The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian Universities for the 2025/2026 academic session. The decision was reached on Tuesday during the JAB 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. The meeting was attended by…
After weeks of powerful performances, emotional moments, and unforgettable music, Nigerian Idol Season 10, proudly sponsored by Bigi, has reached its final and most exciting stage. Following a night full of passion and talent, Purp and Raymu have made it to the top. Both singers have wowed the judges and touched hearts across the country with their voices…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia respectively. The illicit drug consignments were recovered from cargos being prepared for shipment at a courier company in Lagos on Thursday 3rd July 2025 by NDLEA officers…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been identified as crucial to reducing inflation in Nigeria, according to a report by the Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited think tank. In its recently published Lagos Business School (LBS) Executive Breakfast Presentation for July, the think tank noted that Dangote Refinery has become the key mechanism for reducing petrol prices…
No fewer than 30 young entrepreneurs have been awarded a ₦16 million business grant by Unity Bank Plc during the latest edition of its flagship entrepreneurship development initiative, the Corpreneurship Challenge. The winners, budding entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions across various business value chains including fashion design, bag making, pastry making, event management, beauty, vegetable farming,…
Alimosho, the nation’s largest voting constituency, erupted in a spontaneous fun-fair on Wednesday, as a large crowd of residents joined Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to inaugurate infrastructure projects in the densely populated Lagos suburb. Sanwo-Olu commissioned the newly rehabilitated and upgraded 3.86km Abaranje Road in Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area (LCDA), bringing the much-anticipated traffic relief…
Diogo Jota Liverpool star Diogo Jota, aged 28, dies in a car accident, two weeks after his wedding day. The Portuguese forward was travelling in his Lamborghini with his younger brother Andre, 26, a fellow professional footballer who also died in the crash in the early hours of this morning. The tyre of the supercar,…
The Nigerian private sector remained in growth territory as the first half of 2025 drew to a close, and business confidence improved markedly in June. That said, rates of expansion in output, new orders and purchasing eased from May. Although rates of inflation remained relatively sharp, there were further signs of cost pressures softening and…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has invested over N720 billion to implement its landmark initiative of deploying 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered trucks for the nationwide distribution of petroleum products, which is expected to save Nigerians over N1.7 trillion annually. This bold step will see the privately-owned refinery absorb over N1.07 trillion annually in fuel distribution costs.…