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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, January 23, wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of the nation which he titled "The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement."The Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has also issued a formal response to the explosive letter. The federal government gave its response on Wednesday, January 24, via the minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed highlighted 11 memorable quotes from the federal government's response. Alhaji Lai Mohammed 1."For the record, Chief Obasanjo is a patriot, and he has proven this time and time again. We appreciate what he said concerning the administration’s performance in two out of the three key issues that formed the plank of its campaign: Fighting corruption and tackling insurgency.” 2.“We believe that Chief Obasanjo, because of his very busy schedule, may not have been fully availed of developments in the government’s effortsto revamp

 US President Donald Trump has described himself as a mentally stable genius, smart person- The US president said this in response to Michael Wolff’s 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House'- a book on his administration- Journalist Wolff quoted several key Trump aides expressing doubt about Trump’s ability to lead the USAUS President Donald Trump on Saturday, January 6, replied his detractors by praising and describing himself as “a very mentally stable genius. ”His response followed the release of a bombshell book that calls into doubt his mental health. In a series of extraordinary tweets, Trump said that:“Throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.”“I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star to president of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius….and a very stable genius at that The White House has been pushing back forcefully against a new sup

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the government and people of Benue state to exercise restraint following the recent attacks on some communities, as he assured that all the perpetrators of violence would face justice. President Buhari said this on Monday, January 15, when he received a delegation of political leaders, traditional rulers and elders of the state led by Governor Samuel Ortom at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari. A statement by Femi Adesina, the president's spokesperson, quoted Buhari as saying all those involved in the conflict that culminated in loss of lives would not escape justice, including any illegally armed militia in the state. The president commiserated with all the victims of the attacks, and the families who lost loved ones and properties, noting that the government would make efforts to ameliorate the situation of all the victims. President Buhari calls for restraint as he meets Ortom, stakeholders President Buhari and the Be

The federal government issued queries to 42 universities for allegedly extorting candidates of post-UTME- Professor Is-haq Oloyede, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), revealed this- Oloyede said one of the vice chancellors was ordered to donate the money to a charity organisation The federal government is said to have issued queries to 42 universities allegedly discovered charging more than the N2,000 instructed by the education ministry to conduct the 2017 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. The Punch reports that the revelation was made by the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede,at a stakeholders’ meeting on the 2018 UTME in Abuja.According to Oloyede, the education minister, Adamu Adamu, ordered one of the vice-chancellors who could not trace the affected candidates to give the excess to a non-religious orphanage as charity. There are 42 institutions queried by the minister

Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Ishaq Oloyede (R) addressing a News Conference in Abuja on Friday (7/4/17) on the proposed Computer Based Mock Examination holding Nationwide on Saturday April 8. With him is the Director of Test Administration, Dr Yusuf Lawal 02124/7/4/2017/Deborah Bada/ICE/NAN The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed March 9 to 17 for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The Registrar of the board, Ishaq Oloyede, said this at a meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday. The theme of the meeting is “Strategic planning on the conduct of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation.” Mr. Oloyede said the mock examination initially scheduled to hold between January 22 and 24 has been moved to the first week in February due to the ongoing strike by non-teaching staff of universities. “We are unable to access our CBT centres because most of them are in the universities and non teaching staff are o

‎ To go Ahead with Anambra Central Elections Jan. 13 ABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has issued the time table and schedule of activities for the 2019 General Elections, fixing the conduct of party primaries including the resolution of disputes arising from primaries for August 18, 2018 to October 7, 2018 for national and state elections while that of the FCT Area Council is slated for between September 4 and October 27, 2018.                                   INEC National Chairman : Mahamood Yakubu INEC National Chairman, Mahamood Yakubu addressing pressmen on new release of 2019 Election Time Table and Schedule of Activities for 2019 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Elections while at INEC Office Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan. Speaking with journalists Tuesday in Abuja, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said the commission arrived at the schedule of activities after its meeting held on the same day. INEC equally said it would

Lagos—President  of Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria,  AISSON Dr. Ona Ekhomu, yesterday, advised the Federal Government and security agencies to be on the alert and investigate returnees from Libya who claimed to be Nigerians, with a view to preventing   ISIS fighters from infiltrating the country.                                                            ISIS fighters Expressing surprise at the number of  migrants that have  returned from Libya, Ekhomu, in an interview with Vanguard, said given the threat of infiltration of ISIS fighters into the country, it was necessary to prove the identities of the returnees before releasing them. He said: “Some of these people might have pledged Bayat to ISIS.   They need to be separated out from those who migrated for economic reasons,” he added. He disclosed that most of the returnees did not have travel documents and should not be merely assumed to be Nigerians, since it was not possible to iden

The Federal Government has designated previous Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Dwindle Okebukola; and previous Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, as a major aspect of those to audit the college arrangement of Nigeria. The NUC has additionally expressed that it has not evaluated tertiary foundations in the nation for "some years," expelling late appraising purportedly by the commission as phony. The Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, made this known in a meeting with writers in Abuja on Monday after he showed up before the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND to protect the 2018 spending plan proposed by the commission. He stated, "The NUC has constituted a powerful advisory group of extremely sound senior scholastics. "A large portion of the individuals from this little advisory group are previous bad habit chancellors, previous official secr

Yusuf's accident: Aisha Buhari thanks Nigerians, medical experts Aisha Buhari has released a statement to thank Nigerians for praying for the recovery of her son, Yusuf- Yusuf was involved in an accident alongside his friend, Bashir Gwandu, in Gwarimpa, Abuja, and was rushed to the hospital- Aisha also thanked the medical team that took care of her sonNigeria’s First Lady Aisha Buhari is has expressed her gratitude to Nigerians for their prayers on behalf of her son, Yusuf, who was involved a bike accident.In her message on Friday, January 5, Aisha also thanked the medical team that worked hard to keep her son in a stable condition. we gathered that Yusuf, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari, was attended to by Isaac Adewole, minister of health, three professors and other medical experts.Aisha also thanked the medical team that took care of her son. Aisha stated:"On behalf of my family, I will like to thank well-meaning Nigerians for their prayers in the past