The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates who sat for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to start checking their results on Tuesday. The directive was given via a statement issued on Monday, May 1, by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, after the board’s emergency management meeting held in Abuja on […]
Monday 1 May 2023 Opposition’s rigging claim fraudulent, FG insists Don’t attack embassy staff, ambassador warns stranded Nigerian students Man hangs self in Lagos, traditionalists perform cleansing rites Yari meets Buhari, says North deserves Senate presidency No Plan To Phase Out Redesigned Naira Notes — CBN Heavy Rain, Traffic Responsible For Delay In Completion […]
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has joined the race for the 10th Assembly speaker. Doguwa, who represents Doguwa /Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State, has sent a letter of intent to members-elect. He said the desire to aspire to the position was fueled by his passion for nation […]
About 13 houses in Ajao estate and Shasha areas of Lagos have been demolished by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LSBCA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). During a press briefing in Ikeja, on Friday, before the demolition exercise, Gbolahan Oki, the general manager of LASBCA, said most of the property […]
The Labour Party (LP) says the national executive council meeting planned by Lamidi Apapa-led faction is “illegal, fake and unauthourised”. The leadership of the party has been experiencing in-fighting since Apapa, who the party said has been suspended, declared himself the acting national chairman following the sack of Julius Abure by a court. Others […]
Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from prison. Speaking during his inauguration as the new president-general of the apex Igbo body, on Sunday, Iwuanyanwu said the security situation in the south-east is very disturbing. He added […]
Two Catholic priests, Reverend Fathers Chochos Kunav and Raphael Ogigba have been kidnapped in Agbaro-Otor area, near Warri, Delta State. They were abducted on Agbaro-Otor Road on Saturday night while on their way apparently to Ughelli or Warri. A statement by Very Rev Father Okereke Kizito, said one of the hostages, Father Chochos, works […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says effective May 1, it will reconnect three Distribution Companies (Discos) earlier disconnected from the National Grid due to non-compliance with market rules. According to a statement by TCN Market Operator, Dr. E. A Eje, said the suspended and disconnected Discos will be reconnected to the National Grid […]
Police authorities have arrested three suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Anambra State. According to the state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, they were arrested on Wednesday by operatives attached to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Aguata who were on a stop-and-search duty at Afor Nnobi road junction around 7:50pm. […]
A 24-year-old man, Jacob Ekene, was on Thursday remanded to the Ikoyi Correctional Center for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl at her aunt’s residence in the Amuwo Odofin, Lagos. Ekene, who was arraigned on three counts of conspiracy, rape, and inflicting bodily harm, was remanded by Magistrate P. E. Nwaka at a […]
