The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that 99 per cent of the 336,845 candidates that sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Lagos and the five South East states scored below 200. This translates to 333,477 candidates who polled below 200 out of a maximum score of 400. In a […]
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The Federal Government has disclosed that Nigeria currently lacks half of the skilled workforce necessary to efficiently operate the country’s power sector, particularly within the burgeoning renewable energy industry. The Director-General of the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria, Ahmed Nagode, made this disclosure during the official launch of the Next Gen RESCO Programme, organised […]
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Agency Report The Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, has attributed the reduced patronage of eggs to low purchasing power, greedy retailers, and low consumption. The PAN Lagos Chairman, Mojeed Iyiola, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos. Iyiola noted that eggs remain the cheapest […]
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Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh (R), Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Kamar Bakrin (M), and NSDC’s Head of Strategy and Performance Management (SPM), Ms. Edirin Akemu (L), during the public hearing on the amendment of the Council’s Establishment Act organised by the House of Representatives Committee […]
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Oloyede The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, 17,025 candidates representing 0.88 per cent of the total 1,931,467 scored 300 and above. This marks the highest number recorded since the introduction of the Computer-Based Test. According to a statistical report on Saturday, this reflects a significant […]
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Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said the 2027 general elections may be his final shot at the presidency. Though he confirmed he would contest in 2027 on the LP’s platform, he hinted at a possible exit from active politics after that. He spoke in a seven-minute, 16-second video […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of the resit examination it conducted for candidates affected by the technical glitch that marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. It announced the results on Sunday morning through a statement by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin. According to the results, 21,082 of […]
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By Olusola Faboya The seemingly apt, but at the same time, a very instructive statement, that… “Marriages are made in Heaven”, is sometimes uttered and heard in the human society. And they come from intense and gravely challenging experiences, that people have gone through, most times very sour and bitter. But, in the attendant recognitions, […]
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The Amotekun Corps of Osun State has arrested suspects in the theft of over N4.5 million from a steel company in Ede. Also arrested by the corps were other suspects over burglary and theft incidents across the state. Announcing the arrests, the Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, Chief Adekunle Isaac Omoyele, praised the Intelligence Unit for […]
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The Ondo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure was asked on Saturday to nullify the victory of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the November 16, 2024 election. Four petitioners including a former Deputy Governor and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the election, Hon Agboola Ajayi; the PDP; Social Democratic Party, SDP; and African […]
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