The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of various tertiary institutions in the country have agreed to conclude all 2020/2021 admissions by June 15. The board made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Sunday. It said that public universities would conclude admissions a month before private universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. According to the JAMB, heads of institutions and itself reached the agreement at a virtual meeting on Wednesday (Feb. 24) during which issues concerning admissions process were discussed. “All admissions in the nation’s tertiary institutions…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Gareth Bale marked his return to an English Premier League (EPL) starting line-up with a brace in Tottenham’s 4-0 thumping of Burnley on Sunday. Bale had only been named from kick-off twice in the top-flight since re-joining Spurs from Real Madrid last September. But a goal in each leg of the Europa League win over Wolfsberger AC earlier in the week persuaded Jose Mourinho to give the Wales international a chance. Tottenham’s recent run of five defeats in their past six Premier League matches became a fast fading memory as Bale scored after 68 seconds and set up Harry Kane…
The management of the Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, KSUSTA Aliero, has announced the indefinite closure of the institution over the death of 22 -year-old final year Biochemistry student. Alhaji Musa Labbo, the Registrar of the university, announced the closure in a statement made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. “This is to inform all students of the university that the management has directed the closure of the school indefinitely. “Therefore, all students are hereby directed to leave the university with immediate effect”, the statement said. Also, Malam Hussaini Zuru, the Public Relations Officer of the…
Zamfara police command, has denied media reports that the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School Jangebe, have been released. The deniel is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu on Sunday. Reports, quiting government sources, early on Sunday indicated that the students had been released. Reacting to the reports however, SP Shehu said: “The attention of Zamfara Zamfara State Police Command has been drawn to the news currently trending on some online media platforms that the abducted students of Government Girls Science Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara local government area, have been…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that last Friday’s abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Secondary School Jangebe, will be the last to happen. The president’s assurance was relayed on Sunday, through Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, who led a high-powered federal government delegation to sympathise with the people and government of Zamfara. He said new measures had been developed by the federal government which would bring complete end to all forms of criminality in the nation. “The President is saddened by the abduction of the students from Jangebe and reassures you that the government has all…
Zamfara governor, Bello Muhammad has assured that the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Jangebe, would be released soon. The governor gave the assurance when he received the federal government delegation, which was in Gusau to sympathise with the state over the abduction of the children. “We are using the leaders of the repentant bandits to rescue the schoolgirls from the kidnappers. “Very soon we are going to witness the release of the abductees”, Muhammad said He said his administration “is going to continue with peace process with bandits considering its impacts in addressing security challenges facing the state”.…
Kebbi governor Atiku Bagudu, has disclosed that the newly established modern tomato factory in Ngaski, Ngaski local government area of the state, would begin production in March. The governor, who disclosed this when he paid courtesy visit to the Emir of Yauri, Dr. Muhammad Abdullahi in his palace on Saturday, also said he had intimated President Muhammadu Buhari on the devopment. “Officials of GB Foods have informed me that plans are underway for the launching and commencement of production. “I have also informed the Presidency about it and sought for permission for the event, between 22 to 24th of March,…
An activist and pan-Oduduwa Republic agitator, Sunday Igboho has threatened to eliminate Yoruba politicians, who solicit for support of South West sons and daughters, in the build-up to the 2023 general election. Igboho, in an undated video obtained and translated by PRNigeria, who was addressing Yoruba leaders and youths, berated the politicians for not identifying with the agitation for Oduduwa Republic. According to him, Yoruba politicians were not supposed to be clamouring for the 2023 presidency at this period, but be in the forefront of the secession agenda being championed by him and other South Westerners. When contacted on the…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has confirmed that the arrest of the Media Aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, Salihu Yakasai is beyond the expression of opinion in the social media. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, on Sunday. “This is to confirm that Salihu Tanko-Yakasai is with the DSS and he is being investigated over issues beyond the expression of opinions in the social media as wrongly alleged by sections of the public,’’ he stated. The statement did not however say the real reasons for his arrest. Ganduje,…
I had intended to continue with the topic, ‘Nigeria and Presidential Democracy: Any Better Alternative? (3)’ but I had to suspend it; it is more of a proposal for the future. I had to look at what was immediate. Boko Haram (translated to mean Western education is a sin) advocates are threatening to overwhelm the North and impose their creed on a docile, perhaps Janus-faced like people. Since kidnapping for ransom became a fad on the Abuja-Kaduna road and in the bushes of the northwestern and central states of Nigeria, I started shouting here that it is a financial drive…