JAMB Fixes Cut-off Mark For 2019/20 on Tuesday
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board will meet with stakeholders on Tuesday to decide the cut-off mark for the 2019/2020 admission. The 2019 Policy Meeting with stakeholder will hold on Tuesday, June 11 at Gbongan, Osun State. JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s […]
Kazakhstan’s choreographed election goes off script
An autocrat tries something new for central Asia—organising a transition in his lifetimeAsia ALMATY “HAPPY HOLIDAY!” a pie seller in Kazakh national dress told voters leaving a polling station in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s financial capital. A short stroll away in a leafy park, police were ruining the festive mood. Masked security forces carried away prostrate protesters […]
Music Producer Threatens to Sue EFCC for Parading Him as ‘Yahoo Boy’
An Abuja-based music producer and photographer, Mr Nasiru Ali, popularly known as “Kozzographa”, on Sunday threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for wrongly calling him a fraudster (Yahoo boy). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ali was among 10 suspected internet fraudsters paraded on May 17 by the EFCC […]
CUPP demands religious balance in National Assembly leadership
By Brendan Umoren The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Sunday called for religious balance in the leadership of the House of Representatives. The CUPP deputy spokesman, Mark Adebayo, made the call while speaking at a press briefing in Abuja. He said while the All Progressives Congress (APC) is at liberty to zone the position […]
BOMB BLAST: IRONA, SECURITY CHIEFS VISIT EZIORSU COMMUNITY
…POLICE TO MEET SCRAP DEALERS IN IMO Walter Duru Imo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona, Weekend visited Eziorsu community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State to commiserate with the families of those that lost their lives in Thursday’s bomb explosion that claimed the lives of three. On the Deputy Governor’s team […]
Kano Police Bans Demonstrations, Tall & Protests State
The Kano State Police Command has suspended issuance of permission to hold any form of rally, demonstration, procession or assembly in the State. This was contained in a statement signed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna. He explained that the move was to prevent and avert any threat, breach of peace […]
DAAR Communications’ Licence Suspension Is ‘Blatant Illegality’ -SERAP
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the suspension of the operating licence of DAAR Communications by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) as blatant illegality. The group said it was considering all legal options to challenge NBC over the suspension of DAAR Communications’ licence. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday […]
EFCC withdraws from Goje’s ‘N25bn fraud’ case.
…48 hours after withdrawing from senate presidents race Barely 48 hours after supporting the choice of Buhari for the seat of the President of Nigeria’s Senate, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn from N25 billion fraud filed against Danjuma Goje, former governor of state, according to NAN. The case, which has been […]
Preachers To Be Granted License Before Preaching In Kaduna
…As Kaduna Assembly Passes Controversial Religious Bill The controversial bill seeking to substitute the Kaduna State Preaching Law, 1984 has been passed into law by the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The state Assembly members at it last sitting on Friday, received the report of the ad-hoc committee and passed it into law few minute […]
AIT shutdown: Ezekwesili gives own reason NBC shut down media house
A former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to the suspension of the licence of the African Independent Television, AIT and RayPower Fm by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC. NBC had on Thursday suspended the license of AIT and RayPower Fm until further notice. The Director-General of NBC, […]