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  MiesTalks Thousands of university graduates across Nigeria have been denied the opportunity to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) flagged their admissions as illegitimate in April 2024. Despite having accepted their offers years ago and being listed on the official matriculation register, their JAMB portals suddenly displayed “fake admission.” Approximately 14,000 students, many from institutions like Ambrose Alli University, Imo State University, University of Calabar, and Lagos State University, were affected just days before the NYSC Batch B Stream 1 mobilisation . Graduates explained that although they took the JAMB exam, their schools admitted them directly and handled regularisation processes that later proved ineffective. Some students paid for JAMB regularisation and even received admission letters, only to later see their status revoked. JAMB, in response, attributed the issue to illegal admiss...

  By Chico Mies NASS Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has made it clear that Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (Rtd.), head of the caretaker administration in Rivers State, is serving a temporary role aimed solely at restoring law and order. This came as the House inaugurated a 21-member ad-hoc committee to oversee governance in Rivers State during the current State of Emergency. The committee, led by Rep. Prof. Julius Ihonvbere and Deputy Chairman Rep. Ali Isa J.C., includes several key lawmakers and was established following President Tinubu’s six-month emergency declaration on March 18. Speaker Abbas, addressing the House, stressed the importance of this move in preserving constitutional governance and ensuring stability in the face of the crisis in Rivers. He invoked Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution, emphasizing that the emergency declaration demanded oversight from the National Assembly. He reaffirmed that Ibas’ administration is not permanent an...