Saudi Arabia Sleeping Prince, Prince Al-Waleed, makes headlines as he celebrates his 36th birthday while still in a long time coma.

It can be noted that the young prince got into a come back in 2005 after he was diagnosed with brain hemorrhage from a devastating car crash.

Since then the prince has been hooked on to life support in hopes for returning. Despite the many advisers that have stated to let him go, his father, Prince Khaled bin Tala, has refused.

He shares his belief that his son will return “If God had wanted him to die in the accident, he would have been in his grave now.”

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed claims that it posted candidates outside their chosen examination centres for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

In a statement released on Saturday in Abuja, JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, made it clear that the board values the convenience of candidates and ensures that everyone sits for the exam in a location they selected among the available Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres.

He explained that candidates have the full right to choose their preferred examination town during registration, and JAMB simply assigns them to a centre within that town.

Benjamin pointed fingers at some secondary school owners and candidates who, according to him, continue to mislead and extort parents by spreading false stories.

“Let’s be clear: candidates pick their preferred town during registration, and JAMB posts them to a centre in that town,” he said. “The rumours that candidates are being sent to places they didn’t choose are completely false and only aimed at damaging the board’s image.”

To prove JAMB’s seriousness, Benjamin announced a financial reward for anyone who can provide solid evidence of a candidate posted outside their selected town. He also stated that any such proof should be sent within 96 hours to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) through WhatsApp at 08056003030, allowing an independent body to handle the verification.

Speaking further, he compared the exam day procedures to what is expected at airports. “If passengers can be told to arrive at the airport two hours before a flight, then it’s reasonable to ask candidates to arrive at CBT centres 90 minutes before their exam for verification purposes,” he said.

He pointed out that many parents do not realise that early arrival helps handle important processes before the exams begin.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, says the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration in the past eighteen months are tough but already yielding positive results.

Cardoso made this known in excerpts released after the 2025 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington D.C. He said Nigeria’s delegation attended the meetings to showcase the economic steps taken under Tinubu’s leadership.

According to him, the country has strengthened its monetary buffers and is now in a better position to withstand external shocks. He assured Nigerians that although the reforms are not easy, they are pushing the economy from a place of weakness toward one of growing strength.

Since 2023, Tinubu’s government has rolled out major reforms like liberalising the foreign exchange market and removing fuel subsidies. Under Cardoso’s leadership, new measures like the FX code, the Electronic Foreign Exchange System (EFEMS), and the recapitalisation of the financial system were also introduced.

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s inflation dropped to 23.18 percent in March 2025, while the interest rate stood at 27.50 percent in February, even as the cost of living remained high.