The All Progressives Congress has faulted opposition parties for faulting the Independent National Electoral Commission’s claim that the 2023 general elections BVAS deployment recorded 98 per cent success. A bimodal voter accreditation system is an electronic device designed to read permanent voter cards and authenticate voters … Commenting on the opposition parties’ stand, the APC noted that the INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, deserved some commendations for overseeing a peaceful electoral process. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, had said the contrasting views about the results of the elections were a fair reflection of a complex multi-party democracy. He also said…
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The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of two members of a syndicate linked to the hacking of no fewer than 1000 bank accounts in Nigeria. The spokesperson for the command, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspects, who specialized in hacking local banks, were nabbed at their hideout in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, following a petition by the United Bank for Africa. Idris-Adamu identified the suspects as Yusuf Ademola, 40, and Adesina Abiodun, 50, adding that efforts were on to arrest other accomplices linked to the crime. The statement read,…
The Presidential Election Petition Court, in Abuja, on Tuesday admitted as exhibits the Chicago State University academic records of President Bola Tinubu, as well as a number of other documents. Tinubu tendered the documents before the tribunal through his legal team, led by Wole Olanipekun (SAN). In compliance with the tribunal’s Monday directive, the President, on Tuesday, opened his defence, in response to the petitions by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging his (Tinubu’s) victory in the February 25 presidential election. At the Tuesday proceedings, Olanipekun also tendered Tinubu’s US visa. Tinubu’s Chicago State University academic…
…says the candidate, not the only one detected for forgery The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Tuesday, said the Board had concluded investigations on the case of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused of fraudulently inflating her 2023 UTME score. Oloyede made this disclosure in a transcript sent to our correspondent from Windhoek, Namibia. He said, “The truth is that JAMB has concluded the investigation on Nmesoma’s score falsification matter. She was not the only one caught, just that others have chosen not to go out”, Oloyede said.…
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The Presidential Election Petition Court, in Abuja, on Monday, admitted in evidence the final report of the European Union Observer Mission on the February 25 presidential election. The EU report was tendered at the tribunal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who are challenging the outcome of the poll, in which President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission. In its final report presented last week, the EU had declared the election was below expectations. The Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission, Barry Andrews, at…
There is no doubt that Nigeria has recorded notable improvements in healthcare through research and treatment. This is in spite of notable challenges like industrial actions, brain drain, poor infrastructure, water, electricity, and dearth of manpower among others. A drawback on such improvements often results from outbreaks of diseases and infections including Lassa fever, Cholera, sleeping sickness, yellow fever, tuberculosis, leprosy, HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and Ebola. Recently, the threat of Anthrax – a disease transmitted from animals to humans just like some of the aforementioned health challenges, has been reported from countries contiguous to Nigeria. According to the Centers for Disease Control…
30 days after assuming office, President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies and reforms have attracted both praise and criticism from home and abroad. However, the most vulnerable Nigerians only hear hardship as Renewed Hope risks morphing into despair, STEPHEN ANGBULU writes If momentum and speed were the only markers of a successful administration, Nigerians would score President Bola Tinubu incredibly high in performance in his first 30 days in office. The discontinuance of petrol subsidy and the unified exchange rate have attracted the praise of many multilateral organisations, foreign investors and Nigerians comfortable enough to bear the combined consequences of these…
The Federal Fire Service says rescue operations at the site of the collapsed four-story building at Dape in Life Camp, Abuja, will resume on Tuesday at 8. a.m. Mr. Emeribe David, a Superintendent of Fire, told the News Agency of Nigeria at the scene of the disaster, that all the agencies involved agreed to resume the rescue operation on Tuesday morning. NAN reports that the building, which was said to be a hotel under construction, collapsed around 4 pm on Monday, trapping an undisclosed number of laborers. David, who led the team of firemen to the site, said that the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has banned Anambra pupil, Mmesoma Ejikeme who was accused of forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result from taking the board’s examinations for three years. The board also insisted that the Anambra pupil forged her result adding that the board concluded high-level investigations before coming to the conclusion. The spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday. He said, “In the meantime, the management of the Board, after considering the weighty infraction committed by Ms. Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, and in line with its established procedures, has…