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The Federal Government has described as false the information being circulated on the Social Media to the effect that, under a purported Ministry of Interior Regulation, all phone calls and Social Media posts made by the citizens are to be monitored and recorded. Minister for Information, Culture and National Orientation. Alhaji Lai Mohammed departing with some documents after a closed door parley with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Informatio and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the development as another example of disinformation that has permeated the media space, especially the Social Media. The Minister said the intention of those behind the false news is to give the impression that the Federal Government is working to stifle freedom of speech, which is not the case. ”There is no regulation, old or new, from the Ministry of Interior or any federal governm

The Joint Admission and Registration Board (JAMB) has extended the registration date for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). The board extended the deadline for sale of forms and registration for the exams from the earlier announced April 19 to May 5. Consequently, the exam body also postponed the 2017 UMTE from May 13 to May 20. The Mock Examination earlier slated for Saturday, had earlier been put on hold. The Board said the postponement of the mock was due to failure from its technical partners. The Registrar of the Board, Is-haq Oloyede, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, also apologised to candidates for the sudden changes. He said: “We could not go on with the Mock Examination and hereby announce extension of registration exercise of the 2017 UTME. “Instead of the earlier announced April 19, the deadline for the sale of forms and registration will now extend to Friday, May 5, 2017. Consequently, the 2017 UTME has also been

​ - EFCC says it is on the trail of the owners of the N448.85m it discovered in Lagos state on Friday - Sam Amadin, the anti-corruption agency's spokesman in Lagos, said efforts are on to contact the owners of the complex to know those that rented the affected shops - According to Amadin, the shops had been abandoned for a very long time A portion of the seized cash in Lagos on Friday, April t The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it is searching for the owner of N448.85million it discovered in a shopping plaza in Lagos state late on Friday, April 7. According to The Punch, spokesman of the agency in Lagos Sam Amadin said it was trying to reach the owner of the complex with a view to knowing who rented the said shop 64. “ The shopping plaza, from preliminary investigation, was built by estate developers. From the developers, we will get the owner of the money. ”The people around the complex know the owner of the money. The place h

April 7, 2017 Press Release Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Ishaq Oloyede (R) addressing a News Conference in Abuja on Friday (7/4/17) on the proposed Computer Based Mock Examination holding Nationwide on Saturday April 8. With him is the Director of Test Administration, Dr Yusuf Lawal 02124/7/4/2017/Deborah Bada/ICE/NAN The Joint Admissions & Matriculation Board (JAMB) will be conducting the 2017 UTME MOCK Examination tomorrow Saturday, April 8, 2017. To seamlessly achieve this, the Board has suspended all activities relating to the ongoing registration exercise in ANY CBT Centre from 8pm today being Friday 7th of April, 2017 and to resume on Monday 10th of April 2017. Candidates for mock examination are to check for their examination venue, time using either registration number or e-mail address on www.jamb.org.ng/checkmockcentre . Email and text messages have also been sent to candidates. Candidates would be admitted to their res

​ President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representative. According to The Punch, the president met with Dogara today, Monday, April 3 at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. File photo of President Buhari with Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara Bukola Sraki who is the Senate president is also expected to meet with the president after Dogara. This meeting is being considered a move by the executive and the legislature to achieve peace as there has been report that the two arms of government have been at loggerheads. The retention of Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the recommendation of the Senate has created tension between the president and the lawmakers as they decided not to screen the 27 resident electoral commissioners submitted by the president.

​ - The Central Bank of Nigeria is set inject more dollars in into the market as its effort to sustain the growth of naira against dollar - There are strong indications that the apex bank is set into push more dollars into the market to ensure liquidity in the interbank - The move is also expected to increase the sale of dollars to Bureau de Change operators from $8,000 to $10,000 per week The move is also expected to increase the sale of dollars to Bureau de Change operators from $8,000 to $10,000 per week The Central Bank of Nigeria is set inject more dollars in into the market as its effort to sustain the growth of naira against dollar. Shigosag.blogspot.com gathered there are strong indications that the apex bank is set into push more dollars into the market to ensure liquidity in the interbank. The move is also expected to increase the sale of dollars to Bureau de Change operators from $8,000 to $10,000 per week. Since the beginning of the intervention, the CBN h