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Lagos – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not condone lateness by candidates to its 2019 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scheduled for Monday, April 1. JAMB The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in…
By Soni Daniel, AbujaDespite having quizzed some of their key officials over financial matters running into billions of Naira, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday that it had not raised any team to probe outgoing Ogun, Imo and Zamfara state governors over alleged graft. Amosun, Okorocha and Yari Media reports on Sunday…
Lagos – Some residents of Mangoro/Onipetesi community in Lagos on Sunday went on a rampage blocking the Oshodi/Abeokuta expressway in protest against the killing of a youth in the area. Youths on rampage after AntiCultism policemen shot dead a youth in Mangoro area of Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday The angry residents blocked the major roads…
By Joseph ErunkeABUJA—A group, Concerned Nigerians, has condemned the re-arrest of a journalist, Jones Abiri, who was released from the detention cell of Department of State Service, DSS, after spending several months in the cell. Jones Abiri The group, in a statement by its convener, Mr Deji Adeyanju, said the re-arrest of Abiri, who was…
By: Kingsley OmonobiAbuja —The Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the promotion of 8,916 senior police officers to their next substantive ranks to fill existing vacancies. IGP Abubakar Adamu A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Information said the promotions were the high points of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the commission held…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has hailed the sacrifices of women and mothers in uplifting society by juggling responsibilities in the home and workplace to keep the family unit intact, grow businesses and contribute to sustainable development. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (2nd right, 2nd row); Leader, Edo State Market Women Association,…
By Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA – VICE President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said that his surviving a helicopter crash in Kogi State last February had saved many people both in and out of government the trouble of explaining their roles in a conspiracy theories. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Prof. Osinbajo stated this at a special thanksgiving service…
I want to thank President Buhari for sharing this special day with me. The pressure of affairs facing the leader of a nation is such that you could have easily found reasons why you could not participate. Instead you chose to be here and to even give me the compound honor of accepting to be the…
Pro-democracy and good governance group, Concerned Nigerians, has condemned the rearrest of Bayelsa-based journalist and publisher, Jones Abiri by men suspected to be those of the Department of State Services, DSS. Deji Adeyanju Mr. Abiri was whisked away weekend in Bayelsa.Meanwhile, in a statement by its Convener, Deji Adeyanju, the Concerned Nigerian group who condemned…
Zinedine Zidane’s son Luca got off to the worst possible start after starting in goal for Real Madrid against Huesca on Sunday, conceding within three minutes against the rock-bottom side. Luca Zidane Luca Zidane, 20, was helpless as Cucho Hernandez crashed a shock early opener into the top corner at the Santiago Bernabeu. The goal…