The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has so far registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the board’s weekly bulletin obtained from the board’s website by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, JAMB has also registered more than...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it recorded 2,690 Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) nationwide between January and March. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Bisi Kazeem, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) On Monday in Abuja. Kazeem said...
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says government will support the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) in taking the female football league to the next level. Dare gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen at the end of the 2020/2021 NWFL Premiership Super Six at the...
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has said the state-owned Ikun Dairy Farm in Ikun- Ekiti, would serve as a prototype for National Livestock Transformation Plan in addressing farmers-herders crisis in the State. Fayemi said this during an inspection of the newly-arrived 227 cows at the Ikun Diary Farm from...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has lauded “Buhari For All Organization” for its benevolence in reaching out to orphans, widows and the less privileged in Kebbi State in the spirit of social service to the citizenry. Bagudu stated this at the commencement of distribution of rice and assorted...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said 3,678 new clients have received first doses of the free Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. The NPHCDA disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday. The agency said that the additional innoculations brought the total number of vaccinated clients in...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and cloudiness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted partly cloudy to sunny skies over the Northern region of Nigeria. It further predicted prospects of few thunderstorms over parts of Adamawa, Taraba,...
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested five suspected cultists who claimed to be students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU). In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sunday Abutu, noted that the arrest was made during an initiation ceremony held in a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Management of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru has commended the Board and Management of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for progress recorded in the basic education sub-sector despite some of the daunting challenges. The Leader of the delegation, Prof....
A former Nigerian diplomat has told the Federal Government to embrace negotiated settlement option to save Nigeria about N1.2 trillion being spent annually to defeat Boko Haram. Foreign policy expert, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, gave the advice on Monday in Abuja while speaking in an interview with the News Agency of...
More than 80 people died Sunday when a fire ripped through a Baghdad hospital for Covid-19 patients, sparking outrage and the suspension of top officials overseeing Iraq’s crumbling health services. The blaze at eastern Baghdad’s Ibn al-Khatib hospital began when badly stored oxygen cylinders blew up, medics said. Many...
At the beginning of 1979, Dr. Richards Joseph our Political Science lecturer at University of Ibadan had made significant progress in his research work for a book he was to write on Nigerian politics. He had toured almost all of Nigerian landscape, interviewing notable and not so notable people....
By OOREOFEOLUWA KALEJAIYE, Lagos- Another moment of excitement is here again for savings customers of Polaris Bank as they gear up for the grand finale draw of the ongoing Nationwide ‘Save & Win’ promo, scheduled to hold on April 29, 2021. A whooping N26,000,000 cash would have been won...
The Federal Government of Nigeria is spending $1.5bn (N568.5bn at N379/$ exchange rate) annually to fund electricity tariff shortfalls, the World Bank has said. According to the global financial institution, this amount could further increase if the country fails to take the right action. The bank disclosed this in...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced that it has registered 35 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 164,719 confirmed cases. As at Sunday, 25 April, 2021, the public health agency recorded one...
No fewer than nine persons travelling for a wedding in Ewato in the Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State died on Saturday after the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck laden with cement. The accident reportedly happened at Ekpon junction along Agbor-Ewohimi Road in...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, has urged the Federal Government to try alleged Boko Haram financiers in an open court. Senator Ndume told reporters in Abuja that those financing Boko Haram should be immediately exposed. He said: “The Presidency said recently that Nigerians would...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has directed security agencies to arrest the gunmen, who attacked and killed their personnel along Omagwa/Isiokpo/Elele Owerri Road in Ikwerre LGA of the state. The Governor, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, strongly condemned the barbaric and dastardly...
As the country prepares for the next presidential election in 2023 with calls for the seat to be zoned to the Southeast, the former Abia State leader, Senator Orji Kalu has restated that it is the turn of the region to be in Aso Rock. Senator Kalu says he...