FACTS AND ISSUES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT IN ITS COMING JUDGEMENT ON IMO STATE GUBERNATORIAL APPEALS

By NWACHUKWU Njoku Esq. In a matter of days, it is expected that the Supreme Court will deliver final judgements in the appeals severally filed by three contestants of the Imo Gubernatorial election held on March 9, 2019 and in which His Excellency,

JAMB suspends NIN for 2020 UTME registration

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB on Saturday announced that it has suspended the use of the National Identity Number (NIN) as prerequisite for registration of applicants for 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede announced the suspension during

Dr Arukhe to establish Educational Society to Promote Studies in Petroleum & Chemical Engineering

  One of Nigeria’s leading Engineer and scholar, Dr Ohioma Arukhe has concluded plans to establish the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Educational Society (PCEES), in order to promote, to an unprecedented level, the principles of research and development in the teaching and practice

NECO debunks report they are recruiting new staff

Contrary to the reports that the National Examinations Council (NECO) is planning to recruit, the Examination body has debunked reports, saying no such plan at the moment. According to a Statement by the Head of Information and Public Relations, Mallam Azeez Sani said

Stroke, global leading cause of death, disability, says expert

The Chief Executive of Stroke Action Foundation, Mrs Rita Melifonwu said on Saturday that stroke was the leading cause of death and disability globally. Melifonwu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, ahead of the World Stroke Day 2017, scheduled for Sunday, October 29.

Italian Education Minister quits over lack of sufficient budget

Unlike his Nigerian counterpart, Italian Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement said Thursday he had resigned because his ministry is underfunded. Fioramonti wrote on Facebook that he informed Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of his decision on Tuesday, saying he

As Balmoral burned, one man survived by hiding in a makeshift ‘coffin’ in his backyard

Steve Harrison is lucky to be alive. The 67-year-old artist became trapped on his property as the Green Wattle Creek fire roared towards his home in Balmoral in the NSW Southern Highlands on Saturday afternoon. His wife had already evacuated but Mr Harrison

What Imo Ife Alumni Association did differently at their end of the year get-together

Month of December no doubt is the peak and end of all group activities, including governmental, non-governmental organisations and of course Alumni Associations are not left out. For Obafemi Awolowo University Alumni Association, Owerri-Imo State branch, it was not left out in the

President Buhari signs 2020 Budget on Birthday

As President Mohammadu  Buhari turns 77 today, it is either by stroke of fate or by human arrangement that he signed 2020 budget as well. While the floodgates of goodwill messages have been opened, honouring and wishing him the best for the day,

I learnt entrepreneural skills from selling ‘akara’ as a teen – President, Coscharis group

Dr. Cosmos Maduka, the President of Coscharis Group charged Nigerian youths to learn to plan their goals and work towards achieving them, disclosing that his vision of today was conceived when he was fifteen. Maduka spoke in Awka, Anambra state at a one-day