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After surviving the trauma of abduction and expressing hope and victory over terrorism through resilience, 12 female students who survived the 2014 abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents have graduated from the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola. The girls whose tuition fees were paid by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs after the...

The Catholic Diocese of Wukari, Taraba has released a figure at the end of its 3rd General Assembly in Wukari that 98,000 persons are displaced and 217 churches destroyed by lingering attacks in the state. The diocese, in a communique signed by Bishop Mark Nzukwein, stated that the displaced persons were particularly scattered across the Donga and Takum local government areas...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 150 as the minimum admissible score for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2026 academic session. The decision was taken on Monday, 11 May, at the Board’s annual policy meeting held under the chairmanship of the Minister of Education. According to JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, the meeting al...

The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), has faulted the increasingly harsh and anti-human policies being imposed against Cuba, particularly the Executive Order 14380 of January 29, 2026, and the follow-up sanctions issued on May 1, 2026, by President Donald Trump targeting Cuba’s energy, financial, defense, mining, and commercial sectors. The CDHR, in a statemen...

Comrade Timi Frank, Political Activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, charged African leaders to strengthen strategic partnerships with the United States rather than enter into new agreements with France. Frank also accused the European nations of exploiting Africa for decades without meaningful development, ...