UTME candidates, centres laud JAMB, allege minor technical hitch
Candidates sitting for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Thursday narrated their experiences on the conduct of the examination by the…
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18 items JAMB candidates must not take to exam venue
As the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) begins Thursday, the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates against bringing in…
Court orders Evans to get legal representative by May 17
Justice Adedayo Akintoye of an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans to engage…
IMF worries over Nigeria’s ability to pay back N24.39tn debt
The International Monetary Fund, has expressed worry over Nigeria’s ability to repay its foreign debt which had continued to rise. Though it…
Atiku disowns ‘Pukka’ billboards, posters in Abuja, Yola
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has disowned campaign posters titled “The Pukka’’ that festooned some of the major…
FG to spend N82.109m for 2019 Abuja carnival
The 2019 edition of Abuja cultural carnival will gulp N82.109 million, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said.…
Fidelity Bank announces appointments of three new executives
Fidelity Bank Plc on Monday announced the appointments of three new Executives by the Board of Directors as part of corporate realignment…
ABIA Govt Wars against drug dealers, peddlers in Municipal Area
From Charity Uwakwe, Abia The Chairman Transition Committee, Umuahia North L.G.A of Abia state, Hon. Kelechi Ezechukwu has embarked on sanitisation process…
Court admits evidence on Olisa Metuh’s N400m alleged fraud case
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has admitted into evidence, records of expenditure of the N400m the former National Publicity Secretary of the…
Lagos lawmaker decries state of Badagry road
Mr Setonji David, a member of Lagos State House of Assembly, on Tuesday decried the state of Badagry road, saying the road…
Police tear-gas INEC ad-hoc staff protesting non-payment
Police in Enugu on Tuesday used tear gas on some INEC ad-hoc staff at the just concluded general elections who protested the…
Police dismiss nine senior officers, demote six for misconduct
The Police Service Commission has approved with immediate effect the dismissal of nine senior Police officers for gross misconduct. It also approved…
21 persons killed, 50 cows rustled in Kajuru attack — Police
The Kaduna State Police Command have confirmed the attack on Ungwan Aku village, in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state in…
Buhari condemns Kaduna violence, Rivers cultism
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned recent violence in Kaduna state, which led to the death of 20 members of Adara community. A…
Causality figure in Taraba Tiv/Jukun clashes rises to 10
The Chairman of Wukari Local Government Council of Taraba, Mr Daniel Adi, has confirmed that 10 people were killed and several others…
Controversy over air traffic figures, N525 billion ticket sales
The actual status of air travel, its traffic and the attendant total ticket sales nationwide are yet a subject of controversy among…