JAMB releases 2024 UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. Over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the examination in 118 towns and…
Fuel scarcity: NNPC not supplying sufficient petrol, say oil marketers
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says it does not have access to petroleum products. Queues resurfaced in fuel stations amid petrol scarcity, which led…
JUST IN: NFF appoints Finidi George as Super Eagles’ head coach
The Board of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has appointed Finidi George as Head Coach of the Senior Men National Football Team, the Super Eagles. A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF’s…
Military reveals why FirstNews Editor, Olatunji was abducted
The Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA, has given reasons why it abducted and detained FirstNews Editor, Mr. Segun Olatunji, for about 14 days before releasing him following public outcry and fervent…
Sule Lamido tackles northern governors over US security summit trip
Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa state, has criticised some northern governors for traveling to the US for a security summit. The US Institute of Peace had invited…
LG polls: APC wins all seats in Gombe as PDP sweeps Oyo
The Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC) has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 11 chairmanship seats and 114 councillorship positions in the just-concluded LG elections.…
Petrol subsidy removal necessary for Nigeria not to go bankrupt – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says the removal of the petrol subsidy was necessary to prevent Nigeria from going bankrupt. Tinubu had announced the removal of the subsidy on May 29,…
19 people burnt to death in Okene-Lokoja highway auto crash
Nineteen people were, on Sunday, burnt to death in an auto crash along the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi state. In a statement by Jonas Agwu, its public education officer,…
Gunmen kill Aiyedatiwa’s campaign coordinator in Ondo
A ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization Foot-Soldiers (LACO-FS), Alaba Abey has been gunned down by unknown assailants. Abey was reportedly killed on Saturday in his house…
P&ID fraud allegation: Seun Kuti apologises to Ayorinde
Afrobeat musician and son of legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun Kuti, has apologised to Bolaji Ayorinde, over a defamatory and libellous statement he made against the senior lawyer. Seun had,…
