Month: May 2023
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What Will Get Immediate Priority in my Government – Tinubu
The Nation Newspaper Institutional reforms and rapid development will get immediate priority from the incoming administration, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said. The target of the reforms is to bring help to the downtrodden and vulnerable Nigerians, Tinubu added. Besides, he pledged to unify the country and ensure the continuation of the positive relationship between…
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Varsity admission with tears: Direct entry applicants sleep rough at JAMB office
Punch Newspaper Students seeking admission into universities underwent tough times following the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s insistence on physical registration, SHARON OSAJI writes. It was cold and windy on the night of Thursday, May 11. It had drizzled in some parts of Lagos State, including Ojora Road, Ikoyi, where the Joint Admission and Matriculation…
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What Obi Tells Tribunal About Presidential Election Materials Used in Rivers, Sokoto
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stubbornly refused to produce 70 percent of the electoral documents he requested for the prosecution of his petition. Obi who came third in the February 25 presidential election is…
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Withheld salaries: FG pays medical consultants, shun ASUU, CONUA
Vanguard News The Federal Government has started paying the withheld salaries of some university lecturers, especially members of the newly-registered Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA, leaving out other teaching staff. It was gathered that members of NAMDA at the University of Maiduguri and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, have been paid. Reacting…
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Tinubu: How I was Granted Asylum in US
President-elect Bola Tinubu went down memory lane in recalling how he was granted political asylum in the United States during the regime of General Sani Abacha in 1995. The former head of state had clamped down on human rights activists, lawyers, doctors, journalists and some groups. The President-elect was at the time a member of…
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Malpractice: Private School Owners Write WAEC
Nigerian Tribune Private school owners in the country have taken a swipe at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for consistently accusing them of aiding examination malpractice and other sharp practices, particularly in its school-based May June West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE). They said WAEC is not being fair but discriminating in its claim…
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Double Charges? Telecoms Mull Charging Bank Customers For USSD
Punch Newspaper Telecommunication operators may soon begin to charge bank customers’ airtime or data for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data transactions, The PUNCH has learnt. This was due to a proposal from a Central Bank of Nigeria-led stakeholders’ forum organized to resolve the lingering billing and debt crisis between telecommunication companies and Deposit Money Banks in…
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U.S. States Secretary, Blinken Speaks With President-elect, Tinubu
The Nation Newspaper United States Secretary of State, Antony J Blinken, has told President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the Joe Biden administration is committed to strengthening ties with Nigeria. Blinken, according to a statement by Matthew Miller called Tinubu on Tuesday. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke this morning with Nigerian President-elect Bola Ahmed…
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Policemen Storm Seun Kuti’s House (Video)
An eyewitness on Tuesday who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent how officers of the Lagos State Police Command stormed the Akin Osiyemi residence of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, for a search, while also seizing his wife’s mobile phone. The eyewitness said, “The police officers invaded Seun’s home here on my street,…
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Guinness World Records Gives Fresh Update On Nigerian Chef, Hilda Baci
Guinness World Records has released an official statement on Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey Effiong popularly known as Hilda Baci. Baci, the Akwa Ibom native surpassed the record for the longest cooking time by an individual, held by an Indian chef, Lata Tondon, who had completed the task in 87 hours, 45 minutes, and 00 secs…