By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday said the ongoing 2022 UTME/DE Registration exercise scheduled to end on 26th March, 2022 would not be extended. In a statement, JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the time scheduled for the registration exercise from...
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Nigeria and Korea recorded 2billion dollars bilateral trade in 2021. Mr Kim Young-Chae, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Nigeria, made this known on Thursday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the trade, bilateral, political and cultural relations between both countries, as well as possible areas to advance...
Europe’s ruling body UEFA has received the referee report from Wednesday’s Champions League match between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain amid alleged misbehaviour from PSG top officials. UEFA said on Thursday it was looking into the report, without giving details. French side PSG lost the last 16 tie 3-2...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated N1.2 billion, 68 housing units at Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. The President, represented by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said the housing project was under the National Housing Programme (NHP), Phase 1. He said...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja to transfer the fresh trial of former Abia governor and two others in an alleged N7.1 billion fraud to Lagos. The application seeking the transfer was brought pursuant to Sections 19, 22 and 45...
A train travelling from Ibadan to Lagos ran out of fuel on Thursday while in transit, according to a Twitter user. King Isaiah Obadare said passengers and crew were “stuck in the forest” before a drum of diesel arrived and the train was refueled. When contacted, The Nigeria Railway...
No fewer than 71 children have been killed in Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war on February 24, a Ukrainian parliament official said on Thursday. “From the start of the Russian invasion and up to 11:00 am (0900 GMT) on March 10, 71 children have been...
The Lagos State commissioner of police, Abiodun Alabi, has directed all area commanders and Divisional Police Officers to beef up security and maintain visibility in their area of coverage. This is coming on the heels of the indefinite suspension of the Lagos State Chapter Chairman of the National Union...
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is serving time in a Tbilisi prison after an illegal border crossing, on Thursday announced the end of his hunger strike. He said this was upon a request from Georgian fighters in Ukraine. The ex-leader went on hunger strike for the first time...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The Minister of State Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva has called on the United States (US) Government to provide funding support for Nigeria to develop its natural gas resources to serve as alternative source of energy for Europe. The call by Sylva is coming...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – More than 125 terrorists and other criminal elements were neutralized in the last two weeks as troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies continued their operational engagements against security challenges across the country. Also, a total of 174 Boko Haram...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Leader of The All Progressive Congress (APC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent statement in which he underscored the need for the party to perfect its internal processes so that it keeps faith to the progressive purpose for which it...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following the rising spate of insecurity bedeviling the country, The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has said that until all the states are secured, no single citizen is safe. Governor Tambuwal, who discloses this on Wednesday, when he received the Minister of Foreign Affairs,...
Civilians in Ukraine are allowed to open fire on troops identifiable as hostile forces under a new law that went into effect this week, Ukrainian media reports. According to the law, which went into effect on Monday, foreigners and the stateless living legally in the country can also obtain...
An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Thursday ordered that a herbalist, Eze Okereke, 41, be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged defiling a 15-year-old deaf-mute neighbour’s daughter. The police charged Okereke with defilement. However, when the case came up for mention no plea was taking for want...
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Mrs Patience Key, has promised to make Nigeria an industrial hub, if elected in the 2023 presidential election. Key made the promise on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), when she arrived...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed March 17 for an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. This is according to a notice of meeting signed by Gov. Abubakar Bello, the Acting Chairman of the APC CECPC, Sen. Ken Nnamani (South-East) and Mrs Stella...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of SuperTV CEO, Micheal Ataga has been crowned as Miss Cell 2022. The suspect whose trial is still ongoing won the beauty pageant held at Kirikiri correctional facility to mark the 2022 International Women’s Day....
Back pain is one of the most common health issue that both men and women face, it has a way of restricting a person’s movement and cause discomfort. However, among the many fruits we consume everyday, there’s a particular fruit that helps to deal with back pain. See video...
The Ukrainian army on Thursday said it was slowing down and holding back the Russian offensive two weeks into the conflict. The Ukrainian general staff said in a bulletin that in some operational areas, Russian units had lost their fighting strength and were bringing in reserves. Russian forces were...