The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked media reports that it recognized Senator Ahmed Lawan as Senatorial candidate for Yobe North District and Godswill Akpabio as that of Akwa Ibom North West District. An online platform had reported that the electoral umpire had doctored, backdated and certified documents to accommodate the nominations emanating from the districts. However, the Commission in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye described the report as false. “Not for the first time, our attention has been drawn to a story published by an online medium that…
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the recently conducted mop-up examination for 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). JAMB released the results in a statement by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Wednesday. Benjamin said the board had emplaced a user-friendly and simplified process of checking UTME results in line with its desire to adhere to the ease of doing business protocol of the government. “To check the results of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Mop-Up Examination result conducted on Aug. 6, all a…
… Approved N1.5 billion in 3 years By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara has approved the release of N329,805,800 million to offset fees owed the West African Examination Council (WAEC) by 21,827 students of public secondary schools who wrote this year’s (2022) examination across Borno state. The State’s Commissioner for Education, Engr Lawan Abba Wakilbe, disclosed this on Wednesday in Maiduguri during a ceremonial presentation of cheque to officials of WAEC. The commissioner said the money, totalling N329,805,800 was already in WAEC’s account. The cheque presentation was held at the conference hall of the state’s Ministry…
Human right lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has challenged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), to “Christianise” Nigeria by setting up interest-free banks. CAN has consistently held that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration intends to Islamise Nigeria by obtaining the N100 billion Sukuk bond. He reacting to CAN’s claim, Falana, at a strategic roundtable organised by the Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), explained that the Sukuk bond is a normal global practice and legitimate means through which governments could generate funds. “I am challenging CAN to Christianise Nigerians. Christianise us by setting up interest-free banks,”…
Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad says 34,000 vulnerable persons have access to free healthcare under the state government’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHPF). Muhammad, represented by his Deputy, Sen. Hassan Nasiha made this known at the event organised to unveil the BHCPF by State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (ZAMCHEMA) held in Talata Mafara town, Talata Mafara local government area of the state “As we all know, access to affordable healthcare continues to be a challenge for most households due to the high level of poverty and the Health Insurance population coverage throughout the country has remained low. “This challenge forced…
The Kaduna state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it arrested 104 suspected drug traffickers and dismantled seven notorious drug joints in the state. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro said in Kaund on Wednesday, that the operation was conducted in July. He added that three properties belonging to suspected drug dealers were sealed within the period. Adoro said areas raided by operatives of the command were located in Maraban Jos, Jaji, Panteka, Tafa, Hunkuyi, Sardauna Crescent and areas behind Kaduna Polytechnic main campus. The commander listed the drugs seized to include 1,312.73-4kg…
The New England Journal of Medicine says in China, 35 people in two provinces have fallen ill with a newly detected virus that is transmitted from animals to humans. A team of scientists from China, Singapore and Australia reported in the journal that infections with the pathogen named Langya henipavirus (LayV) occurred in the provinces of Shangdong and Henan, mainly among farmers who had previously been in close contact with animals. The infections were discovered between the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2021. No evidence of direct human-to-human transmission was found. The researchers did not report any deaths. Among the 35 patients, 26…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised to continue to prioritise workers’ welfare in Niger State, if elected in the 2023 governorship poll. Mr Yabuku Garba, the state deputy governorship candidate of the party, said this in an interview in Minna on Wednesday. Garba, also the chairman of the Niger state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said there was much work to be done in the area of workers’ welfare such as payment of salaries and delayed payment of gratuity of those who retired. “As someone who understands and feels the plight of civil servants, we will ensure…
Nine persons were confirmed dead and seven others went missing as South Korea’s capital Seoul and its surrounding areas were battered by heavy rainfall that started on Monday. Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday citing the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters. Over 500 millimetres of rain fell in Seoul until Wednesday morning, while the western port city of Incheon, Gyeonggi province, which surrounds Seoul, and Gangwon province next to Gyeonggi was also pounded by torrential rain. The downpour left nine people dead, including five from Seoul, three from Gyeonggi and one from Gangwon. One of the victims was a…
A debtor, Ibrahim Shua’ibu, on Wednesday told a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari Kaduna that he was too poor to settle a N96,500 debt owed one Sule Usman. Shua’ibu said through his counsel, A. I. Hamza that he has been bedeviled with extreme poverty and would not be able to pay the debt. The counsel, however, said the son of his client had agreed to pay the debt in installment and urged the complainant to withdraw the case. Hamza prayed the court to adjourn the case to enable both parties agree on modalities for the payment. Earlier, the complainant, Usman,…