The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), of admission racketeering.The examination body, which welcomed the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities maintained that it would be vindicated.Recall that the Senate had last week agreed to investigate allegations
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Gov. Hope Uzodimma of the APC the winner of the Imo governorship election on Sunday.Declaring the result of Saturday’s off-circle election, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, said that Uzodimma polled 540,308 votes to defeat 17 other candidates.Fasina, who is the Vice
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The runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, was closed on Sunday morning following an incident involving Aero Contractors’ Boeing 733.The aircraft, with registration number 5N-BYQ, arrived in Abuja from Lagos and had its nose wheel stuck in the grass verge with its fuselage on the runway.“Consequently, the runway was
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Agency ReportsFive US service members have been killed on a routine training mission after the military aircraft carrying them suffered a "mishap" and crashed into the sea.The military personnel were taking part in a routine air refueling mission in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday as part of their training,
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Service providers MTN Nigeria have reacted after a'system glitch’ in the early hours of Saturday caused a cancellation in the debt of subscribers owed to the company.The company clarified amid jubilation from subscribers who thought the telecom operator intentionally cancelled their debt.In a post on X, MTN stated that a
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested suspected vote buyers with N11 million cash during the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states.In a statement on Saturday evening, EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed that 14 suspects were arrested in connection with the allegation in
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The Independent National Electoral Commission announced on Saturday that one of its Supervisory Presiding Officers, who was abducted at the Amassoma jetty in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on the eve of the governorship election, has been released.A statement signed by the Head of Department, Voter Education
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Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has advised the National Assembly to ensure that all measures should be taken to block this off-cycle election in Nigeria.Speaking to journalists after voting at Otuoke, Ward 13, Unit 39, the former president stated that the off-cycle election is not a global practice.He said,
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has blamed some unseen forces for the late arrival of officials and election materials in some polling units for Saturday’s Kogi governorship election.The state INEC Voter Education and Publicity Officer, Haliru Sule, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in
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An election observer group, Yiaga Africa, has predicted low voter turnout for the Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections despite a high collection rate of permanent voters.The organization based the prediction on “pre-election violence, a deep sense of citizens’ distrust, apparent fear of intimidation, voter fatigue, and loss of faith
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