Year: 2025
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JAMB Uncovers 15,000 Fake Admission Letters For NYSC Mobilization, 17 Top Academics Arrested
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has revealed that about 15,000 candidates forged admission letters to qualify for mobilisation into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Speaking at the Batch C pre-mobilisation workshop in Abuja, Oloyede disclosed that the perpetrators are already being prosecuted for forgery, with…
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CPC blacklist: 12 Nigerian governors, other officials may face US sanctions
Punch Newspaper Twelve northern governors, prominent traditional rulers, and senior judges are at the centre of a looming diplomatic storm as the United States Congress considers a bill that could impose far-reaching sanctions on them over alleged complicity in what American lawmakers describe as a “Christian genocide” and systemic persecution under Nigeria’s sharia and blasphemy…
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Trump Threatens Military Action in Nigeria over Alleged killing of Christians
President Donald Trump of the Untied States of America, USA, has threatened military action in Nigeria over ‘killing of Christians’. Trump had, on Friday, said that Christians in Nigeria are facing an “existential threat,” calling on American lawmakers to investigate “mass slaughter”. In fact, named Nigeria a “country of particular concern” – a State Department…
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69-Year-Old Gramma Matriculates at UI, as Fresh Student,Inspires Nigerians
Mrs. Kate Bosede Akomolafe, a 69-year-old retired civil servant turned pig farmer, has enrolled as an undergraduate at the University of Ibadan — proving that age is no barrier to learning. A Remarkable New Beginning At 69, Mrs. Kate Bosede Akomolafe became the centre of attention during the University of Ibadan’s Distance Learning Centre (DLC)…
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FULL LIST: Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, others under US “Countries of Particular Concern” List
The Nation Newspaper A Country of Particular Concern (CPC) is a designation by the United States Secretary of State (under authority delegated by the President) of a country responsible for particularly severe violations of religious freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998 (H.R. 2431) and its amendment of 1999 (Public Law 106-55).…
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Alleged Coup: Details of some detained officers emerge
Premium Times Details have begun to emerge about the identities of at least 16 of an unknown number of Nigerian military officers currently being detained over an alleged coup plot. According to sources familiar with the matter, fourteen of the 16 are from the Nigerian Army, while the remaining two belong to the Navy and…
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Alleged coup: How DIA, NFIU, EFCC, tracked, uncovered Ex-governor’s transaction
The Sun Newspaper More revelations have emerged on how operatives from the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), working in collaboration with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), tracked and uncovered the huge amount of money meant to sponsor the aborted coup to the accounts of the former Bayelsa…
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BREAKING: FG Disburses ₦2.3bn to Settle Lecturers’ Arrears, Vows to End Salary Backlogs
The Federal Government has released ₦2.3 billion to universities nationwide to clear outstanding salary and promotion arrears owed to lecturers, reaffirming its commitment to revamping Nigeria’s tertiary education system through fiscal reforms and sustained dialogue with unions. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, who disclosed this in Abuja, said the funds—representing Batch 8 arrears—were processed…
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FULL LIST: Tinubu Grants Pardons, Clemency to Selected Individuals
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed instruments of clemency and pardon, completing the formal process of exercising his constitutional powers of prerogative of mercy to grant relief to selected individuals convicted of various offences. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the decision followed…
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US Revokes Visa of Nobel Laureate,Wole Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has revealed that the United States government has revoked his visa, a move he says came without clear explanation. Speaking during a press briefing at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery in Lagos, Soyinka disclosed that the US Consulate communicated the decision in a letter dated October 23, 2025, informing him that his…