JAMB Extends UTME Registration Deadline

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has approved two weeks extension for all prospective candidates with genuine proof(s) of failed efforts to register before the closing date of registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME. The extension is between Monday 31st May and 15th June 2021, the candidates are expected to visit…

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Former Presidential Aide, Ahmad Gulak Shot Dead

TheCable understands that the former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was shot dead by gunmen while returning to Abuja from Owerri, Imo state capital. He once declared himself as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the party’s leadership crisis in January 2016. Gulak was chairman of the APC committee that conducted…

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Atiku Unveils First Flyover In Adamawa

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has inaugurated the Total Junction fly-over bridge in Jimeta, Yola, which is the first of its kind in the North East region of Nigeria. Speaking at the inauguration on Saturday in Yola, Abubakar described the project as a great achievement. According to him, traffic will now follow better, accidents will…

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KWARA NORTH IS YOUR HOME, SPEAKER RE-ASSURES GOV ABDULRAZAQ

KWARA NORTH IS YOUR HOME, SPEAKER RE-ASSURES GOV ABDULRAZAQ Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has reassured Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of the maximum and unshakeable support and cooperation of the entire people of Kwara North, saying that his government breathed life back into the Northern part of the State. Engr. Danladi-Salihu who gave the reassurance while…

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IEDPU Congratulates AbdulRazaq on Second Anniversary

The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has joined the list of respected individuals and organizations congratulating the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on the occasion of the second anniversary of his administration. The Union, in a statement by its National President, Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi,,which was signed by its Spokesman,Abubakar…

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Group Throws Weight Behind Re-Introduction Of Shari’a Courts In South-West

Group Throws Weight Behind Re-Introduction Of Shari’a Courts In South-West The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has expressed its support for the introduction of Sharia law in the South-West. The Islamic group, reacting to calls by Christians residing in Yoruba states against such move, has fired back by telling them including their religious organization, the Pentecostal…

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NSCDC NABS MAN 60, FOR RAPING 9-YEAR OLD GIRL 

Despite the campaign against rape and enlightenment by the corps, another case was reported at divisional headquarters of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Kwara State, Kiama division, Friday 28th. The Incidence was reported to have happened around 17:30hrs ,when Jerimiah Oyedokun age 60 of Ileloja compound kiama was caught in the act by the…

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Kano Promotes 140 workers in the mainstream

Kano State Government has promoted 140 workers in the mainstream of the civil servants in the months of May 2021. The State Chairman of the civil service commission Engr Bello Mohammad Kiru disclose this today shortly after the routine commission meeting for senior staff promotion exercise and displinary cases held at the conference hall of…

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Security: Things Are Not Alright – Sultan

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has said that Nigerians should not deceive themselves pretending things are alright in the country. The monarch said this while speaking at a National Security Summit in Abuja. The Sultan also revealed that for over 11 years as a traditional ruler, he has participated in several discussions on Nigeria’s…

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Disregard Anyone Advertising Hajj Slots- NAHCON

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) here brings to the notice of hopeful pilgrims and the general public fraudulent activities linked to the sponsorship of Hajj 2021 and some dubious persons advertising Hajj slots under the guise of being assured of Hajj allocation. The Commission therefore warns the general public to be wary of…

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WIFE OF KWARA STATE GOVERNOR AIDS CHILDREN WITH STATIONERY ON CHILDREN’S DAY

Fatihat Olaitan Children have been urged to imbibe measures, virtues of hard work, diligence, discipline, honesty, prudence, selflessness and patriotism essential to becoming responsible citizens. Wife of the Kwara State Governor and founder Ajike people support program, Dr Olufolake Abdulrasaq stated this at a program organised for some selected schools in the state to commemorate 2021…

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Mali: Interim President Resigns

Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane tendered resignation. Agence France-Presse reported this on Wednesday, citing military and diplomatic sources. Late on Monday, a source told Sputnik that Malian military arrested the interim president and the prime minister and transported them to an army base near the capital of Bamako. Mali’s interim…

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DANLADI CONGRATULATES KWARA FIRST FEMALE COUNCILLOR

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has congratulated the first Kwara female Councillor and the mother of the State Governor, Alhaja Raliat Amope AbdulRazaq on her Ninety-First birthday anniversary. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in a congratulatory message on behalf of the Ninth Assembly to the nonagenarian described Alhaja Raliat Amope AbdulRazaq “as…

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NLC Refutes Elrufai’s Claim Against Ganduje

The Nigerian Labour Congress, under the Ayuba Wabba’s leadership, has totally rejected the allegations levied against the Kano state Government by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. It would be recalled that El-Rufai had come out publicly to say, the recent peaceful protest, strike actions embarked upon by the labour leaders in the state were…

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Cabinet Reshuffle Hits Borno

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has made a cabinet reshuffle, redeploying three commissioners. This is contained in a statement by the secretary to the state government, Danjuma Ali on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Ali said the Commissioner for Animal Resources and Fisheries Development, Juliana Bitrus moves to the Ministry of Health and Human Services. The Commissioner…

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INEC To Introduce New Techniques of Voters Registration

The independent National Electoral Commission has vowed to introduced new innovations of registering all qualified citizens with the aim of conducting credible,free and fair Elections come 2023. The Chairman of the commission professor Mahmood Yakubu during a workshop on the review of the 2017/2018 Nationwide continuos voter registration, held in Kano. The Chairman who was…

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Nasco Biscuit Founder, Ahmed Nasrudeen Dies At 97

Ahmed Idris Nasreddin, the founder of NASCO Group of Companies, the manufacturers of local variety of biscuits in Nigeria, has died, aged 97. A source from the family confirmed the death to Journalists, saying the business mogul died in Rome, Italy. In his condolence message signed by Makut Macham, spokesman for the governor of Plateau…

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NCC Debunks Request For Submission of IMEI by Nigerians

The Nigerian Communications Commission has debunked a statement credited to it requesting Nigerians to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones by July. The telecom regulatory agency debunked media reports suggesting that the masses would have to submit their IMEIs to the Federal Government. The denial is contained in a statement issued…

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UPDATE: Chief of Army Staff Attahiru Ibrahim, seven others die in Kaduna plane crash

A military Beachcraft 350 aircraft has crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday, claiming all eight souls onboard including the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Attahiru Ibrahim. According to the PUNCH, the ill-fated aircraft crashed at the airport’s runway about 6 pm. Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria,…

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Governor Ayade Dumps PDP, Defects To APC

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Top members of the ruling party, including governors and senators were at Government House, Calabar, where the defection was finalised. The Governor announced his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)…

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See JAMB Communique On The 2021 UTME/DE

COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE JOINT ADMISSIONS AND MATRICULATION BOARD MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON THE ONGOING 2021 UTME/DE REGISTRATION EXERCISE, AT SHERATON HOTELS, ABUJA, FROM MAY 14 – 15, 2021 PREAMBLE Following reports of widespread delay in the on-going registration of candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)/Direct Entry (DE), a two-day stakeholders’ meeting was…

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Senate Calls For Suspension of NIN Policy For JAMB Registration

The Senate has ordered the Federal Ministry of Education, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB and the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC to review the use of National Identification Number, NIN as a requisite for the registration of 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME candidates. The upper legislative chamber specifically called for the extension of…

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Kwara Workers Set For Oral Promotion Interview

The Kwara State Civil Service Commission says the 2020 oral promotion interview for officers from Grade Level 07 to 17, who had sat for the written examination would commence next Monday 24th May,2021. Chairman of the Commission, Hajjia Habeebat Anike Yusuf disclosed this in a statement issued by Public Reactions Officer of the Commission, Muritala…

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Issa Aremu, Nuhu Fikpo Get Federal Appointments

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mallam Abubakar  Nuhu Fikpo as the substantive Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). Before his appointment, Mallam Fikpo held the position in acting capacity. President Buhari has also approved the appointment of Comrade Issa Aremu, as the Director of the National Institute for Labour Studies…

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JAMB: 2021 UTME May Be Postponed- Oloyede

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says there are possibilities of postponing the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during a virtual meeting with 2021 UTME Committee Members on Friday. He disclosed that over 600,000 candidates who indicated interest in sitting for the exams, are yet…

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OPINION: Digital Apartheid: Palestinians Being Silenced on Social Media

By Omar Zahza In 1984, Palestinian American intellectual and Columbia University Professor Edward Said famously argued that Palestinians are denied “permission to narrate”. More than 30 years later, in 2020, Maha Nassar, a Palestinian American Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, analysed opinion articles published in two daily newspapers – The New York Times…

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‘IDUL-FITRI 1442AH: KWARA SPEAKER REJOICES WITH MUSLIMS, CHARGES THEM TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT WITH PRAYERS

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu rejoices with the entire Muslim faithful in Kwara and across the country, Nigeria on the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan Fast. According to a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Sheu Abdulkadir Yusuf, Rt. Hon. Danladi-Salihu also wishes faithful Allah’s abundant rewards…

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Sultan Declares Thursday As Eid-Fitr

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the chairmanship of the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared Thursday as the 2021 Eid-Al-Fitr day in Nigeria. This was announced through their official handle after being unable to sight the new moon of Shawwal 1442 AH. The announcement reads: “There was no positive sighting of Shawwal…

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JUST IN: Saudi Announces Eid-l-Fitr Day

Authority of the Haramain Sharifaen in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has said that the crescent of the month of Shawwal could not be seen from the Tamir observatory. The moon sighting committee reports that with the latest development, Ramadan 2021 will be 30 days and Eid Al-Fitr will be on Thursday, May 13.

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JUST IN: Kwara Gov. Assigns Portfolio To New Commissioners

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has sworn in the commissioner nominees screened and cleared by the Kwara State House of Assembly. Official source said that the swearing in ceremony for the 10 commissioners designates was conducted by the governor at the executive chambers of the Kwara state Government house. The commissioners and their assigned portfolios…

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Groups Honour First Nigeria Professor of Choreography

The West African Civil Society Congress in synergy with Transparency Advocacy For Development Initiative (TADI) have honored Professor Rasaq Ojo Bakare, the Honourable Commissioner for Arts,Culture and Tourism Ekiti State with a Certificate of Credence in recognition of his exemplary leadership and dexterity as an Academia in Politics vis–a-vis his futuristic aspirations to build capacity…

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IPOB Plans To Attack Lagos- Police

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has alerted Lagosians of an impending plot of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to attack soft targets in the state. Odumosu, who delivered a paper on ‘Appraisal of Security Situation in Lagos State’, at an ongoing security meeting, said the threat by IPOB has been put…

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See How Taraba State Governor Allegedly Used Younger Sister To Siphon 39 Billion Naira State Fund

Within five years, Governor Darius Ishaku-led administration has allegedly looted the treasury of Taraba state to the tune of N39b. The Taraba Integrity and Accountability Group Jalingo (TIAGJ) said massive corruption and looting of Taraba State fund is presently ongoing under the Darius’ government. The group wants the anti-graft agency to look into the books…

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Kwara Gov. Salutes Olofa on 11th Anniversary  

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Olofa of Offa Oba Muhammed Mufutau Gbadamosi (Esuwoye II) on the 11th anniversary of his ascending the throne of his forefathers, describing his reign as positively impactful for the Offa community and commending his commitment to peace and development. In a statement on Sunday, the Governor described…

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Bandits Exchange Cows With Pentax Injection.

Former National Secretary of APGA Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi has said that bandits in Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara state are  now exchanging cows with Pentax injections and other hard drugs to aid their evil course. He stated this at a Ramadan feast with Journalists in Gusau, Zamfara State. He also said a gun runner…

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Fayemi Mourns Mama Taraba

Ekiti State Governor, Dr  Kayode Fayemi has expressed condolences on the death of former Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, describing the news as shocking and disheartening. Governor Fayemi in a condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, described the late Al-Hassan as a woman who believed in hard work, excellence…

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JUST IN: NECO Releases 2020 SSCE Results

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for External Candidates. Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of council disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday. The council Registrar, Prof. Godswill Obioma, during the announcement of results, said 41,459 candidates registered for the examination out…

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Pastor Adeboye Loses Son

Son of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Dare Adeboye, is dead. Dare Adegboye who would have turned 43 next month reportedly died while asleep. The clergyman died on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family.

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FG May Cut Workers’ Salaries, Merge Agencies

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the salaries committee to review payroll and also review the number of agencies. According to her, the government will also remove some redundant items from the budget as a move to cut the cost of governance in…

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Gunmen Abduct Miyeti Allah Chairman In Kogi

Some Gunmen have seized the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi state, Alhaji Wakili Damina. The state Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, told newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He said witnesses said…

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FG Extends NIN-SIM Registration

Federal Government has approved extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification till June 30, 2021. This is contained in a press statement jointly signed by, spokespersons of NCC Ikechukwu Adinde and National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke, Tuesday. The statement says the extension came after a virtual meeting chaired by the Minister of…

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Nigerians Die Everyday, What They Get From Government Is Press Statement- Kukah

Hassan Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has again attacked President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising insecurity in Nigeria. The Bishop in his speech, at ‘The Platform’ organised by Pastor Poju Oyemade, said “people are dying and all we get are simple statements from Government”. He said, “Retired Miilitary and intelligence officers lament…

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