Francis Ugwu

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has maintained that the key to solving the nation’s economic problems lies in achieving higher productivity and competitiveness for Nigerians. Ezekwesili hinted that the country desperately needs to expand opportunities for quality education. She said this would “start with urgently fixing the deep crisis of poor Foundational Literacy and … Read more

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State says his State will transition to a treasury single account by September this year. The announcement was contained in a statement issued via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. Otti said the move will centralize all state revenue and payments, noting that the initiative will enhance transparency and efficiency. … Read more

A Port Harcourt based pastor, Gospel Agochukwu of the Shekina Arena Gospel Ministry International has asked followers to start saving money, borrow or sell their television in order to attend his programme. Agochukwu claimed that those who could not raise money for transport to attend his church programme were under strong attack. He expressed surprise … Read more

The Imo State Government has debunked reports that unknown gunmen enforcing a sit-at-home directive on Wednesday morning attacked the state Secretariat on Port-Harcourt Road, Owerri. A statement signed by Governor Hope Uzodimma’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, noted that there was no such incident involving unknown gunmen. Social media had peddled reports that gunmen suspected … Read more

Former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has attacked the European Union Election Observation Mission’s, EU-EOM, report accusing them of propagating fake news days to the 2023 general election in Nigeria. Keyamo claimed the report did not deserve his response because “it was so presumptuous and outside their mandate”. Recall that the … Read more

A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has insisted on her demand for an independent technology investigation over the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result saga between the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and Mmesoma Ejikeme. Ezekwesili confirmed that the JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, contacted her on phone but claimed the call dropped. … Read more

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has opened and closed its defence in the petition by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, announced the closure of the first respondent’s case after the conclusion of the testimony of its sole witness, Dr Lawrence … Read more

Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has demanded an independent forensic investigation over the trending saga between Mmesoma Ejikeme and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB. Ezekwesili said listening to Mmesoma in the video, where she narrated her own side of the story, shows it is reasonable to request a forensic-investigation to help … Read more

Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State has set up a nine-man panel to review all appointments made by former Governor Aminu Tambuwal close to the end of his administration. The panel headed by former Police Affairs Minister, Malami Dingyadi was specifically mandated to review the appointments of some traditional rulers and the renaming of tertiary … Read more

The Anambra Government has set up a panel of inquiry into the controversy trailing the high score of a candidate from the state, in the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the Commissioner for Education in the state announced the panel’s assignment in a statement in Awka on Monday. “A panel … Read more