Month: August 2025

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed a decline in performance of candidates in the 2025 exercise, compared to the previous year. This followed the release of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results on Monday. Out of a total of 1,969,313 candidates who sat for the examination across 23,554 schools, […]

Burnley are set to strengthen the midfield ahead of their return to the Premier League after reaching an agreement with Chelsea to sign Lesley Ugochukwu. The 21-year-old France youth international has been granted permission to travel for medical tests and complete a permanent move to Turf Moor. This was confirmed by football transfer expert David […]

In a dramatic twist to the ongoing tenth season of the Big Brother Naija reality show dubbed 10/10, housemate Victory has emerged as the new Head of House (HoH). Victory’s emergence comes after winning the Monday challenge, just 24 hours after fellow housemate Thelma clinched the title in a surprise Sunday contest. The back-to-back HoH […]

There was tension in the ongoing 10/10 season of the Big Brother Naija house on Monday as housemate Bright Morgan threatened to break fellow housemate Kayikunmi’s head during a heated confrontation that nearly escalated into physical violence. The altercation reportedly began when Bright accused Kayikunmi of calling him a “b*tch”, an insult viewers claimed was […]

The Federal Government has unveiled a series of achievements in its nationwide security and anti-corruption efforts, announcing the recovery of over N21 billion, killing of 78 terrorists and the prevention of losses exceeding N319 billion in fire-related disasters. Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu made this known during the August edition […]

Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi said President Bola Tinubu has been fair to the South-East in the distribution of road infrastructure development and deserves 90 percent votes in the 2027 elections. Umahi stated this while reacting to a social media post alleging marginalisation of the South-East region in road development. The minister said contrary […]

Kano State governor, Alhaji Abba Yusuf has flagged off the distribution of 5.5 million tree seedlings for planting across the state as part of efforts to curb desert encroachment, climate change and promote environmental sustainability. According to a statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, the ceremony took place on Sunday at the historic Yanbawa […]

The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC), has launched the ‘Budeshi’ $4,000 grant for investigative journalism to equip individual journalist intending to uncover some interesting stories that have not been unearthed. The grant, which is opened to all practicing journalists currently working with media organisations will aide the beneficiaries in carrying out extensive research and […]

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has passionately appealed to Nigerians for daily prayers over the challenges involved in enforcing laws against powerful individuals who consider themselves above the law. Speaking during his monthly media briefing in Abuja on Monday, the FCT minister particularly targeted wealthy tax evaders in upscale Abuja districts, […]