The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned that institutions failing to submit their matriculation lists for the 2022 and 2023 admission sessions will not have their admissions approved for the 2024 and 2025 exercises. This stern directive was issued by the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, following a persistent failure by some institutions to…
First Lady of Osun State, Titilola Adeleke, has dismissed allegations made by the Osun All Progressives Congress, APC, Women Leader, Alhaja Kudirat Fakokunde, over the distribution of a business empowerment grant. APC in Osun State accused the wife of the state governor, Titilayo Adeleke, of shortchanging its female members in the distribution of a business…
The president of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigeria’s state-owned refineries, located in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna, may never operate properly again despite about $18 billion invested in their rehabilitation. Alhaji Dangote disclosed this while hosting members of the Global CEO Africa, who visited the Dangote Petroleum Refinery yesterday. He…
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has called on the military to change the style used in tackling insecurity. The governor said this when he received Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abbas, at the Government House, Birnin-Kebbi, on Monday. The governor also reinstated his call for the probe of the withdrawal of…
Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has turned himself in at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department at Yaba. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to our correspondent in a text on Wednesday. “Portable just turned himself in at the SCID Yaba. We have contacted Ogun State Police Command…
The Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Digital Force, Pharmacist Ikeagwuonwu Chinedu Klinsmann, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to grant a state pardon to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in the spirit of national reconciliation and renewed hope for unity. In a statement…
Sport enthusiasts and youth development advocates across Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency have continued to pour glowing praises and encomiums on the Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal House of Representatives hopeful, Hon. Tosin Alabi, following the successful hosting of a captivating five-aside football tournament tagged “Tosin Alabi Youth Unity Cup.” Hon. Tosin Alabi, who hails from Aba Oloko,…
The US Mission in Nigeria said on Friday that the reason it reduced visa validity for Nigerians was not because of a recent action by the Nigerian government. GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that the US embassy on Tuesday announced that it had reduced visa validity for non-immigrant Nigerian applicants from five years to three months. Although…
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, on Wednesday said bandits were threatening to abduct members of the National Assembly. Idris stated this during the resumption of debate on national security in the lower chamber, calling on President Bola Tinubu to review his directive on the withdrawal of police operatives attached…
President Bola Tinubu has received the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Modi, who arrived in Abuja on Saturday evening, was welcomed at the Forecourt of the Villa at about 10:20 am on Sunday. Upon his arrival, the Indian leader was greeted with the Indian national anthem, followed by…
