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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board today officially responded to public complaints about its recently released 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. The Board described as the complaints as “unusual complaints” while adding that it came from few states of the Federation. While JAMB said it acknowledges the complaints, it is currently fast forwarding its
India and Pakistan traded accusations of ceasefire violations, hours after US President, Donald Trump, announced that the nuclear-armed neighbours had stepped back from the brink of full-blown war. India’s foreign secretary said it retaliated after Pakistan’s “repeated violations” of the truce, while Pakistan said it “remains committed” to the ceasefire and that its forces were
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, directed that the previous 17-hour curfew he imposed on the three warring communities of Ilobu, Ifon and Erin Osun be relaxed to 12 hours. The governor linked his decision to the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, starting on April 24, saying the situation would not be allowed to impair
Migrants who obtained temporary permission to live in the United States through the CBP One app under former president Joe Biden have received orders to self-deport “immediately,” US reported A US Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told AFP that “formal termination notices” had been issued to certain “illegal aliens,” but did not provide details on
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it uncovered 585 fake A-level certificates in 2025 alone, with four suspected already arrested by the police. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during a closed-door meeting with the staff of the board. A transcript of the meeting was published in the JAMB
Palestinian militant group Hamas said it launched rockets into southern Israel in response to what it called Israeli “massacres” of civilians in Gaza. Israel’s military said about 10 projectiles were fired but most were intercepted. One rocket reportedly struck the southern city of Ashkelon, according to Israel’s Channel 12. Emergency services in Israel said one
One of South Korea’s worst-ever wildfire outbreaks has killed at least 24 people, officials said today with multiple raging blazes causing “unprecedented damage” and threatening two UNESCO-listed sites.More than a dozen fires broke out over the weekend, scorching wide swathes of the southeast, forcing around 27,000 people to urgently evacuate, with the fire cutting off
The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service has debunked claims made by the former Governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, over the state’s dwindling monthly revenue which he alleged to have reduced from ₦7billion to ₦2billion, as well as an alleged illegal transfer of ₦100million to an unknown individual from the state’s internally generated revenue account.Instead,
Australia’s left-leaning government will cut income tax, slash student debt and hasten defence spending under an annual budget released today courting voters as it readies to fight a tight general election. The Labour government — due to announce the election date by the end of the week — booked a spending deficit of US$17 billion
South Korea’s Constitutional Court dismissed the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo today, reinstating him as acting president — a role he took after the president was suspended for declaring martial law. The court ruling is the latest development in South Korea’s complex and sprawling political crisis, which President Yoon Suk Yeol started with a
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