The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the general cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Speaking at a virtual meeting by the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, the registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said tertiary institutions across the country have chosen different cut-off marks for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has sacked all the members of the State Executive Council and other political appointees in the state. The sacking was announced on Monday by the governor at the end of an expanded Exco meeting at the Government House, Lafia. Sule expressed gratitude to all the political appointees for their sacrifices…
The United States has expressed its readiness to help Nigeria identify sponsors of terrorism in the country. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, disclosed this on Monday during a meeting with journalists in Abuja. The envoy was asked if the US was ready to help Nigeria identify sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. She, however,…
The Kaduna state government has suspended weekly markets in Birnin Gwari, Chikun, Giwa, Igabi and Kajuru Local Government Areas of the state. The state government also banned the sell of petrol in jerrycans within and outside the premises of petrol stations in the five LGAs. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, the…
The governor of Plateau state, Mr. Simon Lalong has said that criminal activities, occasioned by killings and destruction are being given ethno-religious connotations. Many communities, especially in Bassa and Riyom Local Government Areas of the state had come under attacks by bandits, with several people killed while houses and farm lands were destroyed. In a…
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Airforce, Senator Bala Na’Allah whose son, Abdulkareem Na’Allah, was killed on Sunday at his residence in Kaduna, has said that the attackers gained access to his residence from the roof top and were not armed with guns In a statement on Monday, the senator who represent Kebbi East…
