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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced a new online system allowing candidates seeking admission to Nigerian tertiary institutions through the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to verify and upload their O’Level results from the comfort of their homes.

Deron Lewis-Payne, 23, has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison after prosecutors said he used ChatGPT to prepare for an armed bank robbery in Omaha.

The Nigeria Police Force has intensified its crackdown on terrorism, illegal arms manufacturing and violent crime across the country, arresting suspected terrorist collaborators, dismantling an illegal weapons factory and recovering firearms linked to previous attacks.

The National Institute of Credit Administration (NICA) has urged the Federal Government to inject ₦2 trillion into the National Credit Guarantee Company (NCGC) to expand access to credit for businesses and productive sectors of the economy.

Nigeria's financial markets head into the final week of August with investors weighing a potentially transformative refinery IPO, a relatively stable naira, high oil prices and the government's claim that its economic reforms have restored investor confidence.

Tax crimes and fraud accounted for more than half of the financial crime intelligence reports disseminated by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to law enforcement and regulatory authorities in 2025, while banks remained the dominant source of suspicious transaction reports.

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has expanded its free petroleum products delivery initiative to Kano, Imo, Anambra and Nasarawa states, as it seeks to cut distribution costs for independent petroleum marketers and create room for lower petrol prices.

Security operatives comprising personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS), other security agencies and local vigilantes have rescued a 29-year-old kidnap victim and neutralised two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.

President Bola Tinubu has directed the reconstitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections following the uproar that greeted the initial roaster released by the Presidency on Saturday, THEWILL can exclusively report.

Two days after electioneering for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly polls officially kicked off on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, some political parties embarked on candidate substitution at the weekend.