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The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer National Examinations Council, (NECO) Professor Godswill Obioma was not assassinated but died after a brief illness, his family has stated. Our correspodence gathered from a close family friend that the Registrar slumped in his room and was discovered by his wife and driver. The duo drove him to the hospital where he was certified ... Read More »

Armed robbers numbering about 20 were said to have invaded Alaafia Estate at the Orogun area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, dispossessing residents of their money and other valuables. It was gathered that the hoodlums used Point of Sale machines to transfer money from the accounts of some residents, who did not have cash. They were said to have ... Read More »

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given two weeks’ extension to candidates genuinely unable to complete their registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The deadline for registration was May 29, 2021. A statement by JAMB’s head of information and protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, noted that such candidates have between May 31 and June 15 to ... Read More »

The Federal Government says it has begun gathering evidence on government officials linked to the alleged looting of $69bn (N28.3tn) stashed in various bank accounts in Texas, the United States. The loot reportedly accrued from illegal oil deals involving some officials of the government-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Central Bank of Nigeria during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Our ... Read More »

When great men celebrate, even the stars bow in solemn hallow. As Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji (DVAA), the erudite banker-turned politician celebrates his 50th birthday on Saturday May 29, 2021, the periscope is focused on a man who has given his all to create peace, tranquility and progress for his people in Kogi State and Nigeria as a whole. It ... Read More »

Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, new Chief of Army Staff appointed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Thursday. Six days after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS)Ibrahim Attahiru in a  plane crash, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya has been named his successor. Yahaya’s appointment yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari  ... Read More »

The Udom-led administration has clearly broken the jink of urban reconstruction in Akwa Ibom and in this case, in Oron where he has reconstructed the road networks in terms of size, shape and quality. Oron now wears a new look with assurances of better days ahead. At the commissioning ceremony of one of the roads today, the people poured out ... Read More »

..Recover AK 47 Rifle with a cache of live ammunition Imo State Police on Tuesday said they have gunned down two suspected hoodlums who allegedly masterminded the attacks on the Command Headquarters and Correctional Centre, Owerri on April 5, 2021. Disclosing this on Tuesday in Owerri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Bala Elkana said that the suspects, Uchenna ... Read More »

Appieatz, a promising for tech startup with major operations in Lagos, Nigeria is deepening its technology investments in the food space to sell more to a wider market with their on-demand food and groceries delivery service. The startup which started in 2019 has been building technologies for the food and logistics industry to help improve food ordering and delivery. Appieatz ... Read More »

A bill on the floor of the House of Representatives considering discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps scheme (NYSC) has generated mixed reactions. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, is billed for the second reading. The NYSC scheme was set up in 1973 during the military ... Read More »