JAMB fixes new date for 2025 UTME registration commencement
The registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will now commence on Monday, Feb. 3, instead of Friday, Jan. 31 as earlier slated. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Joint…
Delta North not feeling impact of oil companies – Senator Nwoko
Sen. Ned Nwoko (File Photo) Sen. Ned Nwoko, has said that the Delta North Senatorial District, had yet to feel the impact of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and…
Henry Seriake Dickson, Servant Of God And Man: A Birthday Tribute
By Steve Nwosu Dateline, Maitama, Abuja. It was a little past 8pm, Thursday, January 23, 2025. We had just finished dinner, and I was standing in the open compound, trying…
Democracy has come to stay, no alternative to civil rule – ex-Head of State
Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has urged reactionary forces to stay away from governance, insisting that democracy has come to stay in Nigeria. He charged Nigerians, especially political…
CBN’s interventions reduced inflation, boosted diaspora remittances – Cardoso
CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that without its policy interventions, inflation could have risen to 42.81 per cent in December 2024. The…
No survivors in American Airlines plane collision; 67 persons said dead
Washington’s Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said Thursday morning that 28 bodies were recovered from the scene: 27 passengers from the jet and one from the helicopter. All the…
Many feared dead as aircraft collides with Army helicopter mid air
An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, with many feared dead….
B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G! Troops dislodge kidnappers in late night raid
Acting on credible intelligence, troops carried out a late night raid, Wednesday, and dislodged suspected kidnappers from their hideout at Enugwu Agidi, Njikoka local government area of Anambra state. The…
Security agents, task forces and the poor, by Pius Mordi
Before the collapse of the naira precipitated by the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law…
Fake drinks: NAFDAC shuts down Aba Cemetery Market
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has for the second time, shutdown Aba Cemetery Market in Abia State for sale of fake wines and…