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UTME: JAMB Has Registered 420, 674 Candidates So Far – Oloyede 

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…

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Bauchi Govt Approves N793.6m Exam Fees For Indigent Students

The Bauchi state government has approved N793.6 million for payment of external examination fees for 25,410 indigent students. The funds would cover payment of registration fees for the 2025 National Examination Council (NECO), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) and the National Board for Arabic and Islamic studies…

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Tinubu Approves Varsity For Ogoniland

President Bola Tinubu on Monday signed into law a bill establishing the Federal University of Environment and Technology in Rivers and pledged more support for the Ogoni community. Ogoni town of Tai will host the university, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, said in a statement. During the signing ceremony at the State House, President…

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CAN Gombe Raises Concerns Over Almajiri Bill

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Gombe State chapter, raised concerns on Monday about a bill to establish the Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Agency in the state. Mr Joseph Shinga, the state’s CAN chairman, submitting a protest letter to the Gombe State House of Assembly, stated that some areas required clarification. Shinga explained that the…

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Immigration: Trump Seeks Raid In Churches, Schools

The United States immigration authorities have been granted the ability to arrest individuals at schools, churches, and hospitals following President Donald Trump’s administration’s reversal of policies that previously classified these locations as off-limits for enforcement. The policy change ends over a decade of restrictions protecting these “sensitive areas.” The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees…

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