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The House of Representatives has urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to stay any punitive actions against Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme over the alleged falsification of her JAMB score. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Awaji-Inombek Abiante (PDP-Bayelsa) at plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Ejikeme claimed...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has listed 14 states and 31 communities that may witness heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding from July 4 – 8. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Lagos Territorial Office. Farinloye urged relevant stakeholders within...

By Ibe Pascal, Owerri The Imo government on Wednesday dismissed the report of an attack by unknown gunmen at the Imo State secretariat located along Owerri- Port Harcourt road in the state. The government said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Owerri, by Governor Hope Uzodimma’s Chief Press...

Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls secondary school in Nnewi, Anambra State, who was accused of forging her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, has admitted she scored 249. Mmesoma spoke in an interview on Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. She said the only SMS she sent...

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Tuesday said that Nigerians will be shocked if the board decides to reveal the details of the “forgery” perpetrated by Mmesoma Ejikeme, the candidate from Anambra State whom the board accused of manually inflating her UTME score. Oloyede...

Victor Uwajeh, the Chief Investigator of UK-based firm, Global Private Investigators Limited, has called for a thorough inquiry into the controversy trailing the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Uwajeh, a renowned International Investigator, in a statement released Tuesday in Abuja, urged the authorities in Nigeria...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced Senators Opeyemi Bamidele, Dave Umahi and Ali Ndume as the principal officers of the 10th Senate. More details to come….

The Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) and Coca-cola Nigeria Plc have been ordered by a Federal High Court in Lagos to pay the sum of N3 million to Abdulmumineen Onilemarun as compensation for using his work without authority or consent. Delivering judgment in the suit filed against both Coca-Cola Plc and...

Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has been accused of nominating herself to fill the position of an Alternative Executive Director in the World Bank, a position meant for the country. A report by online newspaper, Per Second News (PSN), alleged that Ahmed deliberately circumvented...

Nigerian Oil Tycoon, Okoloko Reportedly Burdened By Multi-billion-naira In Debts To Estranged Wife’s Company, Enmeshed In Divorce Scandal Nigerian businessman, Onajite Okoloko reportedly owes his estranged wife, Salma Okoloko, and her company, Techtonic Oil $37 million and N5.3 billion respectively through his company, Eroton Exploration. The duo are currently enmeshed in...