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Jul

2023

IGP Commiserates With Family, Colleagues Over Death Of Newsdirect Newspaper’s Publisher, Samuel Ibiyemi

IGP Commiserates With Family, Colleagues Over Death Of Newsdirect Newspaper's Publisher, Samuel Ibiyemi The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, deeply regrets and expresses heartfelt condolences on the untimely demise of Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, the publisher of NewsDirect. The IGP was deeply saddened upon receiving the news of Dr Ibiyemi's passing, recognizing the significant loss caused by his death amongst the journalism community and the nation as a whole, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report. Samuel Ibiyemi Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, whose death occurred on Tuesday 4th July, 2023, after a brief…

Jul

2023

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Governor Otti Set to partner security experts

NEWS, SECURITY

GOVERNOR OTTI READY TO COLLABORATE WITH SECURITY EXPERTS Abia State government under the leadership of Governor Alex Otti says it is ready to partner with various security experts to ensure that the state is safeThis was made known through the Commissioner designate of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Hon. Uzor Nwachukwu during a courtesy call on him by the State Command of the Vigilante group of Nigeria. Hon Uzor who stated that the present Administration is very serious on the issue of security also said that the government is strategizing ways of combating crime in the state.…

Jul

2023

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Fitch Foresees Upgrade of Ecobank’s National Ratings as exchange-rate volatility recedes

Business#EcoBank, #Nigeria, #Recede, #Volatile

Fitch Foresees Upgrade of Ecobank’s National Ratings as exchange-rate volatility recedes Fitch Ratings says it foresees an upgrade of ENG's National Ratings which would result from strengthening its creditworthiness relative to other Nigerian issuers. According to the international rating agency, it expects to resolve the Rating Watch Negative (RWN) of ENG “within the next six months when exchange-rate volatility may recede, the impact on regulatory capital ratios and common equity double leverage is clear, and the scale of the second-order economic effects of the devaluation on loan quality becomes evident”. Fitch in its recent report noted that Factors that could,…

Jul

2023

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‘I’m traumatized.’ I didn’t forge my result, Anambra teenager, Mmesoma counters JAMB

NATIONAL NEWS#jamb, #MmesomaEjikeme

'I'm traumatized.' I didn't forge my result, Anambra teenager, Mmesoma counters JAMB Anambra candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused by JAMB of forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Monday insisted that she didn’t forge her result as claimed by the examination board. Ejikeme stated when she was contacted – She said she didn’t forge her result as claimed by JAMB. It could be recalled that JAMB in a statement on Sunday's evening, noted that Ejikeme manually inflated her UTME result from 249 to 362 and used her manually inflated score to attract a N3m scholarship from Innoson Motors…

Jul

2023

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Abia North Stakeholders Applaud Sen Orji Kalu Over Constituency Projects

POLITICS#Constituencyprojects, #OrjiUzorKalu

Abia North Stakeholders Applaud Sen Orji Kalu Over Constituency Projects Prominent leaders of thought from Abia North Senatorial District under the aegis of Abia North Peace Foundation (ANPF), have showered encomiums on the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu, for the recent massive projects he embarked on across the five local government areas of the district, describing it as unprecedented and unparalleled in the history of the Senatorial district. This commendation was contained in a statement signed by Chief Nnanna Ukaegbu, on behalf of the stakeholders and released to newsmen on Tuesday, eulogizing Senator Kalu…

Jul

2023

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OTTI’S PANEL OF INQUIRY: CAYGG Harps Support Efforts To Recover Abia Looted Funds, Property

NEWS#Abia, #AlexOtti, #Dr.OkezieIkpeazu, #Loot, #PoliticalProfiteers

OTTI'S PANEL OF INQUIRY: CAYGG Harps Support Efforts To Recover Abia Looted Funds, Property By Amanda Ezekiel, Enugu Concerned Abia Youths For Good Governance, (CAYGG), a pro-democracy group has unanimously applauded the Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti for constituting and inaugurating a five-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry to probe the activities of the immediate past PDP led administration of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu. This is even as the decision of the government of Otti to leave no stone unturned in her bid to recover, through the Panel, various property and funds perceived to have been…

Jul

2023

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Ejikeme: Girl Lacks Brain, Capacity to Manipulate Result, ‘Investigate score before lawsuit’, Innoson Replies JAMB

NEWS#EjikemeMmesoma, #InnosonMotors, #jamb, Investigations

Ejikeme: Girl Lacks Brain, Capacity to Manipulate Result, 'Investigate score before lawsuit', Innoson Replies JAMB Innoson Group has called for an investigation into the allegations of certificate forgery against Mmesoma Ejikeme who paraded herself as the top scorer of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Mr Cornel Osigwe, the Head of Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, stated in a tweet from his official handle. He wrote, “The girl I met doesn’t have the brain and capacity to manipulate her result. There is more to this story. A proper investigation needs to be done. Abeg let the poor breath. “That girl…

Jul

2023

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We’ll leave no stone unturned in restructuring Abia, Otti assures

POLITICS#Abia, #AlexOtti, #AustinMmeregini, #GoodGovernance, #LabourParty, restructuring

We'll leave no stone unturned in restructuring Abia, Otti assures By Charity Uwakwe, Abia Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti has reiterated that his administration would not relent in its bid to restore sanity to the State, thereby making it the number one state, hence God's own State. Governor Otti stressed that the ongoing exercises and activities by the Labour Party (LP) government, is geared strictly, towards restoring to the State all of its lost property which, according to him have over the years, been in the hands of a few individuals in the State. …

Jul

2023

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Tension In Anambra, As Homeless Divorcée Woman Allegedly Pestles, Sets Female Police, 2 Children Ablaze

CRIME#Anambra, #TheNigeriaPolice, Fire

Tension In Anambra, As Homeless Divorcée Woman Allegedly Pestles, Sets Female Police, 2 Children Ablaze A female divorcee in Anambra State has reportedly burnt to death a female police officer alongside her two children. A woman, identified as Nnaemaka Nwosu, has allegedly set a policewoman and her two children ablaze in Anambra State. According to reports, the heinous incident occurred on Sunday at Nnokwa community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect, a native of Amawbia, a community in Anambra was said to have been divorced by her husband and…

Jul

2023

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JAMB Withdraws Result of Student Who Faked Score To Get #3m Scholarship …Threatens prosecution

CRIME, Education

JAMB Withdraws Result of Student Who Faked Score To Get #3m Scholarship ...Threatens prosecution The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced its intention to withdraw the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who allegedly paraded a fake score to obtain a N3 million scholarship from a prominent businessman. According to a statement released by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday July 2, Miss Ejikeme scored 249 in the examination, not 362 as she claimed. The board said it would prosecute Miss Ejikeme for…