UTME 2025: TRUCK PUSHERS CANNOT DIRECT PILOTS – JAMB REGISTRAR FIRES BACK Professor Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has responded strongly to critics calling for his resignation following challenges during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking during a meeting with key stakeholders, including chief external examiners and civil society organizations in Abuja, …

NIGERIA REMAINS A RELENTLESS SCENE OF CORRUPTION – OBI I have consistently maintained that for this country to make progress, Nigeria must cease to function as a crime scene and be repositioned for genuine development. This entrenched corruption – persistent and deeply rooted – must be nipped in the bud if there is to be any meaningful turnaround. How else …

TRUMP CLASHES WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE MEETING President Donald Trump has hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for White House talks Wednesday at a moment when relations between the two countries are at a nadir, with Trump laying into South African officials on widely rejected charges of allowing a “genocide” against minority white farmers. South African officials …

HUNGRY NIGERIANS, NOT DEFECTING POLITICIANS, WILL DETERMINE 2027 – GOV MAKINDE Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has stated that the outcome of the 2027 general elections will be determined by the plight of hungry Nigerians, rather than the recent defections of politicians to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Makinde made this statement during the official inauguration of the …

THOSE WAITING FOR WIKE’S POLITICAL DOWNFALL WILL WAIT FOREVER – LERE OLAYINKA Former governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Sam Egwu, has been told that people like him, who are expecting the political downfall of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, will wait forever. The Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, who responded …

AVIATION SCHOOL IN ENUGU DECRIES LOW PATRONAGE, SETS TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS The Eastwing Aviation Institute, Enugu, a private institution, has decried low patronage by the South-East youths, saying the school was established to bridge aviation gap in the zone. Mr Nnamdi Hojo, the Registrar of the institute stated this when staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Enugu office …

BORNO GOV, ZULUM, NAMES POLITICIANS, MILITARY OFFICERS AS BOKO HARAM INFORMANTS, COLLABORATORS Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has accused some military officers and politicians of being informants and collaborators for Boko Haram terrorists. Zulum vowed to deal ruthlessly with saboteurs frustrating the efforts of his administration in tackling insurgency in the state. The governor aldo said his administration would …

ATIKU, OBI, EL-RUFAI ADOPT AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS, ADC, AS PLATFORM FOR OPPOSITION COALITION Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and El-Rufai have adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as the official platform of the opposition coalition. The trio are said to have agreed to adopt the party after a meeting on Tuesday night. “They have …

ATIKU, OBI, EL-RUFAI SEAL OPPOSITION DEAL AHEAD OF 2027 Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai have reportedly concluded months of negotiations aimed at forging a united opposition front to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the next general election in 2027. According to sources familiar with the matter, the three opposition …

COURT ADMITS JUDGEMENT ON MILITARY RAID ON NNAMDI KANU’S RESIDENCE A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted as evidence a judgment by Justice Benson Anya of the Abia State High Court on the military invasion of the residence of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in 2017. Justice James Omotosho admitted the …

JAMB TO CONDUCT MOP-UP EXAM FOR CANDIDATES WHO MISSED ORIGINAL 2025 UTME facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonemail sharing buttonsharethis sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing buttonThe Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will allow a resit for candidates who initially missed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of JAMB, met with chief external examiners, civil society organisations, …

WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN NNAMDI KANU’S ARREST IN KENYA – DSS The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday distanced itself from the controversial arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Kenya, insisting its operations are limited strictly to Nigeria’s territorial borders. This emerged during cross-examination of a prosecution witness, identified …

WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN NNAMDI KANU’S ARREST IN KENYA – DSS The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday distanced itself from the controversial arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Kenya, insisting its operations are limited strictly to Nigeria’s territorial borders. This emerged during cross-examination of a prosecution witness, identified …

MAN WHO BURNT BIBLE, POSTED VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOUND SHOT DEAD A man who recorded himself burning a Bible and then posted it online has been found shot de@d. Antônio Rocha de Sousa’s body was discovered on Wednesday, May 14, riddled with bullet wounds. Police are treating his death as a homicide. Just 10 days before his death, Antônio …

TINUBU’S VISIT TO ROME, INSULT TO CHRISTIANITY – EX-SGF The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has again raised concerns about the Muslim-Muslim ticket of President Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima. Speaking on Arise Television on Wednesday, May 21, Lawal said that the President’s visit to the Vatican City for Pope Leo’s inauguration is an insult …