Former England football captain Gary Lineker will leave the BBC at the end of the season, it was confirmed on Monday, days after he shared a social media post that contained anti-Semitic imagery. “Gary Lineker will leave his presenting role following the conclusion of Match of the Day for the 2024/25 season,” the BBC … Read more
A Nigerian Army soldier attached to Operation Udoka has been killed by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra after sneaking out of his duty post to attend a party in Anambra State. The incident was said to have occurred on the evening of Saturday, May 18, 2025, at the Forward Operating … Read more
A governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2027 General Election in Oyo State, Aare Olayinka Segelu, has felicitate Dr. Wale Ajani, on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Aare Segelu in a statement issued to congratulate Dr Ajani, a former Director General of Oyo State liason office in … Read more
There is tension in parts of Ogun and Lagos states over rumours that there is deadly rice in circulation. Parents and relatives send voice messages to their loved ones, warning them against buying or consuming rice at this time because a foreign trader had invoked the spirit of Ogun deity after her two trucks … Read more
Brazil’s state oil company, Petrobras, is seeking to re-enter Nigeria’s oil sector, with a specific interest in frontier deepwater acreage. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications in the Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, said in a Wednesday statement that the company, which had previously wound down its operations … Read more
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has begun the rescheduling of the 379,997 affected candidates for another Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination. The rescheduling began on Thursday morning after the registrar of the examination body, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made it known in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. Oloyede admitted errors in the … Read more
A technical review conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed that a critical oversight in server updates, coupled with human error, led to the invalidation of results for 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East and Lagos State who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. JAMB … Read more
A governorship aspirant for the 2027 general election in Oyo State, Aare Olayinka Segelu, has sent his heartfelt felicitations to Engr Festus Alade, an Ibadan-based business tycoon. In a special tribute to Engr Alade, Aare Segelu, an ICT consultant based in Germany, said: “Today, I take a moment to shine the spotlight … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to remain focused on driving Nigeria’s development and maintaining national unity, stating that he would not be distracted from doing what is right for the country. Tinubu stated this through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Tuesday, during the launch of the autobiography of former … Read more
The UK government has banned international recruitment for social care roles and announced a dramatic cutback on so-called “low-skilled migration,” declaring that “skilled must mean skilled.” The hardline move, detailed in the new 82-page Immigration White Paper released Monday, forms the backbone of the most significant immigration reset in a generation. “We will close … Read more