•Tertiary institution students The federal government has formally set 16 years as the minimum age for admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa announced this during the opening session of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) 2025 Policy Meeting today in Abuja, reports The Nation. ”T...
•OGSIEC Chairman, Babatunde Osibodu The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission today said that it had amended the minimum qualifying age for candidates to contest in the state’s November 16 Local Government elections from 30 to 25 years. The commission’s Chairman, Babatunde Osibodu, disclosed this in a statement signed by him and made ava...
•Students during examination session Critical stakeholders in the education sector have condemned the decision of the federal government to peg the age at which students can write the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, at 18, saying it will simply draw the education sector back. The groups reacted to the comment by the Min...
•Justice Theresa Chikeka Imo Chief Judge Justice Theresa Chukwuemeka-Chikeka has been granted an interim injunction on the allegation of falsification of age levelled against her by the House of Assembly. Chukwuemeka-Chikeka dragged the Attorney-General of Imo State, Speaker and the National Judicial Council to court, reports The Nation. In an...
•Prof. Tahir Mamman Stakeholders and attendees at the ongoing policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, are protesting as the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, declared that only candidates who have attained the age of 18 would henceforth be given admission into tertiary institutions in the country. Mamman,...
•Senate The Senate has assured Nigerians that the 16-year age requirement for applicants seeking admissions to tertiary institutions in the country has not been changed. The Red Chamber said that the comments about increasing the age limit to 18 years were personal opinions, reports The Nation. The upper chamber clarified that any downward or ...
Africa has been a prominent continent whose administrations are largely controlled by an elderly demographic. Not only that, the continent has several presidents and leaders who have continued to remain in office for many years. However, with the new shift, the continent is rewriting its history by producing presidents and military leaders bel...
The Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has suspended 62 players after finding evidence they had been lying about their ages, in some cases by over a decade. It will be noted that one of the highest-profile players caught up in the bombshell controversy is Wilfried Nathan Douala, the 17-year-old AFCON 2023 star. The Victoria United midfiel...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today, Thursday, February 29, passed a Bill that seeks to add five years to the retirement age of staff of the National Assembly Service. If the Bill is signed into law, staff of the National Assembly Service would now retire at age 65 years instead of 60 years and 40 years […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has again thrown out the controversial retirement bill that seeks to extend the retirement of the National Assembly staff to 65 years of age or 40 years of service, whichever comes first and across the 36 State Houses of Assembly. Majority of Senators heavily opposed the bill when it was brought […]
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