Tinubu Cancels $717.7m World Bank Power Loan To Boost Nigeria’s Electricity

The Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu has cancelled $717.7 million in undisbursed World Bank loan meant to support reforms in Nigeria’s power sector. The decision came after both the Nigerian government and the World Bank agreed to stop financing parts of the Power Sector Recovery Programme because several reform targets were not achieved and…

JAMB schedules UTME mop-up for June 13

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed  June 13  for the  Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up examination for candidates who were unable to sit for the examination.  The board said the examination is for those who presented themselves and were biometrically verified for the 2026 UTME but were unable to sit for the examination…

Pope Leo says AI must be ‘disarmed’ in first major teaching

Pope Leo has presented the first major teaching document of his papacy, warning that artificial intelligence needs to be “disarmed”. “The word is strong, I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention,” the Pope said. Encyclicals are technically letters to Catholic bishops, but over recent decades the missives have…