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The principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, in Anambra State where Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, was alleged to have forged her JAMB score to emerge as the highest scorer, has said the school is surprised at the announcement. The principal, Mrs Uchechukwu Edum, told DAILY POST on phone that the controversy over the score is not new to her, but that the school was still awaiting the outcome of a detailed investigation by the Department of State Services, DSS, when the news of the alleged forgery was broken on Sunday. She stated that she and the student had been at…

Nigerians have reacted to the controversy between Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and a candidate over the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. JAMB had released the result on Tuesday, May 3, 2023, asking its candidates to check on its portal. Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School Uruagu, Nnewi in Anambra State, checked, printed the result slip, and claimed to have scored 362. Miss Nkechinyere Kamsiyochukwu Umeh from Anambra State, a student of Deeper Life High School, Mowe, Ogun State, also claimed to have scored 360. JAMB withdraws her result But on Sunday, July 2,…

 …As Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno loses more kinsmen Israel Umoh Facts have emerged that the 12 officers (pastors) and two others of The Salvation Army, Nigeria Territory who perished in the tragic incident were indigenes of Akwa Ibom State, Straightnews online has gathered.  The auto crash is said to have occurred on Ovie River Road in Edo State along the Benin-Asaba Expressway claiming the lives of the clergymen and others who were heading to Akwa Ibom after a conference in Lagos. The speeding Dangote truck is said to have hit the 18-seater bus from the rear resulting in the…

Popular Akwa Ibom Pastor, Runcie Mike, died two days after officiating the funeral service of one of his members. Pastor Mike who was the Lead Pastor of The Evening Church in Uyo , Akwa Ibom capital officiated the funeral service of Miss Joy, the 36-year-old daughter of Eddy Ekpenyong, the Station Manager of Comfort FM, at Mbak Atai in Itu Local Government Area of the state on Thursday, June 29, 2023. The Pastor whose church is located at the Shopping Mall, Tropicana Centre, Uyo was said to have died on July 1 in Uyo. Also read:  Pastor Ezekiel Atang’s remains…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to spend N400 billion savings on Nigerians bearing the brunt of fuel removal. Media reports have it that the Federal Government has saved N400 billion within the four weeks following the implementation of the policy on the removal of payment of subsidy on petrol. SERAP also asked Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently publish details of spending of about N400 billion so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.” Also read:…

The death of 12 Pastors and two others of The Salvation Army, Nigeria Territory in auto crash has attracted the condolences of Senator Godswill Akpabio, Peter Obi and Pastor Umo Eno. About 14 persons – 12 pastors, a baby, and a driver- were confirmed dead from the auto crash that occurred on the bridge across the Ovia River, close to Benin City, the Edo State capital on Thursday, June 29, 2023. The Senate President, Akpabio, condoled with the leadership and members of The Salvation Army, over the death of their officers and members in a fatal accident along the Lagos-Benin…

Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi has warned members of the public to avoid letting other persons see their bank alerts. Durosinmi, stated this while addressing a mini press conference at the State Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo Local Government Area on Friday, during the parade of three kidnappers of Vice chancellor of a private university in Akwa Ibom State. Reacting to action of a former domestic servant of the Vice Chancellor, Prince Thursday Okon who confessed to have reported his former boss to his two gang members for kidnapping after seeing his bank alerts. Also read: Native…

Ex-spokesperson of Nigerian Air Force, Sadeeq Shehu has bemoaned the consequences of retiring over 100 Major Generals from the Armed Forces of Nigeria without crumbling the military. More than 100 Generals in the army, comprising Major Generals, Brigadiers General and some Colonels were recently told to proceed on retirement by the military authorities. The signal which gave July 3, 2023, as the deadline for the officers to retire from the service, cuts across the Army, Navy and Air Force and follows the appointment of new service chiefs by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking on the matter, Sadeeq, who was on Arise…

President Joe Biden on Friday announced new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans, condemning the U.S. Supreme Court for blocking a plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in debt that was popular with his voters. Thwarted by the conservative-leaning court, Biden told reporters that his administration would pursue student loan relief through a different avenue, the Higher Education Act. The Education Department launched a regulatory “rulemaking” process that is likely to take months. Also read: Biden, Lapid sign US-Israel promise to stall Iran nuclear weapons In a 6-3 decision earlier on Friday, the Supreme Court blocked Biden’s plan…

Against the background of policemen using a car to crush a man in a disturbing video, the acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has directed the erring officers to report to Force Headquarters, Abuja. The fate of the erring officers who have been in detention in Edo State is not known yet. Egbetokun also condemned the incident where a police team ran a vehicle over a citizen on Thursday, June 29, 2023 at Ekpoma, Edo State. The viral video of a man in a torn white singlet, cuffed, lying on the road as passersby tried to intervene to stop…