The South-East Senate Caucus has blamed “hateful politics” for the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) incident, which led to about 400,000 candidates needing to retake the examination in the region. The senators attributed the situation to “injecting hateful politics and narrow parochial considerations in both policy enunciation and its implementations.”…
Aisha Yesufu, a Nigerian Activist and Co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, is of the belief that the scandal that emanated from the mass failure in the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, targeted the South-East as most of the candidates who failed the…
Tension is mounting in parts of Ogun and Lagos States amid rumors of poisonous rice being circulated. Rumours contained in several WhatsApp voice notes alleged that a foreign trader invoked the spirit of Ogun deity on her two trucks of rice after the trucks were allegedly stolen and smuggled into the country. Speakers in…
A suspected Internet fraudster aka Yahoo boy has reportedly killed six persons in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after losing control of his car. It was gathered that the car skidded off the road and rammed into pedestrians along a walkway. According to an eye witness, the incident, which happened at Eliozu by Unity Filling…
In a bold move to enhance the security of Nigeria’s schools, the Inspector-General of Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, led the Safe School Summit in Owerri, Imo State, on May 14, 2025. The summit, part of the Nigeria Police Force’s Safe School Initiative, focused on “Strengthening Security Resilience and Integration of Host…
Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, on Wednesday, chaired the monthly security council meeting with all heads of government security agencies in the State. Briefing the media after the meeting, the special adviser to the Governor on Security matters, Navy Commander MacDonald Ubah (Rtd.) reiterated the commitment of the State Government to sustain the calm…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka branch, has announced plans to take legal action against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the significant number of failures recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). During an interview with journalists in Nsukka on Wednesday, ASUU-UNN Chairman, Óyibo Eze,…
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command, in collaboration with local Neighbourhood Watch personnel, have dismantled an armed robbery and mini truck-snatching syndicate operating in the state. The operation, which took place on May 11, 2025, around 3:00 p.m., led to the arrest of one suspect, the rescue of a kidnapped victim, and the recovery…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has acknowledged that technical glitches affected candidates’ performance during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board announced that 379,997 candidates in Lagos and Nigeria’s South-East region will have to retake their exams following the discovery of errors in their results processing. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof….
The Chief of Staff to Enugu State Governor, Barr. Victor Udeh has revealed that his Principal and Governor of the state, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has concluded plans to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Barr Udeh disclosed this while briefing newsmen shortly after organizing a factional Southeast stakeholders meeting at the Government House,…
