The Federal Government has announced a monthly stipend of N45,000 for students enrolled in technical colleges across the country. This is in a landmark move to revitalise Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, disclosed this in an interview with the Newsmen in…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike has dismissed reports of suicide bombing in respect of Monday’s explosion around the Nyanya axis. Speaking during a project inspection on Wednesday in Abuja, Wike said the victim had ignorantly carried an explosive material from a quarry site which exploded on him.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disowned messages in circulation directing the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to reprint examination slips for a resit examination. Despite the messages emanating from a 66019 shortcode used by JAMB, the board described the shortcode as a spoofed version. In a statement by its Public Communication…
The legal team of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has condemned what it described as a troubling pattern of selective justice, following the recent criminal charges filed against her by the Federal Government, despite a dozen pending petitions the senator had filed between March and May 2025. In a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered a suspension of student visa processing in the latest swipe at foreign students in the country. The White House is cracking down on foreign students at US universities, revoking visas and deporting those involved in protests against the war in Gaza, accusing them of supporting Palestinian militant…
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB; West African Examinations Council, WAEC; National Examinations Council, NECO as well as National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, to blacklist Computer-Based Test, CBT, centres and candidates found guilty of examination malpractices. His directive, said to be a response to…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos ahead of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, along with other top government officials, received the president at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport around 4:15pm on Tuesday. President Tinubu is expected to deliver a speech…
Governor Umo Eno defended his reported dismissal of Channels TV Correspondent Chris Mofatt and his cameraman from Government House Uyo Press Corps on Tuesday in good faith and not for any punitive motive. Widespread condemnation trailed the Akwa Ibom state governor’s dismissal, through his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Ekerete Udoh, of the Mofatt’s headed crew…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors have accused the Federal Government of employing intimidation and exclusion tactics, vowing to resist such measures and remain steadfast in their commitment to good governance. The accusation was made during the 99th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP, held on Tuesday in Abuja. Chairman of the PDP…
The Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, has appointed the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF and the Olu of ilu- Abo in Akure North council area of Ondo state, Oba Olu Falae, as the chairman of the National Executive Committee of the group. Rising from its monthly meeting held at the country…
