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ABG Foundation Flags Off JAMB CBT Training For 5,000 Students In Kaduna
By Israel Bulus, Kaduna
The Hon. Shehu ABG Foundation has officially flagged off its 2025 JAMB Computer-Based Test (CBT) training for 5,000 students across the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.
The training program commenced on Friday, with students from Zaria, Sabon Gari, and Giwa Local Government Areas participating in the opening session held at Kaduna Hall, Federal University of Education (formerly FCE Zaria).
Speaking during the event, the Programme Coordinator and Consultant, Hon. Solomon Nuhu Katuka, disclosed that the training is scheduled to take place on April 4th, 7th, 11th, and 12th, 2025.
He added that students from Kudan, Makarfi, and Ikara LGAs will have their session on April 5th at the Theatre Hall, School of Health Sciences, Makarfi.
He further explained that students from Kaduna south,Chikun and Kajuru received their training from monday 7th of April at Richgate Computer Test Centre Sabon Tasha Kaduna. While Kadun North and Igabi at SMC/Sultan Bello E- library Hall Kaduna.He further states that Zangon Kataf, Kaura, Jema’a, and Sanga LGAs will receive training on April 11th, to be held at centers in Kafanchan and the National Open University, Kagoro.
Meanwhile, candidates from Jaba, Kachia, and Kagarko LGAs will be hosted at training centers in Kachia and Kagarko respectively, while other local government areas will hold their sessions concurrently across designated venues.
Hon. Katuka emphasized that the initiative was aimed at equipping students with the technical know-how and confidence to navigate the JAMB CBT system effectively. He noted that many students in rural areas are often disadvantaged due to limited access to computers and internet resources.
“This training is part of the foundation’s commitment to bridging the educational gap and empowering young people with the tools they need to succeed in their academic pursuits,” Katuka said.
He commended Hon. Shehu ABG for his unwavering support toward educational development in Kaduna State, describing the foundation’s intervention as timely and impactful.
Some of the students who spoke at the event expressed gratitude for the opportunity, stating that the training would boost their readiness and reduce anxiety ahead of the national exam.
Elanzanews reports that the ABG Foundation has continued to champion educational initiatives, especially for underserved communities, positioning education as a vehicle for social change and sustainable development.
Aides, Allies Disown Him, Say You’re a Traitor, We’re not Leaving PDP
Barely two weeks after his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), crisis has enveloped the political camp of a member of the House of Representatives for Obokun/Oriade federal constituency in Osun State, Oluwole Oke.
Indeed, these are not the best of times for him as his defection to the APC is eliciting rejection from his close circles and constituency.
His key allies who he groomed into politics and government positions have rejected his calls on them to join him to defect to the APC.
A source said that in the last few days, key aides and allies of the lawmaker have rejected his movement to the APC, describing it as a political tragedy.
“With the way he betrayed PDP, Oluwole Oke is like the proverbial Leopard that can never change the spots on its body. He will also betray the APC. We are staying back in PDP while severing political links with him”, one of his allies, Bamidele Johnson said.
Some of his allies were said to have openly declared that the defection marks a political waterloo for the 6th term legislator.
For instance, some of Oke’s allies in his Local Government scorned his move as “a decision borne out of greed and selfishness.”
One of them described him as “an ingrate who betrayed a party on whose platform he got married in life as a lawmaker and on whose platform he gained all his material riches.”
The Northern Youths Consultative Forum for Justice (NYCJ) has urged Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Zamfara State, citing a complete breakdown of governance, law, and order.
In a statement issued on Monday in Kano, NYCJ President Dr Sanusi Rano described the situation in Zamfara as “organised abandonment of duty” by elected officials.
“What we are witnessing in Zamfara is not governance. It is betrayal of the people,” Rano said, pointing to the absence of a functional state House of Assembly and allegations linking officials to criminal activities.
The group highlighted the suspension of 10 lawmakers who spoke out against the deteriorating security situation, arguing that their removal has left Zamfara without a legally recognised legislative body.
“This is a dictatorship of silence,” said Rano, adding that the lack of checks and balances has deepened the state’s crisis.
“The same hands that should protect Zamfara are profiting from its destruction,” Rano stated.
Calling for decisive action, the group demanded the appointment of a non-partisan administrator to rebuild the state’s institutions.
“If this is not done now, Zamfara risks becoming a permanent state of anarchy, which threatens our democracy,” Rano warned.
Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Monday, sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death by hanging.
Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased ( his wife) on April 8, 2022.
The judge held that the prosecution had proven the burden of proof placed on it by the law and subsequently found the defendant guilty.
Nwachukwu was arraigned on June 3, 2022 by the Office of Attorney-General of the Federation (OAGF), on behalf of the Federal Government, on a 23-count charge .
The charge was on culpable homicide punishable with death, criminal intimidation, cruelty to children, criminal intimidation of children, spousal battery, among others.
In the course of trial, the prosecution called 17 witnesses, including two children of the late Osinachi, who testified as fourth prosecution and fifth prosecution witnesses, PW4 and PW5 respectively.
The prosecution also tendered 25 documents as exhibits before the court.
The defendant testified for the defence and further called four other witnesses and tendered four exhibits in his defence.
Shortly before sentencing, the defendant, counsel , Reginald Nwali, in his allocutus pleaded with the court to be lenient in its judgment.
Similarly, the prosecution counsel, Mrs Aderonke Imala, urged the court to give force to the law as stipulated.
Justice Nwosu-Iheme subsequently sentenced Nwachukwu to death by hanging on Count 1, while he was sentenced to two years imprisonment each on Counts 2, 3, 8,9, 12, 13, and 18.
The court sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on Count 10, three years imprisonment in Count 11, while he was fined the sum of N500,000 and N200,000 respectively on Counts 6 and 7 respectively. (NAN)