By Daniel Dauda, Jos A group known as Movement for the Advancement and Protection of the University of Jos(MAAPU) has insisted that justice, equity and fair play in the selection of a new Vice Chancellor for the University of Jos, Plateau state. MAAPU also accused the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission(NUC)…
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…
A statistic, tagged “Religion and Politics in Nigeria”, showing states being governed by Christians and Muslims is trending on the social media, following the raging controversy trailing the Muslim-Muslim Presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The document shows that of the 36 states of the federation, 19 are being governed by Christians…
The Tareyar Eklisiya a Nigeria (TEKAN) and the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), a bloc of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that 85 people were killed while 55 others were injured during the recent attack on communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. Addressing a news conference on Monday in…
Hundreds of people in Minna, the Niger state capital,on Monday, trooped to the streets in protest against what they poverty, hunger, and high cost of living. The protest was said to have started at about 7 am, with the protesters blocking the ever busy Minna – Bida road, thereby obstructing vehicular movement to and from…
Two of the 66 members of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, who were abducted in church on Sunday, October 31, 2021, have been killed by their captors. Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, disclosed this in a statement…
