British High Commissioner to Nigeria Richard Montgomery says the UK government’s new policy on the restriction of foreign student visas is aimed at managing the pressure on social services for scholars. Montgomery, who said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, explain...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has adopted the National Minimum Tolerable score for admission into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education as 140, 100 and 100 respectively. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at the 2023 Policy Meeting of Tertiary...
The Department of State Services has raised the alarm of planned attacks on worship and recreational centres before and during Eid Kabir celebrations. According to the agency, the recovery of Improvised Explosive Devices from terrorists in joint operations by the service, personnel of the Nigerian Army...
The National Association of Nigerian Students condemned on Friday the hike in tuition fees at Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma in Edo State. The NANS, in a statement made available to our correspondent, described the hike as “outrageous” and called on the state government to reverse the new fee regime. “N...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the shelving of the proposed plan of electricity tariff hike by July 1 for the collective good and safety of Nigerians. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this in a statement titled “Shelve this tariff hike” and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Ab...
The Presidency yesterday debunked reports of a 114 per cent pay rise for public servants, including the President and the Vice President. It described the reports as fake news targeted at slowing down the huge approval ratings of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The reports had also claimed that th...
