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Approximately 18.3 million children were out of school as of late 2024, making Nigeria the country with the highest number of out-of-school children globally, UNICEF Report •Nigeria’s out-of-school population accounts for 15 per cent of the global total. As of late 2024, approximately 18.3 million children in Nigeria remain out-of-school, making it...

The Senator representing Ogun Central, Shuaib Salisu, has lamented the dwindling enrolment of school pupils in the state. The Senator has therefore called for a concerted efforts by all stakeholders including traditional rulers, parents, community leaders, government officials, and advocacy groups among others to tackle the situation. Shuaib, who is...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the result of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) showed remarkable improvements in the performances of candidates in the last 12 years. An analysis of the data from the board showed an upward trend in performances of candidates who sat for the...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said the agency had recovered some money from crypto bridge exchange (CBEX), a failed digital investment and trading platform. In an interview on a national television programme, Olukoyede announced that the EFCC had made some arrests in connection...

Many people have been rendered homeless in the Madobi Local Government Area of Kano State following a devastating windstorm on Sunday night. The windstorm, accompanied by a downpour, had also destroyed many residential buildings, public infrastructure, and power lines, leaving hundreds of residents of the area homeless and without power...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed an explosion near the Mararaba-Nyanya Bypass on Monday afternoon, leaving one person injured. According to a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the incident occurred at about 2:50 p.m. on May 26, 2025. Officers from the Explosive Ordnance...

The Abia State Police Command has arrested a couple, Sunday Emebo (42) and Blessing Emebo (49), for allegedly operating an unregistered motherless babies’ home and engaging in child trafficking. According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chinaka, the arrest was made on May 19, 2025, at...

The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) on Monday ordered the sealing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, over the party’s failure to pay statutory ground rent for several years. At about 2:04 p.m., enforcement officials from the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), backed by a joint task force of...

Ahead of May 29, 2025 second anniversary of Governor Alex Otti in Abia state, the People Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly demanded for accountability, accusing the incumbent state government of secrecy in the cost of projects and the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The party said while Alex Otti, as an...