Day: July 5, 2023

U-TURN: I Scored 249, Not 362 In JAMB – Mmesoma

Precious Ibekwe

“249 was the score in the Text Message I got From JAMB, I apologise.”   Mmesoma Ejikeme, the Anambra student who was accused of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday confirmed that she received an automated text message from JAMB indicating that her score was 249. Mmesoma made this known during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television which was monitored by The PUNCH. JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, had earlier revealed that the candidate sent a series of messages to…

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Obi, Not a Member of LP, Tinubu Tenders Party’s Register

Aliyu Aliyu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has tendered the membership register of the Labour Party to prove his claim that Peter Obi is not a member of the party. Being a member of a political party is among the criteria set out by the Electoral Act to be eligible to contest for Nigeria’s presidency Tinubu backed his argument of Peter Obi not being a member of the Labour Party by producing an alleged register of the party for Anambra state. Tinubu, through his lawyers, further claimed that Obi was not qualified to…

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“Result Falsification Now An Industry,” JAMB Reveals, Ends Mmesoma’s Probe

Abibat Babalola

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, says the board has concluded its investigations on the case of a student in Anambra State, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused  of fraudulently inflating her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result. The JAMB Registrar made this disclosure in a transcript sent to our correspondent from Windhoek, Namibia, on Tuesday. He said, “The truth is that JAMB has concluded its investigation on Mmesoma’s score falsification matter; she was not the only one caught, just that others have chosen not to go…

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How Fraudsters Hacked 1000 UBA, Other Banks Accounts Using BVN

Abibat Babalola

Nigerian Police unearthed dirty details of syndicates stealing and mopping millions from many       The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of two members of a syndicate linked to the hacking of no fewer than 1000 bank accounts in Nigeria. The spokesperson for the command, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspects, who specialised in hacking local banks, were nabbed at their hideout in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, following a petition by the United Bank for Africa. Idris-Adamu identified…

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Gbobo Is New MD Of Shell Nigeria Gas

Abibat Babalola

Leading energy company, Shell, has announced the appointment of Mr. Ralph Gbobo as the Managing Director of its gas distribution company, Shell Nigeria Gas Limited, with effect from 1st July 2023. He succeeds Ed Ubong who has taken up a new position within the Shell group. Until this appointment, Ralph was the Manager, Commercial and Non-Operated Venture of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and Shell Shareholders Representative for the seven SPDC onshore non-operated venture assets. He comes to SNG with a wealth of oil and gas…

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