JAMB Uncovers Over 1,600 Fake A-Level Results in Registration Crackdown

EducationNewsNigeriaJAMB Uncovers Over 1,600 Fake A-Level Results in Registration Crackdown

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 3, 2024

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has uncovered a significant number of fake A-Level results during the 2023 Direct Entry, DE, registration exercise. A staggering 1,665 fabricated results were identified, raising concerns about the integrity of the admissions process. JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this information while receiving leadership from the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students, NANCES, at his Abuja office. He emphasised the prevalence of “endemic corruption associated with...

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Deputy Commissioner of Police Found Dead in Ogbomoso Apartment

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDeputy Commissioner of Police Found Dead in Ogbomoso Apartment

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 3, 2024

A cloud of mystery hangs over the sudden death of a a high-ranking police officer in Lagos State, Deputy Commissioner of Police Gbolahan Olugbemi, who was found dead in his Ogbomoso residence on Monday, in what appears to be a suicide. DCP Olugbemi was attached to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) in Lagos. According to multiple reports, the DCP “was found hanging in his home” on Monday. The late DCP was a...

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Enugu State Pensioners’ Verification Schedule Released

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu State Pensioners’ Verification Schedule Released

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2024

The Enugu State Government has released the schedule for the verification of pensioners of local government and primary school teachers in each of the three senatorial zones in the state. Pensioners both within and outside the state are advised to participate in the exercise for smooth and accurate disbursement of pensions to all deserving pensioners. In a bulletin signed by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Professor Chidiebere Onyia states, “These visits aim to...

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Police Arrest Man For Defiling Underage Boy in Rivers

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrest Man For Defiling Underage Boy in Rivers

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 2, 2024

A 40 year old man identified as Chigozie Okpara, a native of Imo State has been arrested by the Police in Rivers State for allegedly defiling an underage boy in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Report has it that the suspect was caught in the act by neighbours after he lured the minor with food and snacks to his house in Okujagu community, Trans Amadi axis of Port Harcourt on Sunday night. A reliable...

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Deputy Speaker HoR Discloses Efforts Are Under Way For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDeputy Speaker HoR Discloses Efforts Are Under Way For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 2, 2024

…Says S/East Development Com Bill Has Passed Third Reading Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker House of Representatives has disclosed that efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu. According to Kalu, while the court processes are ongoing, political solutions are in progress as well. Kalu in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Levinus Nwabughiogu, was quoted as saying on...

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Ortom Challenges Alia to Show Proof He Inherited Ghost Schools, Workers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOrtom Challenges Alia to Show Proof He Inherited Ghost Schools, Workers

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 2, 2024

Former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has challenged Governor Hyacinth Alia to make public his claim that he inherited more ghost schools and workers in Benue State than real ones, describing the allegations as false. A press statement signed by Terver Akase, Media Aide to the former Governor stated that it was untrue that the arrears of workers’ emoluments in the state was in the region of hundreds of billions. Akase, who declared as...

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Organization Tells NAHCON, States to Disclose BTA Of Prospective Pilgrims

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOrganization Tells NAHCON, States to Disclose BTA Of Prospective Pilgrims

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 2, 2024

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Independent Hajj Reporters (IHR) has asked the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON), the States Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards and Agencies to disclose how much the Hajj 2024 intending pilgrims would receive as Basic Travel Allowance (BTA). According to IHR, it has become necessary to draw the attention of the NAHCON and state Hajj agencies that the 2024 Hajj fare they announced so far didn’t indicate the amount that will...

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PDP: N/Central Sets To Replace Ayu, Damagum With Substantive Chairman

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP: N/Central Sets To Replace Ayu, Damagum With Substantive Chairman

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 2, 2024

….Demands To Serve Out Its Term The North Central caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made relevant arrangements to produce a substantive National Chairman to replace Sen. Iyorcha Ayu, who was sacked since last year, as well as the acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum. Recall that the position of the National Chairman of the Party is allotted to the North Central, but since the removal of Ayu, Damagum, who is the Deputy...

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Presidency Proposes Sale of 3 Presidential Jets in Cost-Cutting Measure

NewsNigeriaPresidency Proposes Sale of 3 Presidential Jets in Cost-Cutting Measure

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 2, 2024

In a move aimed at reducing government spending, the Presidency has proposed the sale of three presidential jets from the presidential fleet of six jets and four helicopters. This proposal comes amidst economic challenges facing the nation. The planes in the Presidential Fleet are Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) 737, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G500, two Falcon 7X, HS 4000, two Agusta 139, and two Agusta 101. The BBJ 737 is the Nigerian Air Force One, which...

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Police Arrests Man Carrying AK-47 Rifle In Bag

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrests Man Carrying AK-47 Rifle In Bag

PilotnewsApril 1, 2024

Police in Anambra State have arrested a man carrying a bag containing an AK 47 rifle in Awada, Idemili North Local Government Area. The man who was arrested during the Easter holiday, on sighting the police, took to his heels and was chased apprehended and searched. A press release by the state police command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga said: “When the bag was searched it was found to contain an AK-47 Rifle with breech No....

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