The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has destroyed substandard imported tyres, electrical cables, steel doors, and spark plugs which failed to meet the minimum safety and quality standards required in Nigeria. In a statement made available to Vanguard, the agency noted that the destruction of the substandard products aligns with the agency’s core mandate outlined…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that about 379,997 candidates in the just concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would retake the examination. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. “It was a combination of human error and technology. We are sincerely sorry,” he…
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole •Rectors, provosts, principals, examiners to meet JAMB chiefs, candidates decry results discrepancies. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board will on Thursday review the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination following what it described as “unusual” public complaints. A notice in Abuja confirmed that the review meeting would bring together vice-chancellors,…
The Ogun State media landscape is reeling from the sudden loss of Mrs. Bukola Agbakaizu, a veteran broadcaster with Ogun State Television (OGTV), who collapsed and died on Monday, May 12, 2025, while preparing for her afternoon shift. The 52-year-old journalist was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Idi Aba, Abeokuta, where she…
The Acting Zonal Commanding Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), RS2 Command, Ann Oladayo Odeleye, FSI, has reiterated the Corps’ commitment to zero tolerance for road crashes across the zone. She emphasized the importance of road safety, integrity, and performance during her working visit to Ogun State. Odeleye who commissioned a newly built…
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will take on South Africa in the semi-finals of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. The pairing was confirmed after South Africa beat Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 after extra-time in Monday’s quarter-finals. Just like the Flying Eagles, the South Africans have qualified for this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in…
By Tosin Oyediran The 11th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) was a night of triumph for Nollywood as Femi Adebayo’s film Seven Doors clinched two of the most coveted awards — Best Lead Actor (Femi Adebayo) and Best Lead Actress (Chioma Chukwuka), cementing its place as one of the standout productions…
The inaugural Abeokuta Polo Club is set to mark a significant milestone with its groundbreaking ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2024. According to Chief Biodun Lasile, Chairman of the Planning Committee, the ceremony will take place at the Abeokuta Polo Estate, located along the Abeokuta-Shagamu Expressway in Kobape, Abeokuta. The event is honoured to have the patronage of prominent…
An advocacy group, the Northern Socio-Political Rights Network (NSPRN), says it turned down a N200 million bribe offered by proxies linked to the Zamfara State Government to mobilise a protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. In a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna, the group’s president,…
…Says desperate plot to derail Tinubu’s security agenda will fail A prominent pressure group within the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Integrity Network, has accused the Zamfara State Government of sponsoring a recent protest against the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, as part of a broader plan to sabotage the administration…
