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IPMAN Reports Decrease in Petroleum Prices at Nigerian Depots
According to Bashir Ahmad Danmalam, the Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, the cost of petroleum products has dropped at depots across Nigeria. This decrease has brought relief to consumers, but it also highlights their financial difficulties. Danmalam attributes the current price drop to a decline in consumer demand due…
JAMB Issues 3-Year Ban to Mmesoma Over Altered Result
Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was embroiled in a controversy over the highest score in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has been banned by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for three years. The examination board has also canceled Ejikeme’s results. She has been accused of engaging in a criminal act and of…
Anambra Girl Accused of Falsely Claiming Top Score in JAMB Exam Defends Her Result
An Anambra girl named Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma has been accused of falsely claiming to be the top scorer in the 2023 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination. Miss Mmesoma, who attends Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, denies the allegations. Despite this, the JAMB board has opened an investigation into the matter to determine…
The NPC Birth Registration E-Recruitment Portal 2023 is open
You should start the NPC Birth Registration application during the day or when the light is on (if it’s at night) because there is image capturing.
Retired Nigerian Boxer’s Corpse Withheld by Hospital Over Unpaid Bills
Former Nigerian boxer, Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Okorodudu passed away at the age of 64 on Wednesday, June 28 after a prolonged struggle with foot ulcer and stroke. His corpse has been held back by a private hospital in Lagos due to unpaid bills. It is reported that Okorodudu was unable to pay his medical bills, which…
Top Scrabble Players Vie For Governor Diri Prize Ahead World Championship
Former World and African champions are among top Nigerian players that will slug it out at the third edition of the Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Championship. The two-day event hosted by the Bayelsa State Scrabble Association (BYSA) in Yenagoa, the state capital, is slated for July 8 and 9 at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Memorial…
ICAN reacts as FG removes professional bodies, councils from budget allocation.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has reacted to the federal government’s discontinuation of budgetary allocations for professional bodies and councils. In a statement on Thursday, the President of ICAN, Innocent Okwuosa, while applauding the initiative, noted that the institute voluntarily stopped the government’s yearly N1 million and N5 million allocations 34 years…
NPC: Elections Postponement Led to Shifting Of 2023 Census
The National Population Commission, Federal Commissioner representing Edo State, Dr Tony Aiyejina, on Wednesday, said the shift in the 2023 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, was the major reason why the NPC had to postpone the 2023 population census. Dr Aiyejina, who disclosed this at an interactive media chat organised by the…
Teachers Threaten To Go On Strike Over Minimum Wage In Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has threatened to embark on strike and shut down schools across the eight local government councils of the state if the N30,000 minimum wage is not implemented for primary school teachers. Bayelsa State Governor Sen. Douye Diri The teachers’ body in a statement on…
Nigerian Government Introduces Payment for Proof of Ownership Certificates
As part of efforts to streamline and enhance the process of vehicle ownership verification in Nigeria, the Bola Tinubu-led government has made it compulsory for all motorists to pay a mandatory annual fee of N1,000 for Proof of Ownership Certificate (POC) verification. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, Abdulhafiz Toriola, disclosed…
