•OAU main gate Former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Michael Faborode, has said it would be difficult for Nigeria to eradicate certificate racketeering among Nigerian youths studying either at home or overseas. The don said he based his view on the fact that most Nigerians, including parents, nowadays place more v...
•Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has threatened to sue a lawyer, Hassan Oladotun, for allegedly circulating a report maliciously designed to disqualify him from participating in the state governorship primary election Oladotun had, on June 2, 2023, petitioned the Nigeria Police Force to investigate the academic credenti...
•Okpebholo The winner of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election, Senator Monday Okpebholo will receive the party’s Certificate of Return today, Saturday, February 24. It was learnt that the presentation will be at a special meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) slated for 2 pm at Muhammadu...
•Nigerian nurses Nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Abuja chapter, today, protested against the new verification certification guidelines released by the Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The nurses expressed displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pu...
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe alleged certificate racketeering by Nigerian students in collusion with some officials of government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa) at plenary in Abuja, reports NAN. Presenting the motion, Fulata said th...
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law has urged the court to sack the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, from office for allegedly violating the National Youth Service Corps Act. The organisation also asked the court to compel the NYSC to nullify the certificates given to Musawa...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday demanded to see the death certificate of a former Director of Legal, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Grace Taiga. Taiga’s lawyer, Daniel Alumun, had on November 4, 2023, informed the Federal Capital Territory High Court that his client had died, reports The PUNCH. Taiga is standing tri...
•Lucky Aiyedatiwa A social-political group, the Ondo State Redemption Initiative (OSRI), has accused the Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, of alleged certificate forgery. The group disclosed that Aiyedatiwa, in his resume, claimed to have acquired an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Ibadan in 2001. Acc...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order restraining the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from further denying issuing the NYSC certificate being paraded by Enugu governor, Peter Mbah. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday, held that evidence before the court showed that Mbah properly participated in the NYSC programme and [...