The Federal Government has suspended its proposed increase in registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination (NECO SSCE), following public concerns over the move.
The proposed increase would have raised the registration fee for both WAEC and NECO examinations from N27,500 to N50,000 beginning in 2027, representing an 82 per cent increase. However, it said the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, had directed that implementation of the proposal be halted pending consultations.
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The Federal Government has suspended its proposed increase in registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination (NECO SSCE), following public concerns over the move.
The proposed increase would have raised the registration fee for both WAEC and NECO examinations from N27,500 to N50,000 beginning in 2027, representing an 82 per cent increase. However, it said the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, had directed that implementation of the proposal be halted pending consultations.
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I don't blame you for your small mindedness tweet...at least, you get paid from all this crass foolishness you display...as far as it is putting food on your table...Go on aburo
If His Excellency had been briefed about the rescue operations of the abducted Orire children, I am sure he would not go to Bauchi State with the APM National Chairman for any political engagement.
He would most likely have remained in Ibadan to personally receive the kids and reassure their families. Knowing Governor Seyi Makinde's approach to PR, it is also unlikely that he would have allowed the FG to announce the news before the state.
It would be extremely hard to beat Governor Makinde to the PR game.
BREAKING NEWS: High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, today remanded the former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar, in Kuje prison over corruption charges
Same man who was used to remove the CJN
My point...they have roped...never pray to have issues with those criminals in black uniform oooo..as soon as you enter their station...they will turn case on your head...Nigerian police are not it...that's why their end is bad
@Oyoaffairs You see as Nigeria police rush the man enter car, immediately he said he was arrested alone. That the two other people were no with him. I swear, Nigeria police don rope am already as dem no see culprit arrest
"I am Innocent!" — Iwo Road Terminal Transport Driver Arrested While Conveying Armed Robbers From Ibadan to Lagos
Do you believe him? Do you think he's innocent?
STATEHOUSE STATEMENT
Re: The Matter of Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew and the fictitious Presidential Economic Advisory Council
We are aware of the public interest in the matter of a man called Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, who has been parading himself as the director-general of a fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
The office of the Chief of Staff to the President first blew the whistle on the existence of the illegal agency, following complaints from officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council that another government agency appeared to be functioning at cross-purposes with it.
The Chief of Staff, on October 17, 2025, in a letter, asked the DSS and the Police to probe the activities of ‘fraudsters and imposters’ forging appointment letters purportedly from his office.
“The attention of this office has been drawn to the activities of certain individuals and groups engaged in the forgery of official appointment letters purportedly issued from my office. The fake documents, bearing falsified signatures, reference/folio numbers, and seals, have been used to claim leadership appointments to non-existent entities, with particular reference to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
“The aforementioned entity under the leadership of one Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew as Director-General is said to have an office at the Federal Secretariat Complex Phase 111, 2nd Floor. Also, they have been parading themselves as a legitimate government agency, hosting meetings with both foreigners and Nigerian citizens, and even going so far as to request a note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the United States of America to facilitate visas for some of their staff.
“The above development not only constitutes a serious criminal act but also undermines the integrity of the presidency and the credibility of official government communication.
“I therefore urge you to initiate a thorough investigation to identify and apprehend those involved and also to uncover the network facilitating the forgery,” the Chief of Staff wrote in his petition to the security agencies.
The letter to the security agencies was accompanied by a copy of the forged appointment letter, a copy of the request for a note verbal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and pictures of engagements obtained from the illegal agency's website.
Around the time the Chief of Staff lodged the complaint with the security agencies, the existence of the fake agency had raised concerns within the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
In a letter on October 15, 2025, the Foreign Affairs Ministry wrote to the office of the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff to the President, requesting clarification on the status of Adeyemi’s agency. The letter, which Ambassador Anderson Madubuike signed, followed Adeyemi’s October 10 meeting with ambassadors at the Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments in Asokoro, without recourse to the ministry.
“This act contravenes extant rules and regulations guiding diplomatic practices globally,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its letter.
On October 20, the Office of the National Security Adviser wrote to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on the request of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
On 29 October, the OSGF wrote to the Chief of Staff requesting clarification. “This has become expedient owing to several requests from governmental and non-governmental bodies seeking to ascertain the status of the appointment under consideration”
Two days earlier, the Chief of Staff sent his own clear rebuttal to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, stating that he had never issued an appointment letter to Adeyemi as director general of the fake presidential foreign investment promotion council. The Chief of Staff could not have issued a letter of appointment to a non-existent agency. Moreover, the Chief of Staff does not make appointments or write letters, as these are the exclusive preserve of the Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation.
On November 5, 2025, the Chief of Staff responded to the OSGF, again flatly denying Adeniyi Adeyemi and his spurious agency. “Prince Adeniyi Matthew, director-general of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, is unknown to any office, nor do we have any dealings with the said council.
“My attention was drawn to a letter of this purported application, which is fake, and my office has instructed the police and other relevant security agencies to carry out investigations on the person and the entity he claims to represent”, the chief of staff wrote.
The Police made the first move by responding to the chief of staff's letter dated 17 October and began their investigation. On 27 October, Adeyemi was arrested in Abuja at the Secretariat office where he operated his elaborate scam.
The police searched the office and Adeyemi’s home in Suleja, recovering vital documents and exhibits. In Adeyemi’s statement to the police, he claimed that one Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola assisted him in procuring the fake appointment letter. Following his claim, the police went after the said Tanimola. The Police found that Tanimola died in a fire incident at Kachi Hotel in Abuja on 22 October, five days before Adeyemi’s arrest. Tanimola’s body was seen by the police at the morgue, confirming the death.
The police were able to establish that the agency Adeyemi purportedly headed was fictitious, that he forged his appointment letter and the documents recovered in his office and home, that he falsely paraded himself as a government appointee, and that he falsely solicited a note verbal from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to enable him and his staff to obtain US visas. The police also found that Adeyemi operated 34 bank accounts, with nine opened in the names of his fictitious agencies, known as the FCT Investment Promotion Agency and the Public Private Partnership (FIPA-APP), and the FCT Investment Promotion Act.
The Police found that Adeyemi, using the fake documents he created, fraudulently opened a CBN account by misleading the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. According to the police, no government money has been transferred into the account.
“The act of the suspect constitutes criminal forgery, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence, thereby bringing the office of the Chief of Staff to the President and the Presidency to disrepute before the public and international community”, the police wrote in the report of the investigation conducted by the assistant commissioner, Kabir Mogaji.
Based on their investigations, the police filed an eight-count charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against Adeyemi and two of his accomplices on November 27, 2025. He is due in court on July 27.
Adeyemi was on police bail when he recently claimed that the Chief of Staff had appointed him as DG of the fictitious agency. This claim contradicted his statement to the police in November last year. His new claim prompted the Chief of Staff, on June 8, to issue a disclaimer consistent with earlier advisories that the man, called Adeyemi, is an impostor.
The case of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew is a clear case of a con artist who appears to have built a web of false claims to deceive unsuspecting government officials and the public into playing by his scam book. He has a history of fraudulent misrepresentation. In November 2016, he paraded himself as an ambassador and President-General of the World Youth Organisation (WYO), an affiliate of the United Nations (UN). He claimed to have been elected in New Delhi, India. The local media celebrated him until the UN denied the existence of such a body.
Politicians and members of the public who are weaponising Adeyemi's claim against the Chief of Staff should refrain from swallowing his narrative hook, line and sinker. They are advised to await the trial of Adeyemi and his accomplices, as well as the court's judgement, as comments made today are sub judice.
Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President,
Information and Strategy,
July 1, 2026
You need to focus on the Ikorodu area...some of the wetlands there are being sold by omo onile to gullible buyers...the state government needs to do some sort of fencing on the wetlands
Thank you for your suggestion, Akin @iamAkinPhillip
Let me explain the challenge we face with the incessant illegal sand-filling of wetlands and canal alignments. While the government has erected warning signposts across many of these vulnerable areas, a significant number of these illegal activities take place within gated estates.
In many cases, unscrupulous developers instruct security personnel to deny government officials access for inspections, deliberately frustrating enforcement efforts and obstructing regulatory oversight.
During our inspection yesterday, I personally had to open the gate of an estate to enable our enforcement team gain access to a site where illegal sand-filling was taking place. Our inspection revealed that about 10 buildings had been constructed directly on a canal, obstructing the natural flow of water and causing severe backflow into a neighbouring community. Enforcement action has commenced, and those structures will begin to be removed today. The property owners will also be given the opportunity to defend their actions before the appropriate legal authorities.
In another estate, more than 15 Civil Defence personnel had been engaged to provide security for an illegal construction on a canal alignment. That development has also been marked for immediate removal, with enforcement commencing today.
We remain committed to protecting Lagos’ wetlands and drainage channels. No individual or developer will be allowed to endanger the lives and property of millions of Lagosians through illegal reclamation and encroachment on our waterways.
TW
“I used to live in one room with my soldier father. All of us lived in one room. It was very hard, but now I have a house in Lagos. When Bishop Oyedepo came to my house and saw my bedroom, he began to speak in tongues” — Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo
Omo Iya Elewa
Omo Iya Alakara
Iya Oni Rogbo
Iya Olobi
Iya Eleko
Are these not the names our relatives across several villages bear? Were your own parents middle class or upper class? Why are you pretending? Why??
If you’ve ever lived in a Nigerian village or rural area, you KNOW frying Akara is SERIOUS BUSINESS! 🔥
Back in 1994, one of my secondary school mates’ mum was frying Akara… and the woman already had more than 3 houses from it! 🏠🏠🏠
Today, plenty sisters on this app are killing it with Kulikuli — some are even exporting to Canada 🇨🇦 and beyond! No be small thing.
So tell me… why the hullabaloo over what the First Lady said?
She spoke FACTS!
Akara, roasted corn, Kulikuli — these things don’t need millions to start. People have built empires, trained children, built houses, and lived well from them for decades.
Instead of twisting her words mischievously and taking one part out of context, why not celebrate the message of hope, self-reliance, and small beginnings?
No business is too small if you do it with wisdom, consistency, and prayer. Many big men and women today started with “ordinary” things.
Rural hustlers, village champions, and street entrepreneurs — una dey try! 💪
Drop your own Akara/Kulikuli success story below. Let’s trend the positive side!
#SmallBeginningsBigWins #NaijaHustle
Lagos state gave PSP licences to party members (over 400 licences to PSP operators) and most are ghost operators. It's a full scam scheme. People getting paid for not doing anything. Majority of these guys don't even have a truck. I'm not talking trucks. Some don't have 1 truck.
Just do your job, not only to be arresting and locking people in jail...No lawma truck has not come to my area for the past 8 months...the problem with waste disposal in Lagos are the lawma trucks, who are those in charge? who are the beneficiaries? You have questions to answer
Beyond selectively reading tweets that align with your perspective, it is evident that you may not have been following the consistent efforts of the State Government in apprehending and sanctioning individuals involved in indiscriminate waste disposal.
The government remains committed to enforcing environmental laws and has continued to carry out regular enforcement operations against offenders across the state.
Thank you!
Who are the beneficiaries of the PSP?
When Ambode goes against them then, what happened?
The PSP are the problem.
The one serving my area has not been for the past one year coupled with bad roads....
The problem with Waste management is the PSPs.
They cant be held to account and do whatever they like.
Open waste to more private companies to bid and invest in garbage trucks and see the magic.
The day that aircraft touched Nigerian soil was the same day the scam became obvious to everyone with a brain, but fools will always be fools.
They defended this rubbish like their lives depended on it, cursing everyone who saw the scam they chose to be blind to.