By Jumoke Olaitan/Funmilayo Adeyemi Abuja: The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned tertiary institutions against granting admissions outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), describing such practices as illegal. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning during the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions into TertiaryContinue Reading
*By Richard Ikiebe Public debate about Nigeria’s future has grown increasingly crowded with competing prescriptions. Two of the suggested remedies dominate the discourse: the demand for outright dissolution and the call for a Sovereign National Conference. Both are emotionally and politically potent. Neither is constitutionally valid, logically sustainable, nor practicallyContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissesd a suit instituted by Mr Fubara Dagogo, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeking to void the party’s recently conducted national congress. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a judgment, held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertainContinue Reading
Spanish authorities launched an operation on Sunday to evacuate and transfer all passengers and part of the crew aboard the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius. TENERIFE, Spain: (Xinhua) — Spanish authorities launched an operation on Sunday to evacuate and transfer all passengers and part of the crew aboardContinue Reading
BRUSSELS: (Xinhua)/Flowerbudnews : — A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship scheduled to anchor off Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday has killed three people, with passengers to be transferred directly to waiting aircraft under strict isolation. Global health officials and experts have ruled out a pandemic. The HondiusContinue Reading
By Deborah Akpede Lagos: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it uncovered a mansion in the Lekki area of Lagos allegedly used as a stash house for illicit drugs. The agency’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Babafemi said operatives of theContinue Reading
The rescued children Rescue By Deborah Akpede Lagos, May 10, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Lagos State has rescued four kidnapped children after operatives intercepted an alleged child trafficker at Alafia Bus Terminal in the Coker-Orile area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed thisContinue Reading
By Muftau Ogunyemi Akure: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ondo State has urged eligible citizens to participate in the phase 3 of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the state. Mr Olayinka Ogunseye, INEC, Ondo Head of Department (HOD), Voter Education and Publicity,Continue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Madinah: The Chief Imam of the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Yakub Alhassan, has advised pilgrims to visit Quba Mosque in Madinah to earn the reward equivalent to Umrah before Hajj. Alhassan, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, gave the advice in an interview with theContinue Reading
