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•Say, way forward is to crush them, take them out of existence•Negotiating with terrorists is to endorse criminality Northern leaders have rejected a call by former governor of Zamfara State, Malam Yerima Sani, asking President Bola Tinubu to negotiate with terrorists and bandits in the country and grant them amnesty as it was done for Niger Delta militants by the …

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, on Saturday, recommended counselling for embattled Anambra student, Ejikeme Mmesoma who was accused by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board of forging her 2023 UTME results. Mmesoma, according to the reports of an independent panel of investigators set up by the Anambra state government confessed to forging her results unaided. The PUNCH had …

• Anambra Schools, Markets, Banks Close As Gunmen Go On Rampage• Police Call Off Parade As New CP Fails To Resume, Urge Calm• Enugu Tribunal Judges Desert Court• I’ll Sack Part Of My 40 Workers To Remain Afloat, Says Entrepreneur As the one-week sit-at-home order by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) further haemorrhages the South East …

Globally, success or failure in the examination is the criterion for future prospects. Too much emphasis is placed on paper qualifications without any thought of the ability of the individual to put into practice the knowledge he claimed to have acquired. In this respect, certificates are seen as means to an end. Thus, all means whether straight or crooked are …

The panel of inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government has confirmed that Mmesoma Ejikeme manipulated her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, where she actually scored 249 as against 362. The eight-page report of the panel also recommended that Mmesoma immediately tender an unreserved written apology to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, the school (Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, …

…Partners NESG, Melinda Gates Foundation …Sets up new agency to sustain digital, data-driven governance Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, launched the Edo Digital Policy Project in furtherance of the government’s efforts to expand the state’s digital economy and drive sustainable growth and development across the State via technology. The governor flagged off the project when he received …

In consonance with his promise to remove all barriers impeding business growth in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. The committee will be chaired by Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Taiwo Oyedele. It will comprise experts from both the private and public sectors and have …

Following the growing concerns that tertiary institutions might increase tuition fees on the heels of the recently passed Students Loan Act, the House of Representatives has warned against such a move. It also resolved to convene a legislative summit on student loans and access to higher education with all stakeholders in the education sector. This resolution followed the consideration of …

• President signs four Executive Orders amending Finance Act, others• Tinubu suspends 5% Excise Tax on telecom services• Our aim is to increase productive activities, not tax poverty – Adedeji• ALTON: 5% excise duty on telecom is burden lifted, but action needed to reduce 39 other taxes• NACCIMA lauds move, experts seek harmonisation of taxes to reduce prices of food …

Benin City– Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has lamented that “plutocracy has replaced democracy in Nigeria,” the effect of which is that “people have lost confidence in the democratic process.” Falana stated this in a keynote address, titled: ‘General Elections in Nigeria 2023: A Review of the Nation’s Political Culture and Electoral Integrity’, and delivered at the 2023 Law …