JAMB panel uncovers over 6,000 AI, biometric malpractices

The Special Committee on Examination Infractions set up by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has uncovered more than 6,000 cases of technology-enabled malpractices in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The committee’s chairman, Dr. Jake Epelle, disclosed the findings while presenting its report in Abuja on Monday. Epelle said …

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HURIWA tasks President Tinubu on transparency with foreign debts

Prominent pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has called for greater transparency and accountability by the President of Nigeria on the management of the national economy particularly with the uncontrollable borrowing by the current government. The Rights group said the President had told …

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PENGASSAN backs NUPENG, threatens shutdown of Dangote refinery

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has declared solidarity with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers in the push for the unionisation of tanker drivers and all employees of the Dangote refinery and its allied companies. Recall that NUPENG had declared its intention …

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Wike appoints FCTA Head Of Service

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved the appointment of Mrs. Nancy Sabanti Nathan as the Acting Head of Service of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). Her appointment, announced on Tuesday, followed the death of the immediate past Head of Service, Mrs. Grace Adayilo, …

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Olukoyede tasks Media Practitioners on Improved Corruption Reporting

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede has charged media practitioners across the country  to use their platforms to expose fraudulent and corrupt practices in all sectors of the society. He gave this charge in Warri, Delta State while addressing the 12th Annual Conference of the …

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Cryptocurrency ecosystem needs proper regulation – Olukoyede

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has observed that cryptocurrency as an innovation and transactional technology in the global economy requires  governing rules to regulate its ecosystem in the country in order to prevent  its fraudulent abuse. He made the observation in …

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Strike: Dangote, NUPENG talks ends in deadlocked

A marathon meeting convened by the Federal Government to resolve NUPENG’s strike against alleged Dangote Refinery’s anti- union practices ended in stalemate at dawn. Newsextra24 reports the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, had convened the emergency meeting in a bid to end the planned industrial action …

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Kaduna govt constructs 156 boreholes, 298 toilets

THE Kaduna State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (KADRUWASSA) has improved access to clean water and hygiene in rural communities with the construction of no fewer than 156 boreholes and 298 toilets. In a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Kaduna, the Director-General (D-G) of KADRUWASSA, Mubarak Ladan, …

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