The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions across the country will hold a policy meeting on August 31 where they will decide the minimum cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions. According to the board, decisions will be reached on new cut-off marks and other admission issues at the meeting which … [Read more…]
The lawmaker representing Akure North and Akure South in the House of Representatives, Hon Omolafe Adedayo Isaac aka”Expensive”, is dead. Hon Omolafe died around 2am in a private hospital in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Omolafe was elected to the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). He was … [Read more…]
Mr Buhari and members of his entourage returned to Nigeria last Friday after about two weeks in London, UK. President Muhammadu Buhari will go on isolation in line with COVID-19 protocols after spending about two weeks in London, United Kingdom, the presidency has said. Also billed to go on isolation are officials … [Read more…]
Call them terrorists, not bandits – Emeka Anyaoku, ex-Commonwealth Secretary General Mr Anyaoku says Nigeria is sliding into “international irrelevance. A former secretary general of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, said the current state of affairs in Nigeria was pushing the country to the brink of disaster. Mr Anyaoku said this at the 10th edition of … [Read more…]
Just In:Nnamdi Kanu orders suspension of weekly sit-at-home protest. Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has ordered the suspension of ‘Every Monday’ sit-at-home order by the group in the South-East. The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement made available to a correspondent of Punch Newspapers in … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council has outlawed girl-child marriage and other forms of gender-based harmful practices in the state. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of a multi stakeholders’ strategic conference between the council and WomenAid Collective. The conference was organised in partnership with the Ford Foundation … [Read more…]
International Youth Day Today, as the World celebrates International Youth Day, with the Theme, Transforming Food System: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health, Governments both at federal, state, and local councils should look inwards to ensure that policies they pursue and in tandem with global practices which prioritize the interest of the youths. To … [Read more…]
National Coordinator, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Media Warriors, Chinedu Obigwe, yesterday described the victory of the Victor Oye leadership of APGA at the Kano Appeal Court as the triumph of justice over injustice. In a statement issued in Awka, Obigwe said all lovers of APGA and good governance in Anambra State had waited for … [Read more…]
MOHAMMED Fawehinmi, son of the late rights activist and legal practitioner, Gani Fawehinmi has died at the age of 52. The younger Fawehinmi died on Wednesday, a source said. “He complained of difficulty in breathing this morning and was taken to the hospital and that was all,” the source added. … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has hinted that the over two months suspension of Twitter’s activities in Nigeria will soon be lifted following agreement that has been reached in most areas of contention with the platform. The government had, on June 5, 2021, officially put an indefinite ban on Twitter, restricting it from operating in … [Read more…]
Recall that bandits on July 5 invaded the school and abducted more than 100 students. On July 25, when 28 of the students were released, the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Rev Israel Akanji, said 87 of them were still in captivity. Giving an update in an interview with The PUNCH … [Read more…]
Adamawa APC chieftain suspended for wondering why COVID-19 hasn’t killed Buhari The All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State has suspended the APC Caretaker Chairman, Yola South Local Government, Suleiman Adamu for allegedly making unsavoury remarks about President Buhari. The publicity Secretary of the party, Mohammed Abdullahi, in a statement, said the suspension was in reaction … [Read more…]