Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock examinations conducted on April 9. Announcing the results in its weekly bulletin released on Monday in Abuja, the board said that candidates could now visit the board’s site to check their...
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BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has sent a message of condolence to his Rivers state counterpart, Nyesom Wike over the fire incident at Bonny Jetty in Port Harcourt that claimed several lives today . Several persons were said to have died from the...
The Federal Government has spent about N12 billion on the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes (NHGSFP) monthly under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD). Dr Umar Bindir, National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) of the Ministry stated this on Monday. Bindir disclosed this...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday said it would begin the enforcement of the ban on open grazing which has since been pronounced by South East Governors and passed into law by many States in Biafran land. A statement issued by IPOB...
Amb. Bianca Ojukwu has provided a clearer video of what really happened on the day Prof. Soludo was sworn in as Governor of Anambra State. Watch and see for yourself. According to Bianca, Mrs Obiano should be kept very far from any public office. “What manner of barbarism is...
Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Atakumosa East Central Local Government Area of Osun state. Chief Gbenga Ogbara was shot dead in his sitting room in the early hours of Monday in Igangan, his hometown. The Police Public...
The Federal High Court (FHC)’s vacation has stalled the judgment in suit seeking for the declaration of the seat of Rep Yakubu Dogara vacant on account of his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on March 23, reported that the judgment,...
Osun State Police Command on Monday said it is investigating alleged extra-judicial killing of one Afolabi Abiola in Osogbo. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated on Monday in Osogbo that Mr Olawale Olokode, Commissioner of Police in Osun directed the investigation to unravel circumstances leading to...
A support group, Emefiele Mobilization Team (EMT) says the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Godwin Emefiele remain focused on delivering on his mandate as governor of the apex bank. The group stated this in statement by its spokesperson, Bashir Mohammed, in Abuja while reacting to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Saturday said the vandalism of transmission towers at Odukpani, Ikot Ekpene 330 Kilovolt double circuit line was responsible for Friday’s collapse of the national grid. The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday brought a 48-hour gridlock at Obajana, Kogi, to an end. The gridlock was caused by multiple breakdown of obsolete trucks along the Kabba-Lokoja-Abuja Road. The Obajana portion of the road which hosts the Dangote Cement factory is notorious for the perennial...
Anambra Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, has sworn in 20 Commissioners selected across the 21 local government areas of the state, to help him achieve all his electoral promises to the electorates. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Saturday in Awka that the list of commissioners was sent...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited his Security Aide, Inspector Gambo Joseph, who was injured in the Wednesday’s accident at the vicinity of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Jonathan expressed joy that the injured officer, Joseph was responding to treatment and recovering fast. He also stated that the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Saturday said the process of restoring power supply is ongoing following the national grid collapse at 6.30 p. m. on Friday. The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, gave the assurance in a statement by Mr Isa Sanusi, his Special...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has called on Nigerians to help the government in the fight against bandits and insurgents by exposing the criminals living in their neighborhoods. Mohammed made the call during a Bond FM Radio programme in Lagos on Saturday monitored by the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advised Federal Government to focus more on Child Rights Act to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Education. This was even as it said Nigeria is facing one of the worst crisis of staggering learning outcomes in...
It is another blackout in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States after the national grid collapsed on Friday evening. At least three Distribution Companies (DISCOs) confirmed the development via their respective social media handles, informing their customers of the situation in their respective domains. They include Eko Electricity...
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, has apprehended two suspects, impounded 70 bags of smuggled rice and seized the two boats used in smuggling the rice. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Muhammed Kabiru, made this known in Ibaka on Friday while handing over the suspects and...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded for a total autonomy for the judiciary, local governments and State Houses of Assemblies. NLC President Ayuba Wabba stated this on Friday during a protest at the venue of a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The NGF meeting with the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sonny Echono has disclosed that the fund was ready to create a relationship with the Pan Afrian University to push the African Union (AU) agenda and that of the university forward. Architect Echono...