Month: February 2025
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Unizik Management Reacts To Viral Video Involved Lecturer and Female Student Embroils in Scuffle
The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State, has launched an investigation into a scuffle involving a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts of the institution and a student over a filmed social media content. A spokesman of the school, Njelita Louis, said the management of the institution led by the…
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JUST IN: CBN Announces New ATM Transaction Fees For Bank Customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed new transaction fees for Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), set to take effect on March 1, 2025. A circular, signed by John Onojah, the acting director of the financial policy and regulation department, explained that the revised charges aim to address increasing operational costs and enhance the efficiency…
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JAMB Gives Conditions For Candidates Below 16 To Register for 2025 UTME
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, says the board has opened the Exceptionally Brilliant Window for candidates below 16 years old to sit for the annual Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede, who is also a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, was a guest on…
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US Scraps Visa Dropbox Service for Nigerian Applicants
The United States, US has suspended its visa dropbox service in Nigeria, requiring all visitor visa applicants to attend in-person interviews for renewals. The dropbox system previously allowed eligible applicants, particularly those with recent U.S. travel history, to submit passports without interviews, reducing wait times. The removal of this option has sparked concerns over increased…
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Applicants frustrated as federal recruitment website malfunctions
Punch Newspaper Nigerians seeking employment in the Federal Civil Service have expressed concern over the persistent malfunction of the Federal Government’s recruitment portal, which has made it difficult for many to apply for advertised positions. The Federal Civil Service Commission had on January 27, 2025, announced the commencement of recruitment into over 70 positions across…
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2027 Realignment: New move spells out role for Atiku, Obi, el-Rufai, Kwankwaso
Sunday Vanguard The 2027 general elections are about two years away and the realignment of forces to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) from power, especially at the federal level appears to be on the upswing. In an interview published by Sunday Vanguard, last week, a former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole…
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MTN Reacts To Network Outage
Following displeasure expressed by Nigerians over a major network outage that left subscribers unable to access internet services, MTN Nigeria has issued an official apology, assuring customers that services have been fully restored. In a message to affected users, the telecommunications giant stated: “Dear customer, we sincerely apologize for the challenges experienced with internet services…
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Naira Appreciates in Parallel Market, Slides in Official Market
The Naira, on Friday appreciated to N1,560 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,590 per dollar on Thursday. But the Naira depreciated to N1,502.5 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira rose to N1,502.5…
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Sacked VC Drags Education Minister To Court To Challenge Removal
Sacked Vice Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Anambra State,Prof. Bernard Odoh has dragged the Minister of Education, Morufu Alausa, to court in a bid to seek an order to stop the Defendants from taking any further step to re-constitute the Council or Governing Council of the University pending the hearing and determination of…
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Education Minister Clears Air Over Alleged Scraping of JSS, SSS
Federal government through the minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has debunked media reports suggesting that the federal government has scrapped the Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS) and replaced them with a new 12-year uninterrupted basic education model. The minister, who insisted that the reports were not true, explained that he…