THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that it would begin the registration of 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME on January 14, 2023. The board also said the registration of its Direct Entry, DE for the 2023 session commences from February 20 to April 20, 2023. …
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Suspected ‘Yahoo Boy’ Kills Septuagenarian In Road Crash
A 77-year-old woman, Mrs Roseline Omorogbe, was killed in a road accident in Benin, on Tuesday when a Toyota Venza driven by a suspected Yahoo boy, Elvis Erahamwonyi, overtook a car in front of him only to hit a tricycle which was conveying passengers to their destination. The accident, …
Read More »Relatives Beat Doctor, Nurse After Losing Family Member
Angry father and son on Tuesday descended heavily on a medical doctor and a nurse at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta after losing their family member. Our correspondent gathered that pandemonium broke out around 2:00 am on Tuesday at the emergency ward of the hospital shortly after a …
Read More »Train Accident: Federal Government Hasn’t visited Victim’s Family – Shehu Sani
A former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has frowned at the attitude of the Federal Government towards the family of the late Selimota Idowu who died in a train accident. Sani in a tweet on Tuesday disclosed that the FG had yet to pay a condolence visit to the family. …
Read More »FG Stops Polytechnics, Others From Awarding Degrees
THE Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnics and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees. The National Board for Technical Education conveyed the government’s decision to heads of the affected institutions in a circular marked TEB/PRO/E/12/Vol.11/132 dated December 1, 2022. A copy of the document signed by the …
Read More »I Buried My Dad With Yahoo Money, Says 21-Year-Old
A 21-year-old man, Ifeanyi Egbuwu, has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment for Internet fraud. Egbuwu was arrested on August 2, 2022, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on some Internet fraudsters at 42, Ola Williams Street, Kay Farm Estate, Iju, Lagos State. …
Read More »NPC Recruitment Portal For Adhoc Staff Closes Dec 28 – Commissioner
The National Population Commission (NPC) says that its e-recruitment portal for ad hoc staff for the 2023 Population and Housing Census would close on Dec. 28. Mr Chidi Ezeoke, Federal Commissioner representing Anambra State in the Commission, said this at the opening of a 10-day Zonal Level Training of Principal …
Read More »Court Sends Fake LASTMA Officer To Jail
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Mobile) Court, sitting at Bolade, Oshodi, Lagos, has sentenced one David Oluchkwu, to four-month jail term for impersonating as officer of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and extorting money from unsuspecting motorists, particularly commercial bus drivers in the state. Operatives of LASTMA …
Read More »Uba Sani Will Be A Worthy Successor – El Rufai
Gov. Nasir El Rufai has promised to relocate from Kaduna state on May 29, 2023, after handing over to his successor, so as not to interfere with the incoming administration. The governor spoke at a Town-Hall meeting, organized by the central senatorial zone on Monday in Kaduna He expressed optimism …
Read More »Cholera Outbreak: Death Toll Rises To 51 In Cross River Community
The death toll in the Cholera outbreak in Ekureku community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River has risen from Saturday’s figure of 20 to 51 on Monday. The clan head of the community, Chief Bernard Egbe, stated this when he received the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party …
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