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Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Thursday, July 6, 2023.
Mmesoma’s Paraded Result Had Incorrect Centre Name – CBT Owner
New twists on Wednesday emerged in the result controversy embattled the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) candidate, Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme, who claimed to have gotten the highest score of 362 at this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The embattled JAMB candidate who was featured on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, admitted to having scored 249 but added that she should not be blamed for the mix-up…Read more
We’ll Ensure Accountability In Governance – Senate Minority Caucus
The Senate Minority Caucus, on Wednesday, assured Nigerians that it would ensure accountability and that there was value for money in the present political dispensation.
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Simon Devou Mwadkwon, gave this assurance while briefing journalists at the end of the… Read more
Obi’s Membership Already Settled By Appeal Court – LP
The Labour Party (LP) has said that the membership register presented by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu when they closed their case in the petition filed by its candidate Peter Obi, purporting that Obi was not a member of the LP as stipulated by the Electoral guidelines, is empty and inconsequential.
The party in a statement by the head of Obi-Datti media office, Diran Onifade, said the Court of Appeal has already settled the matter…Read more
UTME Score Forgery: Reps Urge JAMB To Withdraw Ban On Mmesoma
The House of Representatives Wednesday advised the Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB) to suspend further action on the issue of the alleged manipulation of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result by a candidate, Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma.
The advice was given following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante (PDP, Akwa Ibom)…Read more
Tinubu Will Be Worse Than Buhari In Fighting Corruption – Don
A Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Babafemi Badejo has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration will be worse than that of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari in the fight against corruption.
The don declared that Buhari failed woefully in the fight against corruption and Tinubu may not do any better in that regard…Read more
N500bn Loan Disbursement: Senate Throws Out Ndume’s Motion
The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected a fresh motion by the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, asking the Chamber to set up an Ad-hoc Committee, to carry out a holistic investigation into the alleged uneven disbursement of N500 billion Naira loan to six geo-political zones by the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN).
The motion brought to the floor of the Senate by Ndume, was titled, “Uneven Disbursement Of…Read more
Senate Returns To Three Times Weekly Sitting
The Senate on Wednesday resolved to return to its original three times weekly sitting, as against the twice sitting that the Ninth Senate adopted following the scourge of COVID-19 in 2021.
Accordingly, the apex legislative Assembly will now be holding its plenary session on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays every…Read more
You Can’t Be Judge In Your Own Case – Group To Presidency
The Neo Africana Centre has chided the Bola Tinubu presidency over its reaction to the report of the European Union Election Observation Mission
(EU-EOM) on Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, describing it as rash, reactionary, and unbecoming…Read more
Nmesoma; Anambra Sets Up 8-Man Panel Inquiry
Anambra State Government has set up an eight-man committee of inquiry into the raging controversy over the declaration by the Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board (JAMB) that the result of Nmesoma Ejikeme was forged.
Similarly, the state government denied the allegation in some quarters that it was the Commissioner for Education that announced…Read more
Reps Ask Security To Flush Out Bandits, Terrorists
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to initiate a coordinated joint security operation and flush out bandits in order to allow farmers to return to their farmlands.
The advice was consequent upon the adoption of a motion on the “Need to address the incessant banditry attacks… Read more
US Approves First Flying Car That Drive On Roads For Testing
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday confirmed it has issued a Special Airworthiness Certificate for Alef Aeronautics’ “Model A” vehicle to begin testing its fully electric flying car.
With this approval, Alef Aeronautics’Model A car now has legal clearance to fly, according to CNN reports…Read more
LG Election: Oyo PDP Fixes Prices For Expression Of Interest, Nomination Forms
As Oyo State Government is preparing for a fresh local government election for its second term, the state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rolled out prices for Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for interested candidates.
According to the party’s Secretary, Alhaji Wasiu Adeleke, in a press release issued to the public on Wednesday, the Leadership of the party in the state “Uses this medium to announce that…Read more
Edo 2024 Guber: We’ve Not Endorsed Any LP Candidate – Abure
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Bar Julius Abure has said that the party has not endorsed any candidate ahead of the Edo 2024 gubernatorial elections.
Abure also said the crisis rocking the Edo State Chapter of the party has been resolved and that the party’s door is open for everyone who has an interest in joining the party…Read more
Tribunal: Tinubu Submits Chicago Varsity Admittance Letter Along With Other Documents
e academic records of President Bola Tinubu from Chicago State University as well as a variety of other documents were accepted as exhibits before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja.
Tinubu submitted the paperwork to the tribunal on Tuesday through his legal team headed by Wole Olanipekun (SAN)…Read more
Ministerial Appointment: Victor go for the spoils
Political appointments serve two distinct functions. One is to reward supporters, and the other, to control the state. Such is the character of politics as the spoils belong to the victor.
The reward function is a feature of many traditional patronage systems, where the political party that wins an election rewards its campaign workers and other active… Read more
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