14/03/23

Shina J.O

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has shifted the date for 2023 UTME Mock Test earlier scheduled for Thursday, March 16, to Thursday, March 30, 2023.

A statement by JAMB Spokesman, Fabian Benjamin says the shift in date is partly owing to the change in the date for the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, March 11, which has now been moved to March 18, 2023.

JAMB says Candidates, who registered early and indicated their willingness to take the Mock-UTME, would be notified as to when to print their Mock-UTME notification slip, which would contain their centres and other details.

The Mock-UTME is an optional examination introduced by JAMB to provide opportunity for candidates to have hands-on experience with the system as well as afford the Board an opportunity to ascertain its readiness and that of its partners for the main UTME, which is scheduled to hold between April 29 and May 12 ,2023.

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PRESS RELEASE

13/03/2023

Frank to Presidency, others: Wike playing dangerous politics, call him to order

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Monday, called on the Presidency, the leaders of thought across the country and the security agencies to urgently call the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to order to prevent him from
igniting political crisis between the Northern and the Southern regions of the country.

The political activist said Governor Wike is presently playing dangerous politics that if not quickly checked could worsen already bad situation as far as the recent conduct of presidential election is concerned.

In a statement released in Abuja, Frank said Wike’s recent doublespeak in public statements on Peter Obi has shown that the Labour Party presidential candidate was not genuinely in the race to win the presidency but was used by forces known to Wike to play a spoilers game against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the North from winning the presidency.

Wike, who reportedly said Obi was his hero of the just concluded presidential election, openly worked and delivered Rivers State for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the election.

According to Frank, Peter Obi was good for a spoiling role but not for Presidency as portrayed by Wike’s statements.

The former APC spokesman accused Wike of celebrating a fraudulent and controversial presidential election victory as if the South has just defeated the North, hence the need to call him to order.

Frank said: “I am using this medium to call on the Presidency, religious leaders, all the elders and leaders of thought, and the security agencies to call Governor Wike to order before he ignites a political crisis between the North and the South, even as most Nigerians are still bitter about the outcome of the Presidential election which has been adjudged to be massively rigged.

“It’s on record that since Wike lost his presidential bid to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who is more experienced than him, the bitter Rivers state governor had put on the garment of hate against the North while hiding under the toga of Southern presidency.

“If truly Wike meant what he said in public that Peter Obi is his hero of the last Presidential election, he should have campaigned and openly supported him but to the contrary, acting like a Chameleon, Wike mobilised support for Bola Tinubu of the APC.

“Governor Wike is celebrating a fraudulent and illegal victory not only against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or the PDP but against the North as if the South has defeated the North which is dangerous for our fragile democracy.”

Frank who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East, added: “Governor Wike has also confirmed the rigging of the controversial presidential election by saying that they had agreement before the election that anywhere Tinubu of APC comes first, Peter Obi of LP should come second and vis-versa.

“I, however, call on the North to hold Wike and his likes responsible who conspired to manipulate the controversial presidential election against the PDP presidential candidate,” he said.

Signed:

Comrade Timi Frank
ULMWP Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East

14/03/2023

Shina J. O

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that Old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes Remain Legal Tender till December 31st 2023.

Accordingl to the press statement signed by the Ag. Director, Corporate Communications Isa AbdulMumin CBN say the old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes remain legal tender alongside the redesigned banknotes till December 31, 2023.

“In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court orders and sustenance of the Rule of Law Principle that characterized the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and by extension, the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as a regulator, Deposit Money Banks operating in Nigeria have been directed to comply with the Supreme Court judgement of March 3, 2023. “

13/03/23

FAAN RUNWAY CLOSURE

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN, says the Runways 18R and 36L of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport lagos are being closed for maintenance

Spokesperson of FAAN faithful Hope-Ivbaze who confirmed this to our correspondent noted that there would be partial closure of the Runways, but normal flight operations will not be affected .

FAAN stressed that a notice to Airmen NOTAM to that effect had been sent out to Airline operators as well as other airport users

The notice reveals that Taxi way B 18L will be used as alternative route for all flight operations as the Runway has already been closed and scheduled to be opened in May 2023

Shina J.O

13/03/23

The Nigeria Labour Congress has issued a 7-day strike notice to the Federal Government and the central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to make cash available to workers or be ready for a nationwide shutdown.

NLC President Joe Ajaero at an emergency briefing in Abuja acused the federal government and CBN of deliberately creating crisis among workers and their families as a result of their in ability to access their own funds in commercial Banks.

The NLC equally warns against the unending fuel scarcity, which simply shows the lack of political will by government of the day to solve the crisis in the country’s oil and gas industry

The NLC is equally sending a warning to the imo state governor, Hope uzodinma for his non-challant attitudes towards workers and pensioners welfare.

The NLC ASK the federal government to demand explanation from Imo state governor how sixteen thousand pensioners suddenly became ghost pensioners and fifteen thousand fully employed and documented workers eventually became ghost workers.

The Labour Centre also used the briefing to warn Governor Hope Uzodinma that he will not get his way to suppress voters in the state at Saturday’s Governorship and state Houses of assembly polls, like was done during February 25 presidential and National assembly elections.

13/03/23

PRESS RELEASE

The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a story published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect”.

The aforementioned story went further to allege that the Governor has made certain amount of money available to a political aspirant ahead of March 18, 2023 Election gubernatorial poll.

We wish to inform members of the public that this story is completely false and malicious as the Governor does not know and has never met or even spoke with Mr Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour either in person or through proxy.

We wish to reiterate that the CBN Governor does not take part in Politics and therefore urge anyone with contrary information to prove the Governor wrong should provide such facts.

As such the Governor and team at the CBN should be allowed to focus on their assigned job with a view to achieving statutory mandates of the Bank.

Isa Abdulmumin
Acting Director
corporate Communications
CBN

 

 

 

 

   

REFUSAL TO GRANT ACCESS TO BVAS SERVERS…Peter Obi Threatens To Sue INEC

13/03/23

SHINA J.O

The legal team of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi says it may be forced to commence committal proceedings against the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC this Monday due to its a failure to allow it access to relevant election materials

Speaking exclusively to AIT on Sunday, one of the lawyers for Peter Obi, Alex Ejieseme (SAN) said the commission has refused to grant it access to carry out forensic audit of the server where data related to the February 25, 2023 presidential election are stored

The inspection of election materials and forensic audit followed an order of the Court of Appeal granted to Peter Obi and the Labour Party on March 3, for unfettered access to inspect the sensitive materials deployed for the election.

The applicants said they needed to review the materials to enable it prepare for its petition which they are seeking to challenge INEC’s declaration of the APC candidate Bola Tinubu as winner of last month’s presidential election.

Shortly after the grant of the order, INEC had approached the same Court of Appeal seeking a variation of the order on grounds that it needed to reconfigure the BVAS preparatory to the Governorship and States House of Assembly elections earlier scheduled for March 11.

While the court granted INEC’s request, it also ordered that it preserves the data which the commission assured via an undertaking that the information will be uploaded into its backup servers for access by whoever needs it

Five days after, the Obi legal team is claiming it had yet to be granted access to the server. Ejieseme told AIT, “We just want to have a forensic audit of the server. They have refused to allow us. We are commencing commital proceedings tomorrow (Monday).

Responding to AIT’s inquiries on the matter on Monday, INEC National Commissioner in charge of voter education and publicity Festus Okoye said it has no BVAS now because all have been reconfigured except for Lagos and Kano.

Okoye added, “The Commission already got a court order. What political parties need are the accreditation data.

“No BVAS in INEC now, because all the BVAS have reconfigured except Lagos and Kano. All the BVAS are at the State Office.
The accreditation data is available in documents”.

He added that any party that needs the documents can pay to get it.

Shina .J O

13/03/23

Following the hardship sparked by the Naira redesign policy, which has affected business and commercial activities,the Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo- Olu has called for continuous use of the old #500 and #1000 as legal tender

In a Press release by the Governor,he said There is no reason to reject the old notes, going by the Supreme Court judgement delivered on March 3, 2023. 

The apex court declared that “no reasonable notice was given as required by Section 20(3) of the CBN Act,” noting that the public only became aware of the policy through press remarks, which cannot qualify as a notice to the public.

The court maintained that the policy has impeded the functions of State governments, pointing out that the directive that stops the use of the old notes is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has, therefore, called on business owners, especially retailers, to accept the old N500 and N1,000 notes – in line with the Supreme Court judgement that the currency remains legal tender until December 31, 2023. It is illegal to reject the notes. 

All agencies of the Lagos State Government are advised not to reject payments made with the old currency by the public.

Gbenga Omotoso 

HC, Information & Strategy

 

The Former international and super falcons coach Ismalia Mabo is dead .He died in Jos in the early hours of this morning

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