JAMB rolls out 632,788 results, flags score manipulation
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of 632,788 results from the first day of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), marking a notably swift turnaround. According to the board, candidates who sat for the exam on Thursday, April 16, can now access their scores. This was confirmed in a statement shared by JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian...
How to check, print 2026 UTME result
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the first batch of results for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, though candidates will have to wait before printing their official result slips. JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin said in a statement on Friday night that the result slip printing feature would be activated at a later date. For now, candidates who...
Lampard’s Coventry City seal Premier League return after 25 years, earn $275m revenue
Former Chelsea manager and midfielder Frank Lampard has revived his managerial reputation after steering Coventry City to promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 25 years. The Sky Blues secured their return on Friday following a 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, prompting jubilant celebrations among players, coaching staff, and around 7,500 travelling Coventry supporters. The...
Renewed Hope appoints govs, Metuh, Banire, others as directors ahead of 2027 elections
The Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA), President Bola Tinubu's political support organisation, has appointed a raft of directors to strengthen its structure ahead of the 2027 general elections. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, who serves as Director-General and National Co-ordinator of the RHA, approved the appointments, saying they were designed to "strengthen the structure and improve the operational effectiveness" of the...
Oil prices fall after Iran declares Strait of Hormuz open
Oil prices settled down by around 9% on Friday, April 17, 2026, after Iran said passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz was open for the remaining ceasefire period. United States President Donald Trump disclosed that Iran has agreed to never close the strait again. Brent crude futures settled down $9.01, or 9.07%, to $90.38 a barrel, after...
No ban on airtime borrowing, data services — FCCPC
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says the Commission did not ban airtime borrowing and data advance services in Nigeria. The FCCPC made this known in a statement issued by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, on Friday, April 17, 2026. Ijagwu noted that no directive was issued preventing consumers from accessing lawful telecom value-added services. Ijagwu, who was...
Naira dips slightly at official market, settles at N1,343.6
The Naira ended the week on a mildly negative note at the official foreign exchange market, depreciating to N1,343.63 against the U.S. dollar on Friday. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed the local currency shed N1.33, representing a 0.09 percent decline from Thursday's rate of N1,342.30 to the dollar. The slight reversal snapped a two-week appreciation streak the...
CBN, FMDA launch new overnight benchmark rate for money market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Financial Markets Dealers Association (FMDA) have jointly introduced the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate (NOFR), a new standardised benchmark designed to strengthen the country's money market. The CBN's Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Mrs. Hakama Sidi-Ali, announced this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. According to Sidi-Ali, the NOFR was developed to...
Stocks extend rally, add N3.39trn in nine-day gain
The Nigerian stock market sustained its bullish momentum on Friday, recording a ninth consecutive session of gains as market capitalisation surged by N3.391 trillion. The All-Share Index climbed 5,266.55 points, or 2.49 percent, to close at 217,167.57, lifting market capitalisation from N136.435 trillion to N139.826 trillion. Year-to-date return rose to 39.56 percent, while market breadth remained positive with 44 gainers against...
EFCC witness contradicts himself in SunTrust MD’s $12m trial
A prosecution witness in the money laundering trial of SunTrust Bank Managing Director Halima Buba and her co-defendant, Innocent Mbagwu, contradicted himself under cross-examination on Friday, admitting that a key claim he had attributed to his earlier statement was absent from the document. Hassan Dantani, Managing Director of Ashrab Corporate Forex and BDC Ltd and the third prosecution witness (PW-3)...
