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22-year-old films self drinking sniper over UTME result

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Segun, a 22-year-old man, is currently battling for his life at a general hospital in Ogun State after attempting to commit suicide over his low UTME scores, by drinking sniper insecticide. It was gathered that the victim had scored 167 in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. Segun, who was unhappy with his result, went on Twitter and expressed frustration at his repeated failure to secure admission into a tertiary institution despite several attempts. He lamented that in 2015 when he sat for the exam, he scored 189, adding that when he tried…

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I owe no apologies over Lagos State godfather comment -el-Rufai

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Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor, has said he owes no apologies to anyone regarding his last week’s advice to Lagos residents to discountenance godfathers in the state’s politics, because he knows none of them. Governor El-Rufai, however, did not mention any names, but media pundits view his comment as an attack on former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, who has a strong influence on Lagos State politics. Addressing State House Correspondents after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the governor maintained…

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First Bank’s Financial Inclusion boosts economy with 22,000 agents

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Leading financial institution, First Bank of Nigeria says its commitment to deepen financial inclusion in Nigeria has received a great boost with its network of mobile money agents growing to over 22,000 agents. Speaking recently in Lagos at the Future of Finance West Africa Conference, the Deputy Managing Director, First Bank Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbenga Shobo, said the bank’s agents process over $490 million worth of transactions monthly. Shobo, who spoke during a panel discussion on: ‘Mobile money services for a better financial inclusion in West Africa,’ noted that to…

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AAC: Party exco Suspends Sowore as National Chairman -They are misguided individuals, says Sowore

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One of the political parties that participated in the 2019 election, African Action Congress (AAC) said it has suspended its national chairman and presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. A member of the party’s National Executive Committee, Mazi Okwy, who read the resolution of the party at a press briefing, said the party’s decision against Sowore, Publisher of Saharareporters; and his executive bordered particularly on the inflow of illegal foreign funds into the party, which the suspended officials personally retained in contravention of Section 225 (3)(4) of the 1999 Constitution (as…

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I Have No Hand In Naira Marley’s Arrest – Ruggedman

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Ruggedman has stated that he had no hand in Naira Marley’s arrest as speculated by many. Ruggedman who revealed that he has no hand in Naira Marley’s arrest, added that all he did was to caution the young artist who has influence, against making utterances about an issue that by global standard is considered a crime. He further disclosed that despite the disrespect to his person, he’s got nothing against him and only longed for him to be discerning and utilize his position of influence appropriately. His statement reads in…

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Akinwunmi Adesina Gets Tunisia’s Highest official Honour

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Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank and former minister under President Goodluck Jonathan, has been awarded Tunisia’s highest official honor, the Grand Officer of the Tunisian Order of Merit . The president of Tunisia; His Excellency Beji Caid Essebsi warmly welcomed him and others with a grand ceremony at the presidential palace. Adesina has taken his crusading for an agricultural revolution everywhere on the continent. He galvanized the political will among African leaders to transform the agricultural sector and lobbied for effective policies to modernize farming and make…

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Suspected cultists arrested with female underwear in Ogun

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Three suspected cultists have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command, with one female pant tied with assorted charms. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the arrest was made in continuation of the command’s  war against cultism and other violent crimes. The arrested cultists, who have all confessed their membership of Eiye confraternity are: Olagboye Abidemi, 32; Olasemojo Michael, 28, and Wasiu Waheed, 23. According to Oyeyemi, men of Ogun State Police Command, last Friday stormed an initiation hideout of the Eiye…

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Elites denying Nigeria development -Senator Abdullahi

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Aliyu Abdullahi, senator representing Niger North, has fingered the selfish tendencies of the elite as cause of the country’s problems. He alleged that local government, as the third tier, only existed on paper, while the states squandered the finances meant for them. Abdullahi made the speech during a press conference at the Senate Media Hall after sponsoring a bill on Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and Local Government Finances. Governors, he said, have crippled local governments and the Houses of Assembly have held that tier of government at the jugular, to…

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Ghanaian Actor, Chris Attoh’s wife shot dead

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An unknown gunman has been shot dead the wife of Chris Attoh, a Ghanaian actor, in Maryland, United States. The victim, identified as Jennifer Bowie, was shot in the head in the parking lot of a Maryland office building by a black gunman on Friday. The 44-year-old victim was said to have left the office in the 6300 block of Ivy Lane and was walking to her car when a man armed with a handgun approached her. The Greenbelt Police Department said when she tried to run away, the man…

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15-year-old boy scores highest in 2019 UTME

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Ekene Franklin, a 15-year-old boy from Abia State has emerged the best candidate in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, by scoring 347 marks considered as the highest by the board. Similarly, a 16-year-old boy from Abia State came second by scoring 346 marks just as a 17 year old from Osun State trailed behind with 345, considered by the board as the third best result in the 2019 UTME. But the Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyode, who announced…

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