A 45-year-old lecturer at the Taraba State College of Health Technology, Takum, identified as Samson Philip, has been found dead in what police suspect to be a case of suicide. Philip’s lifeless body was discovered in the early hours of Tuesday, in his residence in Bete, Takum Local Government Area. Family sources said a rope […]

The National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday called for the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, following the admittance by the examination body that the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was marred with errors. NANS in a statement released by its National Public Relations Officer, Samson Adeyemi, […]

There is tension in parts of Ogun and Lagos states over rumours that there is deadly rice in circulation. Parents and relatives send voice messages to their loved ones, warning them against buying or consuming rice at this time because a foreign trader had invoked the spirit of Ogun deity after her two trucks of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has dismissed any possibility of Senator Ajibola Basiru winning the governorship election in the state in 2026. This is as the Osun PDP levelled him unelectable and lacking the popularity required to defeat the incumbent, Governor Ademola Adeleke. In a statement released by the party’s Director of […]

Youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has described as unacceptable the decision by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to fix a fresh examination for those affected by what it called errors in the recently released results. JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, had on Wednesday admitted that errors […]

Candidates who have been scheduled to resit the 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination, UTME, will begin getting text messages from today (Thursday). In total, at least 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East and Lagos are expected to participate. This was confirmed by the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during a […]

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has removed a foreign national, Ellie Bitar from the wanted list for Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) fraud. EFCC had declared Bitar wanted on April 30 for alleged fraud on the CBEX trading platform by which his name was posted in a wanted notice across various social media platforms. […]

The Abia State Tricycle Operators Union, ASTOPU, Aba Zone, has appealed to the members of the Abia public to help it in locating Mr. Emmanuel Obodoezie, a tricycle operator based in Aba, Abia State for immediate rewards. According to ASTOPU, Obodoezie displayed an extraordinary act of honesty and integrity by returning N2.04 million forgotten by […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the implementation of Nigeria First Policy which proscribed the ban on foreign importation. According to NTA, this was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday. This means immediate implementation of revised procurement thresholds for Ministeries, Departments and Agencies which prioritized Nigeria First. Tinubu said that the approval is based on […]

Amid the controversies over the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Registrar, Prof Oloyede apologized yesterday to Nigerians. While shedding tears, he admitted that some errors affected the outcome of the examination. However, beneath the apology and plan to have the affected candidates resit for […]