25 million Euro for the Northern Corridor Project to boost power supply in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Northern Corridor Project is jointly funded by the European Union and AFD, while it...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai has commended security agencies for mounting sustained offensive against terrorists, kidnappers and other criminals in the state. The governor made the commendation on Wednesday in Kaduna while declaring open the 4th edition of Kaduna Book and Art Festival. “In the last six weeks there...
Girls worldwide are lagging behind boys in mathematics, with sexism and gender stereotypes among the root causes, according to a new report published by UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Girl Solving the equation: Helping girls and boys learn mathematics, a new report published on Wednesday by UNICEF revealed a growing worldwide...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – An organization known as St George’s Ambulance Foundation is set to launch a 4 billion-naira endowment fund to mark its eighteen-year anniversary celebration. The event which will hold on Thursday, 22 September will witness a colourful array of high level personalities including the Minister...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the appointment of Baba Bura Usman as Borno State’s new Accountant General. The appointment was announced by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement issued on Wednesday night. Baba Bura Usman was, until his appointment,...
A Lebanese woman held up a Beirut bank on Wednesday and reportedly walked out with thousands of dollars to fund what she said was hospital treatment for her ill sister. The move and another heist Wednesday come as Lebanese depositors — whose savings have been devalued and trapped in...
French authorities have detained the elder brother of Paul Pogba, Mathias, and three others in an investigation into the extortion alleged by the France national team and Juventus football star, sources close to the case said Wednesday. Mathias Pogba presented himself “early afternoon to investigators and was placed in...
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year -old “Okada” rider, Ojo Adebayo to life imprisonment for defiling a nine- year-old girl. The defendant was arraigned on one count charge of defilement before Justice Olalekan Olatawura in March. Delivering judgment, Justice Olatawura, held that identification of the...
The Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, His Grace Henry Ndukuba, has advised Nigerians to vote for the birth of a new Nigeria during the forthcoming 2023 elections. Ndukuba gave the advice at the meeting of the Nigeria Anglican Communion Standing Committee, on Wednesday...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Wednesday awarded N 287million in compensation to 74 beneficiaries of police brutality. The panel is investigating violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports also that the panel...
The police command in Edo on Wednesday said it rescued a one-year-old baby and killed three alleged kidnappers on the Benin-Auchi Road. This is contained in a statement by ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer of the command. “Distress call was raised by distraught residents of Achigbor...
Global online marketplace Amazon is targeting five billion U.S. dollars worth of exports from Indian companies in the current year. Manish Tiwary, Amazon India’s country manager said in a statement that Indian exporters using the Amazon marketplace had exported three billion U.S. dollars worth of goods to 200 countries...
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kwara, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently appoint a substantive Rector for the institution for its smooth running and peaceful co-existence of stakeholders. The chapter’s Chairman, Mr Moses Atilola, call appeal in Offa on...
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, declared Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as the validly elected candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 Ebonyi governorship election. Justice Lawal Garba, in a lead judgment of a five-member panel, held that Sen. Joseph Obinna Ogba, who represents Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday at Buratai village in Biu Local Government Area commissioned a newly built mega school with capacity for 1,500 students. Zulum also directed the recruitment of an additional 20 teachers to be selected from the host community...