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A 19- year-old teenager, who identified as Mojeed Sanusi, allegedly attempted to kill a man by hacking him with a machete, is facing trial

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said 62,140 candidates will reseat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME after their centres were found to have engaged in malpractices. JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, who announce this on Wednesday at a briefing, noted that a total of 59,698 UTME results were also cancelled by the board based on examination malpractices. A breakdown of the cancelled results showed that 57,646 candidates wrote in centres, which were fraudulent; 1,386 candidates were caught cheating, while 666 candidates did multiple registrations It was learnt that only the first group of 57,646 would be allowed to rewrite the UTME. This group would be joined by 3,811 candidates, who did late registration and 683 who had biometric-related issues, to make a total of 62,140 candidates. According to Oloyede the board had slated Saturday, July 1, for the examination. He said, “The board had a meeting with the 37 chief external examiners for the 2...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, okayed request by the Federal Government to shield identities of 14 witnesses billed to testify against detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd.  The court, in a ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Ahmed Mohammed, granted leave for all the prosecution witnesses to give their evidence behind screen.  Justice Mohammed anchored the ruling on section 232 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015, which he said permits the use of screen in the prosecution of cases involving economic crime. He noted that one of the charges FG levelled against Dasuki before the court borders on money laundering.  Dasuki who served as the NSA under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is facing four-count charge bordering on money laundering and his alleged illegal possession of firearms. FG had in the charge before the court, alleged that Dasuki was on July 17, 2015, at his house situ...

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) advocate the whistle blowing policy to retrenching embezzlement in the country  Fashola made the recommendation at 6th Meeting of Operators of Power Sector held at Ugwuaji   330/132 KVA Transmission Sub- Station, Enugu. The Minister noted that energy theft was not only criminal but an act of economic sabotage inimical to the power industry. He said he doubted   the assumption that  only about six million households were currently making use of power in the country, saying he believed that more households were consuming energy, secretly. He was of the view that it was the trend that gave room to estimated over- billing of non metre owners. He therefore reiterated his call on the good citizens of the country to report illegal users of power, to enable the power sector move forward. The Minister, however, warned against disconnection of pre-paid meters, saying he had been...

An All Progressives Congress aspirant in the Osun-West senatorial district, Chief Ademola Adeleke, may move to the Peoples Democratic Party to contest

American Actor Adam West, best known for playing Batman has died at the age of 88 in Los Angeles on Friday night following a short battle with leukemia. He died peacefully, and surrounded by family who paid tribute to him in a statement, saying: ‘Our dad always saw himself as The Bright Knight, and aspired to make a positive impact on his fans’ lives. “He was and always will be our hero.” Adam West (1928-2017) Adam found fame when he started as Batman in the CBS show which ran from 1966-1968, winning the role after the series producer saw him playing a James Bond-esque character, Captain Quik, in a Nesquik commercial.

The Intelligence Response Team led by ACP Abba Kyari on Saturday report the arrest one of the most wanted notorious suspected kidnapper simply identified as Evans in Lagos. According to  Assistant Commissioner of Police,  Abba Kyari , who confirmed the arrest to the  News Agency of Nigeria , said the suspect was arrested at his Magodo residence in Lagos. “IRT headquarters in Abuja is celebrating the arrest of the most wanted brilliant and notorious high-profile kidnapper in Nigeria. “He has collected several billions of Naira as ransom in the last seven years as the kingpin of kidnappers. “He was arrested at about 1.00p.m on Saturday in his residence in Magodo Estate, Lagos,” Kyari said. He commended the Force Headquarters for mobilising the resources to go all out against the “richest and most notorious kidnapper” in the history of Niger ia.