The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, to make himself available for questioning.

This is in connection with an alleged $14.86 million fraud when he was former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.

The commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, stated this on Monday while reacting to Sylva’s public reappearance, and his allegation that the anti-graft agency had conducted itself more as an organ of the All Progressives Congress than as an institution of the state.

“He has been declared wanted; he should make himself available to the commission,” Oyewale said.

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to introduce Facial Biometric Verification (FBV) in the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The aim according to the examination body is to tackle impersonation, examination malpractice and restore greater integrity to the examination process.

The development was contained in the Board’s weekly bulletin released on Monday.

Under the new arrangement, JAMB said it would partner with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to verify candidates through live facial recognition before they are allowed to sit the UTME.

The Board said candidates seeking to take the examination would undergo live facial verification through an application, with the verification result forwarded to NIMC.

The identity management agency would subsequently return a code to JAMB to either affirm or reject the candidate’s identity claim.

Former Cross River State Governor and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate Donald Duke, Social Democratic Party (SDP) flagbearer Adewole Adebayo, and former Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu arrived in Abuja on Monday for an opposition summit organised by the G100 group.

The high-level meeting, billed as a platform for opposition parties and stakeholders to explore greater cooperation ahead of the 2027 general elections, is expected to draw several key political figures. Discussions are likely to centre on strategies to present a more united challenge to President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Duke had in recent days publicly urged opposition politicians to set aside personal ambitions and ego, warning that a fragmented opposition would struggle against the advantages of incumbency. Speaking in an interview ahead of the summit, he described Tinubu as “not an average politician,” likening any attempt to confront him without a broad coalition to fighting “a lion who also has horns.”

“The only way you can seriously tackle the incumbent is to come together… Otherwise, you’ll be factionalised. When we talk of rigging, we’re rigging it against ourselves because of our ego,” Duke said.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have confirmed their participation. The Labour Party, however, indicated it would not attend, citing an existing coalition arrangement with organised labour.

The summit comes amid growing consultations among opposition groups seeking a common front, though organisers have stressed that the gathering remains exploratory and is not expected to produce an immediate consensus candidate.