UTME result forgery: Mmesoma loses N3m scholarship from Innoson Vehicles

EducationNewsNigeriaUTME result forgery: Mmesoma loses N3m scholarship from Innoson Vehicles

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 8, 2023

Innoson Vehicles has withdrawn the N3 million scholarship awarded to Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma by its founder, Innocent Chukwuma after a panel revealed that she admitted to manipulating her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result. The panel, set up by the Anambra State Government, submitted its report on Friday. Chukwuma had awarded Mmesoma the scholarship after a news announcing her as the top scorer in this year’s UTME went viral. Cornel Osigwe, Innoson’s head of...

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JAMB saga: Committee says result is fake, recommends therapy for Mmesoma

EducationNewsNigeriaJAMB saga: Committee says result is fake, recommends therapy for Mmesoma

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 8, 2023

A committee of inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government to investigate the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result of Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma has said the result is fake. The committee reported their independent findings on the Mmesoma and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, saga in a letter to Governor Chukwuma Soludo dated Friday, 7 July 2023. The West African Pilot News had earlier reported that Mmesoma, with UTME registration number...

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Police Intercepts Car Snatching, four Criminals Gunned Down in Enugu

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Intercepts Car Snatching, four Criminals Gunned Down in Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 8, 2023

Police Operatives serving in Awkunanaw Division of the Enugu State Police Command in the early hours of Friday 7 July 2023 intercepted armed criminal elements attempting to snatch an ENTRACO branded Sharon minivan from the driver at One-Day, along Agbani Road in Enugu. Engaging the miscreants in a gun duel, they abandoned the vehicle and escaped with varying degrees of fatal gunshot wounds; a manhunt of the fled hoodlums led to their lifeless bodies in...

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Pupils, Students To Enjoy Free Education In Taraba State

EducationNewsNigeriaPupils, Students To Enjoy Free Education In Taraba State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 8, 2023

Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba on Friday declared free education in all state government owned primary and secondary schools across the state with effect from the next academic session. The Governor said the measure was to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy on Petrol by the Federal Government. Kefas made the declaration while on the assessment  tour of primary and secondary schools in Wukari, his home town. “Let me announce to you that...

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Nnewi USA Kicks off 2023 Convention in New York

Culture & TraditionDiasporaNewsNigeriaNnewi USA Kicks off 2023 Convention in New York

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 8, 2023

The year 2023 Convention of association of Nnewi indigenes resident in the United States of America, more commonly known as Nnewi USA or NUSA, has commenced in New York. This year’s convention which started on Thursday July 6th with arrival of participants across the US and many other parts of the world, is the 26th annual national convention of Nnewi community in the United States. For this year’s convention, the theme is “Urbanization and Security...

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Crime & SecurityNigeria‘Unknown Gunmen’ Spark Tension In Anambra

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2023

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...

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Tinubu appoints Taiwo Oyedele chairman of new committee on tax reforms

BusinessNewsNigeriaTinubu appoints Taiwo Oyedele chairman of new committee on tax reforms

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 8, 2023

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, approved the establishment of a presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms and has appointed Taiwo Oyedele to chair the committee. Oyedele is the fiscal policy partner and Africa tax leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, a network of firms in 152 countries that offers business advisory services such as auditing, accounting, taxation, strategy management, and human resource consulting services. Announcing the development in a statement, Dele Alake, special adviser to...

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

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWoman, husband remanded in prison for using underage girls for prostitution

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2023

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...

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Musk accuses Zuckerberg of stealing Twitter’s intellectual property

NewsNigeriaMusk accuses Zuckerberg of stealing Twitter’s intellectual property

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 8, 2023

Following the launch of Threads, a social media platform that has been dubbed ‘Twitter killer’, Elon Musk has accused Meta of trade secret theft through the hiring of ‘dozens’ of former Twitter employees. Threads, an Instagram-linked platform, went live on Wednesday evening with 30 million user sign-ups less than 24 hours after launching. The app’s concept bears similarities to Twitter’s core functionality, where users can reply to and conversationally build upon existing tweets. Meta’s CEO,...

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Cameroonian model recants plan to embark on 200-hour sex-thon for GWR

LifestyleNewsNigeriaCameroonian model recants plan to embark on 200-hour sex-thon for GWR

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 8, 2023

A Cameroonian pastry chef and model, Danny Zara who earlier announced her plan to set a new Guinness World Record, GWR, for the longest sex hour has backtracked on her decision. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Zara said her goal was a 200-hour sex streak. According to a flyer she shared on Facebook, the eight-day sex marathon will begin on July 17, 2023, and end on July 25. The 25-year-old model further disclosed that...

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