Day: April 9, 2023

JAMB Fixes New Date For 2023 UTME

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new date for the commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), which will now start on April 25, 2023, instead of April 29, 2023, as earlier scheduled. The announcement was made by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin in Abuja on Sunday. The board’s rescheduled mock UTME will hold on April 18, 2023, following technical hitches encountered during the March 30 mock exam. READ ALSO: How, Where Bola Ajibola Will Be Buried –…

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How, Where Bola Ajibola Will Be Buried – Family

ADEOLA YUSUF

From Owu To The Hague: Life and Times of the Owu Abeokuta prince who became a Judge of the World Court   The family of Prince Abduljabar Bolasodun Ajibola has announced that the late judge of the World Court would take place at Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) Isale Apata, Olorunsogo, off Abiola way, Abeokuta by 4.00pm today Sunday 9th April, 2023. Ajibola died on Saturday at a Lagos hospital aged 89. READ ALSO:World Court ex-Jurist, Prince Bola Ajibola, Is Dead Meet Prof. Ighedo, Nigerian Who Broke S’Africa Varsity 148-Yr…

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Royal Queens Hold Inaugural Confab, Discuss Impact in National Development

Ganiyu Amodu

120 Queens converged at the Palace of Ooni of Ife + who said what at the meeting, first of its kind in Nigeria   For the first time ever in Nigeria history Royal Queens Conference took place on March 30 to commemorate Black Women’s History Month. About 120 Queens converged at the Palace of Ooni of Ife to discuss the impact of Royal Queens in national development .The conference was organised by Olori Ronke Ademiluyi Ogunwusi and Olori Janet and Afolabi under the Queen Moremi Ajasoro initiative and Olori Janet…

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Gunmen kill 34 ln Benue IDP Camp

Abibat Babalola

Gunmen on Friday night reportedly killed 34 people in an attack on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at LGEA Primary School Mgban, in Nyiev Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. A resident simply identified as, Jonah, told our correspondent on the telephone that armed men attacked the community around 9pm on Friday. He said a pregnant woman and her son were among those killed while many people were injured. Similarly, the Security Adviser of Guma local government council, Christopher Waku, told our correspondent that 34 people…

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World Court ex-Jurist, Prince Bola Ajibola, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

How the former Attorney-General of Nigeria breathed his last at a Lagos hospital + what his eldest son wrote on the topmost Owu Prince   A former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead. Ajibola, who was also a former Attorney-General of Nigeria, died in a Lagos hodpital aged 89. Ajibola, the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, died on Saturday midnight after a long-time illness as a result of old age. The eldest child of the late jurist, Segun Ajibola, SAN, disclosed this…

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Soyinka now ‘boy boy for criminal politicians’ — Charly Boy

Abibat Babalola

One of Nigeria’s most versatile entertainers, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has taken a swipe at Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, over his comments on the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi. Charly Boy, who is one of ex-Governor Obi’s supporters, called OBIdients, spoke following Soyinka’s statement on Friday. In the statement on Friday, Soyinka said he was in support of the position of Nigeria’s musician, Seun Kuti, that OBIdients were a put off. READ ALSO: Man Sets Ex-lover’s…

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Man Sets Ex-lover’s Apartment Ablaze, Razes Entire Building

Abibat Babalola

A 43-year-old man, Yusuf Hassan, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for setting ablaze the apartment of his ex-lover, Busayo Falola, which resulted in the entire building being burnt down. The Command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the development in a statement he issued on Saturday. According to Oyeyemi, Hassan was arrested on April 4, 2023 following a report lodged at Ago Iwoye Divisional Police Headquarters by the 62-year-old landlady of the house, Adejoke Salau, that she heard a noise from one of the buildings within…

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BREAKING: Isreal Adesanya Knocks Out Alex Pereira In Second Round

Ganiyu Amodu

Blow-by-blow account of how the stylebender avenged his fifth-round TKO loss to the Brazilian   Israel Adesanya won his UFC middleweight championship fight with a brutal second-round knockout against Alex Pereira at UFC 287 in Miami on Sunday. Adesanya avenged his fifth-round TKO loss to the Brazilian last November in a fight he had been winning on the scorecards. “Brah, they say revenge is sweet, and if you know me, I’ve got a sweet tooth!,” Adesanya told UFC interviewer Joe Rogan. “This is f….ing sweet! READ ALSO Anthony Joshua Wins,…

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Chimamanda’s Epistle Of Garbage, By Femi Fani-Kayode

ADEOLA YUSUF

Chimamanda Adichie’s “hollow democracy” diatribe is a shitty little submission, in a shitty little letter, written by a shitty little diva.  It was hardly worth my time to read and ordinarily, I would not have bothered. Like all fecal waste it belongs in one place and one place alone: the bottom of a public toilet. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Hollow Democracy UBA To Recover N56.16BN Debt With Sale Of Abuja Disco, Move Drives Up Share Price To One-Month High N20bn Payment to Ghost Consultants’ Allegation Rocks NNPC Gunmen Kidnap Nasarawa Ex-deputy Governor,…

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Nigeria’s Hollow Democracy, By Chimamanda Adichie

ADEOLA YUSUF

In slamming “Nigeria’s hollow democracy,” the famed author wrote: “The smoldering disillusionment felt by many Nigerians is not so much because their candidate did not win as because the election they had dared to trust was, in the end, so unacceptably and unforgivably flawed.“   Dear President Biden, Something remarkable happened on the morning of February 25, the day of the Nigerian presidential election. Many Nigerians went out to vote holding in their hearts a new sense of trust. Cautious trust, but still trust. Since the end of military rule in…

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