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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given universities and other tertiary institutions one month to disclose all admissions conducted outside its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) before 2017. JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, representing the board’s registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, announced this directive during a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday, Benjamin emphasised that this move is intended to enhance transparency and fairness in the admissions process. “The Board has noticed a tendency among some institutions to admit candidates outside the approved CAPS platform and process such admissions through the condoling of illegal admissions window to…

Aniefiok Christopher The Akwa Ibom State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has concluded nomination of its 31 Chairmanship and 368 councillorship candidates preparatory for the forthcoming local government elections in the state on October 5, 2024. Prominent leaders and stakeholders of the party described the nomination exercise held on Saturday across the state as the most peaceful, fair and credible. Speaking in his hometown, Nsit Ubium local government area after the party primaries, the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno attributed the success of the exercise to the peaceful disposition of Akwa Ibom people. Eno who specially appreciated the citizens for maintaining…

The 2023 Labour Party Presidential candidate, LP, Mr Peter Obi said President Bola Tinubu’s address appeared disconnected from the harsh realities faced by the people and failed to address critical issues that initially triggered the protests. Obi expressed disappointment over Tinubu’s Sunday broadcast to Nigerians concerning the ongoing nationwide protests. The speech, according to him, either reflects a lack of awareness among his advisers regarding the scale of anger, hunger, and hardship in the country, or a deliberate choice to disregard it. The former Anambra State Governor in a post on his X handle on Monday strongly advised the President…

Housemates Damilola and Toyosi – the Tami pair – were the first Duo to exit the Big Brother Naija 9 House after just one week on the reality TV show on Sunday night. Straughtnews reports that the ‘No Loose Your Guard’ edition of the BBNaija 9 show had kicked off last Sunday night on July 27, 2024. The female duo, (Toyosi and Damilola) alongside three other pairs, Chekas, Radicals, and Streeze were stuck at the bottom based on viewers’ votes. The first winners of the Custodian Challenge of the Season 9, Nne and Chinne, the Ndinne Duo, had used their…

The Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigress, made history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by qualifying for the last 8, claiming a 79-70 victory over Canada. That feat made them the first ever African team (men or women) to play in the quarter-final of an Olympic game. Nigeria, three-time Women’s Afrobasket Champions faced a tough test in the North Americans ranked 5 in the world. A win for the D’Tigress was non-negotiable as they hoped to put behind them the loss to France. The first quarter saw both sides jostling for ascendancy but there was nothing to separate the sides as it ended…

by Agency Report President Bola Tinubu’s speech has cast a spell of sadness over the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. Consequently, Atiku has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s speech to the #EndBadGovernance protesters on Sunday, saying it failed woefully in addressing the suffering of Nigerians. Soyinka has equally faulted the nationwide address by, saying it failed to address the brutal crackdown of #EndBadGovernance protesters by security agencies. Angry Nigerians had taken to major cities across the country to lament the high cost of living, hardship, hunger, and poverty blamed…

By X Handle Some Nigerians have jabbed President Bola Tinubu for delivering what they see as ‘‘empty’’ speech on issues raised by protesters in the ongoing nationwide #Endbadgovernance campaign. Oseni Rufai, an Arise TV public Affairs analyst,  wrote ‘‘What president Tinubu should have said I am committed to cutting the cost of governance and I will reduce ministers I will push for electoral reforms; I will be honest about subsidy regime; I will reduce crude oil theft; I will cost the running cost in the presidency.” @ruffydfire penned ”I will bring about judicial reforms; I will improve the security situation…

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday addressed Nigerians on the ongoing nationwide protests against hardship. Nigerians, particularly youths, commenced a nationwide protest from August 1 to demand an end to the lingering food crisis and other economic hardship bedeviling them. Addressing the situation, Tinubu in his speech, expressed sadness over the development and called for immediate suspension of the demonstration. Full Speech: “I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility, aware of the turmoil and violent protests unleashed in some of our states. “Notably among the protesters were young Nigerians who desired a better and…

Nigeria’s Kanyinsola Ajayi has advanced to the semifinals of the men’s 100m event of the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics, winning heat 5 with a time of 10.02s (-0.3). This impressive performance broke Davidson Ezinwa’s record for the fastest opening round time by a Nigerian at the Games (10.03s). Ajayi, 19, outran Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy, who finished second in 10.05s, and Ghana’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, who took third place in 10.06s. With his lifetime best of 10.00 seconds, Ajayi is edging closer to the coveted sub-10s mark. Another Nigerian, Favour Ashe, also a student at Auburn University in…

Kamala Harris has garnered enough votes from delegates to pick Democratic Party’s gauntlet for president in the 2024 US Presidential  elections, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Jaime Harrison, has announced. This is as the Republican presidential candidate, former US President, Donald Trump has daubed Harris a ‘liar,’ disputing the claim that she is a black. “I am so proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has earned more than a majority of votes from all convention delegates and will be the nominee of the Democratic Party following the close of voting on Monday,” Harrison said during a campaign…