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A 102-year-old presidential aspirant, Chief (Mrs) Josephine Ezeanyaeche, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission to arrest and prosecute any politician or group buying N100m nomination form of any political party. Ezeanyaeche said if the anti-graft agencies were truly independent and alive to their responsibilities, they …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Saturday, directed all candidates sitting for its 2022 examination to begin printing of their notification slips for the exercise. The board gave the directive in a statement, signed by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja. JAMB said that all candidates, who registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination …

Explains Delay In NIN-SIM Linkage For Barred Subscribers The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the long-awaited 5G network services would be available across the country by the last quarter of this year. It also explained that the delay in verification of the National Identification Number (NIN), especially for subscribers who were barred after the expiration of the March …

• Say Politicking For 2023 Election While Students Idle Away At Home Dangerous• Lampoon Ngige, Nwajiuba Over Presidential Bids• ‘Enough Is Enough’ There is palpable anger in the country amid preparations for the 2023 general election following the failure of the Federal Government to reach a truce with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and ensure that undergraduates affected by …

Neil Parish, a Conservative lawmaker in Britain, has resigned after admitting to watching pornography twice in the House of Commons.  Neil Parish Parish admitted to the BBC that he had watched pornography in a “moment of madness”, stating that the first time was accidental.  The 65-year-old MP for Tiverton and Honiton was suspended from his party on Friday over the incident. The …

Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare, has called on youths across the country to adopt the latest digital technology to drive the nation’s economy. He made the call at the unveiling of BleanQ, Nigeria’s foremost contactless technology system, in Abuja yesterday. According to him, people who are abreast of new innovations cannot help but adopt and utilise …

The Federal Government has declared Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd May 2022 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Workers Day and EIdul-Fitr Celebrations. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore disclosed this in a statement issued Thursday night in Abuja. . He said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal …

• Says he only expressed concern• Malami: Only Appeal Court can upturn judgment against Section 84(12)• Gbajabiamila advises political appointees to resign• Falana describes Section 84 as draconian• APC insists Amaechi, Ngige, Nwajiuba not obliged to resign before Monday President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he did not order the Senate to remove the contentious …

Months of painstaking investigations by DUBAWA, a fact checking organisation in Ghana, have uncovered a business model involving one of Ghana’s biggest importers and wholesalers, Fareast Mercantile and a network of some ‘get-rich-quick’ business men who deal in expired products at a popular section of the Central Business District (CBD) in Accra called CMB. The model, which is in flagrant …

Science might be good after all as Nigerian man, Kunle Adeyanju who embarked on a “charity ride” from London to Lagos, Nigeria, reveals he is still in Morocco on third day after entering the country. The entrepreneur and author embarked on the journey on April 19 and on April 25, he shared a picture of himself in Casablanca, Morocco, alongside …