The European Union, United Nations Children’s Fund, and the Sokoto State Government have reaffirmed their joint commitment to improving the lives of women, children, and adolescents through a series of targeted interventions.   Speaking on Tuesday during a working visit to various health and education facilities in the state, ...

  Administrative processing has become a notable decision among United States visa applicants across the world in recent times.   The decision has existed since time immemorial, but visa applicants, especially in Nigeria, have begun to share their experiences with the now-popular decision.   While some claimed that after the ...

  Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has called on African leaders to make concerted efforts to build regional unity and integration among countries on the continent.   Diri made the call on Monday during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the Central African Republic, led by the Minister of ...

  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 ...

  Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on all levels of government in Nigeria to urgently redirect national focus toward critical areas of development, particularly health, education, and poverty alleviation.   Obi made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday via X, warning that ...

  Six members of the House of Representatives from Delta State and their two counterparts from Enugu have announced their defection from their former parties to new political platforms.   While the six members from Delta state announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, ...

  Marketers of refined petroleum products say petrol and diesel prices may drop as crude oil prices slump again.   However, the marketers who spoke with our correspondent, said the drop may not be immediate, saying it has to do with the stability of the new low prices.   Our ...

  The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, says no fewer than 8,000 terrorists and bandits were neutralised across Nigeria in 2024 under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   Speaking while assessing the performance of the current government, Matawalle credited the massive security gains to the renewed ...

  A judge on Monday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to admit around 12,000 refugees into the United States, a blow to the government’s efforts to reshape America’s immigration policy.   The order clarifies the limits imposed by an appeals court ruling, which allowed the Trump administration to suspend the ...

  Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the people of Danbatta Local Government Area following a tragic motor accident that claimed the lives of five individuals on Sunday.   The condolence message was contained in a statement on Monday by the governor’s Spokesperson, Sunusi ...