archiveJuly 2023

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...

  Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced that diphtheria, a contagious disease, has broken out in Abuja and already claimed one life. Making the announcement, yesterday, at a press conference, Director of Public Health, Dr. Sadiq Abdulraman, called on residents of FCT to immediately take the Pentavalent vaccine to...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) have teamed up to facilitate the collection and remittance of value added tax (VAT) from its members using a unified systems technology. The agency made the announcement on Monday via its official Twitter handle, saying this...

As the controversy trailing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result obtained by Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma continues to rage, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has insisted that her result is “patently fake", and has imposed a three-year ban on her from writing its exam. It would be recalled...

  Twenty persons were feared trapped after a four-storey building believed to be a hotel collapsed on Monday in Dape, Life Camp, Abuja. The hotel is said to be owned by Summit Villa Hotel Services. It was gathered that the victims were trapped in the hotel that has a basement....