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WAEC issues apology over technical glitches in WASSCE 2025 results
…Advises candidates to check their results in the next 24 hours The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has issued a formal apology to candidates and the general public following the discovery of technical issues in the recently released results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for School Candidates (SC) 2025. In a […]
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JAMB sets high bar for under-16 candidates
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that exceptionally brilliant under-16 candidates who wish to gain admission into tertiary institutions must score a minimum of 320 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), alongside other stringent conditions. The announcement came just as JAMB, also yesterday, inaugurated a 24-man committee headed by the board’s […]
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2027: Jonathan may get automatic ticket, if… – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is reportedly considering offering former President Goodluck Jonathan an automatic ticket to contest the 2027 presidential election, if he returns to the party and plays a more active political role. This was revealed by Daniel Woyengikuro, the PDP’s National Financial Secretary, during an exclusive interview in Abuja. Woyengikuro emphasized Jonathan’s […]
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Bodies of helicopter crash victims arrive in Accra
The Ghana Armed Forces on Wednesday confirmed the arrival in Accra of the remains of the victims of the Z-9 military helicopter crash, which claimed the lives of eight personnel. It stated that the victims’ bodies were transported from the crash site aboard a Ghana Air Force Casa aircraft and received at the Air Force […]
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WAEC Shuts Result Portal Over Technical Issues
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Wednesday evening announced the temporary shutdown of its result-checking portal due to technical issues, just hours after releasing the much anticipated 2025 WASSCE results. The announcement was made via WAEC’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle, @waecnigeria. “WAEC hereby informs the general public that the result checker portal @waecdirect.org […]
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Pension crisis: Police retirees reject FG’s healthcare incentives
Despite fresh directives from President Bola Tinubu aimed at improving their welfare, retired police officers under the Contributory Pension Scheme have reiterated their demand for total removal from the scheme. On Wednesday, the President directed the immediate rollout of free healthcare access for low-income retirees under the CPS and ordered the implementation of long-overdue pension […]
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Tinubu orders free healthcare for low-income retirees
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the expedited rollout of a free healthcare access initiative for low-income retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The directive was issued after he received a briefing from Ms. Omolola Oloworaran, the Director General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom). According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the […]
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KWAM 1 pushes back as FAAN probes airport incident
Renowned Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, has pushed back against allegations surrounding an incident at the Abuja airport, as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has launched a probe into the matter. On Wednesday, FAAN announced that it had launched an investigation into an incident involving Ayinde Marshal concerning […]
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ValueJet breaks silence after NCAA suspends pilots
ValueJet has broken its silence over the incident that occurred at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, which led to the suspension of its pilots by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). You would recall that preliminary information from the NCAA revealed that the ValueJet pilot commenced departure procedures from the designated bay without adhering […]
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NCAA suspends ValueJet pilots over safety protocol violation at Abuja Airport
On Wednesday, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) announced that it has suspended two pilots working with ValueJet following an alleged “serious breach” of safety procedures at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement issued and published on the Authority’s X page by NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael […]
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JAMB unveils admission scrutiny panel for underage candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Wednesday, inaugurated a committee to oversee the process of admissions for underage candidates. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed at the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the committee members in Bwari, FCT. Oloyede said that the committee would decide the modalities for determining `specially gifted candidates’. […]
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Protesters demand compensation over demolished Lagos-Calabar highway properties
Protesters, in their numbers, on Tuesday, stormed the Federal Ministry of Works, Mabushi, Abuja, to demand adequate compensation for their demolished properties along the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. With people carrying placards with inscriptions, the group, through its leaders Declan Ihekaire and Shina Loremikan, under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Rights Against Impunity (CCRAI), said […]
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Two Ghanaian ministers die in helicopter crash, along with six others
Ghana’s ministers of defence and environment have died in a military helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region, along with six other people, a government spokesperson says.  Chief of Staff Julius Debrah told a press conference that Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed had been killed in […]
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Tragedy as two brothers drown in Ondo river
Tragedy struck in Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, as two young brothers drowned in the Omileye River while returning home from their father’s mechanic workshop. The siblings, both pupils of a private nursery school, were reportedly caught in the river’s strong current following a heavy downpour that led to widespread […]
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FG gets $25.35m Kuwait loan to tackle Kaduna out-of-school crisis
The Federal Government has secured a $25.35 million concessionary loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to support a major initiative aimed at reducing the number of out-of-school children in Kaduna State. The facility, signed on behalf of the Kaduna State Government, forms part of a broader $62.8m blended financing package with international […]
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Tinubu congratulates three Nigerian students for excelling at global competitions
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Nafisa Aminu, Rukayya Fema, and Hadiza Kalli on emerging world champions in English language communication skills and debate at the 2025 TeenEagle Global competition in London, United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old Nafisa was named the overall best in English language skills; 15-year-old Rukayya emerged as the overall best in debate, while Hadiza clinched […]
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Tinubu directs rollout of free healthcare for low-income retirees
President Bola Tinubu has directed the expedited rollout of the free healthcare access initiative for low-income retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme, describing it as a critical component of social protection and dignity in retirement. This was disclosed in a press statement on Wednesday signed by the Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga. Onanuga […]
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Ebonyi lawmaker gives WAEC 7-day ultimatum to release withheld results
The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency of Ebonyi State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinedu Ogah, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to release the results of 192,089 candidates withheld over alleged malpractice. Ogah, expressing strong displeasure, warned that if WAEC fails to release the results within […]
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Tinubu mourns “soldier of democracy” Doyin Abiola
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mourned the passage of Doyin Abiola, wife of late Concord Publisher and winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola In a statement by the President, he described her as a media trailblazer, defender of democracy, and a towering symbol of journalistic integrity. Tinubu further praised […]
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BREAKING: NNPCL Reduces Petrol Price 48 Hours After Hike
Barely 48 hours after increasing the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol or fuel, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has slashed the price at its retail outlets. Understands that as of Wednesday morning, the pump price at several NNPCL stations in Abuja, including those in Gwarinpa, Kubwa Expressway, Wuse […]
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Abiola’s wife, Doyin, dies
Dr. Doyin Abiola, wife of Concord Publisher and winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, is dead. Sources said she died at exactly 9.15 pm yesterday after an illness. The former managing director and publisher of National Concord was the first Nigerian woman to be an editor of a Nigerian daily […]
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FG disburses N250,000 grants to small businesses at Ondo MSME clinic
The Federal Government has disbursed N250,000 each to outstanding small business owners in Ondo State as part of its continued push to empower Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country. According to the official X handle of Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice […]
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2027: Not yet our turn to produce president — Umahi tells Igbo
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said that the South-East region should not expect to produce Nigeria’s president in the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Monday, Umahi called on the South-East to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid, noting that the president has demonstrated fairness and commitment to the region, especially in […]
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Reward Nafisa like Falcons, D’Tigress, Pantami tells FG
A former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has called on the Federal Government to reward a 17-year-old Nigerian student, Nafisa Aminu, for emerging as the top global performer in English language skills at the 2025 TeenEagle Global Finals. In a post on his official X handle on Tuesday, Pantami said Nafisa deserves […]
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Nationwide alert: FG warns of five-day flooding in 19 states
The Federal Government has forecasted heavy rainfall over a five-day period that may trigger flooding across 19 states and 76 locations. The warning, issued on Tuesday by the National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre of the Federal Ministry of Environment, called on stakeholders and residents to take urgent precautionary measures. This comes as devastating floods […]
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We’re confident Nigerians will vote Tinubu in 2027 — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is certain Nigerians will vote President Bola Tinubu in 2027, describing his first term as one of the most outstanding in the nation’s history. In a statement on Monday, APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, defended the administration’s record in response to recent criticism from former Kaduna […]
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APC, Adeleke trade words over gov’s ‘two-week’ absence
The All Progressives Congress in Osun State, on Tuesday, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of abandoning his duties and disappearing from the state for over two weeks without officially notifying the public or transferring power to his deputy. The party described the governor’s silence as “abnormal” and questioned who had been running state affairs in his […]
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Woman’s lifeless body found near mosque in Osun
The Authorities in Osun State have launched an investigation following the discovery of a woman’s lifeless body near a mosque in the Ogo-Oluwa area of Osogbo on Monday. The deceased, identified simply as Halimat, was reportedly found by officers of the Osun State Police Command after a distress call alerted them to the presence of […]
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Shettima arrives in Ondo for the 7th national MSME clinics
  Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Akure, Ondo State, for the 7th edition of the Expanded National Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinics, themed “ONDO 2025.” According to a post on the official X handle of the senior special assistant to the president on media and communications (Office of the Vice President), […]
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