Year: 2025
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INEC Receives 110 Applications For Political Party Registration (FULL LIST)
Channels TV The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed receiving letters of intent from 110 associations seeking registration as political parties. Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Wednesday, noting that the requests are being processed in line with the relevant laws and the Commission’s Regulations and Guidelines. “As of Monday,…
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Did Tinubu attend same school with Alexander Zingman? Here is what we know
TheCableCheck During the launch of the renewed hope mechanisation programme in Abuja on Monday, President Bola Tinubu said Alexander Zingman, a Belarusian businessman, was his schoolmate at Chicago State University (CSU). While Zingman was in attendance at the event, Tinubu described him as a “very good friend” and “neighbour” during his time at CSU. “To…
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NSCDC, NIS, NCoS, FFS Announce Nationwide Recruitment Exercise
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Board (CDCFIB) has called on qualified candidates to apply for full-time employment into the various paramilitary agencies from Thursday. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the board, retired Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jubril, on Monday in Abuja. He urged applicants interested in being employed into the…
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OAU SU Election: Vice Presidential Candidate, Omotola Speaks on Aspiration, Leadership Styles
As students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, gear up to elect new set of leaders to pilot their affairs for the next academic session, aspirants eyeing different positions are soliciting maximum support from the electorates in a bid to emerge victorious at the fast approaching poll. One of the leading aspirants contesting for the position…
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Pastoral crisis: 11 states embrace FG ranching plan as killings surge
Punch Newspaper •Govs offer lands, Adamawa, Bayelsa, others cautious, farmers reject open grazing Eleven states are taking steps to commence ranching as a way to address the age-long violent clashes between herders and farmers, which have claimed several lives, The PUNCH reports. While some states have allocated lands for ranching, many others have pledged lands,…
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Over 90,000 UTME Candidates Set For Mop-up CBT, as JAMB Delists 113 CBT Centres
No fewer than 90,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidates have been scheduled for a mop-up exam slated for June 28, 2025. According to the board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin who stressed today, Sunday, that this move is aimed to accommodate 5,096 spill-over candidates and those who encountered biometric verification issues during the main examination. Benjamin…
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Why there are unemployable graduates in Nigeria – Prof Alio
Vanguard News Professor of Vocational Teacher Education, VTE, Ngozi Alio, has identified poor staffing, low level of funds and inadequate training facilities in tertiary institutions as reasons behind unemployable graduates in Nigeria. She equally stated that poor and static remuneration of technical staff in education sector were part of reasons behind dearth of quality teaching…
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What U.S. visa restrictions mean to ECOWAS
Vanguard News In recent months, a wave of tightened visa scrutiny has quietly emerged across several United States of America embassies within the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of 15 countries in West Africa, including, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana,…
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All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-Tinubu coalition writes INEC for registration of new party
Vanguard News After weeks of deliberations, the Nigeria National Coalition Group, NNCG, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking for the registration of a new political party with the name All Democratic Alliance, ADA. The application letter, dated 19th June, 2025, was stamped received by INEC on 20 June, 2025. A…
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From Tehran to Tel Aviv: Escalation, Resilience, and the Fragile Road to Diplomacy
From Tehran to Tel Aviv: Escalation, Resilience, and the Fragile Road to Diplomacy By Elijah J. Magnier As the Israel–Iran confrontation intensifies into a full-scale war, Tehran is no longer merely absorbing attacks—it is asserting itself as a strategic force capable of inflicting sustained and multidimensional damage. Through a calibrated combination of ballistic, hypersonic, and…