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WIKE DECLARES ONE DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY AS TINUBU VISITS RIVERS   Rivers State governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared Wednesday, 3rd May 2023, a public holiday to enable the people of Rivers State give the President-Elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a rousing welcome.   The President-Elect during his two days official visit to Rivers State is scheduled to commission the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover and the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court Complex, Port Harcourt,  on Wednesday 3rd and  Thursday, 4th May 2023, respectively.   Governor Wike, in a State broadcast on Tuesday said during Senator Tinubu's presidential campaign visit to Rivers State, he had indicated intention to have him commission some strategic projects in the State after the general elections.   He said a formal invitation was sent to the President-Elect after the general elections, which he graciously accepted.   Governor Wike explained that the proposed visit to Rivers State is Senato...

 RID YOUR DOMAINS OF CULTISM, CRIME, WIKE CHARGES TRADITIONAL RULERS Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has warned that the Rivers State government will not hesitate to dethrone any traditional ruler that allows, tolerates or enables cult and criminal activities to take root in his domain. And in recognition of the pivotal role education plays in children’s progress, the governor has charged traditional rulers in Rivers State to ensure that no child is out of school in in their respective communities. Governor Wike made these remarks at the presentation of instruments of office to thirty-three (33) government-recognized traditional rulers in Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The governor explained that the presentation of instruments of  office to 33 government-recognized traditional rulers comprising of 4 third class, 27 second class, and two first class stools, also demands profound responsibilities on their part as the natural rulers of their kingdoms. “The first respons...

JAMB Releases 2023 UTME results  May 2, 2023 ..provides Result checking procedures The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted last Monday and Tuesday. The Head, of Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in a statement Tuesday evening. The Board revealed that a total of 1, 595, 779 candidates registered for the examination in 708 CBT centres in 105 examination towns in the country. It said that the released results excluded candidates who have been rescheduled to take their examination on Saturday April 6, those absent during the examination; candidates whose results are under investigation, as well as those of visually impaired candidates, which are undergoing processing. The board urged candidates who wrote the examination to send: UTMERESULT to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number that the candidates had used for registration and the result wo...

STATEMENT BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REP. FEMI GBAJABIMAILA ON THE SUDAN CRISIS AND THE EVACUATION OF NIGERIANS FROM THE COUNTRY.  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHAMBER, TUESDAY, 2ND MAY 2023.  Good morning.  Thank you all for being here today to do the people’s business as we wind up our activities in the 9th House of Representatives. Over the last few weeks, the Republic of Sudan has descended into war.  Unfortunately, this rapid descent into the carnage of violent conflict has entrapped many Nigerians resident in that country.  Efforts are underway to ensure that our citizens resident in the Republic of Sudan, as students, business people and in other vocations, are evacuated quickly and safely.   I have requested the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to invite the honourable minister of Foreign Affairs and officials from the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA...

EFCC Arrests 18 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Enugu Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Monday, May 1, 2023, arrested eighteen suspected internet fraudsters in different locations within Enugu. The suspects include one Chigozie Philips, founder of Holy Family School Abakpa, Enugu, where he allegedly trains prospective cybercriminals. Thirteen of his proteges who were arrested in the sting operation are Kingsley Okorie, Henry Chidiebere, Elochukwu Chukwuemeka Micheal, Nelson Nnaji, Joacin Kelvin, Kelechi Ibe, Chinonso James, Udeh Isaiah and Micheal Chukwuemeka. Others include Ifeanyi Ozor Bright, Etuma John, Okafor Chukwuemeka, Raymond Chinaza, Desmond James, Ozoma Chinonso Anthony, Uchenna Aka and Ozor Celestine. Items recovered from the suspects include 20 mobile phones and 2 laptops. The suspects have made useful statements and will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded. One more photo below. 

Zaura’s Application Stall $1.3m Fraud Trial The trial of Abdulsalam Saleh Abdulkarim also known as AA Zaura before Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court could not go on today, May 2, due to an application filed by the defendant asking for a stay of  proceedings. Zaura was arraigned by the EFCC on March 1, 2023 for allegedly defrauding a Kuwaiti citizen to the tune of $1,320,000 (One Million Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars) under the guise that he was into real estate business in Dubai and other countries. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. The matter was subsequently adjourned to today for the commencement of trial. But while the case was pending, Zaura filed an application for stay of proceedings and served the prosecution, which responded with a counter affidavit, that by virtue of section 360 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA and section 40 of the EFCC Act, the court cannot entertain a no stay of proceedings in criminal trial. When th...

 Uganda  Minister Shot Dead by BodyGuard Uganda's Minister of State for Labour, Employment & Industrial Relations, Col. (Rtd) Charles Okello Engola, has been shot d€ad by his body guard in a Kampala suburb.   Retired Colonel Charles Okello Engola, who was the deputy minister for gender and labour, was shot at his home on Tuesday morning, May 2.   Police Spokesperson, Fred Enaga, said Engola was shot at close range at his residence in Kyanja while entering his vehicle to go to work. Police have identified the bodyguard as Private Wilson Sabiti.  Enaga disclosed that after Sabiti fired several shots at close range, k!lling Engola instantly, he fled from the scene up to the trading center at Kyanja, Ring Road where he entered a salon and also shot himself d€ad. The police is yet to establish the motive of the shooting. Enaga said a team of detectives has been dispatched to the crime scene team for further investigations.   While in the military, Engola was...