Author: Vincent Osuwo

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), announced on Tuesday that the Board has completed investigations into the case of Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 UTME candidate accused of fraudulently inflating her UTME result. Oloyede stated this in a transcript supplied to a journalist from Windhoek, Namibia. He said, “The truth is that JAMB has concluded the investigation on Nmesoma’s score falsification matter. She was not the only one caught, just that others have chosen not to go out”, Oloyede said. JAMB bans Mmesoma for three years, cancels the UTME result “Presently, there is an industry…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership has distanced itself from the appointment of Principal Officers announced by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker Hon. Tajudeen Abbas. Senators Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central), Ali Ndume (Borno South), David Umahi (Ebonyi South), and Lola Ashiru (Kwara Central) were named Majority Leader, Chief Whip, and Deputy Whip in a letter read in plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, stated during an interactive meeting with the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) at the party’s national secretariat that his NWC was not aware of the announcement made in the National…

The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Good Governance has called on the Governor of Zamfara State, Gov. Dauda Lawal, to make public his source of wealth and to also openly declare his assets. In a press statement, the organization stated that it is expedient for the governor to disclose his source of wealth owing to the fact “that when Mr. Lawal was sworn in, the news was everywhere that he was worth $5 billion and N1 billion in nine banks”. They put emphasis on the fact that despite “the availability of gold and other mineral resources in large quantities,…

President Of The Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has announced the names of the majority and minority leaders of the Tenth Senate. Akpabio announced this during Tuesday’s session at the upper legislative chamber. Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, is the new Senate Majority Leader of the 10th Senate. Sen. David Umahi, representing Ebonyi South Senatorial District, is the Deputy Majority Leader. Tinubu charges Ribadu, security chiefs to work together, end insecurity President Bola Tinubu has tasked the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Service Chiefs, and the Inspector-General of Police to work… According to the announcement, Sen. Mohammed Ali…

A 2-0 win over Stormers FC in their second game of the Nigeria National League playoffs in Asaba on Monday was enough to earn Sporting Lagos promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League. After just two seasons in the second division, goals from Rivio Ayemwenre in the 55th minute and another from Okon late in the hour sealed their promotion to the Nigerian topflight next season. Paul Offor’s team became the first in the NNL Super 8 to confirm their status for next season. Their final group game is against Heartland on Wednesday, and the former NPFL champions must avoid…

No fewer than nine persons, on Monday, narrowly escaped death when a four-storey hotel building under construction in Abuja’s Lifecamp neighborhood in the Federal Capital Territory collapsed. Chronicle NG reports that the building, which collapsed around 4 p.m. when workers were working at the building site in the swampy Dape Area near the Berger Clinic, trapped some people beneath the debris. Officials from the FCT Fire Service and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) rushed to the collapsed structure to begin rescue efforts. Four-storey building collapse in Abuja, traps over twenty persons Amiola Adebayo, the FCT Fire Service’s Head of…

President Bola Tinubu has tasked the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Service Chiefs, and the Inspector-General of Police to work together to solve insecurity on Monday in Abuja. Tinubu also guaranteed them of his full support, notwithstanding the gravity of the task at hand. “He told us that we must work as a team and that there’s work to be done,” Ribadu told State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the President and Service Chiefs at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Tinubu is repeating a similar command he issued to the immediate past Service Chiefs on June 1, in…

Over twenty persons have reportedly been trapped in the debris of a four-storey hotel building that collapsed on Monday, July 3, 2023. Building collapse kills 5 in Egypt The collapsed hotel, located in Dape, Life Camp, Abuja, is believed to be owned by Summit Villa Hotel Services. The hotel, which is said to have an underground, has trapped more than twenty people. More details later…

A woman named Nnaemaka Nwosu is alleged to have burned to death a policewoman and her two children in Anambra State. According to reports, the arson occurred on Sunday in the Nnokwa village in Anambra State’s Idemili South Local Government Area. The suspect, a divorcee, is said to have been homeless following the divorce from her husband. However, she was offered to stay with the deceased policewoman after she confided in her. According to an unnamed source in the vicinity, the trouble began when the suspect got into a disagreement with the policewoman, leading to a scuffle and the suspect…

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Service Chiefs, and the Inspector General of Police. NLC meets Tinubu over 65-year retirement age raise This is the President’s first meeting with the Security Heads since their appointment last week. More details later…