The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board on Tuesday announced cut-off points for admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education for the 2024 academic year. The decision was reached during the board’s annual policy meeting on admissions, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. In a statement on its official X page,…
Afrobeat superstar Davido has condemned Nigeria’s government and leadership, calling them the worst he has ever experienced, while praising the entertainment industry for reshaping the country’s global image. Speaking in a recent interview with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden, the award-winning singer expressed disappointment in Nigeria’s leadership but took pride in the achievements of the creative…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, Oyo Chapter Vice Chairman, Comrade Kareem Habeeb ‘Toaster’ has felicitated with Governor Seyi Makinde Aides, Hon. Victor Dideoluwa Olojede, the Senior Special Assistant on students affairs and Hon. Deji Adeyemo, the Senior Special Assistant on political matters on their birthday. Eulogizing the duo’s impacts in the incumbent Oyo state…
The Lagos State Police Command has detained a 25-year-old woman for allegedly conspiring with her brother and an accomplice to rob her boyfriend of three iPhones and bitcoins worth about ₦15 million. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to journalists in Lagos on Saturday. According to him, the complainant reported the case…
The authorities in Finland have frozen the assets of Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Biafran agitator facing allegations of terrorism-related activities, who has been detained for several weeks. The Finnish government also froze the assets of companies associated with Ekpa and four of his accomplices, who are also in remand. Yle, a local newspaper in a…
A 99-year-old Italian man filed for divorce from his 96-year-old wife of 77 years after he found letters from an affair she had 60 years ago. The man, identified in court papers as Antonio C., discovered the letters exchanged between his wife and a former flame in an old chest of drawers days before Christmas,…
Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has restated his long-held position that while lives were lost during the #EndSARS protests, no deaths occurred at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020. Mohammed made the remarks on Tuesday while speaking as a guest on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Channels Television….
Corporate Economics graduate, Nancy Nwabueze, tells AYOOLA OLASUPO, a PUNCH correspondent how her fears as a young woman in search of a job eventually turned into a blessing after embracing a different path to make ends meet You are a graduate yet went into business. When did you first realise you wanted to tow this…
The United States Army War College (USAWC) has posthumously conferred one of its highest international honours on the late Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, the 23rd Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army, by inducting him into the prestigious International Hall of Fame. A statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col Appolonia…
The Police Command in Ebonyi has detained a middle-aged man, Chukwuma Onwe, for allegedly selling his 5-day-old son for N1.5 million. Onwe, a native of Nwezenyi-Igbeagu Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended when his would-be wife, Philomena Iroko, alerted her neighbour, who informed the police of the husband’s action. The…