Month: August 2025
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American Government Filed Fraud Complaint Against Nigerian Motivational Speaker Over $4.4 Million Scam
Peoples Gazette The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a fraud complaint against Nigerian motivational speaker and self-acclaimed wealth coach, Joseph Nantomah, accusing him of duping investors of over $4.4 million in an unregistered real estate scheme. Court filings exclusively obtained by Peoples Gazette showed that Mr Nantomah, widely known as “Dr Money,”…
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Breaking: WAEC revises SSCE results errors, English, Maths pass rate jumps to 62.9%
Vanguard News The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has admitted errors in the results released early in the week with respect to this year’s Senior Secondary School Examination, SSCE, saying 1,239,884 candidates now have credit passes in five subjects or more, including English Language and Mathematics. The new figure represents 62.9% of the 1,969,313 candidates…
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2025 WAEC: Updated results available within 24 hours – FG
The Federal Ministry of Education has announced that updated results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be accessible via the official result checker portal within the next 24 hours. This follows the resolution of a technical issue that affected the initial release of some candidates’ results. In a statement issued…
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Kwara, Niger towns jubilate over DSS’ reported capture of Mahmuda terror group leader
Vanguard News Residents of communities in Kwara and Niger states bordering Benin Republic are silently jubilating following the rumoured disappearance of Abubakar Abba Mahmuda, leader of Mahmuda, currently the most feared terror group in Nigeria. According to some villagers in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, whose communities have suffered the most attacks at…
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2027 Election: Options Before the North
Vanguard News …Region faces tough choice over Tinubu, Jonathan, Atiku, Obi, Amaechi Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor THE North as a political bloc has a tough decision to make regarding who it will back in the 2027 presidential election, as no fewer than five politicians are on its radar for endorsement. The five leading politicians hoping…
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Credicorp, NYSC unveil N200,000 loan scheme for corps members
Punch Newspaper The Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation has unveiled a new initiative to empower corps members with access to single-digit interest loans of up to N200,000 under a programme dubbed “YouthCred.” The scheme officially kicked off on Wednesday in Abuja with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Credicorp and the National Youth Service…
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FULL LIST: Ghana Armed Forces Releases Details of Helicopter Crash Victims
The Ghana Armed Forces has released the identities of individuals who died in Wednesday morning’s military helicopter crash in the country. The crash involved a Z-9 helicopter belonging to the Ghana Armed Forces, which lost contact during a flight from Accra, the capital, to Obuasi — a gold-mining town in the south- where the crew…
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JAMB raises panel to select brilliant underage UTME candidates for admission
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday inaugurated a committee to foresee the process of admissions for underage candidates. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the committee members in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory. Mr Oloyede said that the committee would decide modalities for determining…
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UK Opens Application for Chevening scholarships For Nigerians, Other Nationals
The United Kingdom on Tuesday announced that applications for its Chevening Scholarships are officially open, with prospective scholars encouraged to apply between August 5 and October 7, 2025. The Chevening programme offers fully funded one-year master’s degrees at UK universities to individuals with demonstrated leadership potential and a strong commitment to driving positive change in…
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Police, Students’ Leader Clear Air Over Alleged Rape of 30 Female Varsity Students in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command has cleared the air over alleged rape of 30 female students of the Federal University, Lafia,ml were by bandits ransacked during a recent attack in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, told The PUNCH on Tuesday that investigations revealed the report to be false. “That report…