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The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede has announced that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration for people living with disability in 2024 will be free of charge. He made this known in an interview, where he further disclosed that as part of measures to provide a level playing field for all candidates, audio books will also be provided for all blind candidates. […]

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has revealed that there is no better way to pay tribute to members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria who have paid the supreme price in the defence of Nigeria than to sustain the joint air, ground and maritime strikes against terrorists, insurgents, economic saboteurs and other non-state actors in the country. The Chief of the Air Staff stated this […]

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said he expects the exchange rate to improve following the ongoing exchange reforms of President Bola Tinubu and the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to him, countries which have liberalised their foreign exchange market like Nigeria have enjoyed better exchange rates, expressing confidence Nigeria foreign exchange market will perfomer better. He said global indices had shown that things would improve, […]

Head coach of Nigeria Men’s Handball Senior Team, Rafiu Salami has announced his final 16-man squad for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations in Cairo, Egypt. The 26th African Men’s Handball Championships is set to hold from 17th to 27th January, 2024 in Egypt. The list consists of three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and eight forwards. few of the players choosen includes Benin Republic-based goalkeeper Michael Agbaji is picked […]

Famous Nigerian content creator and activist, Adebowale Debo Adedayo, better known as Mr Macaroni, has criticized the Nigerian government over its inability to curb the rising insecurity in the country. It was earlier reported that Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar and his six daughters were kidnapped over a week ago in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT. One of the victims, Nabeeha, a 400-level biological science student at Ahmadu Bello University, […]

The seven major oil marketers in Nigeria have registered with the Dangote Petroleum Refinery for the lifting and distribution of refined petroleum products produced by the Twenty Billion Naira $20bn plant. The Dealers who are under the aegis of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria has confirmed that registration has began and distribution of fuel produced from the facility will commence once the commercial terms are sorted. This came […]

The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Abba Yusuf as Governor of Kano State, reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal and the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which sacked the governor. Justice John Okoro, who read the lead Judgement, said the Court of Appeal was wrong in affirming the decision of the tribunal, which held that Yusuf did not win the majority of lawful votes cast in the […]