Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has shut down five Computer-Based Test centres in Ondo State for examination malpractices. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a meeting with the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Akure, Ondo State, adding that “only few of the privately-owned CBT centres adhered to …
Read More »South-West governors meet, insist on ranching
The South-West Governors’ Forum on Monday called on the Federal Government to set up ranches across the country and discourage nomadic system of cattle rearing. The forum, which comprises six state governors in the region, lamented the spate of killings and other forms of criminality in the region, which they …
Read More »A word for Bishop Kukah
To compare the situation of the Fulani in the south today to the situation of the Igbo in the north in 1966 is disingenuous and dishonest. The Igbo did not slaughter the Fulani in the 1966 northern pogroms but rather it was the Fulani that slaughtered the Igbo. In 1966 …
Read More »Election Petition Tribunal in Calabar changes sitting date
The election Petitions Tribunal in Cross River has announced a slight adjustment in the sitting dates of Panel 1 in the tribunal in the state. Josephine Ekperobe, Secretary of the Tribunal said this in a statement on Monday in Calabar. Ekperobe said to that effect, the sitting date in EPT/CAL/HR/03/2019, …
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects APC’s Request to Review Zamfara Judgment
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to review its judgment in which it voided the participation of its candidates in the last elections in Zamfara State. A five-man panel of the court, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, in a ruling early on …
Read More »Bayelsa BIR Chairman, Nimibofa, enters gubernatorial race, pledges more infrastructure development
Dr Ayawei Nimibofa, the Executive Chairman of Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue (BIR), said on Monday that he was in the governorship race of the state to consolidate on the gains of the current administration in the area of infrastructure if elected. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …
Read More »BBNaija (S4): Tuoyo evicted as Seyi, Tacha face fake eviction
Tuoyo has become the fifth housemate to be evicted from the show while Seyi and Tacha faced fake eviction. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tuoyo’s eviction was announced during the live show on Sunday following Avala, Isilomo, Ella and Kim Oprah who were previously evicted. The physiotherapist was …
Read More »Okowa felicitates with Akeredolu at 63
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Sunday felicitated with his Ondo State counterpart, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, who turned 63 years on July 21. Okowa’s congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, in Asaba. He lauded the professional competence and administrative prowess …
Read More »Resign from all FG appointments, Sokoto APC tells Inuwa Abdulkadir
The All Progressive Congress (APC), Sokoto State Chapter, on Sunday called on the expelled APC North West Vice Chairman, Mr Inuwa Abdulkadir, to resign from all Federal Government positions he is currently occupying. A statement signed by the party’s State Chairman, Alhaji Sadiq Achida and made available to newsmen in …
Read More »Senate to revisit Niger-Abuja land compensation payment
Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Sunday said that the Ninth Senate would unravel the obstacle stalling payment of compensation to Niger government as regards part of its occupied land by the Federal Capital Territory. Lawan made this known in Minna at the grand reception and unveiling of Sen. Mohammed Musa’s …
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