The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit, conducted for candidates affected by technical system failures during the initial exercise. A statement issued on Sunday by Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, also revealed disturbing trends of misconduct involving candidates, tutorial…
Two individuals have been hospitalised following the crash-landing of a training aircraft operated by the Aviation Training School at Ilorin Airport, the capital of Kwara State, on Friday evening. This information was confirmed in a statement released on Saturday by Mrs. Bimbo Oladeji, Director of Public Affairs for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), and…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s First Lady, has reaffirmed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to tackle food insecurity and empower the nation’s most vulnerable populations through the expansion of the Renewed Hope Initiative’s (RHI) Food Outreach Scheme. The programme, which commenced on 8 March 2024, is designed to provide vital food aid to women,…
In a distressing incident, two siblings, Master Prince Ugwuegbulem and Miss Chizitere Ugwuegbulem, were reportedly abducted by suspected herdsmen in the Umuoka area of the Amakaohia-Ubi Autonomous Community, located within the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The abduction took place on Thursday at approximately 8:30 pm, just 200 metres from their home….
Rev. Fr. Solomon Atongu, the Catholic Priest in Charge of St. John Quasi Parish Jimba, has reportedly been shot by suspected armed herdsmen along the notorious Makurdi-Naka road. The incident occurred on Saturday evening as the priest was returning from Makurdi to his parish in Naka, where he unwittingly drove into an ambush set by…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has elected Hon. Gloria Sarauniya Usman as its new State Secretary in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), marking a fresh chapter in the party’s leadership drive. Her emergence was confirmed during the SDP State Congress held on Tuesday, 6 May 2025, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The event…
Stakeholders from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State have declared their unwavering support for Governor Uba Sani’s bid for a second term, citing his administration’s visible and impactful development projects as a compelling reason for continuity. This endorsement followed a media tour of completed and ongoing projects undertaken…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced 18 foreign nationals to one year’s imprisonment each for cybercrime, fraud, impersonation, and attempting to undermine Nigeria’s constitutional framework. The convicts, who initially maintained their not guilty pleas, altered their statements under a plea bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justices…
Troops from Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) successfully thwarted a significant assault by ISWAP terrorists in Damboa, Borno, neutralising 21 insurgents and seizing a substantial cache of arms and ammunition. Captain Reuben Kovangiya, the acting deputy director of army public relations at Headquarters Theatre Command, confirmed the operation in a statement released in Maiduguri on Friday….
A Zamfara-based advocacy group has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle, for appointing Hon. Yazeed Shehu Danfulani as Managing Director of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC). The commendation came via a statement signed by the group’s chairman, Mr Imran Usman Bore, who described the…
