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\ The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, in partnership with Rite Foods Limited, will on Tuesday honour seven outstanding Nigerian undergraduates with ₦5 million each at the maiden Academic Excellence Recognition Award Ceremony in Lagos. The initiative is aimed at rewarding exceptional academic performance during the 2025 admission exercise. In a statement issued on Sunday by JAMB’s Public Communication Adviser, Fabian Benjamin, the examination body said, “each of the seven award recipients will receive ₦5 million in recognition of their exceptional performance in both the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the respective Post-UTME or institutional screening exercises conducted by their admitting Universities.” According to JAMB, the seven bene...

The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, comprising chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, on Saturday presented 60 patrol vehicles to security agencies in the state. The presentation was made at the Osun State Command Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Osogbo by the association’s chairman, Samuel Idowu. Idowu, who recalled the previous donation of 30 patrol vehicles to conventional security agencies in the state, said the initiative was a demonstration of the association’s commitment to the safety, security, and well-being of the people. “Just few weeks ago, we were here to unveil the distribution of the patrol vehicles and I am glad to inform this gathering that the remaining of the vehicles are here for distribution aim...

The Chairman of the Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission,  Abdullahi Garba, has described the conduct of the state’s local government elections as a major milestone, following the expansion of the electoral process from 11 local government areas to 24 administrative councils. He also declared the All Progressives Congress as the winner of all the local government councilorship and chairman seats. Speaking while announcing the election results on Saturday, Garba said the expansion became possible after Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya approved the creation of 13 Local Council Development Areas to bring governance closer to the people. “The last cycle of elections in 2023 was conducted in 11 local governments. But His Excellency created an additional 13 Local Council Dev...

The Texas State Board of Education has approved new public school standards that integrate biblical teachings into classroom instruction, making Christianity a central component of education for the state's 5.5 million public school students. Following months of heated debate, the Republican-controlled board voted 9-5 on Friday to adopt a mandatory reading list for every grade level before approving revised social studies standards for kindergarten through eighth grade. The new curriculum embeds biblical concepts and figures and is regarded as one of the most far-reaching efforts in the United States to require the teaching of Christianity in public schools. The standards, which will shape textbooks and statewide examinations, are expected to be introduced in phases beginning with eleme...

Several candidates from Imo State recently shortlisted for recruitment into the Nigerian Army sustained varying degrees of injuries after the vehicle conveying them to the Depot Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State, was involved in a road accident on Saturday. The candidates were travelling to the military training facility to begin their basic recruit training when the crash occurred. According to SaharaReporters, sources within the military disclosed that the trip was being coordinated under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel P.D. Ngal. A military source explained that the candidates had successfully completed the recruitment process and were on their way to commence training before the unfortunate incident disrupted their journey. "The candidates from Imo State were on t...

The Nigeria Police Force in Ogun and Lagos states on Friday launched Operation Kosaye, a joint security initiative targeted at addressing insecurity challenges across the two states. Speaking during the launch on Saturday at the Police Training School, Iperu-Remo, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni, alongside his Lagos State counterpart, Fatai Tijani, said the operation had led to the rescue of five kidnapped victims, the killing of four suspected kidnappers, and the arrest of 88 criminal suspects across both states. Ojajuni said the operation was initiated by the Inspector-General of Police, with the support of the Lagos and Ogun State governments, to rid the two states of kidnappers and other violent criminals. He explained that “Kosaye,” a Yoruba expression, me...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed residents occupying shanties and makeshift structures along the median of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway to vacate the area within 72 hours. The governor announced the directive on Saturday after leading the state's monthly environmental sanitation exercise across communities in Surulere Local Government Area. Accompanied by his wife, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the governor said the sanitation exercise was part of the government's renewed commitment to promoting a cleaner environment and encouraging proper waste disposal across Lagos. Addressing journalists after the exercise, Sanwo-Olu revealed that enforcement teams would begin clearing all illegal structures on the expressway median from next week. According to him, the operat...

The Federal Government says it requires an estimated N4.55 billion over three years to recruit 122,696 health workers needed to fill vacant positions in Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities across 26 states nationwide. The Human Resource for Health and Project Management Lead at the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) Coordination Office, Zaiyanatu Umar, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja during the 15th Expanded Ministerial Oversight Committee meeting on national healthcare implementation. Umar said the estimate followed an analysis of baseline data submitted by 26 verified states that self-reported staffing levels against Primary Health Care Minimum Staffing Standards under the SWAp recruitment assessment exercise. “The baseline data received from SWAp was based on the recruitment tool t...

Residents and businesses across Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi, and Yobe states should prepare for a temporary electricity disruption on Sunday as the Transmission Company of Nigeria embarks on planned maintenance works aimed at strengthening the national grid. TCN disclosed the development in a statement issued on Friday by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, noting that the outage will also affect Gazaoua in the Niger Republic. According to the company, the interruption is necessitated by scheduled maintenance at the Kumbotso 330-kilovolt transmission substation, where ongoing upgrade works are being carried out to improve power reliability and transmission capacity. The maintenance will enable TCN’s contractor to continue the upgrade of the 330kV Bus II jumpers and replace existing 35...

United States President Donald Trump has claimed that the US military has ended the killing of Christians in Nigeria. Trump made the remark on Friday during an event in Washington, where he spoke about his administration’s security operations and efforts to combat terrorism in different parts of the world. According to the US President, American intervention in Nigeria played a major role in halting attacks allegedly targeted at Christian communities, particularly in areas affected by insurgency and violent extremist activities. “As you know, we recently struck Nigeria and largely ended the slaughter of great Christian populations. He described the situation before the alleged intervention as severe, claiming that thousands of innocent people, including women, children ...