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JAMB releases results for 2021 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of candidates who sat in more than 720 CBT centres for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between July 19 and July 22. JAMB Spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Benjamin advised each…
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Gunmen abduct ex-Kogi lawmaker, eight others in Abuja
Unknown gunmen have abducted a former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Friday Makama, and eight others. They were reportedly abducted at the Hilltop International Premium Hotel at Tunga-Maje in Gwagwalada Area of the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday night. Our correspondent gathered that Makama and some of his kinsmen had gathered at…
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George Floyd statue defaced less than a week after unveiling in Brooklyn
A statue of George Floyd erected in Brooklyn has been defaced just less than a week after its unveiling. The 700-pounds bronze statue of George Floyd was unveiled in Brooklyn, a predominantly African American city in Newark on June 19, in commemoration of the Juneteenth celebration. The statue, which depicts Floyd sitting on a bench,…
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Igangan killings serve South-West right, right?
In our polity, some occurrences deserve to be placed on record and in their proper context. For me, it ensures we don’t fall for the bewildering arguments that some marshal to promote divisiveness which serves their ethnic and religious agenda. It’s one reason I have this Lest-We-Forget interventions from time to time. This is important…
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I started robbing at age seven – 27-year-old suspect
Gbenga Kikiowo from Igbara Oke in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State is among the suspects arrested by men of the state police command for involvement in robberies. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bolaji Salami, who paraded Kikiowo alongside one Tope Aladeloye at the command’s headquarters in Akure, on Wednesday, said the…
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Kwara billionaire’s 28-year-old grandson dies, residents suspect suicide
THE grandson of the multi-billionaire, Prince Samuel Adedoyin, Subomi Olobayo, is dead. Sources told The PUNCH on Thursday that Subomi, 28, the first son of Prince John and Lola Olobayo, one of the daughters of the famous businessman, Prince Samuel Adedoyin, allegedly died on Tuesday night at his parents’ home, GRA, Ilorin. Though the report…
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Senate President backs FG borrowing spree, opposes new taxes
PRESIDENT of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has defended Nigeria’s borrowing spree, arguing that the Federal Government cannot tax Nigerians any further to fund infrastructure. Lawan also said that Nigeria was currently poor and had no other option but to borrow to finance infrastructure. He, however, affirmed that the legislature would not be frivolous in granting…
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We’re investing $1bn on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, two others – FG
• Puts Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit at N15tn The Federal Government on Thursday said it was investing $1bn on the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, and Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. It disclosed this at the official opening of the 51st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, adding that over N15tn…
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Super TV CEO: Suspect’s father arrested, lecturers, classmates shocked, UNILAG silent
MEN of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the father Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death. A top police source, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, told PUNCH Metro that the suspect and her father were arrested…
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Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF insist on restructuring ahead talks with ACF
Two major socio-political groups in the North-Central, the Middle Belt Forum and the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, have dissociated themselves from the pan-northern association, the Arewa Consultative Forum. The MBF and SOKAPU, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Thursday, said although they were not opposed to the ACF’s planned meeting with southern groups, they…
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