Deborah Tolu-Kolawole
UTME results not available in paper format - JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged Nigerians to be wary of any candidate parading printed result slips as, currently, the results are not in any paper format. The body also said th...
1st May 2024
TUC gives NERC one week to reverse electricity tariff hike
The President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, on Wednesday, said it was unethical for Nigerians to pay high electricity tariffs. The TUC also urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commi...
1st May 2024
New minimum wage will take effect from May 1, 2024 – FG
The Federal Government says that although the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has yet to conclude its negotiations, workers will not lose anything as the new minimum wage will take effec...
1st May 2024
931 VCs, others learn AI tools for research
NO fewer than 931 staff members of Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education have graduated from intensive 13-week training on the use of Artificial Intelligence to support their t...
1st May 2024
NANS mulls nationwide protest over fuel scarcity, electricity tariff hike
The National Association of Nigerian Students has said it would organise a nationwide protest on May 7,2024 owing to the ongoing fuel scarcity and electricity crisis. The body of student also lamented...
30th April 2024
1.4 million UTME candidates scored below 200 – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, showing that 1,402,490 candidates out of 1,842,464 failed to sco...
30th April 2024
EFCC grills 13 suspected oil thieves in Lagos
THE Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, commenced an investigation of 13 suspected oil thieves and a vessel, MT SWEET MIRI. Both the suspects and the vessel...
30th April 2024
EFCC grills 13 suspected oil thieves in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, have commenced an investigation of 13 suspected oil thieves and a vessel, MT SWEET MIRI, handed over to the commi...
29th April 2024
2024 UTME: 77% of 1.8M candidates score less than 200
Seventy-seven per cent of the 1,842,464 candidates whose 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results were released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday scored less tha...
29th April 2024
[BREAKING]UTME 2024: 8,401 candidates score above 300
A total of 8,401 candidates scored 300 and above in the just concluded 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The UTME is usually based on four subject combinations with each subject marked ...
29th April 2024
2024 UTME: JAMB withholds results of 64,624 candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, announced the release of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known ...
29th April 2024
BREAKING: JAMB releases 2024 UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. Over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the examination in 118 tow...
29th April 2024
175,645 candidates admitted by 97 private varsities in six years
Out of the over 2.4 million university admissions granted by Federal, State and Private universities between 2017 and 2022, only a meagre number of 175,645 admissions were granted to candidates by 97 ...
29th April 2024
[ICYMI] Four million UTME candidates not admitted in four years – Investigation
No fewer than 6.9 million candidates sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination between 2019 and 2022 with only 2.03 million of them admitted into tertiary various institutions while 4.87 mill...
29th April 2024
JAMB set to release 2024 UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has concluded plans to release the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, is scheduled to hol...
29th April 2024
26 states, FCT deposit N32.5bn counterpart funds for basic education
Twenty-six states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory have as of March 28, 2024, lodged the sum of N32.5 billion counterpart fund with the Universal Basic Education Commission. The lod...
28th April 2024
Yahaya Bello: Abuja American School refunds $760,000 to EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the receipt of the refund of $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello for his children at the Amer...
27th April 2024
EFCC boss appoints chief of staff, 14 zonal directors
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has appointed Michael Nzekwe as his Chief of Staff. This was as he also appointed Zonal Directors for each of the 14 Zonal ...
27th April 2024
NSITF workers protest salary deduction, double taxation
Aggrieved workers of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund under the umbrella of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees have protested double taxation and illega...
27th April 2024
Abuja American School writes EFCC, to refund Yahaya Bello’s $760,000 children's school fees
The American International School of Abuja has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to provide “authentic banking details” for the refund of fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bell...
26th April 2024
New minimum wage announcement not feasible in May – Labour
THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, on Thursday, frowned on the non-completion of negotiations on a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers and urged the Federal Government to fast-track action. The TU...
26th April 2024
Pupil dies ‘while feeding’ in Abuja school
Tragedy struck at BrickHall Schools located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja, on Wednesday, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died during the school’s feeding hours. According to th...
26th April 2024
Labour decries non-completion of minimum wage negotiations
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, on Thursday, frowned at the non-completion of negotiations on a new minimum wage urging the Federal Government to fast-track action on that. The TUC President, Com...
25th April 2024
UTME: JAMB extends Direct Entry registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has extended registration for the Direct Entry. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, the board assured DE candidates of the possibility of an ext...
25th April 2024
IT firm promises reliable data solution
Huawei, global leader of information and communications technology infrastructure and smart devices, has restated its commitment to accelerating digital transformation, and providing reliable data sto...
25th April 2024
FG moves to restructure school feeding programme
The Nigerian Home Grown School Feeding Programme, on Thursday, got a boost with a partnership between the Federal Government and the Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London. Presid...
25th April 2024
BREAKING: Four-year-old boy dies in Abuja school, parents suspect foul play
Tragedy struck at BrickHall Schools located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja on Wednesday, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died during the school’s feeding hours. According to...
25th April 2024
Another victim of Abuja school bullying surfaces, seeks redress
Another student of the Lead British International School has reported an incident of bullying. Although the identity of the student is yet to be made public, it was learnt that the student has engaged...
24th April 2024
Anti-graft war turns Nollywood drama as EFCC goes after Yahaya Bello
Deborah Tolu-Kolawole writes on ex-Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s street altercation with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives and how it has divided Nigerians In the past fe...
24th April 2024
Victim of Abuja school bullying demands probe
The student assaulted by her fellow students at the Lead British International School has written to the school management demanding a thorough investigation and heavy sanctions on the 11 students who...
23rd April 2024
Abuja school student who bullied colleague apologises
The student of the Lead British International School who was caught on camera bullying her fellow student (names withheld) has apologised. In a video obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, she expres...
23rd April 2024