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The academic community at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of a final-year medical student, Oreoluwa Emmanuel Adewole, during a clinical examination. The tragic incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of the examination session, on Thursday morning, while the student was participating in a clinical viva at…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced April 28 to April 30, 2026, as the dates for the next phase of its ongoing police recruitment exercise, with shortlisted candidates set to sit for a nationwide Computer-Based Test (CBT). The commission disclosed that the aptitude test will be conducted across designated centres nationwide, marking a critical…

Telecommunications subscribers across Nigeria are set to benefit from a new consumer protection directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), mandating service providers to compensate users for poor network quality. The directive, which takes effect from April 2026, requires major operators including MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Globacom and 9mobile to issue compensation—primarily in the form…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a community-based national social action fund task force to drive grassroots development and accelerate socio-economic improvements across Nigeria’s 8,804 wards. Ado Bako, spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to him, the initiative will deploy…

UniPods to transform Nigerian campuses into hubs for AI, enterprise, and youth empowerment The Federal Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, has unveiled a ₦30 billion university-based innovation ecosystem designed to reposition higher institutions as drivers of economic growth, enterprise development, and digital transformation. The initiative, known as University Innovation Pods (UniPods),…

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a suspected logistics supplier for the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during a coordinated operation in Borno State, intensifying efforts to dismantle terrorist support networks in the North-East. According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, the suspect was apprehended at about 11:23 a.m. on April 22 by troops…

The Presidency has clarified that former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the former Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, voluntarily resigned their positions prior to the recent cabinet reshuffle announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The clarification follows widespread reports suggesting that both ministers were…

The U.S. authorities have declared a fugitive Nigerian convicted of wire and romance fraud, Emuobosan Emanuella Hall, wanted for failure to report to the Bureau of Prisons to serve a sentence. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a statememt attached with mugshot of Ms Hall on April 15, said, “We need your help: Emuobosan Emanuella…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a fresh round of appointments across key agencies in Nigeria’s education sector, in a move aimed at strengthening institutional leadership and improving service delivery. At the centre of the announcement is the appointment of Modupe Adeola Adelabu as Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO).…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says that candidates currently seeing “No Result Yet” when checking their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results are underage applicants whose results have not yet been released. This is contained in a statement issued by the JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Tuesday in Abuja. According…