Nigeria and African news

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says it has no policy barring candidates from sporting the religious paraphernalia peculiar to their religious persuasions. The board stated this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to the alleged  harassment of a female Hijab-wearing candidate during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE) at  Bafuto Institute, Ile-Iwe…

President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday address Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast at 7 am. A statement by Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, said television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to plug into the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the broadcast….

Ex-members of the Kaduna state executive council under the administration of former governor Nasir El-Rufai, have dismissed the recent report by the adhoc committee of the state House of Assembly alleging the stealing of N423billion and money laundering. In a statement on Friday in Abuja, the former officials maintained that the report is the outcome…

By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has said that the recent building collapse, which claimed the lives of 22 students at Saints Academy in Jos, Plateau state,  should serve as a wakeup call on all relevant authorities  to live up to their responsibilities to avoid future recurrences. On Friday,…

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday honoured each player and official of the Nigerian Super Eagles with the Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) national award for securing the silver medal at the just-concluded 2023 Africa Nations Cup. Tinubu noted that is not easy to absorb a loss, particularly when the expectations are high….