Sophia Horsfall, NLNG’s GM, External Relations & Sustainable Development, cheering Udoka Delight and Uguta Emmanuel of Community Secondary School, Igbo Etche, Champions of the 2025 NLNG Science Quiz Competition after receiving their award in Port Harcourt…on Saturday, June 22, 2025
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June, 2025
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19 June
GOCOP presents book, Sets Standards in Online Journalism
The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Ms. Maureen Chigbo, has stated that the organization’s primary objective is to sanitize the online media space and establish standards for the industry. Speaking at the launch of GOCOP’s maiden publication, “Nigeria Media Renaissance: GOCOP Perspectives on Online Publishing,” and a fundraising event for the GOCOP Media Center in Abuja, ...
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5 June
22-yr-old perish after big Fall from Cocoa House’s 26th floor in Ibadan…
By, Onome Jackson Feranmi Akin-Akinye, the 22-year-old graduate who fell from the 26th floor of the iconic Cocoa House building in Ibadan, Oyo State, has been buried. YOUNEWS learnt, he was instructed to mount a large wall banner at the top of Cocoa House, a task typically reserved for professionals equipped with the proper tools and machineries. It was gathered ...
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5 June
Babcock Varsity Expels Student For Buying N100,000 Soap From Herbalist
Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, has dismissed a student, Oladipupo Siwajuola, over what it described as “gross violation of university rules,” including involvement in fetish practices, drug peddling, impersonation, and dishonesty. Siwajuola’s disappearance became a trending topic in early May 2025, after his mother took to social media alleging that the university failed in its duty of care. In an ...
May, 2025
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20 May
JAMB set to release ‘Errors Correcting’ results tomorrow !
By, Joke Thomas The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that it will on Wednesday release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination between Friday and Monday. JAMB rescheduled the exam following widespread outcry over mass failure during the initial UTME. The board admitted to technical and human errors, especially in Lagos and ...
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20 May
Lawmakers ask JAMB registrar to resign, states Constitutional reasons !
By Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa South-East Caucus in the House of Representatives on Monday called for the immediate resignation of JAMB Registrar over what it described as a “catastrophic institutional failure” in the conduct of the 2025 UTME. The South-East lawmakers made the demand in a statement signed by Iduma Igariwey (PDP, Ebonyi). They criticised poor communication, the short notice given for ...
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9 May
JAMB releases 2025 UTME results today 9th May 2025
JAMB releases 2025 UTME results today By, Onome Jackson The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that results for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination will be released on Friday, May 9, 2025. Candidates who sat for this year’s UTME can begin checking their scores from Friday morning. The board disclosed the development in an official notice made ...
April, 2025
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14 April
Kicks against Bill seeking to jail non-voters
By, _Onome Jackson_ A bill in the parliament to jail eligible voters who fail to vote during elections is in the offing , trending. Already, there are online petitions against the bill. The idea is to gather enough signatures to indicate that many citizens are not in support of the bill. Titled ‘Bill for an Act to Amend the Electoral ...
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14 April
Osupa arrests Portable, detained by Police at Ilorin, Kwara
By, Joke Thomas Mr. Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, also known in the entertainment industry as “Portable” has run into trouble again! As, you read this, he is cooling off at Police detention in Ilorin, Kwara state, at the instance of Mr. Okunola Saheed, popularly known as “Osupa”. YOUNEWS learnt that the Kwara State Police Command had received a petition received from ...
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8 April
JAMB uncovers 585 fake A-Level certificates, arrest made
By, Joke Thomas The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it uncovered 585 fake A-level certificates in 2025 alone, with four suspected already arrested by the police. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during a closed-door meeting with the staff of the board. “He noted that more worrisome and heart-rending was the upload of 13 ...