Protests rock councils over controversial list Party defends consensus, denies allegations Crisis is brewing within the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the July 12 local government elections, as many chairmanship aspirants and party leaders have kicked against what they described as a plot to ...

  The Federal Capital Territory Administration has approached the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission to seek approval for access to the Natural Resources Development Fund to finance infrastructure projects across the territory.   According to a statement on Friday by the Head of Information and Public Relations at the ...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results.   In this year’s UTME, over 1.5 million out of the 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scored below 200 in the just-concluded exam.   This was revealed in ...

  The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate has raised concern over the inadequate provision for pension arrears in the 2025 national budget recently signed by President Bola Tinubu.   This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Head of Corporate Communications, PTAD, Mr Olugbenga Ajayi, on Friday.   The Executive ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, said the provision of water to Abuja satellite towns is dear to the heart of President Bola Tinubu.   Wike stated this after he inspected some projects in Abuja on Friday, while responding to a question about his recent ...

  The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has condoled with the family of the late Chief Imam of Maru Central Juma’at Mosque, Alkali Sulaiman, where he donated N5 million, 10 bags of rice and other foodstuffs.   The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the late cleric was ...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday announced the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results, with results of 39,834 candidates being withheld.   The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Friday during the official release of the 2025 UTME results at JAMB ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the Managing Director of Sunsteel, Olalekan Adewoye, on Thursday over alleged $680,622.65 fraud in Lagos.   Adewoye was arraigned by the EFCC Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.   ...

  Plateau State Governor, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has joined millions of admirers across Nigeria and the diaspora in celebrating Ambassador Professor Mary N. Lar on the occasion of her 90th birthday, describing her as “a distinguished mother, a moral compass, and a symbol of purposeful leadership.”   Professor Mary Lar ...

  The National Association of the Blinds, Akwa Ibom State Council has appealed to Governor Umo Eno to assent to the disability bill earlier passed by the state’s House of Assembly.   The Chairman of the association, Stephen Solomon, who made the appeal in Uyo on Thursday during the first ...