The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has directed all candidates who uploaded their O-level results before the release of the final 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results to revisit accredited centres and re-upload their results. In its weekly news bulletin on Monday, the Board explained that all previously uploaded results have been cleared […]
The world’s first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway’s coast has carried out its inaugural CO2 injection into the North Sea seabed, the Northern Lights consortium operating the site said Monday. Northern Lights, led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, involves transporting and burying CO2 captured at smokestacks across Europe. The aim is […]
Bukayo Saka is expected to miss Arsenal’s upcoming clash against Liverpool on Sunday, as well as England’s World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia next month, due to a hamstring injury. The 23-year-old forward limped off during Arsenal’s 5-0 victory over Leeds United on Saturday, and early assessments suggest he could be sidelined for up […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has deducted a total of N235.6 billion between January and July 2025 from the Frontier Exploration Fund (FEF), in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), according to the company’s financial documents. The deductions represent 30 per cent of Profit Sharing Contract (PSC) proceeds earmarked […]
Despite President Bola Tinubu’s executive order in June 2024 aimed at reducing drug costs by abolishing tariffs, excise duties, and Value Added Tax on pharmaceutical machinery and raw materials, Nigeria continues to battle soaring medication prices. The intended policy, designed to ease the financial burden on patients, remains largely unenforced, leading to no relief for […]
The National Commission for Colleges of Education has uncovered and shut down 22 illegal Colleges of Education. The discovery was made during a crackdown on illegal colleges of education in the country. The development was revealed in the commission’s achievements, seen by our correspondent. “The NCCE identified and shut down 22 illegal Colleges of Education […]
Outrage has greeted Tuesday’s beating and stripping of a serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member by alleged members of the Anambra security operatives. In the video, which is attracting outrage on social media, the female member of the NYSC could be seen being flogged and stripped by gun-wielding operatives. The incident took place in […]
Britain’s advertising regulator on Wednesday banned an advert for Sanex shower gel, owned by US consumer goods group Colgate-Palmolive, for suggesting black skin was “problematic” and white skin was “superior”. The Advertising Standards Authority said it took action after two complaints that the TV ad perpetuated negative stereotypes about people with darker skin. The ad, […]
The authorities of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, have banned final-year students from participating in examination orchestration signing off. In a press release on Tuesday, signed by the Registrar, Dr. Chinenye Okeke, the ban takes immediate effect. Okeke cited chaos, violence, and disruption of normal university activities as the reasons behind the directive. The statement read […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has advised residents living in flood-prone areas to relocate to the upland due to the looming flood predicted by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency. The Commandant, Maku Olatunde, gave the advice on Thursday, after assessing the preparedness of the Command’s […]
The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent increase in scholarship grants across all academic levels as part of a major overhaul of its national scholarship programme. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Wednesday during a high-level meeting with officials of the Federal Scholarship Board in Abuja. He said the scholarship […]
The Federal Government may rake in N796bn annually from the introduction of a five per cent surcharge on locally produced and imported petrol, based on its new tax policy slated to take effect from January 1, 2026, an analysis by The PUNCH has revealed. The five per cent surcharge on refined petroleum products is contained […]