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POLICE ARREST FOUR SUSPECTS OVER MURDER OF RETIRED GENERAL IN ABUJA
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says it has nabbed four suspects in connection with the murder of retired Brigadier General Uwem Harold Udokwere. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Beneth Igweh, disclosed this while parading the suspects as well as others who committed heinous crimes at the FCT Police Command headquarters in Abuja on Monday….
DRIVER BAGS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR ABDUCTING, DEFILING 10-YEAR-OLD
A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 24-year-old commercial driver, Abdul Hudu, to life imprisonment for defiling and abducting a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) for three days. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the two-count charge of adduction and defilement against Hudu….
JAMB TO APPROVE MINIMUM CUT-OFF MARKS FOR 2024 ADMISSIONS ON JULY 18
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed July 18 for the policy meeting that will determine the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut-off marks for 2024 admissions into tertiary institutions. The board’s weekly bulletin reports that the meeting, which is to be chaired by Tahir Mamman, the education minister, would have other stakeholders in…
NO UNIFORM UTME CUT-OFF MARK FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTION ADMISSIONS – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that there is no such thing as a uniform national minimum score for admission into tertiary institutions in the country. JAMB had revealed that it is looking to host a policy meeting with education stakeholders on July 18 ahead of 2024 admissions. At this meeting, the minimum cut-off…
FOUR NIGERIANS GET $250,000 GRANT TO MONETISE FOOD PROCESSING, ENERGY INNOVATIONS
The Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) has awarded a $250,000 grant to four research teams from Nigeria. This was disclosed at the project inauguration and initial boot camp of SGCI funding in Abuja. The grant was given to the shortlisted teams after the implementation of the Research for Impact Initiative (R41) under the auspices of…
SUSPECT IN DEADLY TRIPLE SHOOTING AT COLORADO HOTEL CAUGHT AFTER MANHUNT
A man accused of carrying out a shooting that killed one person and wounded two other people early Sunday at a Colorado hotel was arrested after an intense manhunt on the ground and in the air. The city of Alamosa said Sunday evening on Facebook that the person of interest in the shooting, identified by authorities as…
METS’ EDWIN DIAZ FACES A 10-GAME SUSPENSION AFTER BEING EJECTED FOR A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE ON HIS HAND
New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz is facing a 10-game suspension after being ejected from the team’s 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night. The right-hander came on in the ninth to try to seal the victory for the Mets, but was tossed by third-base umpire Vic Carapazza before throwing a pitch after an inspection…
DEADLY ATTACKS ON DAGESTAN SYNAGOGUES AND CHURCHES
Attacks on police officers, churches and synagogues in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan have left many people dead. Gunmen targeted the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on the Orthodox festival of Pentecost. The dead include at least 15 police officers, a priest and a security guard. Six of the attackers are dead and police…
VIDEO: CANCER WOULD BE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME IF I LIVED EXTRA 20 YEARS – FAROOQ OREAGBA
Farooq Oreagba, the managing director of NG Clearing Limited, has recalled how his cancer diagnosis a decade ago changed his perspective on life. In February 2014, Oreagba was diagnosed with bone marrow and skin cancer, an incurable illness that forced him to step aside from his career temporarily. The 58-year-old, however, had a transplant in August of…
LAGOS POLICE SPOKESPERSON REACTS TO ACTRESS LAIDE BAKARE’S RECENT RANT
You were stopped for contravening traffic laws by driving on the BRT lane. You chose to create a scene. You rightly paid the correct fine for your offence – N70,000 – into government coffers. Not a finger was laid on you .