2021 JAMB Cut-off Marks To Be Announced Soon
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to confirm the minimum admission cut-off marks for candidates who sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME). This was contained in a bulletin issued by the board, yesterday. It can be recalled that JAMB had last year set 160 and above as the cut-off […]
Breaking: House Of Rep Member Adedayo Omolafe Is Dead
The lawmaker representing Akure South/North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Adedayo Omolafe, has passed on. A source close to his family explained he had severe medical challenges Sunday night and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Owo, where he died in the early hours of Monday. Mr. Omolafe, popularly known as […]
Hadiza Balarabe Asks Governments To Bolster Health Sector
Governments at all levels should invest more in strengthening the public health system of the country to make it more resilient in dealing with a health crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic. The Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe made this known at the 2021 Faculty Day Lecture of the Faculty of Public Health […]
2023: Northern Group Approves Jega For Presidency
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega has been described as the best choice for president in 2023. The statement was made at the weekend in Kano by the chairman of the Jega Supporters Movement of Nigeria, Comrade Ahamad Tijjani. He said Jega’s achievements in the academic sector and as […]
NAFDAC Fight Against Fake Products In Kebbi
National Agency for Food, and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stood against the production of fake medical products, poorly packaged water, deadly cosmetics, and substandard regulated products, in Kebbi State. Director General, NAFDAC, Professor Moji Adeyeye, announced this yesterday in Birnin Kebbi, at the flag off of first phase of the campaigns against fake […]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Flees The Country As Taliban Forces Enter The Capital
Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday, a milestone in the insurgent group’s assumption of control over capital city Kabul. One unit shared pictures of the palace interior — intact, but empty and apparently abandoned by Afghan officials — on an official Telegram account. The Taliban […]
Nigeria’s 35-year Economic Gains Wiped Out In Five Years, Former Kano Emir Sanusi Says
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and immediate past Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has maintained that all the economic gains made by Nigeria in the last 35 years were wiped out between 2014 and 2019 when ill-advised decisions were taken by the managers of the country’s resources. Sanusi, who is […]
Ivory Coast Records First Case Of Ebola In 25 years
Ivory Coast has recorded its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, according to the country’s health minister. On Saturday, Pierre N’Gou Dimba said on national television that officials confirmed the case after testing samples from an 18-year-old female who travelled from neighbouring Guinea. “This is an isolated and imported case,” he […]
Taliban Fighters Enter Kabul From ‘All Sides’ But Have No Plans To Take City ‘By Force’
The Taliban has entered the Afghan capital Kabul from all sides, the Afghan interior ministry said on Sunday. Sirens could be heard along with sporadic gunfire. Multiple helicopters were flying above the city centre and dropping flares. The Taliban said it has no plans to take the Afghan capital “by force”. The armed group issued […]
Joe Biden Increases US Deployment To Afghanistan, Warns Taliban
President Joe Biden on Saturday doubled down on his decision to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan despite the Taliban’s rapid advances, but pledged to send more troops to evacuate civilians and warned the insurgents not to threaten that mission. After consultations with his national security team, Biden said a total of “approximately 5,000” US soldiers […]
