THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved an additional time of two hours for albinos in the conduct of its future Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTMEs). Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, said the board would henceforth classify albinos as virtually impaired persons, hence the need for all examination bodies […]
Shettima Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has appointed 81 new aides including two journalists, Miss Kwapchi Bata of the Nigerian Television Authority and Usman Kumo of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Peace FM station, Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bata was appointed as the Senior Special Adviser on Media (Television), […]
By Dan Udoh Abuja — As violence continues to rock parts of the North, the Federal Government may have opted to appease some northern states with the payment of 13 per cent derivation on solid minerals with immediate effect. A competent source told Vanguard that government was worried about rising insecurity in the northern part […]
A Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service has been quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a fresh N2bn fraud at the Police Pensions Office. The man, who was arrested alongside seven directors, had served in the Police Pensions Office. A member of the Pension Task Force told one of our correspondents […]
Confusion broke out amongst residents and motorists along Kachia Road, Ungwan Yelwa area of the Kaduna metropolis on Sunday as a vigilant riot policeman gunned down a member of a four-man masked gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram. THE PUNCH learnt that the masked gunmen had earlier beaten a police checkpoint while the […]
A pastor in the Apapa parish of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Mr. Festus Agim, has been arraigned for allegedly duping one of his church members, Mr. Chibuike Ikegwuonu of N1m. Agim was charged before Agbomalu Magistrate’s Court, Ajegunle, Lagos, with three counts of felony, stealing and duping Ikegwuonu of the money under the guise […]
NIGERIA and the United Kingdom (UK) are strategising to tighten the noose on drug trafficking cartels through assets and financial investigation. This was disclosed at the weekend during a visit by the Director International of Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of Britain, Mr. David Armond and other senior security experts to the National Headquarters of […]
IN a move that should put paid to the crisis between both parties and pave way for a smooth congress, governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have agreed to support all candidates put forward by President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming national convention of the party. A source at the Presidency yesterday told The […]
THE architects of the ongoing dialogue between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram sect are disturbed over their alleged leakage of the details of the talks to the media. In a reaction to the development yesterday, the negotiators said the development might make the affected parties to lose confidence in the credibility of the […]
MEN of the Nigeria Army 23 Armoured Brigade at the weekend in Adamawa State intercepted a pastor with the Deeper Life Church, a police corporal and three others including a middle aged woman with five rifles, nine pairs of police uniforms and 12 pairs of police shoes. Briefing journalists at Brigade Headquarters in Yola, Public […]
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