•UK prison Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early today, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released figures showed that the prison population in England and Wales was at its highest-ever level, reports AFP. But with concern about released prisoners reoffending, the government insisted tha...
•DSS arrests NLC President, Joe Ajaero The Department of State Services has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. He was released a few minutes before the 12midnight ultimatum issued by the Organised Labour, reports The PUNCH. Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Ac...
Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the half-year ended 30 June 2024, recording an impressive triple-digit growth of 117% in gross earnings from N967.3 billion reported in H1 2023 to N2.1 trillion in H1 2024. A statement signed by the bank’s Communication Manager, Mr Ayoola Kusimo, and made available to The Frontier [&h...
•Presidential jet Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese firm has released one of the seized Nigeria’s presidential jets. Recall that Zhongshan, the Chinese firm had secured a court order to confiscate three Nigerian presidential jets pending when Zhongshan receives $74.5 million awarded to it against Nigeria, reports V...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the 2024 results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This is according to a post on the examination body’s X account today. “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform Candidates who sat WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024 that the result ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, Tuesday, August 6, released the final figure of registered voters in Edo and Ondo states ahead of the September 21 and November 11 governorship elections in the two states. The final figure showed that 2,629,025 persons registered to vote in Edo State, while 2,053,061 registered to vo...
Music superstar Davido has released the official music video of “Ogechi” remix, a song he dedicated to his wife, Chioma, on the eve of their wedding. The song, originally by BoyPee, Hyce and Brown Joel, had already gained widespread popularity on TikTok and Nigerian radio stations before David jumped on the track, reports The Nation. […...
•Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu No fewer than 13 candidates scored 01 as the National Examination Council released the 2024 common entrance examination results for Unity schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu made this known during a press briefing today about the outcome of the examinations. Recall t...
The Nigerian Government released ₦1.23tn to 17 ministries for the execution of capital projects in the third quarter of 2023. According to the Budget Implementation Report for Q3, 2023 released by the Budget Office yesterday, 75.4 per cent lower than the ₦5trn allocated for capital expenditure in the 2023 budget, resulted in a deficit of [&hel...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 21 and 22, 2024. This board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a statement in Abuja today. According to JAMB, 28,835 applicants who were not ...
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