The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has revealed that the Board has uncovered no fewer than 15,000 candidates who forged admission letters in order to qualify for participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Oloyede made the revelation on Monday during the 2025 Batch C Pre-Mobilisation…
Member of the US Congress, representing West Virginia’s Second District, Rep Riley M. Moore has slammed former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso over his stance on the alleged Christian massacre in Nigeria. Kwankwaso had while reacting to the designation of Nigeria as Country of Particular Concerns by President Donald Trump and the subsequent threat…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries to fill existing vacancies in the Federal Civil Service. The announcement was made on Monday in Abuja by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, in a statement signed by the Director of Information and Public…
Our attention has been drawn to recent misleading comments credited to the Chief Whip of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Gbenga Joseph Oyekola, representing Atiba State Constituency, regarding the ongoing land dispute between the Awe Community and the Elepe Family of Oyo Town. His remarks — suggesting that Awe leaders are attempting to…
Senator Ned Nwoko has allegedly ordered the arrest of the siblings of his fourth wife, Regina Daniels. This comes days after actress Regina Daniels allegedly filed for divorce, accusing him of domestic violence. In response to the allegation, Nwoko accused Regina of substance abuse. However, calling out the senator amid the messy marital crisis on…
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday said the threats from US President Donald Trump to invade Nigeria with military force over Christian genocide claims should give every Nigerian serious concern. Obi stated this in a post on X, two days after Trump said that if Nigeria does not stem the killings,…
The 2025 edition of the Platinum Reasoning Contest (#PRC2025) has produced a new generation of national champions in Debate, SpellingZ, and Mathematics, showcasing brilliance, confidence, and intellectual strength among Nigerian students nationwide. SpellingZ Category: Virtual Brilliance Takes the Crown In a historic outcome, an online participant from Model Secondary School, Akure, emerged as the overall…
The President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies, NANTA, Yinka Folami, has revealed that the Federal Government will soon end the sale of tickets in dollars by foreign airlines. Folami stated this while speaking on a cultural and tourism programme in Lagos at the weekend, describing the cross-border trading in foreign currency as…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the United States is mobilising for a mass protest in Washington, D.C., to oppose the visit of a high-level Nigerian government delegation reportedly traveling to America to “polish Nigeria’s image.” In a statement issued on Monday by Comrade Emma Powerful, the media and publicity secretary for the Indigenous…
Some legal experts have advised victims whose nude images were shared online without their consent to pursue both civil and criminal remedies under Nigerian law. The lawyers gave the advice in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos. They described the act as a violation of privacy and human dignity,…