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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says it will deploy the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB’s) Computer Based Centres (CBT) for its Professional Qualifying Examinations (PQE) and training programmes. The Registrar, TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, announced this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday....

At least six persons were killed when gunmen invaded Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened in RahossSambak village of Rahoss. A source from the community told our correspondent that a car knocked down someone at about 7pm on Tuesday. He...

Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Kuje, has fixed September 13 and 14, 2023 for definite hearing of a suit seeking over N40m compensation against Pagmat Oil and Gas Nig. Ltd, Prudential Steps Savings & Loan and Fidelity bank.  Mr Ojonimi Apeh Esq.,...

Save The Soul Transparency and Eagle Eye International Foundation (STEIF) has called on the Federal Government and security agencies to exercise caution in the deployment of the Brown Card aimed at granting citizenship status to foreign nationals in the country. The group rejects the move in it’s totality over fear...

Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, clad in military fatigue have kidnapped the Operations Manager of a new generation bank, Mrs. Nneka Ugonochie in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The incident, it was learned, occurred at 7 a.m., on Friday at the Yenizue-Gene suburb of the state capital. The victim, an indigene of...

After spending over 10 hours at the Makurdi office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, former Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has been released by the anti graft agency. The Governor had Tuesday morning at about 10am reported at the Zonal Office of the Commission following an...

A KLM flight headed for the Netherlands made an emergency landing in Spain with an additional passenger on board after a woman unexpectedly went into labour. According to Aviation24 on Tuesday, the incident happened early Monday morning when one of the passengers on KLM Flight 588, a Boeing 777, suddenly...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The appointment of Odumosu, a former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, is subject to confirmation by the Senate. He replaces Abdulrasheed Bawa...

The dead body of a woman, Jamiu Sikirat, 57, on Monday, was recovered from a well in Ilorin by firefighters in Kwara State. Sikirat from the Ile-Agunko compound of Adeta Local Government Area fell into the well on Monday around 6.42 pm, Daily Post reported on Tuesday. The state fire...

Barely 24 hours after he was announced as the new Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has been decorated by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the State House with his new rank. The ceremony, which took place at 1 pm, had in attendance National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Chairman of...