By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2024 UTME Notification Slip, which shows candidates the date, venue and time of their examination, is ready for printing. All candidates, who have registered for the 2024 UTME scheduled to commence on Friday, 19th April, 2024, are urged to print their Notification Slips before Friday, 19th April, 2024 to know the date, venue and time of their respective examinations as well as some other vital information regarding the examination. JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin directed concerned candidates to print the slip by visiting JAMB’s website: www.jamb.gov.ng; click…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike O.J. Simpson, the star NFL football player whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called “trial of the century” for the brutal murders of his wife and a male friend gripped the world, has died at the age of 76, his family announced. “On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” a message signed by the family said on social media site X. Simpson was arrested and prosecuted for the murders of his friend and a male friend but was acquitted by the US court in 1995 Details later… AFP
Wasiu Ayinde Omogbolan Anifowose Marshal (aka K1) is a Nigerian Fuji musician, the Mayegun of Yorubaland, the Olori Omo Oba of Ijebuland and a farmer. In this interview with Guardian Newspaper at his Mayegun Resort, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, he speaks on sundry issues, including his family, band, Mayegun Resort, politics and Nigeria. Q: Congratulations on staying relevant and doing music for 52 years. Do you have plans to establish a music school? A: There is no way I will establish a music school that would be able to convince people more than the resilience they would need to pursue life…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report A top Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan, chair of major developer Van Thinh Phat, was sentenced to death on Thursday, 11 April, 2024 in one of the biggest corruption cases in history, with an estimated $27 billion in damages. A panel of three hand-picked jurors and two judges rejected all defence arguments by My Lan, who was found guilty of swindling cash from Saigon Commercial Bank, over a decade. “The defendant’s actions… eroded people’s trust in the leadership of the (Communist) Party and state,” read the verdict at the trial in southern business…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike With a view to creating a formidable front to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), from power in 2027, the Africa Democratic Congress(ADC) has disclosed plans of a merger with other political parties in the country. The National Chairman of the ADC, Ralphs Nwosu, made the disclosure at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, 10 April, 2024. Nwosu, who said the APC had failed Nigerians and rated the government low on all fronts, added that the opposition would not sit idle and watch the downward spiral of the nation. “The state of the nation is…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 10 April, 2024 called on Nigerians to keep hope alive in his administration’s efforts to make their lives better and meaningful. Tinubu explained that without this hope, his government would lack the support it requires to deliver on its Renewed Hope Agenda. ”The Renewed Hope Agenda is alive, well and fine, and Nigerians should continue to be very hopeful. Without hope, there is no salvation,” Tinubu told journalists after he joined Muslim faithful to observe Eid-el-Fitr prayers at the Eid Ground at the Dodan Barracks in Lagos. Special Adviser to the President…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A former member of the House of Representatives from Kogi State, Hon. Mohammed Idris, is dead. Mohammed, son of a former Governor of Kogi state, Ibrahim Idris, represented Ankpa, Olamaboro and Omala Federal Constituency at the lower chamber of the National Assembly. It was gathered that he slumped and died shortly after observing Eid prayer at his residence in Abuja on Wednesday, 10 April, 2024. He will be buried according to Islamic rites at Gudu cemetery in Abuja.
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Barely 24 hours after the death of popular actress, Saratu Gidado, popularly known as Daso, another renowned Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo, popularly known as Jnr Pope, tragically lost his life along with three colleagues in a boat accident on Wednesday, 10 April, 2024. A filmmaker, Samuel Olatunji, who made this disclosure on his instagram page, said the deceased and three others were involved in the accident in Anam River, while going to movie location. “Sad day for Nollywood. Four actors, including Junior Pope fell into Anam River on their way to location and their bodies have…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has advised indigenes and residents of Ibadan to disregard the claims of Otun Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Tajudeen Ajibola, that Olubadan-designate, Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin is not fit to become Olubadan. Ladoja, who is the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, noted that Ajibola cannot stop the Olubadan-designate, Olakulehin, from becoming the Olubadan. Ladoja made these declarations while addressing newsmen at his Ondo Street, Ibadan, residence shortly after he observed the two-Rakah Eid el-Fitri prayer along with other Muslim faithful on Wednesday, 10 April, 2024. Thegazellenews.com gathered that Ajibola on Tuesday, 9 April, 2024 declared…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of the paramount ruler of Isolo Kingdom, Oba Kabiru Alani Adelaja Agbabiaka, Adeola Olushi III. The Governor also commiserated with the people of Isolo and the family of the Osolo of Isolo Kingdom, Oba Agbabiaka Saliu, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 64 at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), shortly after observing the Eid prayers. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described the passage of the Osolo of Isolo Kingdom, as a great loss to…