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Midnight Exams by Torchlight: Delta Educationist Speaks on WAEC Delay, Students' Ordeal

Nigeria, June 3 -- It was a long and harrowing night for many students in Delta State and other parts of Nigeria last week, as candidates sitting for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Ex... Read More


Case Against Suspended Natasha Postponed Amid Judiciary Strike

Nigeria, June 3 -- The court hearing involving suspended Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan, has been postponed due to the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), wh... Read More


Traditional Ruler Emmanuel Omanji Rescued Days After Abduction

Nigeria, June 3 -- His Royal Highness, Emmanuel Sarki Omanji, the Sangari of Dari, who was kidnapped by gunmen from his home in Dari village, Kokona Local Government Area, has been safely rescued. Ac... Read More


Can Elon Musk's XChat Replace WhatsApp and Telegram?

Nigeria, June 3 -- Tesla boss, Elon Musk has launched a new messaging app called XChat, aiming to challenge WhatsApp, Telegram, and other top messaging platforms. The app is part of his bigger plan t... Read More


CAF Champions League: Pyramids Secures First Title After Triumph Over Sundowns

Nigeria, June 2 -- Egyptian side Pyramids FC defeated South Africa's giant Mamelodi Sundowns in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday night to win the 2024/25 CAF Champions League. This is the club's first title s... Read More


Two Long Years Of Dry Spell

Nigeria, June 2 -- It is customary for governments in Nigeria to roll out the drums from time to time. They do so usually for purposes of self-adulation. Governments in Nigeria are given to self-asses... Read More


JAMB Results Controversy and Need to Abolish Multiple Exams Culture

Nigeria, June 2 -- The controversy trailing the just concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the eventual confirmation of a technical glitch which led to mass failure of cand... Read More


Compulsory Voting, A Classical Nonsense

Nigeria, June 2 -- At last common sense has prevailed. How can compulsion, coercion and democracy be compatible? How can a presiding officer of the National Assembly, the bastion of democracy, conceiv... Read More


Thieves in the Kitchen: The Stealing of Recipes

Nigeria, June 2 -- Recipe author Nagi Maehashi, unmoved by her own numbing banality, is peeved. Her target: Penguin books and author Brooke Bellamy. Her accusation: the apparent copying of recipes for... Read More


Farmers in North East Nigeria Voice Fears Over Predicted Drought

Nigeria, June 2 -- The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) forecasted a prolonged dry spell of more than 21 days in over 130 Local Government Areas across Northern Nigeria between June and August 2... Read More