The house of representatives has asked the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results to three years. The lower legislative chamber also urged the board to conduct the UTME at least twice a year. By current arrangement, result of the exam conducted by […]

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives, seeking an amendment to the 2022 supplementary appropriation act to accommodate N500 billion for provisions of palliatives for Nigerians. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas read the president’s letter at plenary on Wednesday. He said the request became necessary to enable […]

  Thunderstrike has reportedly killed three suspected kidnappers in the agrarian Oro Ago community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. It was gathered that the incident, linked to the efforts of the local vigilance team in the Igbomina Kwara axis aimed at checking security challenges in the area, happened three days ago. […]

  Against the backdrop of the removal of fuel subsidy, President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to be patient, promising that he will come up with palliatives to assuage the sufferings. The Chairman of the class of 1999 Governors, Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State, conveyed the President’s message after a closed-door meeting of the class […]

  The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, said it will investigate an allegation of the gruesome murder of Nigerians by soldiers in Enugu State. The House passed the resolution following a motion by a member, Cyriacus Umeha, who calling for punishment of those found culpable. He alleged that on June 29, 2023, licensed local vigilantes […]

  Former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has said that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar is angry because he was rejected by him and the G5- governors. Ortom was reacting to a statement made by Atiku through his media aide, Phrank Shaibu accusing him and […]

  Anambra Police Operatives on Tuesday, killed two kidnappers along the Ichida- Igboukwu expressway and rescued a kidnap victim. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu said the operation was in collaboration with Anambra State Vigilantes. In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday, Ikenga said items recovered from the kidnappers include; “one Ak47 rifle, […]

  Two officials of the AirPeace ground staff were thoroughly rough-handled by men of the Nigerian Air Force for trying to do their job at Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport Owerri on Monday. Their offence was their insistence on due process, that an Air Force Commodore should be screened before boarding the aircraft in line with […]

  A United States district court has sentenced Olalekan Ponle, better known as Woodberry, to eight years and three months in prison for multimillion-dollar fraud. Woodberry is an ally of Ramon Abbas, best known as Hushpuppi, another Nigerian who was jailed for internet fraud in November 2022. On June 10, 2020, Hushpuppi and Woodberry were […]

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide causes cancer, heart, kidney diseases and liver failure. Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye stated this in Abuja during the flag off of the organization’s media sensitization workshop on dangers of drug hawking and […]