Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), on Thursday commenced the nationwide conduct of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME), with over 2.2 million candidates participating across 966 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres. In amost all the centres visited in Abuja and Nasarawa State, the examination began amid tight security...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja
Proceedings were stalled in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on Thursday, April 16, 2026 as he could not file his final written address before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja. Mamman is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The business of newspaper vending is an age-long endeavour that has weathered the storm, sustained families, provided the means for parents to train their children in school and enabled many to own properties. Sellers of newspapers, popularly called ‘vendors’ have contributed so much in information dissemination around the world....
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, as a serial election contestant and loser, who will still contest in 2031. The Minister was responding to comments by Atiku that the current administration has not done anything positive for...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Abuja on Thursday, April 16, 2026 issued a warrant of arrest against a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Faruoq and a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali. Farouq and...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, launched a N1 billion empowerment programme, in addition to 500 electric Keke Napep tricycles, for 1,000 operators in Maiduguri metropolis and Jere. The eco-friendly electric tricycles were inaugurated on 20th December 2025 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as part of...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted several candidates travelling for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Benue State after attacking a Benue Links commercial bus. The incident according to Channels TV, reportedly occurred between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, near Burnt Bricks...
A presidential aide to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has dismissed claims by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that a coalition of opposition forces would make President Tinubu “dead on arrival” in the 2027 election. Bwala, reacting in a post on X, argued that Atiku had already tested a...
Lawmaker representing Agatu State Constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Godwin Edo, has called on the Federal Government to extend its housing scheme for internally displaced persons (IDPs) to communities affected by persistent attacks in Agatu Local Government Area. In a statement issued by his media aide,...
In line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said, it has returned over 700,000 out school children back to school. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Aisha Garba, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during the distribution of instructional materials...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated the President-elect of the Republic of Benin, His Excellency, Romuald Wadagni, on his victory at the polls. Romuald Wadagni, the country’s Minister of Finance, secured an overwhelming majority of the vote in the presidential election held on April 12. In a letter signed...
Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has successfully facilitated the extradition of one Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi to the United Kingdom to face charges bordering on murder and drug trafficking. The Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in...
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has expressed deep concern over the resurgence of attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists following the killing of six soldiers during a fresh assault in Mussa community, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The lawmaker described the continued attacks as worrisome, urging...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has approved the release of N4.289 billion for the payment of pension entitlements, gratuities, and death benefits to retired civil servants and families of deceased workers across Kaduna State and Local Government services. The approval covers obligations under the Contributory Pension Scheme (Accrued Rights)...
It was a strange night, and the scoreline doesn’t really explain half of it. Bayern Munich knocked out Real Madrid in a game that kept swinging all night, while Arsenal got past Sporting CP, but it didn’t feel convincing at all. In Munich, it started almost immediately. Madrid were...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi A. Sule, was penultimate week conferred with the Life Ambassador of Education in Nigeria award by the National body of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. Speaking on the occasion, NAPTAN President, Prof. Boniface Ogbu Odeh, eulogised...
Presidency has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his reported interest in contesting the 2027 presidential election, describing his position on power rotation as self-serving and politically divisive. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in a strongly worded statement, said Atiku’s argument against the North-South power rotation undermines Nigeria’s long-standing...
lection As Matawalle renews hope for Tinu The 2027 election is barely nine months away. But unlike in 2023 election, President Bola Tinubu’s popularity in the north is gradually fading. The sad reality is that unlike in 2023 when he got grand support from the north because northern governors...
African Democratic Congress (ADC), Benue State Chapter has declared that former Senate President, David Mark, Senator Orker Jev, former House of Representatives Speaker Protempo, Terngu Tsegba, Hon Herman Hembe, Alex Adum and Samson Okwu, are not members of the party. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday at the Nigeria...