The Catholic secondary school Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model College, located in Ilorin, has revealed the names of its top scorers in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Thirty pupils from the institution were among the approximately 8,000 students countrywide who scored between 300 and 355. This is according to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and celebrity barman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, have reached an agreement to resolve the naira abuse charge outside of court. The out-of-court settlement was disclosed when the proceedings resumed on Thursday. Cubana Chief Priest appeared before Justice Kehinde Ogundare, facing …

Organized Labour, consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has outlined details of its proposed N615,000 minimum wage. The details were contained in a statement released by the NLC on Friday. According to the statement, Food and Transportation took the larger proportion of the …

Nollywood actress Faithia Williams has stirred reactions after she referred to herself by her former marital surname Balogun. Screenshot The actress returned to Instagram after some days off, to apologise to her followers over her absence. Recall she has been offline, since losing her father. xr:d:DAFlmP8iW0Q:48,j:2253319024944561815,t:23061314 Expressing gratitude for their …

The founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, Changpeng Zhao, has been sentenced to four months in prison in the United States (US) after pleading guilty to money laundering charges. LagosTimes Nigeria reports that as part of a deal with US authorities, Zhao resigned from his post late …

The federal government has approved 25 per cent and 35 per cent salary increase for civil servants on the six Consolidated Salary Structures, an official said on Tuesday. The salary increase is, however, separate from that being discussed at the ongoing negotiation between the government and labour unions following the …

Multichoice Nigeria, a popular Pay TV provider, has proceeded with the upward adjustment of its prices for DStv and GOtv subscribers, despite a recent court ruling prohibiting the company from raising rates. On April 24, the company announced that it would increase its price for its DStv and GOtv cable …

The Federal Government says although the Tripartite Committee On National Minimum Wage is yet to conclude its negotiations, workers will not lose anything as the new minimum wage will take effect from May 1, 2024. The Minister of State Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, stated this on Wednesday while addressing Nigerian workers …

A Police Inspector whose name is yet to be ascertained has allegedly cut off his wife’s hand over what was confirmed as “a minor disagreement over N20,000”. It was gathered that the said Inspector left the money at home in the Dong area of Jos North local government area of …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, showing that 1,402,490 candidates out of 1,842,464 failed to score 200 out of 400 marks. The number of candidates who failed to score half of the possible marks represents 78 per cent …