Author: News Agency Report
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Registration Hitches: Jamb Hints on Organising Mop-up Exam
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has hinted that it would organise a mop-up examination for candidates who are not able to resolve issues around their registration before the slated examination date. “A mop-up exam, which the date is yet to be announced, will be conducted,’’ JAMB’s acting director at the Lagos Zonal office,…
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Candidates Lament, as Power Outage, Technical Issues Mar JAMB CBT
Some candidates, who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Mararaba and some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have complained of power outage and technical issues at their Computer Based Centre. They made the remarks, while speaking with NAN, who monitored the exercise in FCT and Mararaba on Saturday. Some…
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Ex-Bank MD, Atuche Sentenced To 6years Imprisonment Over N25.7 Billion Fraud
There was a tense atmosphere in an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night as Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, begged Justice Lateefa Okunnu not to send him to prison following his conviction for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion. Mr Atuche and Ugo Anyanwu, a former Chief Financial Officer of the…
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Inflation: Seven Million Nigerians Became Poor in 2020, World Bank
The World Bank has said rising prices pushed about seven million Nigerians below the poverty line in 2020. This was contained in a press statement titled, ‘Critical reforms needed to reduce inflation and accelerate the recovery, says new World Bank report,’ released by the World Bank’s Senior External Affairs Officer of Nigeria, Mansir Nasir. The…
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IPPIS: FG Suspends Salaries of 331 Civil Servants
The Federal Government says it has suspended the salaries of 331 civil servants for failure to update their Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System as was directed. Mr Mahmuda Mamman, Permanent Secretary, Career Management office, made the announcement in a statement issued by Mr Abdulaganiyu Aminu, Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Head…
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Hajj 2021: NAHCON Confirms Non-Participation of Nigeria, Send Message To Intending Pilgrims
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has cancelled Hajj for international pilgrims for the 2021 season. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Zikrullah Hassan, made this known in a statement issued by Fatima Usara, Head, Public Affairs, of the commission, on Saturday in Abuja. Mr…
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June 12 Protests: Police Embark On Show of Force
Operatives of Police command in Oyo on Thursday embarked on a show of force in major areas of the state over an alleged invasion of armed bandits amid the proposed June 12 protests. Briefing journalists at the end of the patrol, the Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, said the exercise was to let the public…
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Corps Members Win N10 million in Corpreneurship Challenge
Thirty members of the Nigeria Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have emerged as winners in the fifth edition of Unity Bank Plc’s flagship business plan competition, Corpreneurship Challenge, which held across ten states last week. The 30 winners who won cash prizes totalling N10 million emerged during the final business pitch in the fifth edition of…
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Niger Govt Gives Updates on Abducted Pupils
The Niger Government says it has begun negotiation with bandits responsible for the kidnapping of the pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of the state. The government also said that it had the knowledge of the ongoing negotiation between the parents of the abducted pupils but insisted that it will…
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NECO Reacts To Purported Assassination Of Registrar, Godswill Obioma
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has reacted to the point assassination of its Registrar, Godswill Obioma, saying that he died in his sleep as a result of heart failure. The NECO’s Director of Human Resources, Abdul Mustapha, made the disclosure on Tuesday following reports of Mr Obioma’s assassination by unknown gunmen in Minna, the Niger…