Author: Vincent Osuwo

The prime minister of Peru, Gustavo Adrianzén, has resigned hours before facing a vote of no confidence in Congress. Members of Peru’s Congress asked for a no-confidence vote following the recent kidnapping and murder of 13 mining workers, which shook the country. Adrianzén’s resignation is another blow to the ailing president, Dina Boluarte, who has seen her support ratings sink as crime rates in the country have surged. The departure of the prime minister, the third to serve under Boluarte, causes the president to replace her entire cabinet, exacerbating Peru’s political crisis. According to Peru’s constitution, if the prime minister…

The death of Opesusi Faith Timilehin, a 19-year-old girl in Lagos who committed suicide after receiving her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results on Monday, has drawn the attention of mental health professionals who are calling for a more comprehensive approach to assisting students under exam pressure. Neighbours described Timilehin, the late teenager, as modest, humble, and full of potential. Timilehin, who was reported to be from Abeokuta, Ogun State, was living with her elder sibling in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos State, when she committed suicide after being told she had scored 190 in the recently released 2025 UTME results, which…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that a total of 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East geographical zone and Lagos were affected by the glitches in the 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination. JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede revealed this in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. “206,610 in 65 centres were affected in Lagos, and 92 centres in the Owerri zone comprising 173,387 candidates in the five states of the South East were affected,” he stated. Oloyede broke into tears on Wednesday as he apologised for the irregularities in the 2025…

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), burst into tears on Wednesday as he apologised for the irregularities in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). “I apologise for the trauma caused to the candidates,” Oloyede stated tearfully during a press conference in Abuja. JAMB on Wednesday finally admitted to errors which affected the performance of students during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede admitted to this during an ongoing press briefing in Abuja. “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” Oloyede said. The…

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday admitted to errors which affected the performance of students during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Board, admitted to this during a press briefing in Abuja. “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” Oloyede said. The UTME is a necessary requirement for admission to Nigerian higher institutions. It assesses candidates in four areas, including the mandatory use of English, with the remaining three taken from their proposed field of study. Chronicle NG reports that…

Kwara State Governor and chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has issued a strong statement in support of injured Nigerian and Nottingham forward, Taiwo Awoniyi. Nottingham Forest striker is currently recovering in an induced coma following a serious abdominal injury sustained during a Premier League clash with Leicester City on May 11, 2025. In a heartfelt prayer over the forward’s injury, the governor of Kwara State prayed for the quick recovery of the Super Eagles striker. “Awoniyi is more than just a footballer — he is a proud son of Kwara State who continues to give back generously to…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any involvement in the murder of a former presidential aide and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Gulak. In a statement on Tuesday by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, the group disputed charges linking the Biafra group to Gulak’s killing. In response to the claims, Powerful stated that Gulak was slain on Sunday, May 30, 2021, while the sit-at-home observance declared for the annual May 30th Remembrance Day in 2021 took place on Monday, May 31. While denying the reports as inaccurate and misleading, the IPOB…

Dr. Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education, said on Wednesday that there was no evidence of fraud in the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Alausa made this announcement following a meeting with vice chancellors, officials from the National Universities Commission, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, and the Federal Ministry of Education. Alausa also labelled the statement put out by the Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission and other connected charges as wrong. “Let me start by saying that there is no fraud in NELFUND. ICPC reported that the information was not correct. There is no fraud in NELFUND; what we have are…

Opesusi Faith Timilehin a 19-year-old girl, tragically committed suicide on Monday after apparently getting 190 in the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Timilehin, originally from Abeokuta, Ogun State, was living with her older sister in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos State, at the time of the incident. It was gathered that Timilehin ingested ‘Push Out’, a rodenticide, shortly before visiting her sister’s office, where she asked for palm oil to relieve the pain she was experiencing. Her strange behaviour raised no alarms until she fainted, causing her sister to seek assistance.…

The Rivers State Government has closed down a health facility in the state over unprofessional practices. The state’s Anti-Quackery Committee, directed by Dr Vincent Wachukwu, sealed the clinic on Monday in response to media allegations of Mrs Victoria Paris’s death following a caesarean section in the institution reportedly performed by unlicensed health staff. The committee, which paid an unplanned visit to the hospital, observed that the facility was a subpar maternity converted to a clinic that was not equipped to do caesarean sections. The hospital, which is housed in a three-bedroom flat converted into a six-bed maternity unit and owned…