The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has extended the deadline for the ongoing 2021 UTME/DE registration exercise by two weeks.
The exam body took the decision after a meeting with stakeholders following reports of widespread delay in the registration process among candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, who announced the extension said the exam will now start on the 19th of June 2021 and end on the 3rd of July.
Prof Oloyede also announced that the registration exercise will now end on May 29.
This comes after the JAMB Board earlier announced it’s contemplating an extension to the registration period and change of date for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The co-convener of Concerned Nigerian Advocacy Group, Deji Adeyanju, has mocked the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, over his intention to run for presidency in 2023.
The activist said Governor Bello lacks the capacity to be president of a “pig farm,” let alone, rule Nigeria.
Recall that Bello hinted on running for the 2023 presidency when he pledged not to disappoint Nigerians.
The governor had said some Nigerians were asking him to run for President in 2023.
He had said: “Nigerians, the youth and women including very objective elites, are asking me to run for President in 2023.”
Reacting, Adeyanju said Bello cannot be Nigeria’s president because the governor has neglected the Kogi State civil servants.
The rights activist insisted that Kogi State remains the worst governed state in Nigeria.
In a tweet, Adeyanju wrote: “NEWS: All Nigerians are asking me to run for President in 2023, I will not disappoint – Yahaya Bello
“ME -Yahaya Bello is not fit to be president of a pig farm. Kogi State is the worst governed state in Nigeria. Civil servants are feeding from dustbins.”
Also sighted at the venue were operatives of the Amotekun Corps, who were positioned at a strategic spot, apparently to prevent participants from accessing the venue.
Heavily armed security operatives on Saturday took over the Yoruba Nation Mega Rally venue, Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo in Osun State.
Also sighted at the venue were operatives of the Amotekun Corps, who were positioned at a strategic spot, apparently to prevent participants from accessing the venue.
It was gathered that the development forced the agitators to change the venue for convergence.
The protesters had fixed Mandela Freedom Park, Old Garage area as a converging point but changed it to November 27 bridge, around NECO office, Africa Area, Osogbo due to security threat.
Youths of the South-East Zone of Nigeria have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from the list of terrorist organisations in the country.
The youths further said part of the steps towards peace in the region would be the de-proscription of IPOB and the release of any of its members in prison.
The youths made this call after an emergency meeting of South East youth stakeholders held on Friday in Awka, the Anambra state capital.
The group’s communique was read to journalists by Comrade Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth, on behalf of other groups.
These are National Youth Council of Nigeria (south-East), Nigerian Youth Congress(South-East) and National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).
The communique regretted the heightened insecurity in the South-East which has resulted in the loss of lives of our people, security agents and properties.
It also consoled with the families of the bereaved.”
The group also called on the South-East Governors to liaise with the relevant stakeholders especially the youth to arrest the current security challenges in the South East.
It condemned in totality the wanton destruction of lives and properties in the South-East and called on the perpetrators to desist from such forthwith and seek for a proper means of airing their grievances.
“As a step towards genuine peace and reconciliation as championed by Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Federal Government and South-East Governors should as a matter of urgency unproscribe IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) as a terrorist organization.
“Furthermore, we call for the release of all political prisoners of Igbo extraction.”
The group called on the South-east governors to encourage community policing by strengthening and digitalizing the local vigilantes.
It also aligned with the resolution of the southern governors and call for necessary legal framework for immediate implementation of the resolution.
“There is a need for a quarterly interface between the Governors of the South-East and the Youth stakeholders so that the issues of the zone will be regularly reviewed.
“We call on the South-East Governors to fully implement the recommendations of the #ENDSARS panel report especially on Youth Development, and to review the Laws of their various State Security Council Committee to include critical youth stakeholders, while urging for full implementation, support and fund for community policing committee which was constituted last year,” the communique concluded.
The Nigerian Army has recalled a large number of its personnel studying in civil institutions (universities and polytechnics) across the country in order to tackle the raging insurgency in the North East.
This is contained in a leaked memo by the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Department of Army Training, Abuja.
In the memo dated May 11 and obtained by Punch, the Nigerian Army also suspended the sponsorship of personnel in civil institutions with the exemption of students in the final year.
The army has continued to suffer heavy casualties in its counter-insurgency operations that have seen hundreds of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists also killed by gallant Nigerian troops.
In one of the recent attacks, more than 30 soldiers were reportedly killed in April when Islamic State-aligned fighters ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in Mainok, Borno State.
A month earlier, about 30 soldiers were reportedly killed in four attacks by Islamist militants in the North-East.
On April 1, 2021, five soldiers and two villagers were killed in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. About 10 soldiers were also killed in the Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State on April 9.
On April 26, wherein 40 persons were killed in Anambra, Imo, Kebbi and Rivers states, two soldiers and three policemen were among the casualties.
In March 2020, at least 70 soldiers were killed in an ambush by ISWAP terrorists, AFP reported.
The insurgents reportedly fired rocket-propelled grenades at a lorry carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in Borno State.
The Islamic State West Africa Province faction split from Boko Haram insurgents in 2016 and has focused on attacking troops, raiding bases and laying ambush on military convoys.
The decade-long Boko Haram insurgency has killed around 40,000 people and displaced over two million in the North-East, according to the International Crisis Group.
The military has also recorded many gains against the insurgents foiling their attempts to take over territories and also neutralising them in their numbers.
For instance, the troops sometime in April eliminated at least 40 Boko Haram terrorists in the town of Dikwa in Borno State. Several other members of the terrorist group were reportedly wounded but managed to escape.
In another operation in the same month, troops killed at least 21 Boko Haram terrorists in the Geidam region of Yobe State, according to a statement by the Army spokesperson, Brig Gen Mohammed Yerima.
S&P Global Ratings said changes to the boards of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and FBN Holdings (FBNH) Plc, recently directed by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), addressed the banking group’s corporate governance challenges and ensures the Nigerian banking sector’s financial stability.
In a statement, it stated that its ratings on FBN and other Nigerian banks remain constrained by shortcomings in corporate governance and transparency, among other factors.
The CBN recently replaced the entire boards of FBN and FBNH, and reinstated the former executive directors and CEO, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan.
The CBN had also requested FBN unwind certain exposures and divest from its participation in a non-permissible company, also pointing to potential corporate governance lapses at the bank.
“However, Dr. Adeduntan’s reinstatement and the re-appointment of the other executive directors underscores the CBN’s confidence in the existing management team to continue the turnaround of the third-largest banking group in Nigeria, which has total assets of Nigerian N7.7 trillion.
“We are of the view that the CBN’s historical approach has been more reactive than proactive, as illustrated by the Skye Bank episode. That said, recent actions, while disruptive in the near-term, may signal a more direct and possibly decisive supervisory approach to alleged failings in the management and governance of regulated institutions,” it stated.
It, noted that FBN’s overall credit profile has gradually stabilised since 2016, with a capital adequacy ratio of 17 percent in 2020, as against a 15 percent minimum requirement.
Similarly, the bank’s asset quality indicators improved significantly, with Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) reducing to 7.7 percent in 2020, from 20-25 percent since 2016.
A source has reached out to Kossyderrickent to expose a building in Ikeja, Lagos, where kidnappers, who belong to a fake company – ( MAG Limited) reside has been exposed.
Reaching out to Kossyderrickent, the source shared a photo of the building and SMS. Before the source reached out to us, we’ve seen reports about the same company and the same building.
According to the source, the building is located at 8, Ogabi Street, close to Toyin Street in Ikeja, Lagos. What they do is that they’ll send a text message to one’s phone and convince the individual that the company is genuine.
When the person goes there, he might not return or might be scammed.
The source said: “KIDNAPPERS ALERT!
This house at 8 Ogabi Street, close to Toyin Street, Ikeja is being used by kidnappers and job scammers (MAG Limited) to scam unsuspecting victims.”
President Muhammadu Buhari rejoices with Chief Monzor Olowosago, Publisher of Oriwu Sun Newspaper, on his 70th birthday, May 15, 2021.
The President salutes Olowosago for his resilience, which has seen him publishing Oriwu Sun for 36 years, turning it into the foremost community newspaper in the country.
President Buhari felicitates with the family, friends and professional colleagues of Olowosago, asking the media entrepreneur to use his professional skills in nurturing younger crop of journalists, who would value fidelity to ethics and professionalism.
He says the fact that Oriwu Sun has maintained cordial relationship with successive governments in Lagos State since it was established in 1985, “shows that the newspaper is focused, and development oriented.”
The President wishes Olowosago longer life, and greater wisdom to serve the society, and journalism, the profession he loves so much.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Friday, received former Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The Senator representing Bayelsa West said his visit was to solidarize with the IGP and the force over coordinated attacks on personnel and facilities.
Dickson condemned the incidents and called for a cessation of all criminal acts. He stated that the Police “should not be seen as the enemy of the people”.
He congratulated Baba, the 21st indigenous Inspector General, on his appointment and called for proper funding of the security agencies to enhance its operational efficiency.
Dickson added commended officers and men for doing their best in the face of daunting welfare and operational challenges.
Baba, in his remarks, assured the former Governor that in spite of the challenges, the police remain committed in its task of protecting lives and property nationwide.
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged man, Lamido Gunduma, for killing and burying the corpse of his lover in sewage.
This was contained in a press statement by the State Police Public Relation Officer, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil and made available to newsmen in Bauchi.
According to the Police Spokesman, on Wednesday, April 7, at about 1200hrs, one Saidu Iliyasu of Zubuki area Jamaare local government area of Bauchi came to Jamaare Divisional Headquarters and reported that on the 5/04/2021 his daughter, one 35-year-old Jamila Saidu of the same address was declared missing after which a search party which was organized, but to no avail.
He said that on Thursday, April 8 at about 1030hrs, her decomposed body was discovered with a newborn child in a Sewage at her boyfriend house identified as Lamido Gunduma at Unguwar Yari-Mari Jamaare.
“During preliminary investigation, it was discovered that the suspect criminally conspired with one Ishaq Abdullahi, aged 34yrs of the same address and fixed a canola into the arm of Jamila Saidu and administered her with dextrose water, Quinine and Ostagen in order to abort her pregnancy which culminated into an induced labour that resulted to the death of the victim and newborn baby,” the PPRO said.
SP Wakil said that the suspect deposited the corpse in a sewage system within his compound and fled to Kwadon in Gombe State where he was tracked and arrested, adding that he has been charged to court for prosecution accordingly.
In another development, the police said that three suspects have been arrested by detectives of the Bauchi State Police Command in connection to the case of robbery.
The suspects who include Kamaluddeen Adamu – 22 years old, Murtala Muhammed – 22 years old and Ahmad Muhammad – 19 years old, all of Railway area of Bauchi Metropolis, on the 30/04/2021 at about 0300hrs conspired and attacked one Salisu Muhammad of Federal Low cost in his house and robbed him of his valuables.
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The police said that the exhibits recovered from the suspects include a Jincheng Ladies Motorcycle, cash sum of N45, 000, Four bundles wrappers, six cellphones of different models and one HP Laptop.
