The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied setting cut-off marks for admissions into higher institutions across the country.
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The Chief Executive Officer of Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, Dr Sania Nishtar has disclosed that cholera vaccines would arrive in Nigeria soon.
The Debt Management Office (DMO) is offering three Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds valued at N300 billion for subscription at N1,000 per unit.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted another batch of seven containers bearing 1,229,400 bottles of the same substance worth over N9.835 billion at the Onne ports.
Zambia, like many other countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, experienced El Niño weather conditions that caused severe drought, leading to nearly 100 percent crop failure in 84 of the country’s 116 districts. By Alfonso Kasongo (Lusaka, Zambia) The recent drought is likely to exacerbate malnutrition levels in Zambia, with nearly 52,000 children under the age of five in four provinces at risk of developing wasting, a form of lethal malnutrition, next year if no preventive measures are taken, according to a survey by Zambia’s National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC). Another 276,000 children in the same…
The Defence Headquarters said troops killed 125 terrorists, apprehended 200 others and rescued 140 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country in the last week.
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has called on the general public to cooperate with the service to recapture 31 fleeing inmates as they posed danger to public safety and national security.
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) fighting insurgency in the Lake Chad region says 263 Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered to troops.
ASHENEWS reports that the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has issued a stern warning to officials in the state against the diversion of fertiliser meant for distribution to farmers.
I have spent the last week reflecting on hilltop palaces and misrule in my dear country Nigeria. I could not help it; my thoughts were imposed by the surroundings. The last week found me on the six-acre Neemrana Fort Palace in Rajasthan, India, about 122 Kilometres from Delhi. This palace of the Maharaja was the site from which the Chauhans dynasty ruled Rajasthan from the 15th century to 1947. The palace of 55 rooms is carved into eleven storeys on the Hilltops. This article was first published in Next newspaper, 12th September, 2010 Located in a site of exquisite beauty,…