The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 140 and above as cut-off mark for the 2022/23 admissions into universities across the country. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a presentation at the 2023 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions and Awards, on Saturday in Abuja. Oloyede also said 100 had…

Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed Commissioner of Police (CP) Tunji Disu, to lead and coordinate the administration of the office of the IGP. Lagosreporters reports that this was a recognition of Disu’s dedication to policing the nation and ensuring the protection of lives and property. Disu’s primarily focused on managing…

••• Says vacancies will be filled after exercise Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has flagged off staff audits across the state public service with a plan to fill up existing vacancies within the education, health and other sub-sectors in the state. The exercise started with the biometric capture of the Governor, the Deputy Governor…

Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, on Saturday said the corps arrested two armed robbery suspects for robbing a female trader returning from market in Ila-Orangun. Adewinmbi, in a statement, said the suspects, Joseph Dennis, 20, and Friday Agogo, 29, both indigenes of Benue State, also threatened to stab their victim with a knife…

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By Faith Berewa With Sierra Leoneans going to the polls, all eyes are on the West African Coastal Nation as months of campaigning by the political parties culminate in elections to elect a President and members of parliament. The elections pitch incumbent, President Julius Maada Bio of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party, SLPP against…

Nigerian Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said that skit maker, Abdullahi Adisa, popularly known as Trinity Guy, will be charged to court on Monday for sexualising a female minor in a trending video clip. Adejobi stated this in a post on his Twitter page while responding to a tweep who asked that…

The Southern Kaduna people under the ambit of the Southern Kaduna Leadership Council (SKLC), have called on the Federal Government and the international community to immediately commence probe into the cases of genocide in their communities under the former Governor Nasir El-Rifai’s Government. The group also requested for protection from the government of Kaduna State,…

The Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun on Friday visited the House of Assembly Clinic and the Assembly E-Library, promising to provide all necessary support that will enhance the upgrade of both facilities to standard of serving their purposes for the staff and members of the House of Assembly. He said he…

The Sub operator of OceanGate has said all five people onboard a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic have been lost. The company made this known in a statement on Thursday. The statement reads, “We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri…