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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Thursday, approved cut-off marks for universities and polytechnics in the country. The decision was taken after a heated session comprising officials from JAMB, the Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, and the National Board for Technical Education among others. For the polytechnics, 120 cut-off mark was approved while 140 was approved for …

As part of activities organised to commemorate the World Day against Human Trafficking, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), International Organisation on Migration (IOM), Expertise France, International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP), and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have partnered the Nigerian Government to host a ‘boot …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Inyang …

Former President of the United States, Donald Trump paid tribute to his first wife, Ivana Trump, alongside their three children on Wednesday at a funeral Mass. . According to Marca, the funeral of Ivana who died on July 14 was held at St Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church Manhattan’s Upper East Side, New York. Donald and Ivana Trump’s three children …

Monkeypox infections have continued to spread across the world, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed 14,000 cases across 70 countries, with five deaths reported in the African Region. WHO director-general, Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this on Wednesday during a virtual media briefing on Facebook, noting that most cases were reported from Europe primarily among men who have sex with men. Mr Ghebreyesus …

The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has described as ‘unwarranted distractions’ the viral pictures and videos of some Christian clerics at Wednesday’s unveiling of Kashim Shettima, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate in Abuja. Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Communication, Tinubu Campaign Organisation, in a statement on Thursday, said the clergymen were not fake as was being speculated in the social media. …

*New regime to allow for expansion of willing-buyer, willing-seller operators Edo State House of Assembly has passed a bill, repealing the Rural Electricity Board Law of 1972 to re-enact a new law that makes provision for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity for the residents of Edo State. When it becomes law, it will pave the way for the …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Edo State Police Command said it has commenced investigation into a case of suspected suicide reported by a woman in Benin City. It was revealed that this incident occurred barely 24 hours before a Benin-based accountant allegedly murdered his pregnant wife, then hanged her lifeless body with a rope tied to a ceiling …

Major Nigerian cities including the Federal Capital Territory were thrown into darkness on Wednesday when the country’s electricity grid collapsed. Electricity distribution companies announced Wednesday that the collapse occurred at about 11:00 am. Wednesday’s incident is the seventh reported collapse in 2022. The government blames poor management and low gas supply as the major causes of the repeated breakdown of …

The newest phenomenon in town, Mr. Peter Obi turns 61 today. Contrary to the customary use of the day to see him through biographical prisms, we shall view him through the mass movement that has all the attributes of a revolution in which he is a prominent figure. As far back as one can pry into the history of Nigeria, …