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Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has directed that Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme, the female pupil who falsified her Unifief Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) be handed over to the State Guidance Counselor and Professor of Clinical Psychology. Soludo, in a letter to Principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School Nnewi where…

Following the ongoing violent sit-at-home protest order, issued by a factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Simon Ekpa, to press home the release of Nnamdi Kanu from the Department of State Services (DSS) detention, the National Vice President-General…

Renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi expressed willingness to volunteer negotiations with bandits in order to restore peace in the country. During an interview with Trust TV, Sheikh Gumi said he would join the process if President Bola Tinubu requests him to do…

Following the conclusion of a probe into a results forgery claim against Mmesoma Ejikeme, the embattled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, Innoson Vehicles has withdrawn the N3m scholarship it awarded her. Ejikeme claimed to have scored 362 which would have put…

ormer Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili has expressed her satisfaction with the processes and findings of the committee set up by the Anambra State government on the controversy over the UTME result forgery scandal involving 19-year-old Mmesoma Ejikeme. Dr Ezekwesili said she…

The Committee set up by the Anambra state governor, Prof. Charles Soludo to investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged forgery of a JAMB result by Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme has indicted the suspect of manipulating her examination score result. In a 8-paged report submitted…

Ekiti State Government has warned that anyone who practices or facilitates a proposed 3-day kiss-a-thon programme risks a three-year prison term. The state government stated in a release that a prohibition notice signed by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Dayo…

Playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has taken a swipe at the Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, for his role in stopping an Osun priestess, Yeye Ajesikemi Omolara, from holding an Isese festival in the state. The festival is to celebrate Ifa spirituality and…

The Super Falcons are planning to stage a strike and boycott their opening game of the 2023 Women’s World Cup after the General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation Dr Mohammed Sanusi told them their match bonuses for the competition had been…

President Bola Tinubu will announce new dates for Nigeria’s conduct of the national population and housing census, the Chairman of the National Population Census (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, has said. The NPC boss told State House correspondents on Thursday after his meeting with…