Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, Prof. Isiaq Oloyede, on Monday, described some institutions operating daily part-time programmes in Nigeria as illegal. Oloyode, who was on a fact-finding mission to the Ibadan Zonal Office of JAMB in Oyo State, said most of the allegations levelled against his officials are unfounded. He said most of the affected students have themselves to blame for whatever they are experiencing now, not JAMB. The registrar said most of the students, in a desperation to secure admission to higher institutions of learning, have cut corners that have now backfired. Oloyode said, “The complaint was…
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Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered senior police officers to protect participants in the #EndBadGovernance protests scheduled to begin from August 1, 2024. The IGP issued the directive in a letter dated 29 July 2024, signed by his Principal Staff Officer, CP Johnson Adenola, following a request by human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN). On July 28, 2024, Adegboruwa had written to the IGP seeking police protection for the hunger protesters. According to the letter, the police chief instructed senior officers to comply with the senior lawyer’s request. It added that the IGP also requested a meeting with…
Leadership of African Democratic Congress, on Monday, vowed to join the planned national hunger protest scheduled for August 1. ADC National Chairman, Chief Raph Nwosu, stated this on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, during the inauguration of Akwa Ibom State Executives of the party and State Working Committee. Nwosu said the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have failed the country. He stated that the protest was clear evidence of the failure of the two parties which have governed the country in the past 24 years, saying the ADC would join hands with other parties to…
Federal Government, on Monday, declared that the planned nationwide protests are no longer necessary as it is already addressing the demands of aggrieved Nigerians. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this while addressing State House Correspondents at the end of Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting. According to him, “Many of the issues that those planning the protest are putting forward are being addressed. Government is putting efforts to make sure that food is made available. “Rice has been taken to various centres across the country and it is being sold for N40,000. This is just the beginning…
Agency Report Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has hinted at the release of a new album. The “Twice As Tall” crooner disclosed this in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday. He wrote: “Album dropping 12AM.” According to the Afrobeat superstar, the new album will be dropping on July 30. The announcement came after his recent celebration of the fifth anniversary of his Grammy-nominated 2019 album “African Giant”, which he marked with a concert at the Kolo Camden, United Kingdom. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the multiple award-winning artiste has…
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming refineries in Naira. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post via his official X handle on Monday. According to Onanuga, the move, which is to ensure the stability of the pump price of refined fuel and the dollar-Naira exchange rate, was adopted by the Federal Executive Council today. Currently, Dangote Refinery reportedly requires 15 cargoes of crude, at a cost of $13.5 billion yearly. NNPC has committed to supply four.…
Controversial social media critic, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has publicly criticised Folashade, the daughter of President Bola Tinubu, for telling Nigerians to let her father govern for three years before accessing his tenure. Folashade, the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, recently disclosed that Nigerians should be patient with her father while admonishing parents to stop their children from participating in the planned hunger protest scheduled for August 1 to 10. Responding in a video on Monday, VeryDarkMan expressed his disapproval of the Folashade’s statement while urging her to, in turn, beg her father to desist from plunging Nigeria into…
Nigerian Communications Commission, on Monday, directed telecommunications operators to immediately restore all blocked phone lines. The phone lines were blocked due to the subscribers’ failure to link their National Identification Numbers to their SIM cards. NCC Director of Media and Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, announced this directive in a statement on Monday. Details later…
Ex-militant leader, Chief Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo, on Monday, appealed to Nigerians to shelve the proposed nationwide harship protest, stressing that things are getting better under the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Tompolo commended President Tinubu, saying he’s working hard to revamp the economy with well thought-out policies and programmes while warning that the protest could do more harm to the economy, if allowed to hold. Tompolo made his appeal in a statement on Monday in Delta State. The ex-militant leader said, “I therefore wish to add my voice to that of many well-meaning Nigerians, including our revered traditional rulers,…
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, in Abuja, signed the new Minimum Wage Act into law. The President signed the new law at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at about 2pm. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, among others, witnessed the brief ceremony. Details shortly…