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Mmesoma appears before House of Reps, apologises again to JAMB, Nigerians over manipulated UTME result
Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme has again, apologised to Nigerians, especially the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for manipulating her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results which gave her initial advantage and attracted scholarship to her.
The candidate had manipulated her result to score 62 rather than her actual score of 249 but JAMB was able to detect the fraud which raised national uproar.
The 19-year-old student on Wednesday read a letter of apology before the ad-hoc committee set up by the House of Representatives on the matter and pleaded with JAMB to tamper justice with mercy concerning the three-year ban imposed on her,
The Committee also grilled the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede.
Speaking during the investigative hearing, Chairman of the Panel, Sada Soli, promised to be thorough in order to deliver on his committee’s mandate.
Earlier in his address, the Chairman had said his committee was not out to witch-hunt anybody but carry out its duties effectively and efficiently.
He cited Order 18 rule 9 of the House rule which empowered the committee to carry out it assignment.
In his presentation, Prof. Oloyede, said he was shocked that Miss Ejikeme’s issue had raised a lot of tension within and outside the country and explained that various investigative panels set up within his Board had confirmed that Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma forged the result, adding that JAMB must not be blamed for such misconduct.
He also advised those calling for the scrapping of the examination body to have a re-think, saying the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was never held responsible for fake currency in the country.
Thereafter, Mmesoma again openly apologised to the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and Nigerians.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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