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….As Senate Passes Bill to Establish Police Service Commission Training Institute Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North), has warned against what he described as the Senate’s growing tendency to serve as a “rubber stamp,” voicing strong opposition to the establishment of a training institute for the Police Service Commission (PSC). Oshiomhole’s objections came …

The Presidency on Thursday faulted the claim of reciprocity by the United States government as the reason for its current visa policy towards Nigeria, saying that the claim does not accurately reflect the actual situation. The Presidency also said contrary to misinformation and fake news circulating online, President Bola Tinubu has never stopped issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens, …

The Supreme Court ruled that the appeal by the PDP and its governorship candidate in last year’s election, Mr Ighodalo, lacked merit. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by Asue Ighodalo and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the election of Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo. The Garba Lawal-led panel of the Supreme Court justices unanimously upheld …

Strong indications have emerged that there are more troubles for suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) as the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has removed her as Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs. With this development yesterday, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was removed as Chairman of Local Content Committee in February and taken to chair the Diaspora …

The presidency has declared that the US claim of reciprocity as the reason for the recent visa policy does not accurately reflect the reality of Nigeria’s current visa policy toward US citizens. The office of Nigeria’s president has faulted the recent changes to the US visa policy for Nigerians, stating that Nigeria has not suspended the five-year multiple entry visa option …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) and the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) have commenced selection and placement exercise for candidates seeking admission into Federal Technical Colleges (FTCs) for the 2025/2026 academic session across the country. Briefing newsmen at the NABTEB Headquarters on Wednesday in Benin, the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – The Comptroller of the Nigeria Correctional Service in Edo State, Mr. Sunday Oyakhire, has disclosed that over 30 Inmates in the State have been penciled down and profiled for parole. Oyakhire who disclose during a roundtable stakeholders meeting in Non-custodial Measure (NCM), organised by the Prisons Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) on Tuesday …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into universities for the 2025/2026 academic session. The decision was announced on Tuesday at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. According to the board, the cut-off mark for colleges of nursing sciences …

“Effective today, most non-immigrant & non-official visas for Nigerian citizens will be single-entry with 3-month validity…” The US government has announced that most Nigerians applying for non-immigrant visas will now only get single-entry three-month visas. The US Mission in Nigeria said this was to reciprocate Nigeria’s visa policy for Americans. “Effective today, most non-immigrant & non-official visas for Nigerian citizens …

In the communique, the union’s leadership directed the Abuja teachers to return to the classrooms on Wednesday. Primary school teachers in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, have suspended their over three-month strike after the government met some their demands. The Abuja chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) disclosed this in a communique made available to journalists in Abuja late Tuesday. The …