JAMB direct entry registration exercise should be decentralised – NANS

EducationNewsNigeriaJAMB direct entry registration exercise should be decentralised – NANS

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 14, 2023

… As it mourns candidate’s death in accident The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has made a case for the decentralisation of the ongoing 2023 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise across the country. Comrade Afeez Babatunde Akinteye, the Vice President, External Affairs of NANS, in a statement issued on Thursday described the restriction placed on the registration of candidates to the offices of JAMB located in state capitals across...

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I will renounce my Nigerian citizenship as soon as Tinubu becomes president – Lagos Ex-Deputy Gov

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI will renounce my Nigerian citizenship as soon as Tinubu becomes president – Lagos Ex-Deputy Gov

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 14, 2023

…Says her life is no longer safe The former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, and first elected female Deputy Governor in Nigeria, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu has said that she will renounce her citizenship of Nigeria as soon as Aswijau Bola Tinubu becomes President. Ojikutu went further to say that she has already told her lawyers to start working on her plan ahead of May 29. The former Deputy Governor lamented the deplorable state of the...

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Bauchi State Government To Clampdown On Preachers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBauchi State Government To Clampdown On Preachers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 13, 2023

The Bauchi State government has described as unacceptable the action of some clerics who incites the public in the state under the guise of religious preaching. To this end, the government has threatened to sanction any cleric found making inciting statements in the state. Ibrahim Kashim, Secretary to Bauchi State Government, who gave the warning after an emergency meeting with heads of security agencies at the Government House in Bauchi, expressed displeasure with the mode...

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Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah Pledges N1 Billion Naira on Security of Nnewi and Anambra South

NewsNigeriaRegionsSen. Ifeanyi Ubah Pledges N1 Billion Naira on Security of Nnewi and Anambra South

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 12, 2023

The Senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has pledged to devote N1 billion Naira to secure Nnewi and Anambra South. This pledge, according to the senator, is the first trench, in his determination to explore all instrumentality of the state to ensure that Anambra South is safe. “We are devoting N1 billion Naira towards security of Nnewi and Anambra South, for a start,” Sen. Ubah has said.     Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah...

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Kogi Guber: Dino Melaye not  strong enough to win gubernatorial election – Wike 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKogi Guber: Dino Melaye not  strong enough to win gubernatorial election – Wike 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 12, 2023

….Warns PDP against changing delegates list The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that former Senator Dino Melaye is not a strong material that can win the governorship election for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State. He expressed his fears about the possibility of PDP losing the Kogi State governorship election if Dino takes the ticket and advised the national leadership of the party not to consider the former lawmaker. Wike disclosed that the...

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UK Stop Recruitment Of Health, and Social Care Personnel From Nigeria, 53 Other Countries

HealthNewsNigeriaUK Stop Recruitment Of Health, and Social Care Personnel From Nigeria, 53 Other Countries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 12, 2023

The United Kingdom government has announced that it has stopped active recruitment of health and social care personnel from Nigeria and 53 other countries globally. The announcement was contained in the revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, but it does not prevent individual health and social care personnel from independently applying for employment in the United Kingdom. Countries on the red list are; Afghanistan, Angola,...

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Peak Milk changes controversial Easter ad after CAN’s rage, apologises for the ‘insensitivity’

BusinessNewsNigeriaPeak Milk changes controversial Easter ad after CAN’s rage, apologises for the ‘insensitivity’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 12, 2023

The management of FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, manufacturers of Peak Milk, has removed a controversial advert for the Easter season which depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The ad, a photograph of a dented tin of Peak Milk, punctured in two places, with a nail dripping milk, lying beside it, was publicised last Friday. It was captioned: Bruised and Pierced for us. #GoodFriday. Reacting to the ad, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, described it...

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Former Anambra State Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju, Passes on

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFormer Anambra State Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju, Passes on

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 12, 2023

Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju has passed on in the early hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2023. He died at 78 years old. The announcement of his demise was made by his son Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Late Mbadinuju hailed from Uli in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State and was governor of Anambra State from 1999 to 2003. When his party then, the PDP, failed to give him a return ticket,...

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#TinubuTheDrugDealer trends on Twitter as UberFacts reports Tinubu’s drug trafficking case

NewsNigeriaPolitics#TinubuTheDrugDealer trends on Twitter as UberFacts reports Tinubu’s drug trafficking case

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 11, 2023

The Nigerian Twitter space is agog as #TinubuTheDrugDealer trends following the publication of Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu’s drug trafficking case by UberFacts. UberFacts, an online outlet that publishes random facts, on Monday, informed its 13.5 million followers on Twitter about Tinubu’s legal woes with the United States government in 1993 which made him forfeit $460,000 ill-gotten gains from heroin trafficking. In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court...

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N20bn Payment Probe: northern youths tell NNPCL boss to step aside

NewsNigeriaPoliticsN20bn Payment Probe: northern youths tell NNPCL boss to step aside

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 11, 2023

…Warns of mass protest TheGroup Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Kolo Mele Kyari, has been told to  to step aside by The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to allow for an unfettered probe by the House of Representatives into the payment of N20 billion to a ghost consultant. The group alleged that  the NNPC manipulated the fuel subsidy regime which according to it was seen during the acute fuel scarcity that...

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