Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday announced the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results, with results of 39,834 candidates being withheld. Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Board’s Registrar, announced this on Friday during the official release of the 2025 UTME results at Board’s headquarters in Bwari. Over 1.9 million applicants participated in the just-concluded exercise. Oloyede claimed that the seizure of results was due to alleged examination malpractices, and approximately 80 people are being investigated for exam-related offences, with Anambra State having the most suspects. JAMB also disclosed that 80 suspects across the country…

Prof. Pat Utomi has responded to critics, including those from the All Progressives Congress and the Federal Government, who have described his Shadow Government idea as political drama, unconstitutional, or even rebellious. On Friday, the political economist stressed in a statement titled “In Service of Country, In Obedience to Conscience” that the formation of the shadow cabinet was not an attack on the state or a quest for power, but “a citizens’ platform for responsible democratic opposition”. “Let me state this plainly: The Shadow Government is not a rebellion. It is not a claim to executive authority. It is not…

Christian Gbaratee, a police inspector, was slain when gunmen assaulted a group of policemen on Tuesday along the Port Harcourt-Aba Road. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, confirmed this in a statement on X on Thursday. Quoting police sources, Makama reported that the incident occurred at 8:30 p.m. as the officers were returning from a tour in Rivers State. He further revealed that the gunmen, numbering five, were clothed in battle gear during the ambush. He wrote, “A team of officers, including ASP Victor Eze and Inspector Nwanochi Ndubuisi, were returning from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when they were intercepted by…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has blamed the incessant violent attacks in Benue, Plateau, and other parts of Nigeria on foreign herdsmen who have infiltrated the country through its porous borders. Maj. Gen. Markus Kangye, Director of Defence Media Operations, stated at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday that linguistic and physical evidence indicates that many of the assailants are not Nigerian natives. “When you hear them speak, you can often tell they are not from here. For example, the Hausa spoken in Nigeria differs from that spoken in Mali, the Central African Republic, or Ghana,” Kangye said. He went…

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State announced on Thursday that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has officially endorsed President Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2027 presidential election. Soludo also emphasised that APGA and the All Progressives Congress (APC) would work in tandem, as both parties share a common belief in progressivism. The announcement was made at Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka during the president’s working visit to the state. Governor Soludo stated, “Progressives are working together.” Tinubu also used the opportunity to ask Soludo to provide him with a parcel of land on which to establish a…

President Bola Tinubu has asked Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo to provide him with a plot of land on which to build his retirement home. Mr Tinubu spoke on Thursday at a reception hosted in his honour while visiting the South-eastern state to commission some “legacy” projects. “Many of my friends are from Anambra State, and I have seen many of them today,” he began, shortly after receiving a chieftaincy title. Speaking further, the president said, “Going forward, we are not just friends. I am now a bona fide son of the soil – one of you, your own son.…

Anambra State youths on Thursday sang praises of President Bola Tinubu during his visit to the state to commission projects executed by the administration of the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. While Tinubu was about to conclude his speech, some young people began chanting in Pidgin English that he was their father, alluding to the president as the nation’s father. “Na our papa be dis o, we no get another papa,” they sang. Continuing from where he left off, President Tinubu thanked them, saying, “Thank you, God bless you.” The president commissioned several projects, including the Emeka Anyaoku Centre at…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has told Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and others pressuring him to step down from his position to rethink, stating that he will not yield to their demands. Akpabio has faced calls to resign due to allegations of sexual harassment by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and a claim of electoral fraud in 2019. Speaking in response to remarks from Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), who urged him and other lawmakers to stay focused on their legislative agenda, Akpabio emphasised that he had no intention of stepping down over baseless allegations. He stressed that he would…

The Labour Party National Caretaker Committee (LP-NCC), chaired by Senator Nenadi Usman, has announced the six-month suspension of the party’s former National Chairman and Secretary, Barr. Julius Abure and Alhaji Farouk Umar. Usman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha, the Secretary of the LP-NCC, signed this statement in Abuja late Thursday. The party leadership said the decision was a response to the conclusions of the Senator Ireti Kingibe-led six-member Disciplinary Committee, launched on Wednesday. The statement read, “Following an in-depth investigation by a committee led by Senator Ireti Kingibe and High Chief Peter Ameh, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Labour…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to order suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to remove a satirical apology she posted on her social media accounts. On April 27, Akpoti-Uduaghan posted a brief video in which she mockingly apologised to Akpabio, claiming it was for not letting him have his way with her. Akpoti-Uduaghan declared she was “sorry for the crime of maintaining dignity and self-respect” and for rejecting the approaches of the Senate President, whom she implied believed no one could deny him. The quarrel between the two senators comes from an incident…