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 Skip to content By Femi Fani-Kayode 35,000 innocent and defenceless Palestinians, including 15000 children, have been targetted and killed in Gaza by Israel over the last 6 months yet it was only after 7 western aid workers of the World Central Kitchen were tragically and callously targetted and murdered in cold blood by the Israeli […]

Direct Entry: JAMB uncovers 1,665 fake A’ level certs By Uji A Iliyasu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it  has uncovered at least 1,665 fake A’level results during the 2023 Direct Entry registration. The board also said the A’level results verification regime was occasioned by the endemic corruption associated with the system […]

  Gov Aliyu and his traducers By Ishaq Sani There is nothing a public officeholder could do to escape the unjust criticisms of his traducers in this part of the world we live in. Sokoto  state governor, Dr Ahmad Aliyu, despite the high standard he is setting  for state governors to emulate in terms of […]

Mid Summer Nightmare Good morning fellow Nigerians, I am Captain Bamaiyi  Sai’Allah of Nigerian Army making this address this morning.  I am happy to inform you that the inhumane, insensitive and murderous government of Mr  Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been overthrown  by junior officers  of the Nigerian Armed Forces. By this, all borders are hereby […]

  NECO set to conduct SSCE in Saudi Arabia  By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja  The National Examinations Council (NECO) has concluded arrangements to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) Internal, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. According to a statement signed by NECO’s Ag. Director, Directorate of Information and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani, the […]

CTIN: Polytechnic students protest over alleged misappropriation of N20bn intervention fund  By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja  Scores of members of National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), stormed the streets of Abuja  Wednesday to protest alleged diversion of more than N20bn intervention fund for Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria (CTIN).  The protesters led by the President […]

   Nigerian varsities’ curriculum needs continual review –Maiyaki  By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki said Curriculum of Nigerian universities needs constant review to meet the challenges of modern time. He stated this at the British Council-NUC workshop on Nigerian universities Curriculum held in Abuja Monday. […]

  TETFund  spends over N23bn on research funding By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has spent over N23bn on funding research across the country.  TETFund’s Assistant Director, Research and Development (R&D) Dr. Hadiza Ismail, made this known at a validation workshop on “Strengthening Research and Innovation Funding Agencies in West […]

  Aliyu’s security model deserves attention  By Uba Abdullahi Musa The Sokoto state governor said on Saturday Nigerian  Army and the community Guard Corps he had set up had rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by bandits on March 9 in Sokoto state. The attack on Tsangaya school […]

 JAMB extends DE registration by 2 weeks By Uji A IliyasuAbuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has announced an extension of its Direct Entry registration by two weeks. The board explained in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin that the action was aimed at enabling all candidates desirous of registration to […]