President Cyril Ramaphosa has made it clear that everyone in South Africa must respect and uphold the country’s laws, while condemning the ongoing xenophobic attacks. There have been escalating xenophobic attacks in South Africa, which reportedly claimed the lives of two Nigerians and heightened fears within Nigerian communities. This led to the Federal Government announcing […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that candidates seeking admission into Education programmes and Agriculture-related non-engineering courses in College of Education and Polytechnics will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board disclosed this in a post shared on its official X handle on Monday during its […]
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The Philippines’ House of Representatives impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday—for the second time—over accusations of unexplained wealth, misuse of state funds, and threats to have her former ally President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assassinated. The second impeachment came more than nine months after the country’s Supreme Court voided the first over a constitutional […]
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Fresh anxiety has enveloped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following uncertainty surrounding the political future of Rivers State Governor, SiminalayiFubara, ahead of the 2027 governorship election. However, the governor refused to address journalists yesterday after appearing before the APC governorship screening committee at the Plateau State Governors’ Lodge in Abuja. Meanwhile, Kingsley Chinda, a […]
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Two years after the introduction of Band A classification, which raised tariffs by over 300 per cent, leading to N2.4 trillion revenue to augment capital market funding, Nigerians continue to decry worsening power supply. This comes amid concern over a fresh tariff hike in Lagos. The state has taken a lead in the push by […]
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The Federal Government has declared war on illegal admissions into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, warning universities, polytechnics and colleges of education that any admission conducted outside the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS, would be treated as unlawful and attract stiff sanctions, including possible suspension of operating licences. Minister of Education, Dr […]
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The Nigeria Police Force has announced the dismantling of the Independent People of Biafra’s enclave in Imo state and the recovery of arms, ammunition and surveillance drones. In what it described as major operational success in the ongoing nationwide campaign to suppress violent extremism and dismantle organized criminal networks, the Police the feat was achieved […]
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The capital expenditure by 26 state governments plunged by N2.19tn within three months in the first quarter of 2026, raising concerns over slowing infrastructure development and worsening fiscal pressures as politics for next year’s elections intensifies. An analysis of quarter-on-quarter financial reports published on the official websites of the states showed that total capital expenditure […]
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The remains of one of two U.S. soldiers who disappeared during exercises in Morocco earlier this month have been recovered, the U.S. military said, as the search continues for the other soldier. A Moroccan military search team found the remains of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. at 8:55 a.m. Saturday, the U.S. Army Europe […]
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Seventeen Americans evacuated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship docked off Spain’s Canary Islands were being airlifted to the United States late Sunday, the Department of Health and Human Services said. One American experiencing mild symptoms and another who tested “mildly PCR positive” for the Andes strain of hantavirus were traveling in the plane’s biocontainment units, […]
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