Homepage News from Monday, April 20th, 2026

More than 50 countries will meet in Santa Marta, Colombia, next week for a first-of-its-kind conference aimed at accelerating the global phaseout of fossil fuels, amid rising energy insecurity linked to the Iran conflict.

The Nigeria Customs Service has celebrated Superintendent of Customs Nafisat Balogun after she earned a commercial multi-engine pilot license in the United States.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results for candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on April 17 and 18, bringing the total number of results released so far to 1,897,692.

Retired police officers in Nigeria are set to begin an indefinite peaceful protest in Abuja on Monday, 20th April, over concerns about their pensions and welfare.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists has criticised the National Broadcasting Commission over a recent directive to broadcast stations, describing it as a threat to free speech and press freedom.