Author: Candid Reporters

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has admitted to a technical error that compromised the integrity of the results from the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 157 centres nationwide. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said the results of over 387,000 candidates were affected. He said the board discovered discrepancies linked to faulty server updates in its Lagos and Owerri zones, which led to the failure to upload candidates’ responses during the first three days of the examination. Oloyede said the problem, which was caused by one of the two technical…

Earlier on Monday, 12th May, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Mr. Karl Toriola led a delegation of MTN Nigeria team to the Executive Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Abia State Government for a strategic partnership on digital transformation of the entire State. Governor Otti thanked the MTN team for choosing Abia for such all important strategic partnership and investment. He recalled how the partnership was proposed during the early days of the Government in 2023 to establish Abia State as a leading digitally-enabled…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has promised to grill former militant warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, widely known as Tompolo, over naira abuse. The anti-graft agency made this known in a post on 𝕏 on Monday morning. In the post, the EFCC wrote: “Nobody is above the law. Tompolo will have questions to answer!” CANDID REPORTERS that public scrutiny had hit the EFCC following the circulation of a viral video allegedly showing Tompolo—at his birthday celebration, while Naira notes were sprayed in violation of Nigerian currency laws. The video, posted on Sunday by user Harrison A, who tweets as @harreceipts on X.com, shows…

In vibrant display of international diplomacy and strategic engagement, Abia State made a bold statement at the Europe Day 2025 Reception held at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The event, hosted by His Excellency Gautier Mignot, the Ambassador of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, brought together top diplomatic, political, and development stakeholders, and Abia was firmly in the room. Representing the Governor of Abia State, Hon. Iheanyi Frank Chinasa, the National Assembly Liaison Officer, led a high-powered delegation to the event, reaffirming the state’s readiness to engage global development partners in driving homegrown progress. Hon. Chinasa…

In a moment that signals the dawn of strategic global partnerships for Abia State, Hon. Iheanyi Frank Chinasa, the National Assembly Liaison Officer to the Abia State Government, paid a high-level diplomatic visit to the Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire in Nigeria. What transpired behind the Embassy’s gates was not just a routine courtesy call—it was a bold stride toward cross-continental collaboration that may well define a new chapter in Abia’s development narrative. Received with warmth and diplomatic grace by His Excellency, Mr. Kalilou Traoré, the esteemed Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to Nigeria, Hon. Chinasa wasted no time in steering the…

In a bold and strategic move to deepen Abia State’s presence within the corridors of federal power, the Abia State Government, through the office of its National Assembly Liaison Officer, Hon. Iheanyi Frank Chinasa and Mr. Eric Odinakachi, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Multilateral and Donor Agencies, convened a historic gathering of Abians in the Director Cadre of the Federal Civil Service. The one-day meeting, held at the Twins Restaurant in Wuse 2, Abuja, was more than a formal event—it was a rallying call to national duty, identity, and purposeful alignment with the developmental vision of Governor…

Former Chief Press Secretary to immediate past governor of Abia state, Onyebuchi Ememanka has resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). Read resignation statement below 👇. GOODBYE, PDP! A while ago, I submitted my letter of resignation of my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Chairman of the party in my Amasato Ward 3, Osisioma Ngwa LGA, my dear brother, Chief Chiemela Ufomba.The decision, though painful, had become inevitable. It is a decision I took after very deep personal reflection and in consultation with my family. After the 2023 election which we lost, my thinking was…

The attention of His Excellency the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has been drawn to the news of his purported suspension alongside other eminent leaders of the Labour Party from the Party by the former National Chairman of the Party, Julius Abure. The statement by Abure and his gang of comedians is not only a joke taken too far, but an affront on democracy by a group of inconsequential irritants who are desperate to use Governor Otti’s name to advance their self serving economic agenda. For the records, the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court…

The Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) has joined family, friends, and well-wishers in celebrating the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, on the occasion of his 54th birthday. In a statement personally signed by Chief Promise Uzoma Okoro, Chairman of OMPAN, Abia State chapter, the association described the Deputy Speaker as a dependable and visionary leader whose style of leadership remains exemplary. OMPAN fondly recalled Hon. Kalu’s humility and unwavering support, particularly highlighting his role in the official opening of its State Secretariat—an unprecedented gesture deeply appreciated by the union. The association pledged…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has realeased a statement on the arrest of Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VDM. Read full statement below 👇 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the exercise of its mandate of tackling economic and financial crimes, invited Martins Vincent Otse owing to a series of petitions bordering on sundry issues of alleged financial crimes raised against him. He refused to show up in spite of several invitations sent to him through his known addresses and medium of communication. The petitions pertain to grave allegations of financial malfeasance which cannot be…