2025 UTME: Why I Did Not Resign AS JAMB Registrar-Oloyede

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that he briefly contemplated resigning after a major technical error that disrupted the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Oloyede stated this at a meeting with chief external examiners, civil society organizations and stakeholders in the tertiary education sector on…

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‘Nigeria A Scene Of Corruption’, Obi On Alleged N7tn Budget Padding

Politician and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has criticised the Federal Government over an allegation of N7 trillion budget fraud recently reported by BudgIT. The civic-tech organisation promoting budget transparency and accountability in Nigeria and other African countries said Tuesday that it uncovered 11,122 projects worth N6.93 trillion that were inserted by the…

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2025 UTME Must Be Cancelled, JAMB Has Lost Integrity – Lawmaker

A member of the House of Representatives, Iduma Igariwey, has called for the cancellation of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), citing what he described as a “catastrophic institutional failure” that has compromised the integrity and fairness of the process. Speaking during an interview, Igariwey, who also leads the South-East Caucus in the House,…

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UK Decries Nigeria’s ‘Worrisome’ Insecurity

The United Kingdom has decried the security situation in Nigeria, describing it as worrisome. Briefing journalists at his residence in Abuja, the UK High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, attributed the situation to spill overs from Sudan and Niger. Montgomery said the UK government was collaborating with the Office of the National Security Adviser as…

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