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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stated that candidates whose fingerprints could not be captured at their respective CBT centres will not be rescheduled. This announcement was made in a post via its official X account on Saturday. The post read: “Candidates whose fingers could not be captured will not be rescheduled. “The fingers that didn’t have problem at NIMC office during registration and were successfully captured during JAMB registration won’t suddenly develop issue during exam.” Join our WhatsApp community via https://goquick.ly/cj8q2 for instant and latest news updates.

President Bola Tinubu would declare open, the African Counter-Terrorism Summit, in Abuja on Monday. This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Sunday. The theme of the summit, according to the statement is ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism’ and it is being organized by Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism. The statement further explained that Heads of state and high-level government officials across Africa, representatives of international organisations and multilateral institutions, members of the diplomatic corps, and…

Nigeria, through the Federal Government, is set to be awarded a $2.2 billion single-digit interest loan by the World bank. The nation is also expected to benefit from another budget support facility from the African Development Bank. This was contained in a statement by the Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, during a press briefing which signalled the end of Nigeria’s activities at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring meeting in Washington DC, the United States on Saturd Edun highlighted diaspora remittances, foreign portfolio investments, and facilities from the World Bank and other international development…

Banji Ajaka, Ondo State Commissioner for Health, was beaten to stupor, on Saturday, at Ugbo Ward 3, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state for allegedly hiding result sheets during the party’s primary election. He was dealt with by  some angry members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a member of the party, “Ajaka received beating in his home town as his name was mentioned with the Aiyedatiwa camp that compromised the system by removing the result sheet from the materials given to them. “The place was like the ocean of water for the supporters of Chief Olusola…

Israeli’s forces launched overnight strikes on Rafah, killing 13 people, including nine children, according to reports. Health officials were quoted as saying that strikes launched on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed at least 13 people. A nearby Kuwaiti hospital, which took delivery of the bodies, revealed that the first strike killed a man, his wife and their three-year-old child. They further disclosed that the woman was pregnant and the doctors managed to save the baby. The second strike killed eight children and two women, all from the same family, the hospital continued. Israel carried out the attack…

Former President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has canceled his rally due to an unavoidable rainfall, which turned out to be devastating. Addressing supporters at Wilmington airport, the outspoken Former President said, the would be rescheduled ‘bigger and better’. However, before calling off the rally initially scheduled to hold at Willington, North Carolina, Trump called for debates with President Joe Biden. “I’m devastated that this could happen but we want to keep everybody safe,” Trump said, his voice amplified by speakers to thousands of supporters, many of whom had lined up since early morning in hot and…

Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State who doubles as the Chairman of the Ondo State Primary Election Committee, has announced that polls will be conducted in all 13 Wards of Okitipupa local government area of the state by 12 noon today. In a statement he signed, the governor said: “Having received reports of the primary election from the 203 wards in the 18 local governments of Ondo State, the primary election committee has decided that election will be conducted in all the 13 Wards of Okitipupa local government with total validated registered members of 9,515, because of validated reports that…

The US House of Representatives approved a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine on Saturday. Additionally, it approved $8.12 billion for the Indo-Pacific region and $26 billion in funding for Israel. The bills, which enjoyed broad support from both parties, will be sent to the Senate with another important piece of legislation. One voter abstained, while 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans supported the aid to Ukraine. Yet 112 Republicans abstained from voting for the aides. With 193 Republicans and 173 Democrats voting in favor, the Israel bill passed 366–58. The House-passed bill is probably going to be discussed by the…

Oil Marketers across the country, through the National Public Relations Officer of IPMAN, Chief Ukadike Chinedu, disclosed that the Port Harcourt Refinery will soon release Premium Motor Spirit to marketers at a cost below N500 per litre. He revealed, that the Nigeria Petroleum Company Limited sells fuel to Marketers at N567.7 per litre. “However, NNPC is still giving us PMS at N567.7/litre, so we want to believe that the Port Harcourt refinery should give us the product at N500/litre or less than that,” he said. Recall that on March 15, Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, revealed that…

Amid the dollar’s recent gain vs the naira in the foreign exchange market, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has resumed its crackdown on Binance and other cryptocurrency platforms. This was confirmed by the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale. He said, the Commission is leaving no stone unturned, legally, to ensure normalcy is restored within the country’s forex market. Oyewale said, “The commission is doing everything within the ambit of the law to ensure that there’s sanity in the Nigerian foreign exchange market.” The National Security Adviser’s office, which had been detaining two of the company’s executives, Nadeem…