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The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has admitted to errors in the just released 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.   Oloyede broke into tears as he apologized for the errors in the examination on Wednesday during a briefing in Abuja.    “I apologize for the trauma caused the candidates,” […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV.   Accompanied by top Catholic leaders, President Tinubu will attend a solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome and the new […]

In what diplomatic watchers described as a stark rebuke, Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a direct warning to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), singling out Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for alleged attempts to destabilize the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, according to multiple […]

EFCC Chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede, hands over a 753-unit housing estate formerly owned by Godwin Emefiele in Abuja on May 20, 2025.   The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has officially taken delivery of a 753-unit housing estate formerly owned by the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.   Disclosing […]

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has alleged that some Nigerian politicians and members of the armed forces are acting as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents.   Zulum made the revelation on Wednesday during an interview on News Central’s Breakfast Central, where he vowed that the state would strengthen its intelligence network and […]

Did Nigeria witness a mass failure in the 2025 UTME, or a scandalously botched examination process by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)? While independent investigations may be needed to fully untangle what went wrong, one thing is already clear: JAMB’s credibility is in tatters, and the events of this year’s examination cycle represent […]

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worsened on Sunday as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, pulled out of all reconciliation agreements previously reached within the opposition party.   Wike blamed Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for the problems rocking PDP, warning that “non-adherence to agreements reached was the bane […]

Air Peace Limited said it has carried out a rescue mission to repatriate 78 Nigerian women trafficked to Côte d’Ivoire under the false pretence of employment.   The airline said it deployed a Boeing 737 aircraft (registration 5N-BQV), which departed Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Saturday and landed at Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, Abidjan, before […]

President Bola Tinubu’s strategic outreach to former rival Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), aimed at consolidating support in Kano State ahead of the 2027 elections, has ignited significant opposition within the All-Progressives Congress (APC), particularly among its northern leadership, who have told the president without mincing their words, that […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following a wave of public complaints alleging technical glitches, incomplete questions, and unusually low scores.   The Board, in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, acknowledged what it described as an […]

The Federal Government has inaugurated a reform committee to undertake a comprehensive overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).     This initiative aims to strengthen the scheme’s structure and align it with national development goals, as well as the evolving needs of Nigerian youths.     The move responds to growing concerns surrounding […]

The anti-graft agency says the activist “refused to show up in spite of several invitations sent to him through his known addresses and medium of communication”.   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of a popular rights activist and social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). […]