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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has clarified that candidates and visitors below the age of 18 years are not required to present COVID-19 vaccination cards before being granted access into JAMB examination halls and facilities. A statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the head of JAMB’s media and …

Buhari The presidency says the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to reject the electoral act amendment bill is to protect Nigerians. According to the presidency, the proposed amendments “entail significant legal, financial, economic and security consequences”. In a statement on Tuesday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, said the bill did not …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior media assistant, Garba Shehu, has recovered from the COVID-19 disease. The presidential aide who is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 had confirmed his positive status at the weekend but said that he was feeling mild symptoms of the disease. Shehu took to his Facebook page on Wednesday …

Uche Nwosu The Imo State Police Command has confirmed that the Special Force from the office of the Inspector General of Police arrested Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law of a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, THE WITNESS reports. Nwosu was arrested on Sunday at St Peter’s Anglican church at …

Share on FacebookShare On WhatsappShare On Twitter Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari, to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing, mismanaged …

Lagos. 26/12/2021: Austin Avuru has responded to the purported termination of his appointment as a Non-Executive director on the board of Seplat Energy, a company he co-founded and was pioneer CEO at. The widely circulated statement published a few days to Christmas in which Seplat Energy alleged that its immediate …

The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has described the alleged beating up of staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) as “unjustifiable” and “cruel”, portending grave danger for the power sector. The comments were in response to a report in which four staff of the Disco narrated how …

Whenever the conversation is on financial inclusion in Nigeria, FirstBank leads the pack. With over 150,000 banking agents, a full digital banking centre and other innovative solutions, the nation’s premier bank is surely doing a great job connecting Nigerians with access to convenient banking products and services. But that’s not …

Edwin Clark, Olusegun Obasanjo Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ijaw National Congress, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over what he called a disappointing display of hatred against the people of the oil-producing states in Nigeria. The …

Dr. Salihu Lukman, the Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, has stressed the need for the All Progressives Congress statutory organs to meet regularly to deepen negotiations within the party’s ranks and files. The DG of the group for Governors elected on the platform of the APC gave the advice …