The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says prospective candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are free to print their examination slips for the Computer Based Test. The board’s UTME is scheduled to commence nationwide on Saturday, March 14. The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the News […]

The Benue State Government has announced the suspension of plans to return the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, to their original habitations, citing sudden heightening state of insecurity occasioned the renewed influx of armed herdsmen and resurgence of armed attacks on innocent people in the state.

Edo 2020, how prepared is Edo state? I want to say without any fear of contradiction that we are very prepared. But you see, as an activity involving human beings, it is impossible to say we are 100% ready. It will be as if we are overrating ourselves. It is, however, safe to say we […]

The Plateau State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the State Governor, Simon Lalong of an agenda to use the State House of Assembly to grab indigenous land for the “Ruga” policy.

Following the demolition of illegal structures on Monday by Lagos State Government Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Unit , government public schools at Mile 2, along Badagry, inter-state transporters have appeal to the government to provide in order to recover the over N21 million invested in sand-filling the area.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the possible delay in the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project owing to the outbreak of Coronavirus is better than jeopardising health of Nigerians. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, had on Thursday disclosed that the outbreak of Coronavirus in […]

By Yemi Olus, Last weekend, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Classics was held in Ekiti State, a state that has produced brilliant sprinters like Oluyemi Kayode, a 4x100m Bronze medallist at the 1992 Olympics and the first Olympic medallist from the state. In fact, the stadium that hosted the competition is named after him […]

The Federal Government has called on sports clubs, federations and corporate organisations to beam their searchlights on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme for talents.

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has sent warm felicitations to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as he clocks 63 on March 8. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, recalled with gratitude the vice president’s contribution to the restoration of peace in the Niger Delta. READ […]

Again, Benue is in tears, the spilling of the blood of the innocent farmers by marauding armed herdsmen has resumed in earnest after close to 18 months of relative peace.