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By Joseph Erunke Abuja -The National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, has released the results of the June/July 2025 National Business Certificate, NBC, and National Technical Certificate, NTC, in-school examinations, recording significant improvement in candidates’ performance and a sharp decline in examination malpractice. Announcing the results, yesterday in Abuja, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB, […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kamaldeen Ajibade, has warned that the party could lose the 2027 presidential election if it fails to overcome its internal divisions. Ajibade spoke in Abuja at the PDP National Restoration Movement National Summit, where he and other party leaders, including […]

By Olayinka Ajayi  The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has dismissed claims that parts of the legacy coastal roads of the President Bola Tinubu-led government are damaged. Umahi, during his on-the-spot inspection of the road in Lagos, yesterday, commended the construction company Hi-tech for the “magic performance” in delivering one of the legacy projects […]

By Abel Daniel, Lafia The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a woman alleged to have dumped her newborn baby girl in a bush in Akwanga Local Government Area. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the arrest on Thursday in Lafia, disclosing that the suspect, identified as a final-year NCE student of the […]

Dangote refinery has said it will commence free direct supply of petrol across the country from Monday, September 15. Read Also: ‘Nationwide strike inevitable,’ says NUPENG; accuses Dangote of breaching agreement The refinery also slashed petrol retail prices to N841 per litre in Lagos and the South West. For Abuja, Edo, Kwara, Rivers and Delta […]

Abuja – Political commentator Longers Anyanwu has come to the defense of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK), rejecting claims that the former Abia State governor acquired assets in the United States solely due to his gubernatorial tenure. In a recent statement reacting to a viral video, Anyanwu traced Kalu’s prominence in Nigerian politics and business […]

France and Germany moved to bolster defence of Polish airspace Thursday as the UN Security Council called an emergency meeting to discuss Warsaw’s accusation that Moscow launched a drone raid on its territory. Poland branded the incident, which prompted Polish and NATO forces to shoot down several drones overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, a deliberate “unprecedented” […]

  Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted ex-president Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday of coup plotting by a four-to-one vote in a landmark case that could land the far-right leader in prison for years. A majority of four judges found the 70-year-old guilty of plotting to claw back power after his defeat in October 2022 elections by leftist […]

  The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the ruling of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, and allowed the appeal filed by First Bank of Nigeria against General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL). This came with an order authorising the sale of the crude oil aboard FPSO Tamaru Tokoni, with proceeds to be […]

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that 14 associations have been cleared to proceed to the next stage of their applications to be registered as political parties in Nigeria. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, who disclosed this on Thursday, after the commission’s meeting, said that 171 […]

  The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has rejected the recognition of a former senate president, David Mark, as the national chairman of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).        Kachikwu described INEC’s decision as irresponsible, adding that he had never had faith […]

  South Africa’s top court ruled Thursday that men should be able to take their wives’ surnames and a law that prevented this amounted to unfair gender discrimination. The Constitutional Court said the legal ban served no legitimate government purpose and was suspended, paving the way for parliament to enact amendments to the legislation. While […]