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President Bola Tinubu on Sunday met with the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, and a former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, during Pope Leo XIV’s installation service at the Vatican, Rome....

The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Honourable Desmond Enabulele, has expressed strong confidence in Team Edo’s readiness for the 2024 National Sports Festival, which begins on May 16, 2025, in Ogun State.Speaking after inspecting a series of training sessions and selection trials held by ...

Fifty-eight students alleged to be involved in cult-related activities between 2022 till date, have been expelled by the management of the Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State.The institution said the punitive measure has enabled the authorities to cut down the magnitude of cult related activities in the polytechnic....

The House of Representatives has voted against a bill seeking rotational presidency in the country.During the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, the lower chamber also rejected six other constitution amendment bills after they failed to scale the second reading....

The Senate has called on the Federal Government to ensure the inclusion of one representative from each local government council across the states, and one per area council in the Federal Capital Territory in Federal Account Allocation Committee deliberations....

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has elected Chris Piwuna, a Professor of Medicine and Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, as its new national president.Piwuna, who also served as the immediate past National Vice President of the Union and Dean of Student Affairs at the University of J...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following a wave of public complaints alleging technical glitches, incomplete questions, and unusually low scores.The Board, in a statement issued by its Public Communicatio...

The Appeal Court Sitting in Benin has dismissed an appeal filed by Egbirhe Community, challenging the judgement of the Edo State High Court which upheld the resolution conducted by the Oba of Benin on boundary dispute between Okhuoromi and the Appellants.The claimants (Egbirhe) had in suit marked B/361/2019, dragged t...

The Labour Party has announced the indefinite suspension of six prominent members, including Abia State Governor Alex Otti, Senators Darlington Nwokocha and Ireti Kingibe, over alleged anti-party activities.Others suspended are Victor Afam Ogene, Amobi Ogah, and Seyi Sowumi....

The Federal Government has set up a committee to carry out major changes to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).The goal is to make the scheme stronger, more useful to national growth, and better suited to the needs of Nigerian youths.This decision ...