The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has attributed an incident involving the alleged harassment of hijab-wearing candidates at a computer-based test centre in Ibadan to an "overzealous" ad hoc staff member who acted outside official guidelines.
The incident occurred at...
Former Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, citing the need to put to rest lingering speculation about his membership status.
Mimiko conveyed his decision in a letter to the party chairman in Ward...
The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) says traders and informal sector operators in the state now pay a flat annual levy of ₦36,000 under a newly harmonised tax structure designed to eliminate multiple taxation and improve revenue collection.
The...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has told a Federal Capital Territory High Court that a Nigerian passport presented in proceedings over a disputed London property linked to the late former FCT Minister, Jeremiah Useni, was not issued by the...
MTN Nigeria has temporarily suspended its airtime and data advance service, Xtratime, as it moves to comply with new consumer lending regulations introduced by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).
The FCCPC’s DEON 2025 rules expanded digital lending...
The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State on Thursday sentensed a 63-year-old pastor, Chris Mcdouglas, to life imprisonment for raping his 18-year-old church member’s daughter (name withheld).
The presiding judge, Justice Rahman...
The Federal Government has stepped up efforts to unlock opportunities in Nigeria’s maritime sector, with ongoing investments projected to create about 50,000 jobs across shipping, port operations, fisheries, and related services. Recent government projections linked 30,000 jobs to the...
By IBRAHIM NASIRU
“The sustainability of African countries rests heavily on the sustainability of their seaports; we are linked by water, but we must be united by purpose.”
As the global maritime map is redrawn by digital transformation and shifting trade...
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has approved a N248.64 billion debt relief and restructuring package for Kano, Jos and Ikeja electricity distribution companies as part of efforts to ease financial pressure in Nigeria’s troubled power sector.
The package,...
Several passengers, including candidates travelling for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), were abducted by gunmen along the Makurdi–Otukpo highway in Benue State.
The incident occurred on Wednesday night when a Benue Links bus carrying travellers from Makurdi to...
