The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has fixed March 14 for the commencement of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination. The examination according to the board will be between March 14 and April 4. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq…
There were indications on Sunday that the bank accounts of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Mohammed Adoke are being screened by operatives probing his suspected involvement in the $1.06 billion Malabu Oil Block (OPL 245) deal. The former minister,…
Nigerian troops fought back Boko Haram insurgents at Gonar Bukar settlement on Gashua Road on the outskirts of Damaturu, the Yobe capital late on Sunday. The spokesman of the army’s Operation Lafiya Dole, Capt. Njoka Irabor, who confirmed the development…
Erratic power supply and its attendant crushing effects on the nation’s socio-economic development necessitated the privatisation of the power sector. Years after privatising the sector, Nigerians continue to groan in darkness. LUCAS AJANAKU writes on how to bridge the power…
Apostle Suleman Johnson has asserted that December 25 is not about celebrating Jesus Christ’s “birthday”, but his birth basically. The fiery preacher therefore advised believers to ‘focus on the reason for the Christmas season not the history’, as according to…
Ekiti State Government and organised labour unions will today begin negotiation on the consequential adjustment of salaries arising from the new minimum wage. This is consequent upon the directives by organised labour to all state governors to conclude negotiation on…
The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has said he is yet to receive a letter written to him by American lawmakers on the continued illegal detention of political activist, Omoyele Sowore. Mr Malami said in a statement on…
The death of a 23-year-old rape victim, who set herself on fire outside the office of Superintendent of Police (SP) in Unnao, India, has been announced. According to India Today, the victim who poured kerosene on herself, set herself on…
The CSP added that the friend is now on the run and the one who gave his account number for the transaction is left to pay the price. She warned people to desist from “borrowing” their account numbers to people…
Abia Uchenna and Eboh Chinedu, the two students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) who were held in a Bosnian refugee camp after participating in an international table tennis competition in Croatia, have accused the Croatian police of…
A Sprinter Bus carrying passengers caught fire on the Suhum stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway. Passengers onboard the Sprinter bus with registration number GG 2858-18 traumatically escaped through the Windows and main door. No major injury was recorded. In a…
The Chief Imam of Ansarudeen Society Worldwide, Shelkh Abdurahman Ahmad, on Saturday attributed impatience and lack of endurance among couples as major factors responsible for early marriage breakup currently witnessed in Nigeria. The Islamic cleric made this revelation while speaking…
Asisat Oshoala scored her eight league goal in 12 appearances for FC Barcelona on Saturday against Granadilla Tenerife. Oshoala netted in the 17th minute, scoring the opener as Barcelona wrapped up a 3-1 win. Barcelona extended their winning run in…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the detention of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, was “purely a criminal matter, which is being handled by a court of competent jurisdiction.” The…
A fire outbreak has been recorded at the Ekiosa market in Benin city, causing commotion in the area. According to a report by The Nation, many traders at the Ekiosa market in Benin City are currently in tears as fire…
Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, on Sunday declared that he did not receive any correspondence from the United States, US, lawmakers over the re-arrest and continued detention of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the RevolutionNow…
Legal luminary, Femi Falana, has alleged that there was a third term agenda for President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria stated that soon, Nigerians will start seeing manifestations of the ‘plot’. He spoke in reaction to a suit…
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has claimed that Fulanis would keep ruling Nigeria because they control the military, judiciary and INEC. The pro-Biafra activist was reacting to a statement by former Minister of…
Marc Biggy Marc wrote “Brother it’s a pity that you came to Thailand to hustle for your future with full of life in you but today 20th Dec.2019 you’re going back home as a corpse. ohh what a wicked world?…
Veteran actor and author, Samuel Akinpelu, aka Alabi Yellow, has passed on. Akinpelu, known for his caustic tongue in movies, was believed to have died earlier today in his home in Ikorodu, Lagos. It should be recalled that the actor…