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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has unveiled 10 fresh requirements for the admission of foreign students to Nigerian universities, according to a report by Sunday PUNCH. According to the examination board, the new requirements supersede the earlier requirements released by the board in November 2019. The new requirements were contained in a memo obtained by our correspondent on Saturday …

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the never-ending insecurity in Nigeria, noting that the country was becoming ungovernable. The Afenifere stated this after its meeting at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State, on Tuesday. It lamented the growing harsh economic realities Nigerians were facing owing to the removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as fuel. The …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over what it said is the failure to probe allegations that over US$15 billion oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries in Nigeria were missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021. The allegations are contained in the 2021 report by the Nigeria …

Efe Ajagba Hard-hitting Nigerian heavyweight contender Efe Ajagba stopped Australia’s Joe Goodall in the fourth round of their 10-round main event Saturday night at Tahoe Blue Event Center in Stateline, Nevada. Referee Tony Weeks stopped their fight 50 seconds into the fourth round because Goodall had taken too many unanswered punches. Ajagba, of Stafford, Texas, improved to 19-1 and produced …

Cameroon players during the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Qualification match between Cameroon and Kenya held at Stade de la Réunification in Douala, Cameroon on 22 September 2023 ©AchilleTsanga/BackpagePix Cameroon, four-time finalists of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, will not play in next year’s tournament in Morocco after being eliminated by Kenya on Tuesday. Cote d’Ivorie will …

Thomas Tuchel has said Arsenal are the best team in the Premier League and admits his Bayern Munich side are “a little behind” their opponents in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg. Bayern will be guests to the Gunners and go into the game in poor form, having suffered back-to-back Bundesliga defeats against Borussia Dortmund and Heidenheim following the March …

The plot to impeach the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa took an ethnic colouration on Tuesday, as hundreds of indigenes of Ilaje community in the Ilaje Local Government Area of the state stormed Akure, the state capital, to protest against the ongoing impeachment process. Ripples Nigeria reports that Aiyedatiwa, an Ilaje man, had been served the impeachment …

More than 100 people have been confirmed dead with 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya, Iraq. The incident occurred in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Nineveh Deputy Governor, Hassan al-Allaq, disclosed that 113 people had been confirmed dead, with state media putting the death toll at least 100, with 150 …

Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative (IMCAI) Thursday trained journalists in Ebonyi state on reporting in a treacherous and insecure environment. The training focused on the safety of journalists in news gathering, ethics issues, and fundamentals of news investigative reporting/fact-checking. The programme was a one-day training organized by Ikenga Media with support from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism …

President Bola Tinubu says poverty eradication and investment promotion for wealth creation depend on justice reform. Tinubu said this while declaring open the 63rd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja on Sunday, August 27, 2023. The president stated that world-class remuneration for legal professionals would also sanitise the judiciary for a prosperous Nigeria. He said …