The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) branch, has threatened to sue the Joint Matriculation Board (JAMB) over massive failure recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam (UTME). The Chairman of ASUU-UNN, Comrade Óyibo Eze, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Nsukka on Wednesday. Oyibo said the massive…
The Vatican on Friday announced that Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration will take place on May 18 with a mass in St. Peter’s Square, following his election to succeed Pope Francis. The ceremony is to take place at 10a.m (0800 GMT) May 18 at the Vatican. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the first U.S….
An Edo State High Court sitting in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, on Wednesday, declared the impeachment of the elected chairman of the local government, Taju Alade, illegal and ordered his immediate reinstatement. In his ruling, the presiding judge, Justice B. A. Okoh, directed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to provide him with…
The parallel Zamfara House of Assembly has urged Gov. Dauda Lawal to establish three Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state. The call was made on Tuesday following a motion moved by Ibrahim Tudu-Tukur (APC, Bakura Constituency) at the parallel assembly’s plenary in Gusau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 10…
Personnel of the Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Delta have apprehended three suspected pipeline vandals and recovered six crude-laden boats. Parading the two suspects and recovered items at the Warri Naval Base on Wednesday, the Commander of NNS Delta, Commodore Abdulazeez Zubairu, said that the suspects were arrested by the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos anti-crude…
The death toll from a school bus fire in Thailand has risen to at least 23, local media reported on Wednesday. 38 pupils aged between six and 15 and six teachers were on their way from Uthan Thani province to Bangkok, 200 kilometres south-east of the Thai capital. The blast occurred on the bus about…
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday faulted the inauguration of Gabonese General Brice Oligui Nguema as the country’s interim President. In a statement, the spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, demanded an immediate return to democracy in Gabon. Nguema had on August 30, 2023, led a coup ending 55 years of…
Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dr Wahab Shittu (SAN), on Tuesday alleged misleading media reports of the fraud trial of a former Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, and four others. Kuru and the others are charged with fraud and theft to the tune of N76…
The University of Plymouth, England, and University of Calabar (UNICAL) have partnered on water and land management to mitigate climate change. Prof. William Blake, Director, Sustainable Earth Institute, University of Plymouth, disclosed this when he led other management staff of the university to University of Calabar on Wednesday. Blake explained that the partnership would focus…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has faulted the recent strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), warning that such disruptions risk undermining investor confidence in Nigeria’s economy. Speaking at the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja, Shettima described the strike — triggered by the dismissal of workers at the…
