Day: June 27, 2021

JAMB Suspends USSD, Offers Fresh Explanation On How To Check UTME Results

Precious Ibekwe

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has suspended the use of USSD code 55019, for checking results of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This decision is due to  some challenges associated with the platform, JAMB declared. Spokesperson of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a terse statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, directed candidates to visit the Board’s website to check their results.   RRAD ALSO: BREAKING: JAMB Releases 2021 UTME Results + How To Check Results with Phone How Lagos Council Boss Died…

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Why Buhari Appointed Obinna, Saidu, Chairman, Executive Secretary For PPPRA

Aliyu Aliyu

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a Chairman, and an Executive Secretary for the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) in accordance with Section 2 (1-3) and 3 (a) of the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (Establishment, ETC) Act 2003. The Chairman is Mr Atuonwo A. Obinna, while the Executive Secretary is Mr Abdulkadir Saidu, reappointed for another four years. Presidential Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, said in a terse statement on Friday.   READ ALSO: Nigeria embagoes petrol price hike, to pay N210bn Subsidy in June Sustainability: Why Nigeria’s Trade Minister Endorsed CSR-in- Action Report Mauritanian ex-President…

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Gunmen Kidnap Third Ekiti Traditional Ruler in 3 Months

Gbenga Adeoti

In what appeared an affront on Yoruba mythology, armed men have kidnapped another traditional ruler, Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in Ekiti East Local Government Area, southwest Nigeria. Ttaditional rulers, believed, according  to African mythology, to be second to God in command and invincibility, are revered and feared as untouchable. Oba Oso is, however, the third traditional ruler to be attacked in similar circumstances in less than three months.   READ ALSO: Outcry as Nigeria’s Ekitii Popular Monarch is shot, hospitalised Bandits Assasinate Nigeria’s Popular monarch Emir of…

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