archiveMarch 10, 2025

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said 2,030,627 candidates were registered for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was contained in the board’s weekly bulletin in Abuja on Monday. This is said to be the highest number of applications the board has received in its history of...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says it has ongoing discussions with Dangote Refinery towards reaching a new contract. Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Olufemi Soneye, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the contract for the sale of crude oil in Naira was...

Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced two siblings, Amos Remilekun Ilesanmi and Olanrewaju Samuel Ilesanmi alongside Ugbeh Emmanuel Ukali for naira notes mutilation. The Ilesanmi brothers were ex-convicts, sentenced to three months community service each on October 2, 2024 for internet...

Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin on Friday, March 7, 2025 convicted and sentenced two Chinese, Yang Chao and Wu Shan Chuan to prison for illegal mining of solid minerals in Kwara State. They were convicted along with their company, Crius Chemical Nigeria Limited. They were prosecuted...

The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) has shifted the deadline for submission of applications for vacancies in the Federal Civil Service to Monday, March 17 the extension replaces the initial deadline of March 10, as earlier advertised in national dailies and on the FCSC website (www.fedcivilservice.gov.ng) Professor Tunji Olaopa, FCSC...

Anambra-based, Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, aka Odumeje, has announced his intention to contest Nigeria’s presidency in 2027, emphasizing the need for young, digital-minded leadership over what he described as “old cargoes.” Odumeje made the declaration during a Sunday sermon, a video of which has since gone viral on social media. However,...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged students across the country to imbibe the virtues of transparency, accountability and integrity and shun all forms of corruption, economic and financial crimes. He gave the charge in Abuja on Thursday, March 7, 2025...

• demands immediate reversal Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, has condemned Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension from the Nigerian Senate describing the suspension as legislative recklessness and demanded its immediate reversal. Falana in a statement on Sunday, criticised the Nigerian Senate for ignoring multiple court rulings that have declared lawmakers’...

The Ikeja High Court on Monday extended the hearing of the suit filed by the reinstated speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, until March 17. Obasa is challenging the allegations that led to his initial removal as speaker, which include fraud, high-handedness, abuse of office,...

By Collins Okeke Nigeria's National Assembly has begun the constitutional amendment process, and as usual, all sorts of areas in the constitution have been proposed for amendment. One area that is often ignored but critical for Nigeria's survival is the environment. The environment is not just an abstract policy area...