The race for jobs in Nigeria’s paramilitary agencies has drawn nearly 1.91 million applicants, despite only 30,000 vacancies being available, according to the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). Figures released on the board’s official recruitment website reveal huge regional interest, with Kogi State topping the list at 116,243 applicants, followed closely…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with visiting North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte to discuss Ukrainian and European security, the presidential press service reported. At the meeting in Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa, Zelensky and Rutte discussed various formats of cooperation between Ukraine and NATO member states, including in Ramstein format….
The Trump campaign has lodged a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), alleging that the Washington Post is engaging in unfair practices by funding advertisements that highlight negative stories about former President Donald Trump. Recently, the Post intensified its paid advertising efforts across social media platforms, particularly following backlash against owner Jeff Bezos…
Russia’s Tsentr (Centre) group of forces has eliminated up to 600 Ukrainian military personnel over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. “The enemy lost up to 600 troops, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles, including a U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, seven vehicles and a field artillery gun,’’ the ministry…
Dr Edmund Daukoru, Amanyanabo of Nembe Kingdom, Bayelsa has applauded President Bola Tinubu for prioritising the welfare and participation of oil communities in the oil and gas sector. Daukoru, a former Minister of State for Petroleum made the commendation at the inauguration of the Nembe Okiori Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) in Yenagoa on Wednesday….
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, weakened three pips to 7.1879 against the on dollar Tuesday. This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the Yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent from the central parity rate…
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…
President General of Apex Igbo Social-cultural Organisation Ohanaeze Senator John Azuta-Mbata has called for the suspension of the registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board(JAMB). Mbata, who made call while reacting to the glitches of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), as released by Joint Administrations and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said he observed the…
The bills seeking creation of State and Local Governments Police, Special Legislatives Seats for Persons With Disability (PWD) and Special Interest Groups scaled second reading in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bills were among the 39 constitutional amendment bills seeking judicial and legislative security as well as electoral reforms, sponsored by different members…
Gov Umaru Bago of Niger says the dissolution of his cabinet is a mid-term review of his administration’s performance. Bago stated this while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Minna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Bologi, announced the dissolution of his…
