21,082 candidates absent as JAMB releases resit examination results.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the resit examination conducted for candidates affected by the technical glitch that trailed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The spokesman of the Board, Fabian Benjamin who announced this in statement issued on Sunday morning disclosed that out of the 336,845 candidates […]
JAMB to conduct exams for students who missed last UTME
A mop up examination is to be conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for students that were unable to sit for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede who made the disclosure during a stakeholders’ meeting with Chief External Examiners, state technical […]
Senator Akaagerger dies at 69.
The former Military Administrator of Katsina State who handed over to the civilian governor at the return to democratic rule in 1999, Joseph Akaagerger has died, aged 69. Senator Akaagerger, who was born on May 5, 1956, retired from the Nigerian Army as a Colonel and later represented Benue Northeast in the Senate from […]
An Open Letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
We are not even angry anymore. Anger takes energy. And we’re too exhausted for that now.
We are simply tired.
Tired of adapting. Tired of surviving. Tired of clenching our teeth and pretending things are fine. Tired of being told to tighten belts that no longer exist. Tired of selling properties to pay school fees. Tired of eating once and calling it intermittent fasting. Tired of telling our children “next week” when we don’t even know if we’ll make it to next week.
Life Imitating Art? The Uncanny Parallels Between Conclave and the Election of Pope Leo XIV
By Emman Usman Shehu During a much needed down-time in Abuja, two weeks after the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, I finally sat down to watch Conclave (2024), the Oscar-winning film adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel. Like millions worldwide, I was drawn to this cinematic window into the Vatican’s secretive papal election […]
Pope Leo XIV: The American Shepherd in Rome
By Stephanie Shaakaa For over two thousand years, the papacy has been shaped by the bloodlines of Europe,an uninterrupted stream of spiritual authority flowing from Rome, passing through German, Polish, and Argentine hands. But today, the tide of history has turned: for the first time ever, the Roman Catholic Church has elected an American pope. […]
Pope Francis: A Humble Servant of Humanity
Mabel Adinya Ade In a time of deep division, noise, and struggle, the world has lost a rare light a Father who lived and served not for titles or wealth, but in total humility and unwavering commitment to the service of humanity. He took an oath of poverty, and lived it fully not as a […]
Nigerian Catholic Bishops mourn Pope Francis
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, (CBCN), has said Pope Francis was a staunch advocate for the marginalised and vulnerable, and also emphasised the importance of promoting social justice. Announcing his death, President of the CBCN, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, said Pope Francis during his reign, also promoted dialogue and mutual respect between Christian […]
Alia warns Peter Obi, others not to visit IDP camps in Benue state.
The Benue state government has warned the presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi from visiting camps for internally Displaced persons in the state, Whitewatersdigest can reveal. Mr Peter Obi has been visiting victims of herdsmen attack in some states of the federation, the latest being […]
US court orders FBI, anti-drug agency to release investigation dossiers on Tinubu
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered top US law enforcement agencies to release confidential information generated on President Bola Tinubu during a “purported federal investigation in the 1990s.” The judge, Beryl Howell, made the order on Tuesday, saying that protecting the information from public disclosure is “neither logical […]