University of Ibadan front gate The University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Benin, and the University of Lagos are the Federal Universities that pegged their minimum benchmark for admissions at 200 cumulative scores obtainable during the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent gathered that prior to the 2023 policy meeting held by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, all institutions were advised to propose the cut-off marks for the conduct of their admissions. In the list sighted by our correspondent in Abuja, seven institutions indicated their minimum admissions benchmark scores to be 200 and above…
Author: Spade Nigeria
President Bola Tinubu on Friday concluded his official trip to Paris, France, during which he had an outstanding participation in a summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. Aside participating in the summit where he represented Nigeria well, President Tinubu also held high-profile sideline meetings with fellow heads of state and government, global business leaders and chief executives of leading multilateral and development finance institutions from around the world. The summit afforded the President the opportunity of projecting, on a global stage, his advocacy for widening the fiscal space, economic justice for Africa as…
By Dr. Sunny Oby Maduka (DSM) “For the fact that an armed robber, a rogue or a drug baron is a well-known philanthropist, doesn’t make the person a morality standard to be proud of, or sheepishly promoted or followed.” – DSM Unfortunately in Nigeria, people don’t think about the consequences of character flaws in their supposedly oppressive philanthropist’s governance policies, and as such, are easily deceived by an early CHEESE GAME of some tricky politicians. These character deformed politicians capitalise on the citizens’ poverty and gullibility to make anti-masses policies. They will start a new regime with flashes of good…
Byabiodun KOMOLAFE Without doubt, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s greatest inner gift is the uncanny ability to deploy native intelligence. Some people rarely talk about it because they didn’t see it coming! Of course, that’s why people didn’t see him coming! Not even the former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Maybe that’s why ‘Balogun Owu’ keeps fighting him like a wounded cobra. The most brilliant asset that Tinubu represents to Nigeria lies in his antecedents in government and public administration. His pattern creation is legendary. His management and structure sustenance is remarkable. Nigerians are therefore assured that if he flows from what used…
The Founder of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria and Niger, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo has donated a house to one of the longest serving security guards with the two Universities, Malam Umar Mohammed Sanda for his honesty. Presenting the keys of the house to Malam Sand on Wednesday, 21st June, 2023, at the permanent site of MAAUN, Prof. Gwarzo said the recipient, who worked for the Universities in Niger and Nigeria for over ten years, was found to be sincere and honest throughout the period. “On behalf of MAAUN Niger and Nigeria, I want to reward you with a…
A star witness of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Mike Enahoro-Eba, on Friday evening at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), faulted the judgement of the United States of America’s court in which President Bola Tinubu reportedly forfeited $460, 000 dollars for alleged drug offences. The witness, who is a lawyer of 17 years, admitted that the judgement copy was not registered in Nigeria as required by law when delivered to make it effective in the country. He admitted that there was no evidence in the judgement that…
Member of Ikeja Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, and Principal partner at Fred Latimore Chambers, ‘Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq, has described former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Augustine Alegeh, SAN, as a legal luminary with a heart of gold, who over the years assisted new wigs to excel in practice. Oghenesivbe’s commendation was contained in his goodwill message to Alegeh, SAN, over the well deserved national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON, bestowed on him by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
President Tinubu breaks silence on suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele President Tinubu has broken his silence on the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele during an interactive session with Nigerians resident in France and neighbouring European countries. Tinubu said the nation’s financial system under the suspended Emefiele was rotten. He said many Nigerians abroad were unable to send money to their relatives because of the multiple exchange rates, saying all that have become a thing of the past. “Then the financial system was rotten. Few people making bags of our money and then you yourself, you stopped sending money home to…
Three weeks after his inauguration, President Bola Tinubu on Friday in far away France disclosed that those who wrote his inaugural address on May 29 did not include petrol subsidy removal. Tinubu said the duo of Mr Dele Alake and Mr Wale Edun left out the vexed issue of subsidy from the speech handed over to him for delivery on the occasion. He made the disclosure while meeting with Nigerians residing in France on the sidelines of the two-day financing climate pact summit which ended in Paris on Friday. Tinubu said when he got to the podium on the inauguration…
His Royal Majesty, Benard I. Awarieta, Ovie of Ewu Kingdom, Ughelli South local government area of Delta state, has advocated for peace and love among the people of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom. The monarch who made this statement while performing the traditional rituals across the various streets of Ewu Urhobo-Kingdom in line with the Odudu annual festival, has used this period to extend hands of fellowship to those who contested with him to join him in the development of the kingdom. HRM Awarieta said the Odudu festival is a unique celebration that has always brought blessings to the land and young females…