The Oyo State Government has approved N4.5bn as financial support and the building of a monument in honour of the victims of the Bodija explosion, which occurred on January 16, 2024. The decision was reached at the State Executive Council meeting held Wednesday at the Governor’s Office in Ibadan. Governor Seyi Makinde had earlier, on December 24, 2024, inaugurated a 10-member committee chaired by the Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal, to […]
Youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has described the decision by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to fix a fresh examination for those affected by what it called errors in the recently released results as unacceptable. JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, had on Wednesday admitted that errors led to the low score of candidates in the five South-East states and Lagos State. […]
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has begun the rescheduling of the 379,997 affected candidates for another Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination. The rescheduling began on Thursday morning after the registrar of the examination body, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made it known in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. Oloyede admitted errors in the just-concluded exam affecting 206,610 in 65 centres were affected in Lagos and 92 centres in Owerri […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially acknowledged that errors occurred during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), impacting candidates’ performance. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, diclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. The UTME serves as a crucial requirement for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. It assesses candidates in four subjects one of which is the mandatory Use of English, […]
Following the ongoing complaints trailing the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it is currently scrutinising the complaints in detail to identify and rectify any potential technical issues. Acknowledging what it referred to as “the significant volume of unusual complaints” following the 2025 UTME results, which were officially published last Friday”, JAMB said it has since engaged a number of […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has elected a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Prof. Chris Piwuna, as its next president. The decision was taken at the 23rd National Delegates Congress of the Union, which took place in Benin on Sunday. The election was contested between Piwuna and Prof. Adamu Babayo from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, according to verified sources familiar with the development. […]
Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that he is not desperate to return to office, revealing that his “spirit left the Government House long ago.” He made the remarks on Sunday during a Night of Tributes organizsd by the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum in honour of the late elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. This marked his first public speech since President Bola Tinubu suspended him from […]
The Oyo State Government, has commenced the demolition of illegal structures and shanties at different locations in Ibadan, the state capital. The exercise began at St. Gabriel’s Secondary Commercial School, Sabo-Jembewon Area, Ibadan. Security personnel of Operation Burst, the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Western Security Network codenamed Amotekun Operation were on the ground to maintain law and order against the […]
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin has suspended two family chiefs known as Mogaji, and removed their traditional beads over land grabbing. They are Mogaji Kukula, Kamorudeen Kolawole of Kukula family, Oke – Ofa Baba Isale in Ibadan North East Local Government, and Mogaji Samsudeen Bello of Ekerin Ajengbe family, Isale Osi in Ibadan South West Local Government of Oyo State. The suspension order was contained in a […]
