THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) which has been caught in the act for refusing to allow student applicants make payment directly through the Federal Government designated remittal accounts has suddenly requests that other agencies under its watch returned…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s budget on local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, sitting allowance, welfare package and office building was bigger than what’s allocated to 14 teaching hospitals, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, said. This is contained in…
GAS remains critical for African economies despite the global push to end investments in fossil fuels as the world transitions to cleaner fuels, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina said on Thursday. Adesina, a Nigerian economist, said that Africa,…
TWO more bodies were on Saturday night recovered from the debris of the collapsed 21-storey building at Ikoyi, bringing the death toll to 44, rescuers said on Sunday. The bodies, both males, were discovered and extricated around 10pm and midnight…
NO fewer than five persons were feared killed on Friday evening as a section of the popular Kubwa ultra modern market in Abuja was gutted by fire. While the identity of the deceased were not immediately known, an emergency services…
GHANA’S oil industry has had a fair amount of success in making its case to the local population, but a move onshore risks inflaming tensions. Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has set out the case for the Petroleum Hub, in demonstration…
THREE female students have been reportedly injured in a fire outbreak at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Murtala female hostel on Saturday. AfemaiReporters gathered that properties were also destroyed in the incident, the second of such in one month. The…
KENYA has received the green light to access $264 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the conclusion of a second review of the institution’s extended fund facility and extended credit facility, the National Treasury and IMF said in…
THE attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to fake news trending on social media with the caption, “EFCC Crew poses for quick photograph with billionaire socialite and businessman Obi Cubana”. The caption is as…
AT least 99 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the capital of Sierra Leone late on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, local authorities said. The accident occurred in a busy street in the…
