FG scraps post-UME, JAMB pegs cut off point at 180
The Federal Government announced the scrapping of the examination applicants write (post-UME) when seeking admission into tertiary institutions in the country. The Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu, who announced…
AVM Oguntoyinbo docked for alleged N166m bribe, remanded in Kuje prison
In continuation of its relentless efforts in bringing corrupt public officers to justice, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 2, 2016 arraigned Air Vice Marshall Olutayo…
EFCC Arraigns Lawyer for N40m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has  arraigned one Imo Efiong Akpan, a lawyer, before Justice Ifiok Ukana of the State High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State…
Security report from US , UK swayed Buhari from visiting Ogoni land
Warnings from the United States and Britain was responsible for President Mohammadu Buhari’s cancellation of his well-publicized trip to Ogoni land, Rivers State, State Department sources confirmed to Pointblanknews.com. Buhari’s…
Nigeria’s Barkindo is new OPEC Scribe, cartel fails to agree cut
A Nigerian, Mr. Mohammed Barkindo, who was the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, from 2009 to 2010, has been announced as the Secretary-General of the…
Oil spill: Gov. Emmanuel orders ExxonMobil to clean up Ibeno community
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has ordered ExxonMobil to clean up the oil spill that occurred at Ndito Eka-Iba in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom on May 8. Ibeno Communities’s youth…
2 soldiers killed in dusk gun battle with militants
Suspected militants on Wednesday evening attacked a military houseboat and allegedly killed two soldiers at Efe-Ugbokodo area in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. A report by Vanguard…
Buhari shuns Ogoni clean up amid hostilities from militants, VP Osinbajo flags off exercise
President Muhammadu Buhari did a ‘no show’ for the much-anticipated historical flag-off of the clean-up of Ogoni land, an exercise billed to last 30 years. Presidency did not give any…
Police nab 70-year-old man for defiling 8-year-old girl daily for 21 days
A seventy-year-old man, Akinolu Ogunlade, has been arrested by the police for allegedly kidnapping and turning an eight-year-old girl to a sex slave. Radio Nigeria gathered that the incident happened…
Recession: Ecobank, Diamond Bank Sack 1,240 Workers
The gale of job losses being witnessed in the country due to the current economic hardship has caught up with Ecobank Nigeria, which has sacked over 1,040 of its employees….