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Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Peter Okebukola, has said that Nigerian universities deviated from the initial agreement NUC had with Vice-Chancellors in 2004 when it introduced post-UTME to screen candidates on oral interview and written essay. Prof. Peter Okebukola He also said out the present position as revealed to him by the Vice-Chancellors, after their meeting with …

Abuja—Former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, defended his government’s record on fighting corruption and denied his successor’s assertion that the country’s Treasury was left empty when he handed over power last year. Jonathan was succeeded in May 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari, who accused the previous administration of looting billions of dollars and leaving the country’s finances “virtually empty.” “There’s no …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City, Nigeria – Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged the Muslim Ummah to use the holy month of Ramadan to offer prayers for continued peace in the state and success of the gubernatorial elections holding later in the year. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, the Governor said …

By Ola Airenakho Benin City, Nigeria – National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Najeem Yasin has appealed to Governor dams Oshiomhole to remove the ban placed on members of his union from revenue collection at motor parks in Edo state. Alhaji Yasin made the appeal, while speaking during a courtesy visit to the Governor …

The immediate past President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has given reasons why he had to concede victory to President Muhammadu Buhari, during the 2015 presidential elections, while the election results were still being collated. Jonathan said that having helped to stabilise democracy in four other West African countries including Niger, Mali, Guinea Bissau and Cote d’Ivoire, he decided to leave a …

Ex-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Monday delivered a speech at the Bloomberg Studios, London, United Kingdom after one year of leaving office. He talked about his experience in governance and its usefulness for the future of democracy, not only in Nigeria but also across the entire continent of Africa. Full speech below: “Civis Nigerianus Sum” ‐ I am a citizen of Nigeria. …

Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed today, June 6, that he is being investigated for corruption by the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government. Jonathan said this in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg Tv, in London. “I cannot say the country from the beginning of our independence, that there was no corruption, yes there has been corruption. “I did very well also, to …

James Faleke, running mate to the late Abubakar Audu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 21, 2015 election, has lost his bid to unseat Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state. The Kogi State governorship election tribunal, sitting in Abuja, upheld the election of Governor Yahaya Bello as the duly elected governor of Kogi State. The three-man …

Muhammad Ali’s brother has taken centre stage at a Sunday worship service at the church where their father was a longtime member in Louisville, Kentucky. An emotional Rahaman Ali clapped and swayed to hymns and hugged members of King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church in Louisville’s west end. The church features a painting by Ali’s father, Cassius Clay Sr., and isn’t …

SOME members of the House of Representatives said on Sunday that Nigeria was overdue for restructuring. They argued that doing otherwise was to postpone the inevitable as the present structure could not be sustained for too long. Also, the Ijaw Youth Council believed restructuring the country was the only solution to the multi-faceted problems besetting the country. The lawmakers, argued …