2025 UTME: Aggrieved Candidates Demand Total Cancellation as JAMB Admits Glitch Affected Results

…Parents, Ohanaeze Youth kick as Board orders resit for over 200,000 candidates Some candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have called for the total cancellation of the results following the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) admission of technical errors that affected the performance of over 379,000 candidates. The aggrieved candidates, speaking with Daily Trust on Wednesday, expressed their frustration, disappointment and heartbreak after JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, publicly...

Tinubu to Attend Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV in Rome

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Saturday, 17 May 2025, depart Abuja for Rome to attend the inauguration mass of the newly elected head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV. According to a press statement signed by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the President will be attending the solemn mass at the invitation of the new Pontiff. Pope Leo XIV, born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was...

Anambra Assembly Commends President Tinubu on Visit to Anambra

The Anambra State House of Assembly during plenary on Thursday commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his visit to Anambra State last Thursday to commission the New Governor’s Lodge and Government House. In a motion moved by Hon. Ebuka Igwe, the House of Assembly member representing Idemili South constituency, he said that President Tinubu’s visit symbolizes an enduring partnership that will promote good governance in Anambra State. In his preceding debate on the motion, Hon....

National Secretary Position Threatens Party As South East PDP Re-Nominates Udeh Okoye

The lingering contention for the position of the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, threatens her unity as the Party’s South East Zonal Executive Committee endorsing S.K.E Udeh Okoye as their nominee warns that if the nomination is not promptly implemented, they may reconsider their relationship with the Party. The contention started after Senator Samuel Anyanwu on April 12, 2023 as National Secretary contested and won the nomination as the candidate of the...

Industry Minister Projects Logistics Growth At Over $3tr In 5years

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole has projected the growth of the logistics industry at over $3 trillion in the next five years. Oduwole spoke at the official opening of the international headquarters of a logistics firm, Zenith Carex, in Abuja, on Wednesday. The event coincided with the 51st birthday anniversary of its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Carex, Dr. Adelana Olamilekan. Oduwole, who was represented by the Executive Director/Chief...

UTME 2025: JAMB Acknowledges Error, Promises Remedy

…Thousands to Resit Exam Following System Failures The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has addressed the nation amid mounting complaints over the recently released results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking during a press conference held at the Board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, on Wednesday, 14th May 2025, Professor Oloyede acknowledged that a technical error affected the scores of thousands of candidates, particularly in...

Two Soldiers, Two LEA Workers Killed as Fresh Violence Rocks Borno

— AIG summons emergency security meeting over rising threats It was another dark day in Borno State as two soldiers and two education officials lost their lives in separate terror attacks on Monday. In Marte, a quiet town in the Lake Chad area of the state, Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters stormed the community around 2:00 a.m., engaging troops in a fierce gun battle that left two soldiers dead. According to security sources,...

Bandits Tax Community ₦60 Million, Threaten Attack

Residents of Tashar Kaɗanya, a community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State are now in dilemma following imposition of ₦60 million levies on them by bandits who threatened to launch an attack if the money is not paid. A security analyst, @DanKatsina50, on his X handle on Monday said that the bandits gave the community a deadline to pay the money, prompting residents to begin fleeing for their lives. Kankara LGA has suffered...

Knocks on Soludo Over Anambra’ declining Fortunes in Education

“In 2024, Anambra’s total budget for the Education Ministry stood at about N33 billion” —Ebuka Onyekwelu Anambra was missing in a recent report released about three days ago by the National Examination Council (NECO) outlining the top twelve States across Nigeria where students have five credits in their senior certificate examination, for the year 2024. With Anambra State missing on the list, the report has opened conversations and an outrage against Anambra State Governor, Prof....

Turji’s Fresh Threat Forces Residents To Flee

Residents of Bafarawa in Isa local government area of Sokoto State have deserted the area as a result of fresh threats from notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji. Other villages facing an uncertain future amid escalating insecurity due the threats include Surudubu, Gebe, Tsullawa, and Garin Fadama. The bandit kingpin, according to local sources, issued an ultimatum to neighbouring communities of Kamara, Arume, and Kagara, warning them to vacate their villages by 4p.m. on Sunday or...

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