My daughter, uncle not among commissioners-designate – Adeleke

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has refuted claims that he nominated his daughter and uncle as commissioners-designate. The governor had forwarded a list of 25 Commissioners and Special Advisers nominee to the state House of Assembly which was unveiled on Friday Speaker of the parliament, Adewale Egbedun reeled out the list on Friday including two […]

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Fake UTME result: Mmesoma’s father seeks pardon

Mr. Romanus Ejikeme, the father of Mmesoma who was said to have forged her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result, has pleaded with JAMB and Nigerians at large to forgive her. He said that his daughter did not confess her “crime” to him on time. Romanus also Speaking in an interview with the Nigeria Television […]

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Tokunbo vehicle sales drop by 70%, buyers opt for Nigerian-used cars

The recent 40 percent hike in the exchange rate for cargo clearance at the seaports and the increase in tariff on imported cars by a terminal operator, Ports & Terminal Multipurpose Limited, has led to about 70 percent drop in the sale of second-hand imported cars. Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria Customs Service […]

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Tinubu, Akpabio meet on Senate committees’ chairmen, others

Barring any last-minute change in plan, the names of members of some select committees of the Senate will be announced this week. This is the outcome of the meeting the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, had with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to discuss the setting up of the […]

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UTME score: Innoson withdraws N3 million scholarship awarded to Mmesoma

The management of Innoson Automobile Company has revoked the N3 million scholarship given to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme due to her involvement in faking her Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) results. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday in Onitsha and signed by Mr. Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications […]

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Anambra panel confirms Mmesoma forged JAMB result

The committee of inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government to look into the examination fraud involving Mmesoma Ejikeme has confirmed that she manipulated her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, giving herself a score of 362 as against an actual score of 249. In its eight-page report, the committee said that the student of […]

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Titan submersible owner suspends operations after implosion

Owner of the submersible, which imploded during a disastrous trip to the Titanic wreckage in June, OceanGate Expeditions, has announced the suspension of all its commercial activities. This was contained in a short message on OceanGate’s website. The message read: “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations.” The announcement comes two weeks after OceanGate’s […]

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