The Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the exclusion of Labour Party (LP) candidates from the February 21 area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Delivering judgment in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/2110/2025, Justice Peter Lifu declined to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept or publish LP’s list of candidates. The court…
The Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Suleja Region, Niger State, has rewarded the best-performing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates from the church with cash prizes. The Regional Overseer, Pastor Samuel Ndagi, presented the awards on Sunday in Suleja. Miss Faith Emmanuel, who scored 279 points, received ₦100,000 through the Deeper Life Schools Outreach (DLSO)…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday screened 176 exceptional underage candidates who excelled in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The screening, held simultaneously in Abuja, Owerri, and Lagos, was designed to identify outstanding candidates below the age of 16 who may be considered for admission into Nigerian universities for the…
Almost 22,000 candidates are seeking admission into the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) for the 2025/2026 academic session, far exceeding the institution’s capacity of 13,000 available spaces. Professor Kamilu Rauf, head of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centre, said on Monday that the Post-UTME screening, which runs from 28 August to 4 September, registered 20,220 UTME applicants…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will screen more than 500 outstanding candidates under the age of 16 for possible admission into tertiary institutions for the 2025/2026 academic session. The exercise will take place from September 22 to 26 at three centres: Lagos, Abuja, and Owerri. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said Lagos would…
The Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Peter Ugwu, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately upload the party’s candidates for the upcoming FCT Area Council elections scheduled for February 26, 2026. Ugwu made the appeal on Wednesday during a peaceful protest by party…
Mr Joe Okojie, on Monday emerged candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the August 16, 2025 National Assembly by-election for Edo Central Senatorial District. This is contained in a statement on Monday in Benin, by Mr Chris Nehikhare, Publicity Secretary, Edo PDP caretaker committee. According to Nehikhare, Okojie emerged winner of the PDP…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned its candidates for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections against pursuing personal ambitions that could undermine the party’s chances of victory in Feb. 2026. Chairman of the PDP FCT chapter, Ismail Dogara, issued the warning on Monday in Abuja while handing over INEC nomination forms to…
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), has begun the 2025 overseas scholarship selection exercise of 400 candidates in the North-East. Its Executive Secretary, Ahmed Galadima, said this while supervising the candidates selection/screening exercise, on Monday in Bauchi. He said the fund had set up eight centres across the country, to select best talents to study…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the mop-up examination conducted on Saturday, June 28, 2025. According to a press statement released by JAMB on Sunday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, out of the 96,838 candidates scheduled to sit for the mop-up exam, only 11,161 were confirmed present…
