archiveJuly 4, 2023

says candidate not the only one detected for forgery   The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Tuesday, said the Board had concluded investigations on the case of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused of fraudulently inflating her...

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Tuesday ordered that a former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Idris Wada-Saleh, be remanded in Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC, custody over alleged N1billion fraud. The defendant, a former Commissioner to Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, is charged with giving false information...

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday charged the nation’s new security chiefs to work as a team to secure the country from vice and other forms of societal misdemeanour. Tinubu gave the charge during his first meeting with National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, new service chiefs and Acting Inspector General...

The European Union Election Observation Mission has listed a former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode, for propagating fake news during the 2023 general election in Nigeria. EU accused Keyamo and Fani-Kayode of misleading Nigerians by...

A lawyer, Johnmary Maduakolam, has threatened to sue the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and the management of the Board should they fail to tender an apology to Anambra pupil, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused by JAMB of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result....

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), Temi Popoola has expressed optimism around the recent policies by the Federal Government since the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu, saying that investors are responding positively with bullish sentiments in the market. Popoola said this during a monitored programme (NewsDay) on BBC...

  President Bola Tinubu has submitted his educational records from the Chicago State University to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). This is as Tinubu commenced his defence against the petition lodged by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Tinubu’s legal representative, presented copies...

  rejuvenates participants with premium brands   Rite Foods Limited, Nigeria’s leading food and beverage company renowned for its diverse range of award-winning brands, made a remarkable statement as one of the proud sponsors of the revered Ojude Oba festival in Ijebu-land. Themed “Ojude Oba- A Lesson in Religious Harmony,”the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, closed its defence to the allegation by candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, that the 2023 presidential election was rigged in favour of President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The electoral body, in defence of...

  All Progressives Congress (APC) is heading towards another major crises as the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, has disowned the list of principal officers announced by the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday. Adamu, during a meeting of the party’s National Working...