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Papiri Abductions: Nigerian govt denies paying ransom to terrorists

Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- The Nigerian government has rejected claims that it paid ransom to terrorists to secure the release of pupils abducted from St Mary Catholic School, Papiri in Agwara district of Ni... Read More


#FCTDecides2026: APC wins Kuje chairmanship election

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- Danjuma Samuel of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Kuje Area Council chairmanship election with a margin of over 1,400 votes. The Returning Officer, Nkiruka Odoh, a... Read More


#FCTDecides2026: APC leads in Kuje Area Council with two wards outstanding

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday's Kuje Area Council election, Samuel, is currently leading his closest opponent, Zakwoyi Danlami of the Peoples Dem... Read More


#FCTDecides2026: APC agent alleges overvoting, manual accreditation at Kuje polling unit

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The representative of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the collation centre of the Kuje Chairmanship election, Haruna Jatau, has alleged that there were infractions in four p... Read More


#FCTDecides2026: Result collation continues in Kuje

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The Collation of Results for the chairperson election in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has begun. The collation continues after the Returning Officer ar... Read More


FCT Elections: 1.5m voters collect PVCs, eligible to vote in Saturday's poll - INEC

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said over 1.5 million voters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), making t... Read More


2026 UTME: JAMB announces deadline, says 1.5 million candidates registered

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that registration for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will close on 26 February, warnin... Read More


WAEC releases Computer-Based WASSCE results, records 42% pass rate

Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results for the 2025 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for private candida... Read More


UNILORIN violated MDCN admission quota, now its graduates are suffering for it

Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The University of Ilorin's flagrant violation of the assigned admission quota for Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) has left close to 50 graduates stranded and unable to be inducted into... Read More


Sokoto to scale up polio vaccination in border communities with Niger Republic

Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- The Sokoto state government has unveiled plans to scale up vaccination against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases in six local government areas bordering the Niger Republ... Read More