The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede has said that the board is not considering an extension of registration for the 2023 registration of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) over the Naira crisis. Last week, JAMB said that it would not extend the 14 February deadline for the 2023 UTME registration, but had to reiterate …

Amid the currency scarcity agony of Nigerians, a bank presented N500 million new Naira notes to a state governor, according to Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai. According to the new policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a weekly withdrawal limit of N100,000 and N500,000 respectively is placed personal and corporate accounts. In exceptional cases, a maximum of …

Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, have taken to the streets to protest the lingering petrol and the scarcity of Naira notes scarcity across the country. Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari earlier on Friday where he promised to find a solution to the new Naira notes crisis. Last October, …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged citizens to give him seven days to resolve the cash crunch that has become a problem across the country from the policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to change high value Naira notes with new ones. Speaking to the Progressive Governors Forum who came to the Presidential Villa to seek solutions to …

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 12 suspects for allegedly dealing in petroleum products and hard drugs. The suspects were paraded by the NSCDC Commandant in Lagos State, Usman Alfadarai on Wednesday, at the agency’s office at Alausa, Ikeja. In the statement, NSCDC spokesperson, DSC Abolurin Olumide said: “The anti-vandal unit of the command …

Members of the Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria (LOGPAN), Ogun State chapter have called on the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun to settle their outstanding gratuities, and as well harmonise their monthly pension. The state LOGPAN Chairman, Benedict Ademoye, who made the call while addressing newsmen during the association’s thanksgiving programme held at its state secretariat in Abeokuta, said …

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) on Thursday said the United Kingdom Government rejected its request to extradite former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Deziani Alison-Madueke. Head of Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, Assistant Inspector General of Police Garba Baba Umar said this on the sidelines of an investigative hearing by a House of Representative Adhoc committee. The committee …

Exasperated by rising corruption in Africa’s most populous country, stakeholders in the fight against corruption in Nigeria have identified adequate inclusion of women in governance as an antidote to public sector corruption while lamenting the government’s effort in implementing the revised National Gender Policy (NGP). They have called for the inclusion of more women in governance had been necessitated by …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has unveiled a novel titled, The Truth about Sadia as part of its efforts to enlighten the public on the dangers of substance abuse through stories. According to a statement on Wednesday, this was disclosed in a letter signed by the agency’s Director, Media, and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, and addressed to the book’s …

The first phase of the reconstruction and upgrading of the Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway has now been completed and delivered, with the infrastructure formally opened to vehicular traffic. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu was on Wednesday accompanied by joyful residents to commission the 18.75-kilometre long stretch from Eleko to Epe T-Junction, turning a two-lane rural roadway to a six-lane rigid …