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Over 30 Inmates To Be Granted Parole In Edo

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 …

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BREAKING: JAMB Sets 150 As Cut-off Mark For Universities

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 …

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UPDATED: US Reduces Visa Validity For Most Nigerian Applicants, Gives Reason

“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 …

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Abuja Primary School Teachers Suspend 3-Month Strike, Give Reasons

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 …

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UPDATED: Ganduje, Seven Others Inaugurated As FAAN Board Members

Barely days after resigning as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has been appointed and officially inaugurated as Chairman of the Board of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The inauguration ceremony, held in Abuja, was conducted by the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and presided over by the minister, Festus …

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Ukraine Suffers Heaviest Attack As Trump Criticises Putin

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has been hit by the biggest ever aerial attack from Russia – 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles hit cities around the country in multiple waves. Firefighters battled fires sparked by explosions in the Kyiv region Zelensky condemned the “telling attack”, adding: “It comes precisely at a time when so many efforts have …

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Travelers No Longer Have To Remove Their Shoes During Security Screenings At US Airports

Travelers racing to catch a flight at U.S. airports no longer are required to remove their shoes during security screenings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday. Noem said the end of the ritual put in place almost 20 years ago was immediately effective nationwide. She said a pilot program showed the Transportation Security Administration had the equipment needed to …

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Why There May Be Global Shortage Of Nurses In 2030 – Peter Obi

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – Former Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has predicted that the world may experience shortage of nurses by year 2030, owing to the high demands of their services. Obi, however advised every nation including Nigeria to investm heavily in health and education to be truly wealthy, describing the two sectors as …

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Edo Cult War Resumes; Seven Dead Two Months After Ceasefire

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – No fewer than seven persons have been reportedly killed between Monday and Tuesday in the Benin metropolis of Edo State, following a renewed supremacy war between suspected members of the Maphites and Black Axe cult groups. It was learnt that the victims were killed at different locations in the city center. Residents, who …

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Three Key Factors That Made Texas Floods So Extreme And So Deadly

Volatile weather, unusual humidity and the Texan landscape all contributed to scale of destruction The torrential rain that brought destruction to a children’s summer camp and other holiday spots in rural Texas came with devastating speed.Water came crashing through the stone cabins of Camp Mystic in the early hours of Friday with little warning as the girls and staff slept.The …

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