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Repayment Of $3.4bn IMF Loan Misplaced Priority –Experts

10.05.2025

The Nigerian government was in the news this week. Its rating in the finance circle notches up on confirmation that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has removed it from the list of indebted nations. According to the IMF, as of April 30, 2025, Nigeria has fully repaid the financial support of about US$3.4 billion...

JAMB Releases 2025 UTME Results, Withholds 39,834 Over Infractions

10.05.2025

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released results for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who announced the release of the results on Friday at the Board’s headquarters, noted that the results of 39,834 candidates have been withheld by JAMB due to suspected examination malpractices....

Poor UTME Results: Nigerians Blame Govt, Students, Parents, Schools, Call For Curriculum Review

10.05.2025

The mass failure trailing the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has continued to generate discussions over the failure of government, school administrators, parents and students, to prioritise education. The analysis of the result released by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) on its social media handle indicated that 78.5 per cent representing 1.5 million...

Defections: PDP Moves To Stem The Tide

10.05.2025

Defections: PDP Moves To Stem The Tide

Research Centres Urge Tinubu, NASS To Ban GMOs Pending Independent Nat’l Assessment

09.05.2025

Two prominent Nigerian research institutions, the Centre for Food Safety and Agricultural Research (CEFSAR) and the Centre for African Policy Research and Advocacy (CAfPRA), have jointly called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to impose an immediate ban on the importation and cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria, pending the outcome...

Lawyers Hail Akpabio For Stepping Down From Sexual Harassment Probe Panel

09.05.2025

A cross-section of Nigerian legal experts has expressed satisfaction with the decision of Senate President Godswill Akpabio to recuse himself from the Presidential Panel investigating allegations of sexual harassment brought against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The panel, constituted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on April 2, 2025, is chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima....

Delegates Arrive Lagos As Okpe Union Begins 95th Anniversary

09.05.2025

Delegates from all seven continents have begun arriving in Lagos ahead of the 95th Founders’ Day Anniversary of the Okpe Union, a historic pan-ethnic organisation committed to promoting Okpe identity, unity, and development. The celebration, scheduled for May 16, will be hosted at the Okpe House, 65 Moshalashi Street, Obalende, Lagos, and is expected to...

Otedola Congratulates Pope Leo, Shares Photo Of His Visit To Nigeria

09.05.2025

Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, on Friday, congratulated the newly elected Pope, Robert Cardinal Prevost, known as Pope Leo XIV, on his historic emergence as the 267th pontiff. Otedola, who serves as the chancellor of Augustine University, took to Instagram to share a photograph of the pontiff, at the time the Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, during...

Adeleke Felicitates Asiwaju Musulumi Badmus On Birthday

09.05.2025

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has extended warm felicitations to the Asiwaju Musulumi of Yoruba Land, Edo, and Delta States, Olatunde Khamis Badmus, on the occasion of his birthday. In a statement issued on Friday in Osogbo, Governor Adeleke described the Chairman of Tuns Group of Companies as a towering figure in the religious,...

Koreans Deepen Cultural Diplomacy In Nigeria With Hanbok Launch

09.05.2025

In renewed efforts to deepen the existing cultural diplomacy with Nigeria, the Korean Embassy has launched a unique art exhibition titled “Hanbok Reborn as Art.” Organised by the Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria (KCCN) to mark its 15th anniversary, the exhibition celebrates the Hanbok—Korea’s traditional attire—reimagined by eleven contemporary Korean artists using modern artistic techniques. Held at...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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