The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has registered 420,674 candidates for the 2025/2026 JAMB examinations as at Monday afternoon. The JAMB registrar, Emeritus Professor Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this yesterday after his visits to some Computer Based Test Centres (CBT) in Ilorin, Kwara State. Oloyede disclosed that 124,632 candidates have entered for the mock JAMB…
Fans and supporters of Nigerian music superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, have commended him for announcing the provision of aids to 500 motherless babies home across Nigeria. The humanitarian celebrity who disclosed this in a post on his X page (formerly twitter), said the gesture was part of his foundation’s programme for 2025….
The Management of Bayero University Kano (BUK), said it will confer honourary doctorate degree on former governor of Kano State, retired Col. Sani Bello and Alhaji Auwalu Rano, owner of A.A. Rano oil. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the varsity’s convocation is scheduled for March 9 to 13. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sagir…
Amid ongoing conflict, the Sudanese government has called on the African Union, United Nations, and Arab League to support its roadmap for restoring peace and stability in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan made the call in a statement issued on Monday. The statement outlined a post-war roadmap proposed by the Sudanese…
Following the release of three more Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, harrowing details about the conditions of their captivity have come to light. The brother of Or Levy reported that the 34-year-old had been “hungry, barefoot, and in constant fear’’ for 16 months. Levy was released on…
Two weeks before Germany’s parliamentary election, the Green Party candidate, Robert Habeck, on Monday rejected accusations of plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. In a video message on social media, Habeck, who is vice chancellor and economy minister, said that an investigation by the University of Hamburg cleared him of scientific misconduct. Allegations of plagiarism are…
Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy(FMACTCE), says Motherland Festival, a new initiative, would serve as a platform to connect Nigerians in diaspora with their homeland and culture. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister stated this during a news conference to unveil plans and programme for the…
The daughter of the Swedish royal couple Sofia and Prince Carl Philip, who was born on Friday, has been named as Ines Marie Lilian Silvia. The Court announced on Monday that the princess would be known by her first name, Ines, and will have the title Duchess of Västerbotten. The little princess has three big…
The annual salaries of members of the British parliament (MPs) could rise to almost 94,000 pounds ($116,490) per year, after the body in charge of their pay recommended a slightly above-inflation increase. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) made the announcement on Monday that it was proposed to increase MPs’ pay by 2.8per cent in…
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), indefinitely. Justice Nyako gave the order after Kanu and his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, insisted that the trial judge no longer had jurisdiction to preside over the case following…
