No fewer than 260,000 candidates on Thursday sat for this year’s Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination across 793 Computer-Based Test centres across the country. The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, made this known after monitoring some of the centres in Abuja. Oloyede, who expressed delight over the seamless conduct of the exercise nationwide, said the exam was to test the preparedness for the main UTME, which will commence on Friday, 19th April 2024. He revealed that the exam body also successfully conducted a recruitment examination for Nigerian Police on Wednesday, adding that the only few incidents recorded in the Mock…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, indicted banks as being linked to about 70 percent of the financial crimes in Nigeria. EFCC’s Chairman, Ola Olukayode, disclosed this while speaking in Abuja at the 2023 Annual Retreat and General Meeting of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria. He pointed out that the banking sector was increasingly becoming a cesspool of fraudulent activities and this had been raising considerable challenges and concerns to the commission. Olukayode who was represented by the Director, Internal Audit, EFCC, Idowu Apejoye, said there was a need for concerted effort by…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advised that Nigeria should approach the government of Zimbabwe for a solution to the current all-time high inflation in the country. He noted that since Zimbabwe was recently confronted with the same problem and came out of it, the southern African country would have useful advice for Nigeria. In its latest release, the National Bureau of Statistics put Nigeria’s inflation at 29.9 per-cent. The country is currently grappling with high cost of living, with pockets of protests breaking out across the country as Nigerians contend with increasing prices of foodstuffs. Obasanjo, speaking on Monday…
Cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has announced plans to discontinue all services related to the Nigerian naira. Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, was accused of exploiting the Nigerian currency, Naira, leading to its free fall in value. The company is, in addition, facing allegations of terrorism financing, money laundering and tax invasion, among others. Nigeria is one of the largest peer-to-peer crypto markets in the world. Between July 2022 and June 2023, crypto transactions in the country reached $56.7bn, according to Chainalysis. But the company, in a statement on Tuesday, advised users to withdraw NGN, trade their NGN assets or convert NGN…
Date: 2024-Mar-05 🎯TOPIC: JESUS THE LIVING WATER 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/d9KYs-72ciM?si=j2-2xsLkYIPIcsep ✝️TEXT: John 7: 25-53(NKJV) 7:25. Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill? 7:26. “But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? 7:27. “However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” 7:28. Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know…
A member of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan, Prof. Joy Ezeilo, has lamented that severe hunger and extreme poverty faced by many poor and vulnerable Nigerians are pushing people to criminal activities. Ezeilo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a Law Professor at the University of Nigeria stated this in a statement on Monday in reaction to the looting of the Abuja warehouse allegedly belonging to the Federal Capital Territory. The online news report noted that some residents of the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency. According…
An ascribed powerful herbalist and a native doctor, Chief Chukwuemeka Okwummo on Sunday went for Thanksgiving at St Michael Catholic Church Ozubulu, Ekwusigo LGA of Anambra State following a miraculous recovery from a life threatening ailment. Okwummo acknowledged the healing power of the Almighty God during the life threatening sickness. “I thank God for healing me of a sickness many people don’t survive, I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance while I was in an unconscious state. “I can testify to the healing power of God and can testify that God is the supreme and ultimate power as…
The Labour Party presidential candidate during the last election, Mr Peter obi, has expressed disappointment in the government following the recent donation made by Ukraine. He described the gesture as disheartening in a recent post on X. “As laudable as Ukraine’s kind gesture is, it speaks volumes for us as a people endowed with all needed human and natural resources, that a country officially prosecuting a brutal war of national survival with its powerful neighbour, Russia, is generous enough with their food supplies to help us who are officially at peace,” he wrote. Obi stressed the importance of good governance…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is facing the difficult and challenging task of fixing the problems confronting Nigeria. Shettima said the current administration has no plans of deceiving Nigerians or making life more difficult for citizens. This was as he assured that the current economic challenges confronting the country would soon be over. He spoke yesterday in Lagos during the 29th pre-Ramadan lecture organised by the University of Lagos Muslim Alumni, UMA, with the theme, “Economic Reforms for Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects for the Future.” Represented by his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Dr.…
Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi says residents of Southeast will not join their counterparts in other regions to protest against the high cost of living in Nigeria. Umahi made the assertion at the weekend while addressing journalists at his Uburu residence in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. According to the former governor of Ebonyi State, President Bola Tinubu has solved the major problems of the region, which he said was the incessant clash between farmers and herders. Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi says residents of Southeast will not join their counterparts in other regions to protest…