No fewer than 6,000 delegates have converged in Abidjan for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s 2025 Annual Meetings and a key highlight of the meetings will be the election of a new President to succeed Dr Akinwumi Adesina, whose second five-year term ends on August 31. The event, which opens toaday marks the opening
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that 70.7% of the 1.93 million candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scored below 200 points, even as debates rage over the fate of its Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, following widespread technical issues that disrupted the conduct of the exams in
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of its resit examination conducted for candidates affected by the technical error during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. In a statement released on Sunday morning by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the board announced the results, revealing that out of the 336,845 candidates
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has announced his withdrawal from all reconciliation agreements previously brokered within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alleging that key party leaders have repeatedly acted in bad faith, violated mutual understandings, and undermined the spirit of unity. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday. Wike
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the creation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Division, under its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department. The commission disclosed this through Mr Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Thursday in Abuja. Olumekun said that the division was to allow the commission
The Gombe State Government has approved N1.12 billion to fasttrack the establishment of the Faculty of Agriculture in the Gombe State University. Mr Muhammad Shettima, Commissioner for Higher Education, said this at the end of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, on Wednesday in Gombe. He said the council approved the take-over of Government Secondary
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has alleged that some Nigerian politicians and members of the armed forces are acting as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum revealed this on Wednesday during an interview on a TV show where he vowed that the state would strengthen its intelligence network and deal with saboteurs
Members of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, on Tuesday, protested over poor welfare, non-payment of allowance arrears and other emoluments for workers. During the protest at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, the aggrieved workers of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association
Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has announced an increase in the monthly salaries and allowances of newly recruited medical doctors in the state, from N150,000 to N500,000. Nwifuru made the announcement in Abakaliki during the inauguration of the hospital equipment worth billions of naira and the state’s health activation programme which was in preparation for
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, on Sunday, announced the redeployment of some judges. Justice Tsoho, in a statement by FHC’s Director of Information, Dr Catherine Christopher, directed Justice M. G. Umar from Enugu Judicial Division to take over cases earlier presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo of Court
