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A policeman, Etim Israel, has been arrested for impersonation at the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Israel, a constable with Akwa Ibom State Command, was arrested for paying someone to take the UTME examination on his behalf. The policeman, according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, registered for the exam with his name but had his impersonator did the biometric identification and face capturing. Admitting to the act, Israel confessed to have paid N30,000 to engage the services of the mercenary (a teacher), one Emmanuel, said to be on the run, to sit for the examination as he was away on special duties, PUNCH reports. After scoring over 240 in the exam, he was said to have decided to commence the admission process but couldn’t sail through because of the disparity in the photograph. The difficulty was said to have prompted him to visit the JAMB office for correction but landed in trouble. “I went to their (JAMB) office to change my picture...

United States President, Donald Trump, has been taken to Walter Reed Army Medical Centre on the advice of his doctors as a precautionary measure after testing positive for COVID-19. Trump, 74, had confirmed in a post on Twitter on Friday morning that he and his wife, Melania, 50, will self-isolate for two weeks after testing positive for Coronavirus. They were tested after one of his aides contracted the virus. Trump is “fatigued but in good spirits”, White House physician, Dr Sean Conley, said in an earlier statement on Friday, adding that the US President was receiving a cocktail of experimental antibody drugs as a “precautionary measure”. Conley also said the First Lady lady had a mild cough and headache. United States President, @realDonaldTrump , Wife Test Positive For Coronavirus | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/fMKRldxnFV pic.twitter.com/rtexT3tHi1 — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) October 2, 2020 United States of America News AddThis :  Original ...

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu Ahead of the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Research and Planning, Adeleye Oyabade, to oversee general security arrangements for the election in the state. This was made known in a statement by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Friday. Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. Also deployed to assist the DIG are AIG Karma Hosea Hassan, Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Federal Operations, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, and 11 Commissioners of Police. The statement reads, “The coordinating DIG, Ondo gubernatorial elections, has been charged by the IGP to bring his wealth of experience to bear by ensuring the due enforcement of all electoral laws throughout the period of the election. “CP Garba Baba Umar will be in charge Monitoring/Evalua...

Chevron Nigeria Limited has concluded plans to sack 25 per cent of its workforce in Nigeria. CNL said the slash was due to review of its manpower requirement going by the changing business environment. The oil major in a statement on Friday by its General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Esimaje Brikinn, said it would continue to evaluate opportunities to improve capital efficiency and reduce operating costs. Brikinn explained that CNL was in alignment with both its Joint venture partners, the NNPC and Department of Petroleum Resources, He said, “The aim is to have a business that is competitive and have an appropriately sized organisation with improved processes. This will increase efficiency and effectiveness, retain value, reduce cost, and generate more revenue for the Federal Government of Nigeria. “It is important to note that all our employees will retain their employment until the reorganisation process is completed. We have prospects for our company i...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed that it would not post any member of the National Youth Service Corps to coastal areas in Ondo State as ad-hoc staff during the governorship election on October 10. There had been fears that members of the NYSC being used as ad-hoc staff in coastal areas of the state always fell victim of violence and attack.  Mrs Dolapo Alo, INEC officer in charge of civil society organisation in the state, said this on Friday while featuring on a radio programme aired on Crest 87.7 FM Akure.  She said, “We are not going to deploy corps members to that region but would use the indigenes of that particular environment for the election in the riverine areas.  “We have doubled the canons that would take the ad-hoc staff to the riverine areas of the state in order to overcome the issue of delay in the arrival of election materials.  “We have concluded the training for all ad-hoc staff that would be deployed for the ...

About 200 Ghanaians working under Nigerians whose shops had been locked up by the Presidential Taskfl Force on Retail Trade at the Suame Magazine in the Ashanti region, have threatened to demonstrate against the government for closing down the shops of their employers. According to GhanaWeb, the closure of the shops, they said, had rendered them jobless and made it difficult for them to feed themselves and their dependents. They claimed that their employers had genuine documents to operate and do not understand why the shops were closed down together with those, who did not have genuine documents. Addressing a press conference on Friday, they pleaded with the Ghanaian Government to consider reopening shops belonging to Nigerians, who had genuine documents to operate or they demonstrate and vote against the government. See Also Sahara Reporters South Africans Staged #NigeriansMustGo Protest Because They Lost Their Jobs Due To COVID-19, Nigerian Lawyer Says, Urges Nigerian...

A 28-year-old Nigerian man, Obinna Ezeoke, was on Thursday jailed for 40 years in the United Kingdom over the murder of 53-year-old Annie Ekofo and her 21-year-old nephew, Bervil Ekofo, at their home in East Finchley in September 2016. According to prosecutors, Ezeoke, said to be a drug dealer, crept into Ekofo’s home just after dawn with intent to kill a target of gang revenge. On hearing a noise in the house, Bervil, a student and nephew staying with Ekofo, went to investigate and was shot at close range. Ekofo, who also went to investigate the noise was shot by Ezeoke, a court in the Old Bailey, London, heard. Prosecution’s evidence included a CCTV footage of Obinna’s car to and from the scene, a gun case discovered under his bed and gunshot residue.   The car was discovered to have been bought and registered by Obinna using a fake name.  Obinna claimed the gunshot residue came from a different shooting when others had used the vehicle. In a statement before ...

The recent trending hashtag on Twitter by South Africans asking Nigerians to leave their country was triggered by the effect of COVID-19 lockdown in which many people lost their jobs, a Nigerian living in South Africa told SaharaReporters. Last week a protest was held outside the Nigerian High Commission in the capital, Pretoria, under the hashtag #PutSouthAfricansFirst.  Some South Africans pushed for reforms as they complained about the crime rate in their communities, alleging Nigerians play a major role in numbers surging, Africafeeds.com reports Some South Africans claimed African immigrants in the country had taken their jobs and are driving crime rate high. “We just discovered that during the COVID-19 lockdown, a lot of people lost business opportunities, and foreigners tend to move on,” said South Africa-based Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Austin Okeke. “They are resilient with businesses, and South Africans have lost a lot of jobs. A lot of busines...

Three protesters under the aegis of #RevolutionNow, who were arrested on Thursday, have been released on bail. Two protesters – Stephen Vaaseh and Faith Yaasa – were arrested, detained and subsequently charged to a magistrate court. The third person – Alanu Rex – was also detained when he visited those arrested. The court ordered the release of the trio from detention on bail. See Also Human Rights BREAKING: Police Arrest, Detain Two Protesters In Benue State 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Speaking with SaharaReporters after his release, Rex said the police demanded that he reported to the station on Tuesday. “We have all been released. The court just asked the two people to bring a surety who signed their bail bond. “The police also released me to my lawyer. They asked me to come back on Tuesday,” he said. The protesters were arrested during the October 1 demonstration to demand good governance from the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Human Rights News Add...

Justice Ayo Salami One of the lawyers of suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, Zainab Abiola, has sworn an affidavit of truth insisting that a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, regretted heading the probe of Magu. Abiola had claimed that Salami expressed regret during one of the hearing of the probe. Justice Ayo Salami Salami in a swift reaction denied expressing regrets for accepting the appointment to chair the panel. To prove her claim, Abiola took an affidavit of oath, swearing under the law to state that Salami truly confessed to regret heading the probe of Magu. She noted that the case happened during one of the probe when the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, was to attend. See Also Legal I Don’t Regret Heading Magu’s Probe Panel, Says Ex-Appeal Court President, Ayo Salami 0 Comments 3 Days Ago She stated that while the lawyers and others were seated at the panel...

A policeman was killed when some gunmen attacked a Special Anti-Robbery Squad office in Oyigbo Local Government area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the place, which is along old Aba Road on Thursday, shooting sporadically before setting police vehicles ablaze. Spokesperson for the police in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the incident. Omoni said 22 people had been arrested while order had been restored in the community. He said, “Our SARS office in Oyigbo was attacked. We lost one of our personnel and our patrol vehicle was burnt. We have arrested 22 suspects in connection with the incident and investigation is ongoing. “We have also stabilised the area and security beefed up.” Police News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2GcMpVr via EDUPEDIA

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Duoye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State. A five-man panel of the appellate court in two unanimous judgments on Friday reversed the majority judgment of the Governorship Election Tribunal which sacked Diri. In a split judgment on August 17, two out of three judges had upheld the petition filed by Lucky King-George, candidate of the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party, on grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission was wrong to have excluded the party from the November 16, 2019 governorship election. The tribunal ordered INEC to conduct a fresh poll in the state within 90 days. Delivering judgment on Friday, a five-man panel of the appellate court led by Adriza Mshella, upheld Diri’s appeal. The court held that the petition filed by the ANDP at the lower tribunal was statute-barred. Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 2...

A civil society group, Centre for Advancement of Civil Liberties and Development, has launched an online nationwide balloon protest against harsh and unfavourable government policies. The protest titled “NotYetIndependence” is aimed at facilitating citizens’ action against the plethora of government’s policies and impunity. Co-convener of the group, Raphael Adebayo, while addressing journalists on Thursday in Abuja said the intervention was to create an impression on how bad  things had gotten for Nigerians economically. Adebayo said the balloons will come in different colours with some in green representing Nigeria’s flag and the protest would be done in at least 10 different locations within Abuja and at least 20 different locations in other parts of the country. The activist added that the protest would center around five core issues, which has generated public outrage such as fuel price hike, electricity tariff increase, Company and Allied Matter Act, hate speech bil...