National Assembly gets principal officers

President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has announced the names of the principal officers for the tenth Senate. The principal officers, named on Tuesday, emerged by consensus. The majority leadership of the Senate, as announced by the Senate President are Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti State – APC), majority leader; David Umahi (Ebonyi State – APC), deputy majority leader; Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno State – APC), majority whip and Lola Ashiru (Kwara State – APC), deputy...

Abia State government launches digital tax payment system for transporters, traders

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, on Monday, launched a new digital tax system that would promote transparency in the collection of tax and make tax payments seamless for transporters and traders. In a statement on Tuesday, Kazie Uko, the chief press secretary to the Governor, said the digital tax system also integrates a free medical insurance scheme for all commercial vehicle drivers and riders of tricycles (Keke) and motorcycles (Okada). Speaking at the launch,...

President Tinubu Rejects EU Report On 2023 Elections

Nigerian President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has rejected the European Union’s Electoral Observer Mission report on the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. President Tinubu described the final report as a product of a poorly done desk job that relied heavily on few persons. President Tinubu explained that there are many reasons to believe the negative report was based on the views of fewer than 50 observers, and was merely to sustain the same premature contents in the...

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...

Corps Members June Allowance: NYSC States Reasons For Delay In payment

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has appealed to serving corps members to exercise a little patience to resolve the delay experienced in the payment of June 2023 monthly allowance. The Corps management in a press statement said, “Re: Payment Of June Monthly Allowance To Corps Members” explained that the management would strengthen interface with banks to fast track the payment of Corps Members’ allowance completed since June 27th without further delay....

MACBAN Vice President Declares Missing

“We wish to bring to the notice of the general public and the security agencies that Engr. Munnir Atiku Lamido is missing…” The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) declared its National Vice President, Munnir Atiku Lamido missing. On Friday, the National Public Relations Officer of the group, Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, said VP was last seen on June 23 when he departed his residence in Katsina State for Kaduna. The statement reads in...

DHQ Gave Deadline For All Senior Military Officers To Retire From Service

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has ordered all military officers whose rank supersedes that of the newly appointed Service Chiefs to voluntarily retire on or before July 3 2023. The order was contained in a memo signed by Major General Y. Yahaya on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, ordering all officers above that of NDA Regular Course 39 to submit their applications for voluntary retirement from Service with immediate effect. According to the memo,...

Chimamanda Adichie’s Notes on Grief wins best non-fiction award

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s memoir, ‘Notes on Grief’ won this year’s Indie Book Award for the best non-fiction book. The winners of the 2023 Indie Book Awards were announced on June 23, the penultimate day of the Independent Bookshop Week which started on June 17 and ended on June 24. We’re excited to reveal the winners of this year’s #IndieBookAwards 🌟 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 🌟 Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 🌟 Skandar...

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