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The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, says the autonomy of public universities can be better achieved if the National Universities Commission (NUC) is left alone to manage the budgets of tertiar...

No fewer than 19 people were feared killed in a renewed cult clash in Obelle Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.The development has sparked panic in the area as residents have deserted the community for safety.It would be recalled that on Wednesday, unidentified gunmen believed to be members of a cult group invaded the community and killed seven people.While the com...

The Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a construction company to construct the long-awaited Lekki-Epe International Airport.In a statement on his X handle, the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, noted that the airport is an essential part of his administration’s vision to improve connectivity in the state and stimulate economic growth, as well as draw in global investments....

Barely a month after announcing the commencement of the 125,000 barrels Warri refinery, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said the facility is undergoing a planned routine maintenance programme aimed at ensuring optimal operations.It also denied reports of an explosion at the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company.The company, in a statement signed by the Chief Corporate Communications ...

The National Identity Management Commission has identified over 6,000 Nigeriens registered on its database with the National Identification Number.This was as President Bola Tinubu directed an inter-ministerial committee to ensure comprehensive data for the National Social Register for the Federal Government’s social investment programmes.The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, briefed the Fede...

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has received a court order mandating him to appear for a hearing on Monday, February 10, 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja.The notice, dated January 22, 2025, was addressed to Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor.Recall that Kanu had earlier requested that his case be transferred to the South-East if no judge at ...

The Ministry of Education has clarified that the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, merely proposed the introduction of a 12-year basic education system.The ministry stated that reports of an immediate policy change on the matter were untrue.Several media outlets had suggested that a new policy aimed at scrapping the Junior and Senior Secondary School system was already in effect.In a s...

The newly appointed United States’ Attorney General Pam Bondi ‘quietly’ dismantled the team earlier this week following authorisation by Mr Trump.U.S. President Donald Trump has disbanded the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, an elite Department of Justice (DOJ) team tasked with tracing the billions of dollars assets looted by Nigeria’s late military Head of State, Sani Abacha and other internat...

The House of Representatives Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed the creation of 31 additional states in the country.Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu who presided over plenary on Thursday read a letter from the committee containing the proposed states.If approved, this will increase the number of states in Nigeria to 67.The letter read...

Following the recent attack on the people of Amegu Nkalaha Community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Sunday by suspected hoodlums, the police arrested one of the suspects linked to the attack.This was disclosed in a press statement released by Ebonyi State Police Command spokesperson, SP Joshua Ukandu. According to Ukandu, the Commissioner of Police, CP Anthonia Uche-Anya, in a swift response, dispatched...