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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


MTN strikes deal to acquire IHS Towers for $6.2 billion

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- MTN Group has reached a formal understanding with IHS Towers, the long-standing provider of its tower infrastructure, regarding its proposal to acquire all the shares held by other... Read More


Ramadan and Lent: A shared lesson for Nigerian Muslims and Christians on faith and unity, By Yushau A. Shuaib

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- From time to time, I retreat into the fond memories of my youth in Delta State. Between 1992 and 1993, I served in Asaba as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in a... Read More


Mambilla Power Project Trial: Agunloye's defence lawyer evokes former AGFs' legal opinions

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The Mambilla power project contract award fraud trial on Tuesday shifted foc to the legal opinions sent to former Presidents Umaru Yar'Adua and Muhammadu Buhari by their respective... Read More


NIPRD trains young scientists to boost medicine security, safe antimalarials

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) has trained 50 young scientists as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria's medicine security and improve ... Read More


'Release Nnamdi Kanu or return him to Kenya', Traditional ruler tells Tinubu

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- A traditional ruler from Nigeria's South-east has asked President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu from prison or deport him to Kenya, from where he was renditioned to Nigeria. ... Read More


Police detain journalist Ahmed Isah for alleged cyber bullying, defamation

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The police in Niger State have detained a journalist, Ahmed Isah Sakpe, popularly known as Ahmed Lee, over alleged cyberbullying and defamation of a state government official. Mr ... Read More


How suspected terrorists planned, carried out Owo church attack - SSS operative

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- An investigator with the State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja how suspected terrorists planned the June 2022 attack on St. Francis Xavier Ca... Read More


How Owo church attack suspects were traced and arrested - SSS operative

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- An investigator with the State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja how intelligence gathering and technical tracking led to the arrest of five su... Read More


Nigerian govt launches national food bank to tackle child malnutrition

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The Nigerian government has launched a national advocacy and awareness campaign for a Community Food Bank Programme to tackle malnutrition among children under six nationwide. The... Read More