Month: March 2021
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Presidency Breaks Silence Over Purported Rift Between Buhari, Tinubu
The Presidency has broken its silence over purported misunderstanding between former Lagos Governor and National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement on Wednesday evening, signed by a Presidential media aide, Garba Shehu, the Presidency described Mr Tinubu as a strong ally of President Buhari. “The…
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Jamb Announces Date for Commencement of 2021 UTME Registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the dates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesman, on Wednesday said all candidates must provide their National Identity Number (NIN) at the point of registration. “This is mandatory for participation in the 2021 registration exercise,” he said. “Registration will take…
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Bbnaija Season 6: Organizers Announce N90 Million Grand Prize For Winner
MultiChoice Nigeria has just announced that it is offering customers on its DStv and GOtv platforms the opportunity to be among the first to be auditioned for the sixth season of the Big Brother Naija reality show. The popular reality TV show, which makes a return for a sixth season later this year, has already…
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Court Orders Extension of NIN Registration Deadline
. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number, NIN by two months. Justice Maureen Onyetenu granted the extension while delivering a ruling in a fundamental right suit filed by legal practitioner, Monday Ubani against the federal government, the Attorney General of the Federation, Nigerian…
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17 JAMB Officials Under Probe Over Alleged Admission Racketeering, Registrar
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that seventeen, 17, of its officials are currently under probe over alleged admission racketeering preferred against them. JAMB Registrar Prof Is-haq Oloyede has vowed to prosecute admission offenders and warned against inducement and bribe taking by either staff, candidates or their parents. Recall that, two staff…
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Kwara Governor Nominates 24-year-old Unilorin Graduate as Commissioner
Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has forwarded names of four women including 24-Year-Old, graduate of University of Ilorin, Unilorin, Adeyi Kaosarah, to the State House of Assembly as commissioner-nominee. Adeyi Kaosarah graduated from Forestry and Wildlife Department, the University of Ilorin in 2019, and had her National Youth Service in Oyo State subsequently. The…
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Court Orders Remand of Uniosun Student For Impersonating 200-level Student In Exam
A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Monday ordered the remand of student of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Korede Gbolahan, for impersonation and writing an examination on behalf of a 200-level student of the institution. The police prosecutor, Inspector Rasaq Olayiwola told the court that Gbolahan defrauded Osun State University (UNIOSUN) by falsely representing himself…
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Suspected Armed Bandits Assassinate Fulani Leader in Kaduna
A Fulani community leader in Doka general area of Kajuru local government of Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawal Musa, popularly known as Alhaji Maijama’a, has been assassinated by armed bandits. The incident which occurred on Sunday night was reported to the Kaduna State Government by security agencies on Sunday. In a statement issued by the Commissioner…
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Mobile Police Officer, 3 Others Arrested Over Alleged Murder in Lagos
A mobile police officer and three other suspects have been arrested by the police in Lagos State in connection with the killing of one person and injuring another in the NITEL area of Ikorodu over the weekend. It was gathered that about fifteen mobile policemen led suspected land grabbers to NITEL area of Igbogbo in…
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Fulani Group, FUNAM Claims Responsibility For The Attack On Ortom’s Convoy, Warns Anti-Ruga Governors
A Fulani group, Fulani National Movement (FUNAM), has claimed responsibility for the attack on the convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, last Saturday. The governor was attacked on Gboko Road by suspected Fulani militias who were dressed in black, while he was returning from his farm. Ortom was attacked on Gboko Road by…