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
PTML delivers modern digital office to Customs command in Lagos Towards strengthening operational efficiency and enhancing trade facilitation, the Managing Director of Port and Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML), Mr Ascanio Russo, has handed over a new furnished office complex to the Nigeria Customs Service PTML command. The newly furnishedContinue Reading
Anti-Smuggling Breakthrough: Customs recovers stolen cars, hands-over to Canada Lagos, May 10, 2026 ,The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reinforced international confidence in Nigeria’s anti-smuggling and cargo intelligence framework with the formal handover of intercepted stolen luxury vehicles traced to Canada. The National Public Relations Officer of customs, Deputy ComptrollerContinue Reading
NPA records increased cargo, vessel traffic in Q1 Lagos, May 10, 2026, The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Abubakar Dantsoho, says the maritime sector recorded strong growth in the first quarter of 2026, driven by increased cargo throughput, larger vessel traffic and ongoing port reforms. Dantsoho disclosedContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike Dr Adebowale Adedokun, Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), says the revised Standard Bidding Document (SBD) has improved transparency, accountability and compliance in Nigeria’s public procurement system. Adedokun stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He said theContinue 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
