The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the extension of the deadline for students seeking admission into public Universities from Friday, October 31, 2025, to Monday, November 17, 2025. In a statement released by the Board’s Public Communication Adviser, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, he stated that the decision became imperative due to some emerging challenges hampering the conclusion of the admission process by some institutions.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is reportedly facing strong pressure to abandon any plans of contesting the 2027 presidential election and instead support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. The push is being led by prominent Niger Delta figures, notably former militant leader Chief Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo. Some of Jonathan’s associates from the region have urged him to drop his speculated political comeback and rally behind Tinubu’s second-term campaign.
The World Robot Olympiad (WRO), one of the world’s largest robotics contests, is expanding rapidly across Africa, growing from just five participating nations in 2020 to 14 in 2025, with over 40,000 young people taking part this season. The initiative aims to equip African youth with vital skills in coding, engineering, and artificial intelligence to prepare them for future careers.
The People’s Republic of China has applauded the Nigerian government for the rescue of four of its citizens kidnapped in Kwara State in the operation, which was jointly conducted by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Nigeria Army (NA).
A lawyer, Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting or publishing the name of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a presidential candidate in the 2027 general election.
The Vietnamese government has demanded deeper trade, agricultural, educational, and security collaboration with Nigeria. During events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Bui Hung, Vietnam's ambassador to Nigeria, made the call Tuesday in Abuja. Despite recent advancements, Hung pointed out that both nations' growth potential is mostly unrealized.
Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, has been granted a one-year extension by President Bola Tinubu. Originally scheduled to leave office on August 31, 2025, Adeniyi will now serve until August 2026.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Barrister Ismael Ahmed as the Executive Chairman of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGi).
Primary school teachers in the FCT have been on strike since March 2025 over the non-implementation of the national minimum wage of N70,000 by the Area Council Chairmen. According to reports, VDM, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, who equally appeared in a school uniform alongside the pupils on Monday, gathered school children, affected by the strike. He held a makeshift class at the Minister's gate.
Barely a year after the passing of Chief (Engr.) Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, his Will has been released. The content of was made public through his Will administrator, Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru (SAN). The Will outlines the careful distribution of the late elder statesman’s assets among his immediate family and selected beneficiaries. In the Will, the Late Chief expressly instructed that the property must never be sold. According to the report, Chief Iwuanyanwu bestowed his Port Harcourt Road residence in Owerri, fondly referred to as “Legacy House”—to his wife, Lolo Frances.
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on Nigeria to sustain efforts against inflation drivers. The call was made on Tuesday by the Director-General, LCCI, Dr. Chinyere Almona in Lagos, while responding to the May inflation figure of 22.97 percent. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate fell to 22.97 percent in May, down from 23.71 percent in April. The Director-General noted that this development marks a positive shift in the country’s inflation track after several months of persistent increases. She attributed the marginal decline to consistent monetary tightening by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), including interest rate adjustments and liquidity control measures.
On Monday, Justice Musa Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the Federal Government's attempt to arrest Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for failing to attend the start of her defamation trial. The government is pursuing Akpoti-Uduaghan on behalf of Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.
