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[ad_1] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will conduct additional mop-up examinations for candidates who missed their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).The Board revealed that an estimated 5.6% of candidates missed their exams, and in order to accommodate them it will organise a special mop-up exercise, extending the opportunity to all affected candidates, regardless of the reason for their absence. JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, stated this in Abuja, on Wednesday, while speaking to journalists during a meeting with key stakeholders to address challenges encountered during the 2025 UTME.SPONSOR AD Oloyede who acknowledged the emotional…

[ad_1] The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has launched its innovative Matchmaking Platform for South-South Cooperation (SSC) under the spirit and theme of ‘From the South to the South, and by the South’, for Member Countries, including Nigeria, during a high-level event held at the Centre International de Conférences (CIC) in Algiers, the Algerian capital, as part of the 2025 IsDB Group Annual Meetings.The platform offers Member Countries (Nigeria and others) seamless access to over 300 on-boarded Resource Centres across 11 thematic areas, showcasing a proven track record of technical expertise, development cooperation, and innovation. It also allows new institutions and…

[ad_1] Governor Uba Sani aims to produce a skilled workforce that will not only make youths to be self reliant but will enable tech companies to employ them after acquiring relevant skills.The Commissioner of Business Innovation and Technology, Mrs Patience Fakai, who made this known at the quarterly ministerial briefing held at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, also explained that the governor is focused on Human Capital Development. Mrs Fakai said Governor Uba Sani has constructed three Skills Acquisition Cities in Soba town, Rigachikun and Samarun Kataf towns, situated in zones 1, 2 and 3 senatorial districts respectively.SPONSOR AD ‘’Together, these…

[ad_1] The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said 56 per cent IT projects embarked upon by the Ministries, Department and Agencies of government usually fail to deliver on what was promised.NITDA’s Director General, Kashifu Inuwa, disclosed this after he took the campaign on the imperative of scrutinising IT projects of the Federal Public Institutions to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Office of the Auditor General of the Federation and Bureau of Public Procurement in Abuja yesterday. The visit focused on the presentation of NITDA’s Reviewed IT Project Clearance Guidance Document—an updated framework designed to…

[ad_1] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced the prosecution of an oil magnate, Dr Akintoye Akindele, accused of involvement in the conversion of the sum of $35 million belonging to the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).The said sum was said to have been converted from the money paid by the NCDMB Capacity Development Intervention Company Ltd to Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited as investment in the establishment of a modular refinery, a jetty, among others, in Brass, Bayelsa State. Akindele was arraigned alongside two others before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a…

[ad_1] Natives of Abuja, under the aegis of the FCT Youth Stakeholders’ Forum marched to the National Assembly, on Wednesday, to protest the appointment of Mr Solomon Adodo a native of Benue state, into the board of the newly established North Central Development Commission (NCDC).They urged Senate President Godswil Akpabio to reverse the appointment. The FCT natives carried placards with inscriptions such as “NCDC is not only for Benue State” Senator Akpabio don’t shortchange people of the FCT” “Benue state has three representatives already”; “Adodo is from Benue State”; among others.SPONSOR AD

[ad_1] The Senate on Tuesday began action over the alleged inclusion of non-indigenes as indigenes of Bauchi State in the shortlisted candidates for the Nigeria Air Force basic military training course.The petition written by Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, was submitted by Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) during plenary. The governor argued in the petition that the inclusion of non-indigenes as indigenes of Bauchi in the training was against the interest of the state.SPONSOR AD He said the act was a source of concern, noting that, “It’s against the interest of applicants from Bauchi State.”He also argued in the…

[ad_1] The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) has revealed that between $88 billion and $94 billion is stolen annually from Nigeria and other African countries.The Director General of GIABA, Edwin Harris, disclosed this in his speech at the asset recovery and management in Nigeria engagement organised in collaboration with the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity (CFTPI) in Abuja on Tuesday. Citing former South African President Thabo Mbeki’s report under the Nation’s Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Harris, who was represented by Tim Melaye, lamented the level of stolen wealth in Africa.SPONSOR AD He,…

[ad_1] The Federal Government has announced plans to sell the 753 housing units recovered from former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as proceeds of crime.This development is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, by Salisu Haiba, Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Haiba disclosed that the Ministry had taken delivery of the estate, consisting 753 units of duplexes recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from  EmefieleSPONSOR AD He said the houses would be sold to the public and for special government needs.The Director said that the Executive Chairman of…

[ad_1] In a picturesque moment of diplomacy and cultural appreciation, African billionaire and global investor Prateek Suri made a courtesy visit to the Chief Minister of Puducherry, Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy, during a personal holiday in India’s historic seaside enclave.Suri, known globally as the “Richest Indian of Africa” and Chairman of the Maser Group and MDR Investments, is no stranger to world travel. But this trip carried a special sentiment: a long-held interest in India’s French colonial heritage, rich architecture, and cuisine brought him to the Union Territory of Puducherry—a region known for its serene boulevards, white buildings with shuttered windows,…