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The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has concluded that the cut-off mark for admissions into Universities in 2014 is 180, while 150 will be the cut-off mark for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education(COE). Jamb set the The cut-off points at the 5th Combined Policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions held at the National […]

Chairman of the ongoing National Conference and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi on Wednesday admitted Senator Alphonsus Igbeke as replacement for deceased former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili. Igbeke’s name was announced to the plenary by Kutigi amidst applause from fellow delegates. The Senator who represented Anambra North Senatorial […]

Following the recent Ekiti Gubernatorial Election in which the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Kayode Fayemi— despite having the advantage of incumbency — lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some troubling news have filtered out of Osun State where the next gubernatorial election will hold on August 9, […]

Within a space of two weeks, and apparently flowing from the fact that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was roundly trounced in the Ekiti State Gubernatorial elections, there has been an upping in the loud cry coming from the party’s big wigs for a resort to the ways of the jungle, further accentuating the tendency […]

Madam Esther Ebiere Gbonkumor, the immediate younger sister to the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and her family has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, demanding a full corona’s inquest into the death of her son, Christopher Onoriode Akpomowei Awin, who drowned in the swimming pool of Agura Hotels in Abuja, on 7th June.   The […]

Since the “BringBackOurGirls” protests started after we learnt that about 276 girls were abducted by the radical Islamic group called Boko Haram on April 14th, 2014, there is nothing that many commentators have not compared President Goodluck Jonathan to in this trial period of our history as a nation.  There has been what I perceive […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the presidency showed how desperate they were to win the governorship election in Osun State slated for 9th August, the party’s National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu and President Goodluck Jonathan, meeting with one of the party’s aggrieved members and former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola at the Presidential Villa, […]Read More

The Bayelsa State Governor Hon Henry Seriake Dickson has described Bayelsa State as Nigeria’s best-kept secret and investment destination.The Governor made this remark in London at the official opening ceremony of the Bayelsa Development and Investment Corporation, BDIC’s International office in London. According to Governor Dickson, BDIC’s London office is principally intended to compliment the […]

The National Conference on Tuesday resolved to have the States Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) scrapped and recommended that its functions be transferred to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It was observed that the commission at that level has outlived its usefulness and has become a tool for governors to manipulate elections into local government […]

It was another bloodbath in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State when an Improvised Explosive Devices, (IEDs) laden Peugeot 505 saloon car conveying charcoal exploded in the busy Monday Market.  More than 50 people, including 16 members of the Civilian JTF Vigilante outfit were killed, in the blast, while  about 68 others were seriously injured. The […]

The inside power game within the distraught Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Rivers State has taken a new dimension as the National Headquarters of the party led by Adamu Muazu is poised for a showdown with the Supervising Minister of Education Nyeson Wike over his recent moves to stop any plans by the National Exco […]

…It’s Grand Plan to Islamize Nigeria ― Oritsejafor …Over 2,000 Christians Have Been Slaughtered in N/Nigeria  ― Northern Christian Elders  President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has raised the alarm that members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect is about to establish an “Islamic State of Nigeria.” He spoke on […]Read More