Month: April 2025

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured that no candidate would sit for the board’s examination outside their state of registration. This was revealed by the Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin during a telephone interview with newsmen today in Abuja. Mr Benjamin explained that some candidates, who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, outside their state of registration and residence, were sent to the […]

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has refuted recent reports alleging that inmates in custodial centres across the country are suffering from poor nutrition and hunger-related deaths. Addressing the issue during an interview with newsmen in Abuja today, the Service's Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar, described the allegations as misleading, sensational, and grossly inaccurate. He explained that the Federal Government makes dedicated budgetary provisions every year for the feeding of inmates, […]

Several Nigerians have continued to count their losses after reportedly losing millions of naira to CBEX, a digital trading platform that recently crashed. According to circulating reports, the platform became inaccessible after users experienced difficulties withdrawing their funds. Many later discovered that their account balances had been wiped to zero. A crowd of enraged individuals stormed the CBEX office in the Oke Ado area of Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday night, […]

Controversial singer, Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable, has been remanded in the Oke Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, over his inability to meet stringent bail conditions imposed by an Upper Area Court in the state. This follows the singer’s appearance in court today on the charges of defamation character levelled against him by veteran Fuji musician Akorede Saheed, also known as Saheed Osupa. According to […]

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected the planned coalition against the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. This was one of the outcomes of the PDP Governors meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital today. It will be recalled that former Vice Presiident Atiku Abubakar and the party’s 2023 presidential candidate had recently hinted that the party was […]

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have arrived at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, for a closed-door meeting. The governors are led by the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed. The host governor, Seyi Makinde, treated the visiting governors to a dinner last night. Among the governors already present for the meeting are Senator Douye Diri […]

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has dismissed a suit challenging the selection and appointment of Oba Francis Olushola Alao as the Olugbon of Orile Igbon. Justice K.A. Adedokun struck out the suit on Monday for lack of jurisdiction. The suit was filed by four members of the Akingbola family, who contested the process leading to Oba Alao’s emergence. In his ruling, Justice Adedokun held that the court […]