Anambra Government Nabs, Parades 26 Suspected Illegal Revenue Collectors

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnambra Government Nabs, Parades 26 Suspected Illegal Revenue Collectors

PilotnewsApril 28, 2023

Anambra State Government has arrested and paraded over twenty -six persons suspected for touting and illegal revenue collection in Onitsha, Obosi and Nkpor. The arrest which is spearheaded by the Managing Director,  Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere in conjunction with joint security agencies is in continuation of the state government’s efforts in ridding the state of all kinds of criminal elements and building a state that investor friendly. Addressing the...

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Anambra Assembly Passes Resolution Empowering Ministry to Register and License Industry Players

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra Assembly Passes Resolution Empowering Ministry to Register and License Industry Players

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 28, 2023

Anambra State House of Assembly after due consideration of the report by the House Committee on Culture, Tourism, Entertainment and Diaspora Affairs, the House unanimously granted the pleas of the Ministry of the Ministry communicated in a letter signed by the Commissioner. In a letter addressed to the House of Assembly, the Anambra State Commissioner for Culture, Tourism, Entertainment, and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Don Onyenji, sort the leave of the House to enable the Ministry...

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 NEMSA Directs Electricity Consumers To Reject Meter Without Seal

NewsNigeriaPower NEMSA Directs Electricity Consumers To Reject Meter Without Seal

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 28, 2023

Electricity consumers have been directed to reject any meter supplied by distribution companies without NEMSA seal and labels. Aliyu Tukur Tahir, Managing Director of Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), who gave the directive at a news conference in Abuja, said identifying the NEMSA seal and label was to ensure the meters being installed were genuine and certified. “More testing centres had been established for certification and standardization of meters for home and industrial purposes.”...

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Barber sparks reactions after his mode of barbing goes viral

LifestyleNewsNigeriaBarber sparks reactions after his mode of barbing goes viral

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

Mathematics was a subject that terrorised many people in college. The debate over the simplicity and complexity of the subject appears not to be dying anytime soon. While many people, especially those who were at loggerheads with Mathematics during college, believe that ‘finding X’ ends in college, a hair stylist has proven them wrong. The hairstylist, geometric_cuts shared a 30-second video on TikTok where he was seen using mathematical rules to transform the look of...

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UNICAL returns illegal fees collected by departments to students

EducationNewsNigeriaUNICAL returns illegal fees collected by departments to students

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, yesterday, refunded an undisclosed amount of money illegally collected by some departments in the institution to 196 students. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the VC told the students that the money was refunded in line with her administration’s zero tolerance for corruption and illegality. She urged students to report any illegal charges by their departments to the directorate of Service Compact with...

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UNN VC cautions students against seducing lecturers, offering sex for marks

EducationNewsNigeriaUNN VC cautions students against seducing lecturers, offering sex for marks

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

Prof. Charles Igwe, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has warned students against deliberately seducing lecturers or offering sex in exchange for marks. Prof. Igwe gave the warning on Wednesday at the university’s first ‘International Conference on Gender and Sexual Harassment’, organised by the Campus-Campaign Against Sexual Harassment (C-CASH). He noted that the institution has zero tolerance for sexual harassment and other social vices, adding that the university would not relent...

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JAMB reschedules 2023 UTME for 60,000 candidates

EducationNewsNigeriaJAMB reschedules 2023 UTME for 60,000 candidates

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has rescheduled its ongoing 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for about 60,000 candidates. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head of media and publicity, who made the disclosure on Thursday, said the rescheduling was due to the technical glitches experienced on the first two days of the examination. He said of about 947,000 candidates who sat for the UTME on Tuesday and Wednesday, 60,000 were rescheduled. Benjamin urged candidates...

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Plateau: Reps member condemns attacks, killing of six of his constituents

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPlateau: Reps member condemns attacks, killing of six of his constituents

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 27, 2023

Hon. Dachung Bagos, lawmaker representing Jos South/ Jos East at the lower chamber of the National Assembly has condemned renewed attacks and killing of six of his constituents in Farinlamba -Turu area  of Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State. Bagos in a press statement on Wednesday in Jos condemned the renewed attacks on communities in Plateau State by suspected herdsmen. The lawmaker described as sad, attacks on the affected community on Tuesday night during...

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Sudan: $1.2m approved by FEC for evacuation of Nigerians

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSudan: $1.2m approved by FEC for evacuation of Nigerians

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 27, 2023

In a bid to evacuate Nigerians stranded in war torn Sudan, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $1.2million for that purpose Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday. Onyeama noted that the amount would be spent on the hiring of luxury buses that would transport the stranded Nigerians from Khartoum,...

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SEC charges investors to expose illegal fund managers

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaSEC charges investors to expose illegal fund managers

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 27, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged members of the public to report any fund manager that is operating without the registration of the Commission, in a to ensure that only registered entities are allowed to operate in the capital market Chief Economist, SEC Dr. Okey Umeano made the remark in an interview with journalists, stressing that the battle against illegal fund managers must be tackled on all fronts. Umeano noted that the new...

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