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*Harps on professionalism, integrity. The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, following the approval of his recommendation by the Police Service Commission, has ordered the deployment 35 Commissioners of Police to various state commands and formations across the country. The IGP assured that the postings are in line with the commitment of the police leadership to ensuring …

Mmesoma Ejikeme, the Anambra student who was accused of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday confirmed that she received an automated text message from JAMB indicating that her score was 249. Mmesoma made this known during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television which was monitored by The PUNCH. JAMB’s spokesman, …

…advises Tinubu against Abe’s praise singing Major stakeholders of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers state, have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to strongly consider the former governor of River State, Nyesom Wike, in his Ministerial appointments. The stakeholders under the aegis of Amalgamated Bola Tinubu Campaign Council Rivers State, led by former Chief of Staff to the Rivers State …

As PEPC admits President’s Chicago varsity records, visa as exhibit President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will, today, open their defence in the petition by presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his party, challenging their declaration as winners of the February 25 presidential election. The five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) …

Washington (CNN) — A powdery substance that was discovered at the White House Sunday evening, prompting a temporary evacuation of the complex, has been sent for further evaluation and testing, the Secret Service said. A field test determined that the substance was possibly cocaine, according to two sources familiar with the initial report, though such tests are not conclusive. The …

…Says: ‘Governor Obaseki committed to reinventing Edo’ Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Christopher Nehikhare told Journalists in Benin on Tuesday to work with the government as a team in the dissemination of good information to the public about the Edo State Government, “as the media needs to help us finish well.” Nehikhare made the call when he and …

The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu yesterday assured President Bola Tinubu and the entire country that security agencies will accomplish the objective of securing the country as well as re-establish peace and stability. Ribadu was responding to the President’s charge that they should work as a team to deliver on the mandate of dealing with the protracted security challenges …

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. JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede. Oloyede noted that the result paraded …

The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has announced Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central as the Senate Majority leader and former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, APC, Borno Soutg as the Senate Chief Whip. Reading the letter from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akpabio also announced Senator Dave Umahi, APC, Ebonyi South as the Deputy Leader and Senator …

A lawyer, Johnmary Maduakolam, has threatened to sue the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and the management of the Board should they fail to tender an apology to Anambra pupil, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused by JAMB of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result. The lawyer in a letter addressed to Oloyede which was …