The presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been moved to May 29, 2022. The primary was initially scheduled to hold between May 30 and June 1, 2022. Addressing newsmen after the National Working Committee (NWC) meeting, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barr. Felix Morka said the APC has approved a revised timetable and schedule of activities. He said: “The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has made and approved a revised timetable schedule of activities for the House of Assembly, National Assembly and Governorship primaries. “And appeals that arise from that governorship and…
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked reports of error in the scoring of candidates in the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board warned the public especially candidates of the last UTME to be wary of the guile and other unsavoury activities of fraudsters who were making false claims of errors in the scoring system. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of the board made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. Benjamin said that the board was, therefore, maintaining for the umpteenth time, that the…
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has been suspended indefinitely from office following his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC over N80 billion Fraud. He was suspended on Wednesday by Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning. It was reported that Idris was picked up by EFCC operatives in Kano and moved to Abuja on Monday after being found culpable in a multi-billion naira fraud involving the ward of Bogus contracts. Several companies Idris awarded contracts to and used in laundering over N80 billion in public funds have reportedly been linked to his family members…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has issued a ban on operations of commercial motorcycles, also known as Okada in some areas of the state. The ban followed the gruesome murder of a Sound Engineer, David. David was lynched and burnt by some irate okada riders in the Lekki area of the state, a sad incident over which 10 suspects were already in the police net. Speaking with all DPOs and Area Commanders across the state at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu said the directive covers all highways and some local governments, including Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Surulere, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland and Apapa.…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has warned the general public, particularly candidates in the just-concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to be “wary of the guile and other unsavoury activities of fraudsters who are making false claims of errors in the scoring of candidates in the 2022 UTME.” It said, ”The Board is, therefore, maintaining for the upteenth time, that the UTME is a computer-based test that are scored electronically with no human mediation whatsoever.” In a statement, Tuesday, by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB said,”Consequently, the unfounded rumours making the rounds are…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, were on Wednesday, present for the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. The ministers who had earlier withdrawn their candidacy for the Kebbi State Governorship and Plateau State Senatorial seats respectively, joined the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the meeting held at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. Though Tallen attended virtually, the Attorney General, Malami, was part of those in physical attendance. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the president, at the tail end of last week’s FEC…
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has rejected the bail application of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, held that since Mr Kanu was earlier granted bail in 2017 and jumped the bail, the court must first determine the real reason he jumped the bail before he reapplied for another one. Ms Nyako then dismissed the bail application. On April 8, the court exonerated the federal government on the allegation that the leader of the IPOB was forcefully abducted abroad to stand his trial. Ms Nyako,…
The Federal High Court in Osogbo has ruled that Senator Ademola Adeleke is the duly recognised gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election. In the judgment, which was delivered early on Wednesday by Justice Nathaniel Ayo Emmanuel, Dotun Babayemi did not participate in the PDP primary election. Justice Emmanuel, who held that the court could not pick candidates for any political party, also added that it was an internal party issue and therefore the matter was dismissed. During the PDP gubernatorial primary election held on March 8, the Wale Ojo faction which produced…
Agency Report Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was given assurances on the bots he says plague the platform, further complicating his acrimonious bid for the social media giant. The chief of SpaceX as well as Tesla, Musk is currently listed by Forbes as the world’s wealthiest person, with a fortune of about $230 billion, much of it in Tesla stock. Seen by his champions as an iconoclastic genius and by his critics as erratic and power-hungry, Musk surprised many investors in April with news that he wanted to…
The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned extra-judicial killings in any part of the country, describing them as reprehensible, barbaric and unacceptable. A statement signed by the President of the bar, Olumide Akpata also called on security agencies to do more to stem these ugly developments, and to ensure that the perpetrators of these heinous acts are made to face the full wrath of the law. Citing the specific cases of a young man (simply identified as David) in Lagos who was reportedly lynched by commercial motorcyclists around Lekki; and the incident in Sokoto involving the murder of Miss Deborah Yakubu,…