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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates affected by the de-listing of 24 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres to reprint their examination notification slips for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examinations. The board, which announced this in a statement yesterday in Abuja by its Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the new …

130 secondary schools in Zamfara deserted communities shutNo school safe until govt negotiates with bandits – Sheik Gumi North-West states are currently battling with the problem of inadequate security agents to man schools as fears of bandits’ attacks rise, The PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered that rising insecurity had started having negative impacts on the education system of the states with …

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has assured the people of the state that Governor Godwin Obaseki, will in the next few days form his cabinet. He explained that the need to carry all stakeholders along was responsible for the seeming delay. Shaibu stated this while speaking to journalists shortly after a service commemorating Father’s Day at St …

Less than 24 hours after the annual matriculation examination into tertiary institutions kicked off across Nigeria, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said it has delisted 24 Computer Based Examination (CBE) centres across the country over their poor performance at the commencement of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A statement issued yesterday by the spokesperson of …

Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has vowed to proceed with the planned Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos. The Nation reports Igboho will storm Lagos on Saturday July 3 alongside other agitators for the Yoruba Nation rally. Hinged on the heels of similar rallies held across southwest States including Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, and Ondo, the pro-Yoruba nation protesters …

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a serving officer of a law enforcement agency for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.Babafemi said that the …

Kano State  Government has declared a state of emergency on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), so as to end open defecation, the Commissioner for environment, Dr Kabiru Getso, has announced. A statement signed by Mr Sanusi Kofarnaisa, the ministry’s public relations officer, which disclosed this on Sunday, quoted the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as making the declaration at the launch …

Nigerian Army troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), on Sunday, foiled an attack by Boko Haram insurgents and neutralized scores of the terrorists in Kumshe town, in Borno state. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops deployed at the Forward Operational Base (FOB) of the 152 …

Nigeria’s biggest domestic carrier, Air Peace, has commenced operations on the Benin-Port Harcourt route. Authorities attribute this development to the upgrade of facilities at the Benin Airport, which they said was supported by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, According to Edo State Government, the development is sequel to the expansion of airline operations at the airport, with Azman Air and …

In a move to simplify tax payment for business owners, particularly those in the informal sector, Edo State Internal Revenue Service, (EIRS) has introduced the use of Revenue Scratch Cards. Head of Corporate Communications, EIRS, Courage Eboigbe, in statement on Sunday, said: “The Revenue Scratch Card is part of the Edo Revenue Administration System (ERAS) mobile payment solution, which caters …