The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed June 28 for mop up test for candidates not captured in previous exams. Those to participate in the exam include the spill-over candidates and those who failed biometric verification during the main exercise. The board said the exercise is an effort to uphold its commitment to…
A student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Ondo State has committed suicide. This has thrown the school community into mourning. The male student from the Mechanical Engineering department, identified as Precious Scott, committed suicide after he was jilted by his lover, sources said. Scott, who allegedly took his own life at night after suffering emotional…
By Prosper Okoye The Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs in Nigeria (AONN), FCT Chapter, has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to urgently intervene in the ongoing strikes by primary school teachers and primary health care workers in Abuja. The call was made during the association’s quarterly meeting…
“Doing and Being” written by an executive Director of Emadeb Energy Services Limited, Mrs Gbesoye Debo-Olujimi, which was initially slated for public presentation on June 14, 2025, in Lagos, will now be unveiled in Abuja on Saturday, June 21, 2025. The event, powered by Made for Impact in collaboration with Cerca Africa, will be hosted…
Aviation Minister, Keyamo Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has ordered a thorough investigation into the altercation between Air Peace and Senator Adams Oshiomhole at the Lagos airport on Wednesday. Keyamo, in a statement on Friday, said he has been in direct contact with both parties since the incident occurred. “I also directed the aviation agencies…
Abdulrahman Bello, the prime suspect in the killing of a final-year student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Hafsoh Yetunde Lawal, has said there was no external hand involved in the death of Hafsoh, saying he did it alone. According to him, he took quality of alcohol and then started cutting Hafsoh’s lifeless body…
A female student of the Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa (formerly Gateway Polytechnic, Igbesa), has been severely beaten by her fellow students over allegations of boyfriend snatching. In a video that went viral on Wednesday, several female students were seen flogging the victim with long, thick canes. They claimed their mothers were aware of…
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Thursday denied claims that two students were arrested for protesting the presence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on the campus. PUNCH Online reports that Wike was delivering the Distinguished Personality Lecture at the university’s Oduduwa Hall on the topic, “Nigeria…
Tension appeared to have escalated following killing of four kidnappers by the police early Wednesday in Abraka, Delta state. A student explained told Sahara Reporters: “There has been an increase in kidnapping lately here in Abraka so students protested about it… that led to what happened today where four kidnappers were killed by the police….
Kiema Ogunlana explaining a point By Prosper Okoye Sam Empowerment Foundation (SEF) has raised concerns over the growing mental health challenges faced by adolescents, especially those in secondary schools. The foundation made this call during a one-day sensitisation programme held at Government Secondary School, Tudun Wada, Abuja, to mark Children’s Day and International Menstrual Hygiene…
