Soludo’s scholarship to Nkechinyere Umeh restricted to state-owned university

Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo has offered a scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh with options restricted to state owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. Miss Nkechinyere Umeh from Anambra State is the highest 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), scorer with a cumulative mark of 360,after the Mmesoma Ejikeme forged result. Soludo in a statement issued by his chief Press secretary Mr. Christian Aburime said the governor has congratulated her for doing the state proud...

Promoting education, culture, and diversity: Texas Southern partners with IgboFest   

For two years, Texas Southern University (TSU) has collaborated with IgboFest Houston, a cultural entity and festival that showcases the African heritage and Igbo culture to the great city of Houston, to promote, embrace, and encourage culture, and diversity education in the community. This year, TSU will be visibly present at this festival to highlight their potentials as an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming institution for all members of the community. A team from the institution...

There was pandemonium in Anambra state on Friday morning over news of rampaging gunmen. Lately, residents of Anambra and other parts of the South East have come under attacks. On Monday, gunmen shot some residents of Ebonyi who failed to comply with the sit-at-home order. Traders in Nnewi, Onitsha, Awka and other places hurriedly closed their shops, and offices and scuttled to safety over rumour that gunmen were closing in. Sunday Ukaegbu, a spare parts...

Woman, husband remanded in prison for using underage girls for prostitution

A Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting in Anambra State, has ordered the remanding of one Mrs Ekpereamaka Okonkwo, 39 years and her husband, Mr Okechukwu Okonkwo, 36 years, in prison. The woman was last week arrested, after her brothel was bursted by youth of Oba community in Idemili North Local Government Area, for using underage girls for prostitution. She however escaped to Asaba, Delta State, and later sent her husband, Okechukwu Okonkwo to...

JAMB score controversy: Anambra govt institutes panel of inquiry

The Government of Anambra State has instituted a panel of inquiry into the controversy trailing the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 16 years old student of Anglican Girls secondary school in Nnewi had earlier been announced to have scored 362 as the highest. JAMB however in a press release on Sunday night dismissed her result as fake, saying it was manipulated, and that she would be prosecuted...

2023 election: APC, PDP, LP disagree over the accuracy of EU election observers’ report

There is a controversy between the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the two main opposition parties: the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, over the European Union Elections Observation Mission, EU-EOM, final report on the 2023 polls, particularly the presidential election of February 25. It was earlier reported that the EU-EOM presented its final report on the 2023 polls to Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National...

JAMB exposes candidate who inflated 2023 UTME score from 249 to 362

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says Ejikeme Mmesoma, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidate who gained popularity for allegedly scoring 362 in this year’s UTME manipulated her result To celebrate Mmesoma and motivate other students to be studious, Innocent Chukwuma, founder of Innoson Motors, awarded a N3 million scholarship to her. However, in a statement on Sunday, Fabian Benjamin, the Board’s head of media and publicity, said Mmesoma used “some funny...

JAMB withdraws result of Anambra student for faking her result

…She secured N3million scholarship from Innoson Motors after faking her result The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has said it would withdraw the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) result of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma for parading a fake score. A statement released by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday July 2, says Mmesoma scored 249 in the examination as against the 362 she is parading. The organisation said it would...

Eight crushed to death in ghastly multiple road accident in Anambra

A ghastly road accident in Umunya, Odumodu Junction in Oyi Local Government area of Anambra State, on Saturday left no fewer than eight passengers dead. The accident involved two trailer trucks, one Jetta Sienna bus, one black Toyota car, all of which were badly damaged the accident was said to have occurred as a result of over-speeding. A motorcycle rider who identified himself as Mr Kenechukwu, who claimed to be an eyewitness said one of...

Woman arrested in Anambra for using child to beg for alms

The Anambra State government yesterday arrested a woman, Eneh Ogechukwu for using a 10 year old child to beg for alms, despite repeated warning to desist from it. Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon Ify Obinabo who arrested her, also handed her over to the police, saying she would be charged to court. She warned that Anambra State government will not tolerate any act that tends to exploit a child. The 27 years old...

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