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A 15-year-old boy who scored the highest in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME has been barred by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has been from gaining admission into the University of Lagos, UNILAG. The boy who hails from Abia State scored 347 marks considered the highest to emerge the best candidate in the eyes of the board. Similarly, a 16-year-old boy from Abia State came second by scoring 346 marks just as a 17-year-old from Osun State trailed behind with 345, considered by the board as the third best result in the 2019 UTME. The JAMB Registrar,…

As Akwa United made a stop-over at Omoku, they snatched a 1-0 win from Go Round FC to extend their lead at the top of table in Group B of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). With the scoreline still goalless, Aniefiok Godspower was called upon to replace the team Mfon Udoh – the league’s top scorer. In the match day 18, Akwa United grabbed vital three points to comfortably sit on the group with 34 points. That substitution would prove important as the towering forward headed home the winner in additional time, leaving the home team’s goalie and defenders in…

After several postponements, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has finally released the long-awaited 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who announced the results in Abuja on Saturday, said about 1,792,719 candidates sat for the examination, while results of 34,120 candidates have been withheld for examination malpractice. Oloyede stated that 15,145 results were withheld for further clarification. He, therefore, advised candidates to use the phone number used for registration and text it to 55019 to get their results instantly. He said this would ensure that fraudsters who are bent at exploiting candidates do not…

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) has recovered N1.36 billion and 10.29 million dollars belonging to Nigerian Export and Import (NEXIM) Bank. Head, Media and Communications of the Panel, Ms Lucie-Ann Laha, who stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said that the funds were recovered from Heritage Bank. Laha said that the dollar component of the recovered funds was part of refund of money illegally placed in fixed deposit by previous management of NEXIM Bank at Heritage Bank. “Upon maturity of the fixed deposit term, however, Heritage Bank failed to return…

The Federal High Court in Lagos, Friday, vacated the bench warrants issued against four officials of Akwa Ibom State government for allegedly refusing to appear before the court. The officials which include Nsikan Nkan, the state’s Commissioner for Finance; Mfon Udomah, the Accountant-General of the state; Uwemedimo Nwoko, the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and Margaret Ukpe were all said to be at large by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Their names were listed by the EFCC in the N1.4 billion alleged money laundering charge it brought against Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN), the President of the Nigerian…

 Manchester City legend, Yaya Toure, is hanging his boots and exploring a move into coaching and management, the Ivorian’s agent, Dimitri Seluk, has revealed. The midfielder and CAF Award winner, who is retiring at 35, moved to Greece following his release by Manchester City last summer after winning three Premier League titles- FA Cup and two League Cups. The former Ivory Coast international, who also represented the likes of Barcelona  and Monaco at the peak of his career, is set to explore a move into coaching and management. The final outings of his distinguished career came during a second spell…

The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Friday, upheld that the ruling be deferred on respective applications till final addresses. The tribunal upheld the prayer of S. I. Ameh, SAN, Lead Counsel to Senator Akpabio at the resumed pre-hearing suit brought before it by Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the declaration of Engr. Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a winner in the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial election. Counsels to Engr. Ekpenyong and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kanu Agabi, SAN, and Solomon Umoh, SAN, respectively, had argued that the ruling should not…

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday struck out four appeals filed by ex-Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, in relation to his trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The three-man bench led by Justice Stephen Adah, in the four unanimous judgments, held that three of the appeals had become academic since the trial had been concluded by the CCT. One of the appeal was ruled to be incompetent. But delivering judgment on the appeal challenging the January 23, 2019 ex parte order made by the CCT for the suspension of the ex-CJN, Justice Adah,…

Arsenal and Chelsea have qualified for the Europa League final, completing an historic week with European football’s two major finals now featuring Premier League teams. The London clubs will face one another in Baku on 29 May while Liverpool will take on Tottenham in the Champions League final in Madrid on 1 June. Arsenal beat Valencia 4 to win their semi-final tie 3-7 while Chelsea sealed their place in the final by beating Eintracht Frankfurt  4-3 on penalties after the match finished 1-1 after extra time, with the aggregate score 2-2. Kepa Arrizabalaga was Chelsea’s hero as the Spanish goalkeeper…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has approved the application by MTN Nigeria to list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange by way of introduction. This was confirmed by the Head, Corporate Communication, SEC, Efe Ebelo on Wednesday. Ebelo said the commission approved the listing after MTN had successfully completed the registration of 20,354,513,050 billion ordinary shares of N0.02 kobo. “The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC can confirm that the application by MTN Nigeria to list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange by way of introduction has been approved.” According to Acting Director-General of SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk, “MTN sought to come…