The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has reacted to the claim by Kaduna state governor, Nasiru El-Rufa’i that the Board gives preferential cut-off points or scores to candidates from the Northern states, “The claim is unfair to both JAMB and Northern candidates.” The governor on a live television programme, had claimed that, “The North has always been behind in education. We have continuously been the disadvantaged region right from independence even though we are given preferences, JAMB scores and all that. That has not helped. In fact it has made our people lazy.” El-Rufa’i then called for uniform cut-off…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sacked Senator Basheer Mohammed Lado, Director-General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Wednesday said the president has approved the appointment of Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi as Mohammed’s replacement. ‘’The appointment was sequel to a recommendation of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq,’’ the statement reads, adding that the change was in “urgent need for the Ministry to intensify on the existing capacity in the NAPTIP in order to…
Three members of Plateau state executive council, have resigned their appointments to contest for council seats in the local government elections scheduled for next month. They are Commissioner for Housing, Barrister Zulfa Bitrus who is contesting in Lantang North LGC; Commissioner for Urban Development, Dayyabu Garga for Kanam LGC and Commissioner for Higher Education, Kakmena Goteng for LGC. The Commissioner for Information, Dan Manjang who briefed newsmen after the State Executive Council Meeting on Wednesday, said the Council held a valedictory session in honour of the three Commissioners. According to him, Governor Simon Lalong appreciated their services and wished them…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has disclosed that his administration has donated 143 operational vehicles and 550 motorcycles to security agencies in less than two years. He made the disclosure while donating 10 brand new Hilux vans to the vigilante groups in the state on Monday. The gesture is to assist the vigilante groups in order to conduct surveillance and intelligence gathering that will facilitate the work of security agencies in boosting their efforts in the renewed thrust by the state government to checkmate banditry, kidnapping and sundry criminality. The state government also provided the groups with uniforms and monthly…
By Tina George, Minna The Chairman of Suleja local government council, Abdullahi Maje has declared that the acceptance of consensus for the just concluded All Progressives Congress, APC, local government congress in the council area, has brought an end to a fractionalized party. According to him, who spoke to ASHENEWS in Suleja on Tuesday said, the APC in the council can now present a united front, unlike in the past where there were fractionalized leaders of the party. “Suleja APC is now united. There is no more fraction in our local government as our ward and local government congresses were…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of new chief executives for some agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. The appointments were rolled out in continuation of the sustained efforts by the federal government to further strengthen effective service delivery in the education sector. The appointments were made known in a statement signed by Mr Bem Goong, the Director, Press And Public Affairs in the ministry, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. He listed the new appointees as: Prof. Akpama Ibar as Executive Secretary, National Commission For Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-Formal Education; Prof. Chinwe Anunobi,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Wednesday announced the seizure of large quantity of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine drug, valued at N5.8 billion at Apapa Port, Lagos. Chairman of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, said that the seizure of Captagon, with one suspect in the net, was the first in Sub-Sahara Africa. He said the agency in March 2021, had intel from its international partners, on the shipment of the illicit narcotic to Nigeria from the Middle East, through the Apapa Port. Marwa noted that the container passed through three countries,…
The Zone B of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), says it will hold a conference focused on the plight of girls in Nigeria. The Zonal vice president, Mrs Omobola Akingbehin and the Secretary, Mrs Funmi Adekoya, said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos that the conference would hold at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja. It said that the event, with the theme `Insecurity: Turning Girls into Endangered Specie’, was to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education Against Attack. “The conference is a deliberate effort on our part to emphasise the plight of Nigerian girls due to heightening…
Kwara’s 2021 supplementary appropriation bill of N169 billion passed the second reading at the state House of Assembly on Tuesday. The executive bill, presented by Governor AbdulRahman AbfulRasaq, is seeking an upward review of the 2021 budget from N137 billion to N169 billion. The motion for the second reading of the bill, which enjoyed the support of all members at the plenary, was moved by the House Leader, Abubakar Olawoyin-Magaji. The bill passed the second reading, after an extensive debate on its benefits and general principles. Leading the debate on the revised budget estimate, the House leader, justified the upward…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its willingness to collaborate with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on financing options. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr Mele Kyari made this known while receiving the NGX team, led by its Chairman, Abubakar Mahmoud, Kyari said: “the recent signing of the Petroleum Industry Act has opened up unique opportunities to create value for our shareholders. “As such, there will be the need to access capital to build on our positioning as the largest corporation in Africa and expand capacity. “We will, therefore, be pleased to collaborate with NGX on the…