By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has fixed the first quarter of 2024 to complete the reconstruction work on the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mahmuda Mamman, made this disclosure on Friday, July 7, 2023 during an inspection of the road and other ongoing federal road projects in Kaduna State. Mamman took a tour of the 375.9 km of the dual carriageway way beginning from the Abuja end through Kaduna to Zaria and extending further to Kano all in the North-West zone. During the inspection tour, the Permanent Secretary attributed the late completion…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has congratulated Miss Kamyosikwu Chinyere Uche for emerging as the best scorer in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with 360, just as it also reprimanded Mmesoma Ejikeme for falsifying UTME result, thegazellenews.com reports. JAMB gave the congratulatory message in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Saturday,8 July, 2023 following the report of the panel set up by the Anambra State Government on Mmesoma Ejikeme’s falsified UTME result. The examination agency, however, vowed not to relent in its efforts to expose examination malpractice in the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Captain of the Super Falcons of Nigeria, Onome Ebi has denied media reports that the nine-time African champions are threatening to boycott their FIFA Women’s World Cup opening game against Canada in Melbourne on Friday, 21 July, thegazellenews.com reports. “I have no idea where that (boycott) is coming from. We (the players) never had any such conversations as regards that; we are good with training and ready for the World Cup,” Ebi told thenff.com at the team’s training camp in Gold Coast, Australia on Saturday, 8 July, 2023.. The defender, who is featuring in her sixth FIFA World Cup finals, added…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Romanus Ejikeme, father of embattled Anambra student, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who recently confessed to the forgery of the result of her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has pleaded with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and Nigerians at large to forgive his daughter, saying his daughter didn’t confess her “crime” to him on time. Speaking in an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority, Ejikeme said, “My daughter didn’t open up to me on time. When I realised the mistake she did, I blamed her a lot but I’m still apologising to JAMB and Nigerians to pardon her.”…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike After 12 years in Old Trafford, Manchester United goalkeeper, David de Gea, on Saturday, 8 July, 2023, announced his exit from the club, thegazellenews.com reports. De Gea made this known via his Twitter handle saying “It’s the right time to undertake a new challenge.” The long-serving Spanish goalkeeper, who won the Premier League Golden Glove award for most clean sheets last season, was criticised for a number of high-profile errors in the final weeks of the campaign with the club He, however, appreciated fans of the club for their support “I just wanted to send this farewell…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Lagos High Court on Friday, 7 July, 2023 rejected the bail application of the staff bus driver, Oluwaseun Osibanjo, whose role in the March 9, 2023 collision with a moving train led to the death of no fewer than six people with many others injured, the gazellenews.com reports. In her ruling on the bail application, Justice Oyindamola Ogala held that Osibanjo’s health was stable after he had spent seven weeks in the Intensive Care Unit and had been discharged to face his trial. Justice Ogala also ruled that the defendant could continue to receive medical care…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Roc Nation Sports International (RNSI), owned by American billionaire hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, has completed the acquisition of Brazilian football agency, TFM Agency. The acquisition, it was gathered, was part of RNSI’s expansion into the South American football market. TFM Agency is home to global football stars including Vinicius Jr, Gabriel Martinelli, and Endrick. With the acquisition, the agency has been renamed Roc Nation Sports Brazil, with headquarters in Sao Paulo. TFM founder, Frederico Pena was also appointed head of Roc Nation Sports Brazil.
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigerian automobile manufacturer, Innoson Automobile Company has withdrawn the scholarship offered to Mmesoma Ejikeme. This came following the report by the Commission of Inquiry established by the Anambra State Government confirming Ejikeme manipulated her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result. This was made known by the Head of Corporate Communications and Affairs, Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, on Saturday, 8 July, 2023. Recall that the eight-page report of the panel also recommended that Mmesoma immediately tender an unreserved written apology to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, the school (Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Uruagu Nnewi), and the state…
Given the early release of the 2024 calendar of events by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, the Independent Hajj Reporters (IHR), a civil society organization that monitors Hajj and Umrah activities in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, has advised the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to begin the registration of intending 2024 Hajj pilgrims immediately. The organisation advised in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Mohammed, today in Makkah. IHR noted that the announcement of the 2024 calendar of events less than a week after the 2023 Hajj period has created a new Hajj operating…
The Federal Government has taken its waste to wealth programme to the grassroots, promising to segregate waste to wealth in Kuchingoro community, a suburb in Abuja. Speaking during this year’s National Environmental Sanitation Day commemorated on Saturday, 8 July, 2023, at Kuchingoro, the Director, Pollution Control and Environmental Health, Mr Usman Abdullahi, who represented the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Mallam Ibrahim Yusufu said the ministry would enlighten the community on waste segregation. He said: “You can convert that waste to wealth where you separate your plastics and biodegradables. “These biodegradables can be converted to compost and these…