The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and stakeholders in the tertiary education sector have approved 150 as the minimum admission benchmark for universities for the 2026 admission exercise. The decision was reached on Monday during the 2026 annual policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions held in Abuja. The approved scores, officially known as the […]
The Governor of Lagos State,Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr John Asein, have called for a collective and uncompromising fight against piracy in Africa’s entertainment industry. The two warned that the remarkable achievements of the creative sector could be undermined if intellectual property theft is allowed to thrive. […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, in the early hours of Monday to participate in the highly anticipated Africa Forward Summit aimed at advancing economic transformation and regional cooperation across the continent. Tinubu’s aircraft touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at approximately 12:18 a.m. local time. The development was disclosed in […]
The renewed political tension between the minister of the federal capital territory, FCT, Barr Nyesom Wike, and the Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, took a dramatic twist as the House of Assembly Screening Committee of the All Progressive Congress, APC, disqualified all 32 aspirants adopted by the governor. Meanwhile, the four-man committee cleared all 29 […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a sit-at-home across every town, village, and city in the South-East on May 30 in honour of all fallen heroes and heroines of Biafra struggle. In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB described the day as a “sacred day of remembrance for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
