The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that a mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for the 2025 admission cycle will be held on Saturday, June 28. This crucial exercise aims to provide an opportunity for nearly 97,000 candidates who faced various challenges during the main examination. According to a statement shared by JAMB on its official X handle on Sunday, the mop-up examination will cater to 96,838 candidates in total. This includes 5,096 candidates who were part of the “spill-over” group and those who experienced biometric verification issues during the primary UTME. Additionally, a significant number of…
Author: Elvis Eromosele
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has elevated its renowned Department of Mass Communication to a full-fledged entity, establishing the new Faculty of Communication and Media Studies (FCMS). This significant development comes 58 years after the department’s inception. In a landmark election held today, Professor Oloruntola Sunday, the former Head of the Mass Communication Department, was unanimously elected as the pioneer Dean of the new faculty. He will serve a renewable two-year term. Dr. Ebony Oketunmbi was elected as the Sub-Dean for a one-year term. The election was announced by Mr. Abayomi Osinowo, Principal Assistant Registrar for Senate and Ceremonies. The…
After more than a century, the Netherlands has officially returned several stolen Benin artifacts to Nigeria. These invaluable pieces, including commemorative heads and intricately designed plaques, were looted during the notorious British military invasion of the historic Benin Kingdom in 1897 and subsequently ended up in European collections, such as the Wereldmuseum in Leiden. The formal handover ceremony took place on Saturday at the National Museum in Onikan, Lagos. Speaking at the event, Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, emphasized that this repatriation is far more than just the recovery of stolen items. “It symbolized…
A Niger Delta-based organisation, Healthy Life Development Initiative (HELDi), is raising an urgent alarm over Nigeria’s staggering annual loss of over $500 million due to gas flaring. The group has sent a memorandum to the National Assembly (NASS) and other hydrocarbon industry regulators, warning that insufficient methane regulation could also expose Nigeria to 35 per cent carbon tariffs on its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports to the European Union by 2026. In the memo, Dr. Mfon Utin, HELDi’s Programme Coordinator, outlined 11 urgent and actionable reforms aimed at closing legal, regulatory, and institutional loopholes in methane governance within Nigeria’s oil…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly opposed the Senate’s proposal to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from 21 to 30. While the bill’s sponsor, Senator Osita Izunaso (Imo West), argues that more justices would help clear the growing case backlog and improve efficiency, the NBA believes this approach misses the core problem. Senator Izunaso highlighted that even with its current constitutional limit of 21 justices (following recent appointments), the Supreme Court remains overwhelmed by a daily influx of cases. He suggested that expanding the bench to 30 would allow for the formation of up to five panels…
A startling new statistic reveals that 95 out of every 100 fevers experienced in Lagos are not caused by malaria, according to Professor Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health. This critical finding is driving a new, multi-pronged approach to fever management, designed to tackle misdiagnosis and prevent a looming crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Professor Abayomi made this announcement at the ‘Study Kick-Off of the Pathway to Pre-Elimination and Digitization Project,’ which focuses on malaria diagnostic accuracy and the capacity of healthcare providers to manage fevers. “We need to get malaria out of this region once and for all,”…
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor has announced plans on Thursday, June 19, 2025, to recruit an additional 4,000 teachers for primary and secondary schools. This initiative, revealed during his monthly media chat, “Gov. Alex Otti Speaks to Abians,” will bring the total number of new teachers in the state to 9,394. This new recruitment drive is a direct response to a significant increase in school enrollment, spurred by the state’s free and compulsory education policy launched in January 2025. This policy guarantees access to education up to junior secondary level for all children in Abia, regardless of their origin.…
Commercial banks in the country have now cleared 95 per cent of the debt owed to telecom operators for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) disclosed this on Thursday during a virtual chat with the media on the migration to end-user billing for USSD services. According to Adebayo, the debt, which stood at about N180 billion as of January this year, has now been cleared up to 95 per cent, with only three banks left to pay up their debt. Adebayo said this paved the way…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has condemned what he described as the “institutionalised betrayal” of Nigerians, following revelations by the Senate that over ₦210 trillion linked to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited remains unaccounted for between 2017 and 2023. The Senate on Wednesday uncovered discrepancies in NNPC’s audited financial statements, including ₦103 trillion in “accrued expenses” and another ₦107 trillion in unaccounted receivables. Lawmakers have given the company one week to provide a full explanation. Reacting in a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Friday, Obi described the…
The Federal Government has announced a new initiative to provide interest-free consumer credit of up to N2 million for Nigerians, in a bold move to ease financial burdens and improve living standards. The scheme, which is being championed by the Consumer Credit Corporation of Nigeria (Credicorp), is designed to help citizens purchase essential goods and services such as school fees, rent, household appliances, and digital devices, not by paying upfront, but through convenient instalments. Speaking to journalists after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Uzoma Nwagba, the Managing Director of Credicorp, explained that the…