Month: August 2025

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said it will begin the screening of over 500 exceptional candidates below 16 years of age seeking admission into tertiary institutions for the 2025/2026 academic session between September 22 and 26. According to JAMB, the process will be handled by a special technical committee established specifically for this purpose. Screening will be conducted at three designated centres: Lagos, Abuja, and Owerri in Imo State. […]

Five candidates contesting the forthcoming bye-election in Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Oyo State, on Wednesday signed a peace accord at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ibadan, the state capital. The candidates include Femi Akin-Alamu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Adewale Olatunji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olabisi Odususi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Fola Oyekunle of the Peoples Democratic Party […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Hon. Ayo Omidiran as Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). The monarch also expressed gratitude to the President for the appointment of Mr. Eludayo Eluyemi as the Federal Commissioner representing Osun State at the Commission. A statement issued by the Ooni’s Palace on Wednesday in Ile-Ife, said the appointment was a recognition of their competence, […]

The Oyo State government has set up a Staff Audit and Verification Committee for the Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State. According to a statement released on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the committee was officially inaugurated at the Scholarship Board Conference Room of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Ibadan. The verification exercise reaffirms the government’s transparency, accountability and excellence, according […]

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has closed its recruitment portal after receiving 1,911,692 applications for just 30,000 vacancies across the four paramilitary agencies under its supervision. The portal, which opened on Monday, July 14, 2025, was closed on Sunday, August 10, 2025. Earlier, the federal government board had disclosed plans to recruit 30,000 Nigerians into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Correctional Service, […]

The Federal Government has disbursed a total of N5.12 billion in pension arrears to 90,689 retirees under the Defined Benefit Scheme, through the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD). This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Olugbenga Ajayi, in Abuja. Ajayi confirmed that the funds have been fully disbursed to eligible pensioners across the four major pension departments. He also reiterated the […]