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Perhaps the time has come for the Federal Government to subject the activities of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to closer scrutiny and oversight. Such intervention has become imperative to prevent the growing trend of denying qualified Nigerians access to higher education on the basis of arbitrary and poorly conceived regulations. Over the years, JAMB has earned commendation for improving transparency and remitting unprecedented revenues into the national treasury. Former President Muhammadu Buhari publicly acknowledged the remarkable financial stewardship of the board under the leadership of Professor Ishaq Oloyede, noting that no previous registrar had achieved comparable results. Yet,…

The Nigeria Democratic Congress has constituted a 20-member National Selection Committee to oversee the screening and selection of aspirants seeking the party’s governorship and National Assembly tickets ahead of the 2026 elections. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the party’s National Secretary, Ikenna Enekweizu. Enekweizu said the committee was approved by the National Leader of the party following recommendations by the National Working Committee as part of preparations for the forthcoming primaries. He stated, “The committee is mandated to review, scrutinise, and consider the reports and recommendations of the National Screening Committee, and…

The World Bank Group has unveiled an ambitious financial plan to mobilise about $23bn in private capital for Africa through a massive scaling up of its risk mitigation instruments over the next four years. According to a statement issued by the Bretton Woods institution on Wednesday, the multi-billion-dollar capital drive will be powered by its newly consolidated Guarantee Platform, which aims to more than double its annual issuance of guarantees on the continent to $6.4bn by 2030. The bank projected that the developmental surge would significantly improve the lives of no fewer than 190 million Africans within the next four…

After a decade of dominance at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola, several players stood out as defining figures in one of the most successful periods in modern football history. From record-breaking title runs in the Premier League to their long-awaited triumph in the UEFA Champions League, Guardiola’s side was built around a core group whose consistency, adaptability, and quality set new standards in English football. PUNCH Online had reported that Guardiola will step down this summer, bringing an end to a ten-year reign that reshaped both the club and English football. https://punchng.com/pep-guardiola-announces-man-city-exit/ As reported by BBC Sport on Friday, here…

The National Commission for Colleges of Education has said the new Dual Mandate Policy, which empowers Colleges of Education to award degrees, will help reduce pressure on university admissions across Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of the NCCE, Angela Ajala, made this known on Friday during a media parley at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja themed ‘A New Dawn for Teacher Education in Nigeria.’ Under the new policy, qualified Federal Colleges of Education will be able to independently award both the Nigeria Certificate in Education and Bachelor’s Degrees in Education without affiliation to universities. Previously, the institutions operated under affiliated universities…

Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. It’s now been more than a week since Trump Mobile announced that phones would “start shipping this week.”Last week Trump Mobile announced that the T1 Phone was ready to start shipping by the end of the week. Almost two weeks later, there’s no sign that’s actually happened — and the company still hasn’t shipped either of the two phones ordered by The Verge.Depending on where you get your news, you might believe the company when…

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is working with crypto exchange OKX to launch trading of oil-linked perpetual futures.OKX said Friday it plans to introduce perpetual futures based on ICE’s Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude benchmarks, two of the world’s most widely used oil price indicators, according to a release shared with Cointelegraph.“These new OKX perpetual contracts, based on ICE’s deep, liquid, transparent, and global oil markets, allow OKX’s customer base […] to access energy benchmark products,” said Trabue Bland, ICE’s senior vice president of futures exchanges.An OKX spokesperson told Cointelegraph…

Instead of wasting hours traveling and waiting in endless lines this Memorial Day weekend, why not stay at home and watch some good movies? Hulu has tons of them, and they just added a few new films Watch With Us thinks you’ll like. At the top of our binge-watch list is Alien: Romulus, the successful prequel that garnered the best reviews for an Alien film since — well, since we can remember. Horror fans should check into The Home with Pete Davidson, while comedy lovers will check at least a dozen times while watching the cult classic, Super Troopers. ‘Alien:…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded governorship primary elections across 28 states, producing 23 candidates for the 2027 general elections, as the ruling party navigates a complex web of consensus arrangements, last-minute withdrawals, and logistical setbacks. All sitting APC governors secured their party’s tickets for a second term, except Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who pulled out of the exercise before it commenced, citing his interest in the peace, stability, and unity of Rivers. The primaries, held on Thursday, were not conducted in Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Ondo, and Osun states, where off-cycle elections were held at…

Mutual Benefits Assurance reported on Friday a 45 per cent increase in net profit for the 2025 financial year, receiving a major boost from its insurance business. Shares in the insurer had gone up by 9.5 per cent on Lagos’ Customs Street as of 10:32 West Africa Time, following the news. Insurance service result leapt 718.9 per cent to N8.8 billion, according to its audited financials, easing the blow that a slide in net investment income would have had dealt on earnings. The net investment income of the underwriter dropped by 11.1 per cent in the period under review after…