JAMB only admits 100,000 out of million applying for medical courses – Data
Data obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, the agency responsible for the regulation of admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria revealed that out of over 1,256,494 candidates who applied for Medicine-related programmes in Nigerian public and private universities in three years, only 105,226 were admitted. The figures were obtained from […]
Your opinion on Obi can’t sway most Nigerians – Atiku tells Obasanjo
The campaign organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as his wish. Obasanjo in a letter on Sunday morning endorsed Obi for the February 2023 presidential election. Reacting to […]
Newborn seized in Warri hospital over N383,500 bill
A private hospital, Unique Health Medical Centre, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria has been accused of seizing a newborn over a bill of N383,500. It was gathered that a woman, Mrs Akpesiri Ojiko, was delivered of twins on November 17, 2022, at the General Hospital, Warri. It was learnt that one of the babies […]
Burna Boy, Fela named among Rolling Stone’s ‘200 greatest singers of all time’
Fela Kuti, the late Afrobeat legend, and Burna Boy, the Afrofusion singer, are named in Rolling Stone’s ‘200 greatest musicians of all time’ list. On Sunday, the music publication released the list spanning 200 singers it said are among the all-time greatest. It said the singers were judged on originality, influence, catalog depth, […]
10,000 new police constables will be deployed for security in 2023 election – IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has disclosed that 10,000 police constables that passed out on Thursday will be deployed to provide security during the 2023 general elections. He made this known at the passing out parade of the 2022 batch of police constables in Ilorin, Kwara State. “It is noted […]
2023: Obasanjo Endorses Peter Obi For President
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi as his preferred contestant for the 2023 general elections. In his 2023 New Year message personally signed by the ex-President and made available to the press by his spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo described Obi as his mentee and said the […]
TF at 70: A Meditation on Nothingness
By Toyin Falola On this day, I celebrate the day I came to this world This day, family, friends, and colleagues rejoice With me Do they not know a year older means a year closer to the grave? Do they not see my grey hair? Do they not see the frailty in my steps? […]
A Harbinger: Honouring Ayo Olukotun
By Toyin Falola I want to enter the new year by celebrating a living legend who will continue to influence us in the years ahead. In my forthcoming long book, Nigeria and the Politics of Everybody, I devoted two long chapters to the writings of Professor Ayo Olukotun, covering his weekly pieces. He is the […]
Former Pope Benedict XVI Dies At 95
Pope Emeritus Benedict CVI has died at the age of 95. His death was announced by the Vatican on Saturday. The German-born late pope passed away on Saturday morning in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, he succeeded Pope John Paul II in 2005 and became the first pope […]
Pele’s lying in state, burial set for Monday, Tuesday
The burial of the late football legend Pele has been set for Monday and Tuesday. The wake will be held on Monday and his body will be laid to rest on Tuesday at his Santos home, where he enchanted the world, according to his former club. “The wake for the greatest footballer of all […]
