The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has released the results of candidates of the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME). Recall that the supplementary UTME was conducted between Friday,21 June and Saturday,22 June, 2024. JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, who made this disclosure in a statement issued on Friday, 28 June, 2024, directed candidates on how to check their results. “To check their supplementary UTME results, candidates are to send UTMERESULT to either 55019 or 66019 through the same phone number they had used to generate their profile codes at the start of registration,” he stated. The board image-maker said…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Gunmen on Friday, 28 June, 2024 abducted Hajiya Halima Adamu, mother of the famous Hausa Singer Dauda Adamu, popularly known as Rarara,Daily Trust report. Daily Trust, quoting a source Kahutu village, said Hajiya was abducted at her residence in Kahutu village, Danja local government area of Katsina State. According to the source, the bandits stormed the village around 1am Friday, 28 June, 2024, and abducted the aged woman. “The bandits came on foot and silently because they did not fire a single shot during the operation that lasted for just a few minutes. The woman did not resist when the…
No fewer than 11 people were reportedly killed in a communal conflict between the indigenous Alago people and the Tiv community in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. A resident of Mzough U Tiv (MUT), Nasarawa State chapter, Philip Nongu, confirmed the fatalities to newsmen, including students from the Federal Girls College, Keana, who were trapped in their hostels. It was gathered that the conflict was triggered by a land dispute at the Benue/Nasarawa border community. A witness stated that four people were initially killed—two from Alago and two from Tiv—with many houses burnt and several individuals wounded. The…
The National Films and Videos Censors Board (NFVCB) has announced that it is now an offence to release skit, music video without the board classification. The NFVCB’s classification system assigns age ratings and content advisories to audiovisual content, aiding families in making informed viewing choices and protecting children from unsuitable material. The NFVCB Director General, Shaibu Husseini, made the announcement through a statement issued to media houses on Wednesday, 26 June, 2024, just as he also warned content creators against the distribution of unclassified material “It is also an offence to distribute or exhibit any film or video content, musical videos…
In a strategic move to bolster security and safeguard public educational facilities in Kano State, the State government has disbursed cheques totaling over N1.9 billion to the Chairmen of the Community Re-orientation Committee (CRC) for renovation of primary school classrooms across all 44 local government areas. The Governor also set aside the two billion, nine hudrend and twenty five thousand, one hundred and fourty naira for construction of additional classrooms in public primary schools. The Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, who made this disclosure to newsmen in kano, also added that state has also initiated the immediate employment of…
A week before a general election in which the state of the publicly funded National Health Service is a major issue, junior hospital doctors in England on Thursday, 27 June, 2024 commenced a five-day strike. This latest development follows nearly a dozen similar actions by doctors below the specialist, consultant level over the last 18 months. The NHS is grappling with a massive backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and exacerbated by the repeated doctors’ strikes. As well as delays to operations and starting cancer treatment, an increasingly dissatisfied public also face long waits to see a doctor at their…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Famous Nigerian Afrobeats music sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido and his wife, Chioma, have jetted out of Nigeria after their lavish weeding in held Lagos. In a post via X on Thursday, 27 June, 2024, Davido shared images of the jet, with the caption, “Let’s first launch this one.” A video was taken of the couple boarding the private jet in Lagos, along with Davido’s team members like Asa Asika, Lati, and Chioma’s manager, Ubi Franklin. Although the reason and destination of the travel remains unknown, it is believed that the new couple flew out…
Two Bolivian army leaders were arrested Wednesday, 26 June, 2024 after soldiers and tanks took up position in front of government buildings in what President Luis Arce called an attempted coup. The troops and tanks entered Plaza Murillo, a historic square where the presidency and Congress are situated, in the afternoon, prompting global condemnation of an attack on democracy. One of the tanks tried to break down a metal door of the presidential palace. Surrounded by soldiers and eight tanks, the now-dismissed army chief General Juan Jose Zuniga said the “armed forces intend to restructure democracy, to make it a…
Operatives of Ebonyi State Police Command have reportedly killed at least five members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Ebonyi Local Government Area of state during gun duel. It was gathered the group was said to have invaded Ishieke Police Station in a blue Sienna bus around 9:30pm on Wednesday, 26 June, 2024 and opened fire on the station. They were, however, overpowered by the police in a gun battle that lasted about 30 minutes. Police vehicles were reportedly set ablaze during the gun fight. A video showing the bodies of the hoodlums were shared on social media platforms…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday, 26 June, 2024 ended their closed-door meeting with an agreement that all contentious issues will be amicably resolved. The parties also agreed to commence a communication process to avert the planned industrial actions by the union. Recall that two parties had entered into a close-door meeting which began at about 4:30 p.m. at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting, which lasted for over two hours, had in attendance the two ministers overseeing Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, and Dr Yusuf Sununu and other top…