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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results, The board disclosed that it is withholding the results of 39,834 candidates over issues relating to examination irregularities. Recall that over 1.9 million applicants participated in the just-concluded exercise. JAMB also disclosed that 80 suspects across the country…

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra on Thursday announced that the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has officially adopted President Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2027 presidential election. Mr Soludo made the announcement at Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka during the President’s working visit to the state. According Mr Soludo, APGA and the All…

Punch Newspaper The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that results for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination will be released on Friday, May 9, 2025. This means candidates who sat for this year’s UTME can begin checking their scores from Friday morning. The board disclosed the development in an official notice made available…

The Nation Newspaper In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope, becoming the first American to ascend to the papacy. The 69-year-old former bishop from Chicago will be known as Pope Leo XIV, succeeding Pope Francis as the spiritual leader of…

The Nation Newspaper …challenges Nenadi to speak about her plea bargain with EFCC The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) took another dimension on Wednesday with the suspension of Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, over alleged anti-party activities. The party also announced the suspension of five of its elected lawmakers in the National Assembly…

Daily Trust Boko Haram terrorists have killed an army captain in Izge community of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The terrorists who struck in the early hours of Wednesday also killed a soldier. Confirming the incident, the Emir of Gwoza, HRH Alhaji Mohammed Shehu Timta, said the assailants stormed the area around 1am…

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on the February 9, 2024 helicopter crash that killed Herbert Wigwe, former Group CEO of Access Holdings Plc, his wife Doreen, their son Chizi, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, former Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) with two others. According to the…

On Tuesday, some parents in Lagos expressed disappointment and concerns over the low performance of candidates in the recently concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The parents said the poor performance could be attributed to several issues. The UTME, organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, released a comprehensive statistical breakdown of the 2025…

The Nation Newspaper The conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin today, May 7, following the conclusion of the Novemdiales Masses held to pray for the eternal repose of the late Pope Francis. The date was formally set during the fifth General Congregation on Monday morning, attended by approximately 180 cardinals, just over a…

The naira yesterday appreciated to N1, 600 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,610 per dollar last weekend. Similarly, the Naira recorded slight appreciation to N1,605 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN showed that the exchange rate for the naira fell to…