Month: March 2023

JAMB Allegedly Bungles 2023 UTME Mock, As Candidates Fear Similar Fate In Main Exam

Abibat Babalola

The mock exam is also an avenue for JAMB to test all systems in all centres to ensure they are working efficiently for the main exam. Nigerians have expressed anger over the failure of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to conduct a hitch-free mock examination for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The pre-examination test, billed for Thursday, March 30th, was marred by several challenges including shoddy planning and network glitches. Recall that candidates were asked to indicate their interest to take part in the mock exam…

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ASUU Declares Total, Indefinite Strike In Taraba

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. This follows a permission by the ASUU national to the state branch to embark on the strike action to press home its demands and the state government’s rebuttal of claims that it is not owing workers salaries. Arising from a congress meeting, the union insists that the rationale behind their action is hinged on government’s failure to pay earned academic allowances, promotion arrears, fractional payment of salaries to staff as…

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BREAKING: Police Arrest Portable, To Detain Him Till Monday

Abibat Babalola

Portable will remain in police custody till Monday when he will be charged in court. Ogun State Police Command has arrested singer, Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable following his refusal to turn himself in for questioning. Portable was on Tuesday given 72 hours to submit to the police. Policemen from the Ogun State Police Command stormed his bar on Tuesday over an allegation that he assaulted a man but the singer resisted and instead went live on Instagram. In the video, Portable claimed that an internet fraudster had brought the police…

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I’m Married, Davido Confirms Marriage With Chioma

Abibat Babalola

Superstar David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has confirmed his marriage to his partner, Chioma Rowland. He disclosed this in an interview he had with a skit maker, Kiekie, on Thursday. The singer, who took a break from social media following the death of his son, Ifeanyi, discussed his marriage to Chioma, his musical long break, and his new project, ‘Timeless’. READ ALSO: Driver-Agbero Clash: MC Olumo Bans Tax Collection In Parts Of Lagos I Unintentionally Stabbed My Nigerian Girlfriend With A Knife, Chinese Man Tells Court World Bank Announces…

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Driver-Agbero Clash: MC Olumo Bans Tax Collection In Parts Of Lagos

Ganiyu Amodu

“Mc Oluomo told us Thursday afternoon when we held a meeting with him at the state council that no driver from Oshodi to Tollgate must be compelled to pay illegal agbero taxes anymore – Driver           The Chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Association, Musiliu Akinsaya, popularly known as Mc Oluomo, has intervened in the conflict involving commercial drivers and highway tax collectors who target commercial drivers, popularly known as agberos in the state. He has also banned collections of illegal taxes levied by…

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I Unintentionally Stabbed My Nigerian Girlfriend With A Knife, Chinese Man Tells Court

Ganiyu Amodu

A Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47 on Thursday told a Kano High Court that he stabbed his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, with a knife. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the defendant, who lives in Railway Quarters Kano is standing trial for culpable homicide. Frank under cross-examination by the Prosecution Counsel, Kano State Director Public Prosecution (DPP), Aisha Mahmoud, told the court that on that fateful day, a lot of things happened.   READ ALSO: World Bank Announces Ajay Banga As Sole Nominee For President Trump Indicted, Becomes…

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World Bank Announces Ajay Banga As Sole Nominee For President

Ganiyu Amodu

The World Bank Group’s board of executive directors announced that Ajay Banga, a U.S. national, was the only nominee for the position of the bank’s next president. This is contained in a statement by the World Bank in Abuja on Friday. “The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today confirmed that, as announced on February 22, the period for submitting nominations for the position of the next President of the World Bank Group closed on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. ET,” the statement said. READ ALSO: Trump Indicted, Becomes First…

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Trump Indicted, Becomes First U.S. President To Face Criminal Charges

Abibat Babalola

A grand jury in Manhattan has voted to indict Donald Trump, according to three sources familiar with the matter – the first time in American history that a current or former president will face criminal charges. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has been investigating the former president in connection with his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up involving adult film star Stormy Daniels that dates to the 2016 presidential election. The decision is sure to send shockwaves across the country, pushing the American political system –…

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Polls: DSS Confirms Plot To Install Interim Govt

ADEOLA YUSUF

Abuja—After many months of rumours that a section of the political class was planning for an interim government in order to truncate the result of the recently-concluded general elections, the Department of State Services, DSS, formally confirmed yesterday that the plot was real. Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who disclosed this in a statement, said  the agency had identified some key players in the plot but did not give the names of the masterminds. The agency said the planners of the interim government had already held several meetings during…

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US Recovers $53m In Bribes to Diezani, Expects $16m More

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Justice Department has announced the final resolution of two civil cases seeking the forfeiture of various luxury assets that were the proceeds of foreign corruption offences and were laundered in and through the United States. This was made known by the US Department of Justice in a statement it issued on its website on Wednesday. The statement said in full: With the conclusion of the cases, the department has recovered roughly $53.1 million in cash – constituting the net liquidated value of the defendant’s assets – plus a promissory…

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