President Donald Trump has said the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, triggering Russian criticism after Moscow claimed new gains in its grinding war against its neighbor. The Kremlin warned Tuesday that sending arms to Ukraine only serves to prolong the conflict, a day after Trump’s pledge for “more weapons” for Ukraine to […]

The Kano State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the attack on the Emir’s palace at Kofar Kudu in the Kano metropolis on Sunday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest of the suspects to The PUNCH via a WhatsApp message on Tuesday. “Yes, the command has arrested […]

The Rivers State Police said it has located the 300-level female undergraduate student of the University of Port Harcourt, who set her lover ablaze to a hospital. The suspect identified as Cynthia Chukwundah allegedly set the boyfriend, Saint Sunny Amadi, 32 years old, from Elibrada community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. State […]

Okeke Chinedu from Anambra state has emerged the top scorer of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination with 375 score. However, on Tuesday, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, noted that the board realised some discrepancies regarding Okeke, who applied for mechanical engineering at the University of Lagos. According […]

A twenty-one-day mourning period has begun in honour of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, starting this Tuesday. The declaration of this mourning period follows an age-old tradition of the ancient city. Nigerian Tribune reports that Oba Olakulehin passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness at an undisclosed private hospital in Ibadan. […]

Heads of universities at the 2025 policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board set the 2025 minimum admission benchmark for universities at 150 on Tuesday. This means that JAMB will permit no university in the country to admit any candidate who scores below 150 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination. […]

Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, fixed July 17 for ruling on an application filed by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello seeking to travel out of the country on health grounds. At the resumed hearing of the money laundering case filed by the […]

The federal government has officially set the minimum age for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions at 16 years. The government also cautioned that any admission carried out outside the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, would be deemed illegal, and those responsible would face prosecution. The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this on […]

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that all of its branches throughout the country would cease operations owing to the delay in the payment of June 2025 salaries. The union highlighted the adoption of its “No Pay, No Work” resolution as the cause of this action. ASUU sections at […]