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Paul Omotosho, the Ekiti State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reportedly been kidnapped by yet-to-be identified gunmen. Omotosho was said to have been kidnapped Saturday evening along the Agbado-Imesi-Ekiti road in the state’s Gbonyin Local Government Area. The chairman, who hails from Imesi-ile, was on his way to his hometown when gunmen ambushed his vehicle and whisked him away into the bush. Sit-at-home enforcers kill two in Imo Confirming the kidnap, Party spokesman Segun Dipe says he was on his way to his country home, Imesi-ile, from Ado-Ekiti when he was abducted Saturday evening. “Yes, our chairman…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has restrained the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), the  Police, State Security Service (SSS) and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) from arresting the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, members of his family as well as his appointees.  The order was issued in response to PCACC’s summons to Ganduje to respond to inquiries about the infamous “dollar videos” reported by Daily Nigerian in October 2018. Ganduje was seen in the videos shoving bundles of money alleged to be bribes into his pockets. Kano State govt goes after…

Mr. Romanus Ejikeme, the father of Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme-the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate who forged her result, has tendered an unreserved apology to JAMB and Nigerians at large saying his daughter lied to him initially. Recall that Mr. Ejikeme had earlier accused JAMB of pulling his daughter down. Romanus admitted that he didn’t know where his daughter registered for the examination but he gave her the money for the registration. JAMB vows to sanitize public examination sector after Mmesoma saga Chronicle NG earlier reported that the eight-man panel of inquiry set up by the Anambra state governor,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that it will not relent in its efforts to sanitize the nation’s public examination sector. This was stated in a July 8, 2023, statement signed by Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Acting Director, PAP. The statement comes on the heels of the report by the Anambra State Government’s panel on the JAMB score saga involving Miss. Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma. Earlier, Chronicle NG reported that, according to the committee’s report, Mmesoma confessed to the crime of having fraudulently falsified her JAMB score. In a swift reaction to the report of the Committee headed by…

Nigerians are in for a few surprises as President Bola Tinubu unveils his new cabinet in a few days. Both in composition, size and structure, the next Federal Executive Council would far different from what we’ve always known. A Lagos banker and politician, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru will likely emerge the new Finance Minister when President Bola Tinubu unveil his cabinet in a few days. The President has only 20 days left out of the 60 allowed by the Constitution for him to send his list of ministers to the Senate. Senator Abiru currently represents Lagos East Senatorial District in…

The immediate past Minister of State for labour and productivity, Festus Keyamo has urged embattled JAMB UTME candidate, Ejikeme Mmesoma to apologise to Nigerians for forging her UTME result. Reacting to the report of the panel of inquiry constituted by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State to investigate the controversies surrounding the result. Keyamo noted that she needs counselling not castigation. “The parents should encourage her to do a public apology to JAMB, to her family and to Nigerians after which she should be allowed to get her admission based on her actual scores. Anyone still pushing other narratives over…

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has stated her satisfaction with the findings of the Anambra State Government’s Committee over the JAMB score saga between Miss. Ejekeme Joy Mmesoma and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Reacting to the findings of the committee, Ezekwesili stated in a statement published on her verified Twitter handle that she is “satisfied with the process and findings of the committee’s investigation, which gave Mmesoma a fair hearing to enable the committee to gather all facts”. She stated that “it was necessary to have independent evidence that the result Mmesoma laid claim to publicly…

Prof. Charles Soludo’s eight-member panel, which was set up to investigate the controversies that arose over the results claimed by Miss. Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme, a candidate for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has submitted its report. According to the panel  headed by Prof. Nkemdili Nnonyelu, the committee confirmed that Miss Mmesoma confessed to having intentionally forged the score of 362 as earlier claimed by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). According to the report, which was confirmed by Christian Aburime, the chief press secretary to Governor Charles Soludo, the candidate confirmed she single-handedly forged the result before…

The office of the Lagos State Government has refuted allegations that the Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is running a “one-man” show.  This comes on the heels of an accusation by one Mr. Ebun Adegboruwa, who alleged that Sanwo-Olu has refused to nominate his cabinet just because he wants to keep running a “one-man” show. However, the Lagos State Government, in a press release signed by Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to the state government, has stated that the accusations against the governor of Lagos State are malicious and ill-informed. My Renewed Hope Initiative will bring help to Nigerian…

Two suspected fraudsters have been arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged $268,000 fraud. This was made known on Friday, July 7, 2023, in a statement signed by Wilson Uwujaren, head of media and publicity at the EFCC. According to the EFCC, the suspects, Precious Ojo and Joseph Uduaghan, were arrested on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 “for offenses bordering on fraudulent impersonation, obtaining by false pretense, and money laundering”. EFCC arraigns two over N2.9m fraud in Maiduguri The EFCC’s press release reads: EFCC Arraigns Two for Alleged $268,000.00 Fraud The…