Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB, has revealed that just 25% of the students who took the exams in 2018 passed.
Oloyede revealed this at a meeting at the Bola Babalakin Auditorium in Gbongan, Osun State.
Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, urged the Plateau State governor to order for the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of the murder of over 86 people in Razak, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashi District in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Falana in a statement said that should the government fail to take appropriate action to stop the killings in Plateau “we shall not hesitate to report the authorities of the Federal Government and the Plateau State Government to the Special Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for condoning crimes against humanity and genocide.”
Nigerian-American musician, Tobe Nwigwe, showed solidarity with the Nigerian Super Eagles when he performed wearing the Nike designed jersey at the 2018 BET awards.
Nwigwe and his crew of dancers rocked the awards stage with the critically acclaimed jerseys and tracksuits to the admiration of the crowd.
Currently trending on social media, a ‘psychic’ cat has predicted that Nigeria will win its World Cup qualifier match against Argentina today.
Former Governor of Ekiti State and the All Progressives Congress APC governorship candidate for the July 14 election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has accused some top officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) of conniving with Governor Ayodele Fayose to rig the coming election.
The former Minister accused three top INEC functionaries from Abuja of holding a secret meeting with governor Fayose in the government house some days back under the guise of being in the state for official duty.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has commiserated with star musician, Daniel Oyebanjo D’banj and his wife over the tragic loss of their one-year-old son.
The toddler, Daniel Oyebanjo III died after drowning at a swimming pool in D’banj’s Ikoyi residence in Lagos on Sunday afternoon.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber crimes, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, has stated that critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s ICT sector were not ready to proffer solutions to frequent cyber attacks in the country by hackers.
He explained that among the nations of the world that were already recording advances in technology particularly in Cyber crimes, Nigeria has the worst ICT culture that would not made them ready to tackle cyber attacks.
Justice Adedayo Akintoye of an Igbosere High Court in Lagos again discharged the application seeking to quash the charges preferred against the suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, by the Lagos State Government.
Akintoye, while ruling on the application, said the charges filed against Evans did not offend the rule of duplicity as enshrined in the country’s laws and, therefore, lacked merit.
The Nigerian Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick, as well as football legend Segun Odegbami, have shared encouraging words with the Super Eagles team ahead of their match against Argentina today as part of the World Cup series.
They did so at a dinner held with the Super Eagles team in St. Petersburg yesterday.
The Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has commiserated with his Plateau State counterpart, Simon Lalong over the killing of about 100 people in the state at the weekend.
Newsmen had reported that armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded some villages in Plateau state, killing scores of innocent Nigerians.
A former Chief Whip of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Sunday Akinniyi, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
The assembly had, on June 13, suspended Akinniyi, representing Ikere Constituency 2, for alleged terrorism and sleeping through in the last three years.
President Muhammadu Buhari Today arrived Plateau State on a condolence visit. Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad made this disclosure via his Twitter handle.
The President is visiting the state after no fewer than 86 persons were killed by suspected herdsmen in Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashish District in Barkin Ladi Local Government.
Nigerian producer and filmmaker Femi Odugbemi has been formally invited into the voting membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS in the United States of America.
The academy organises and decides the nominations for the universally-acclaimed Oscars award for motion pictures.
Nigerian celebrities have strongly condemned the attacks in Plateau State which left no fewer than 86 people killed and several others injured.
Newsmen reports that the Plateau State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of 86 persons in the attacks on Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashish District in Barkin Ladi Local Government.
The National Association of Nigerian Students NANS condemned the latest killing by suspected Fulani herdsmen in some communities in Plateau State.
Newsmen reports that some suspected herdsmen killed over 86 persons during an attack on Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashish District in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, over the weekend.
Barely a week after search for arms operation at Kuriga village by security operatives, armed bandits have stormed the village along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna road and killed five people, while 12 others sustained bullet wound.
A member of Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance told PR Nigeria that victims of the attack included women and children.
Vinnie Paul, founding member and drummer of Pantera, has died at the age of 54. A cause of death is not immediately known.
In 1981, Paul founded Pantera with his brother Dimebag Darrell, vocalist Donnie Hart, Lead guitarist Terry Glaze, and bass guitarist Tommy D. Bradfort, who was replaced within a year by Rex Brown. Having started as a glam metal band, Pantera eventually sought a darker, heavier style, which led to the addition of vocalist Phil Anselmo in 1986.
The patriarch of the Jackson family that includes Michael, Janet, and the members of The Jackson 5, Joe Jackson has been hospitalized. Variety reports that the Jackson is in the final stages of terminal cancer.
Jackson, 89, has been afflicted with a number of health issues in recent years, including suffering a stroke that left him with temporarily blurred vision, multiple heart attacks, and dementia. Last year, he was in a car accident in Las Vegas, where he’s lived for the past several years.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of four non-executive directors for the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The Permanent Secretary General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olusegun Adekunle, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists.
National Christian Elders’ Forum, NCEF, has raised alerted Nigerians of plot by some politicians to truncate the nation’s democracy through military intervention in a bid to remain in power at all costs.
Former minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili says Super Eagles have taught Nigerians a lesson by defeating Iceland.
Ezekwesili writing on her Twitter page said the Eagles following their 2-0 win against Iceland showed the importance of feedback from Nigerians.
35-year-old Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem perpetrated one of the biggest tax scams in US history, and is heading to jail because of it.
According to Report, Kazeem was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of running a tax scam that got him $11 million.
The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said Governor Ayodele Fayose will not be allowed to move about on the election day of July 14.
He assured the people of adequate security on the day, urging them to come out en-mass to perform their civic duties.
Ben Murray-Bruce, the Senator representing Bayelsa East, and a Media mogul, Dele Momodu, has reacted to Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Iceland in their Group D fixture at the 2018 World Cup.
Ahmed Musa scored both goals for the Super Eagles as they claimed their first win at the tournament in Russia.
The one-year-old marriage between Olujonwo, son of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Temitope, daughter of Lotto boss, Chief Kessington Adebutu aka Baba Ijebu, is currently in crisis.
This follows the release of a court document sent to the Ogun State Judicial Service Commission, by Obasanjo’s son, Olujonwo accusing his wife of domestic violence and threat to his life.
Following the release of his hit track Isabella which received various positive reviews and the cover of Adekunle’s Gold Ire, T Classic’s fans and music lovers can’t help but want more.
Nigerian popular singer, Patoranking has lamented and called out to Nigerian government over the state of electricity in the country.
The singer on his Twitter page called on the Nigerian government to put an end to the blackout in various parts of the country.
President Donald Trump has finally bowed to pressure and signed executive order to prevent undocumented immigrant families from being separated at the US-Mexico border.
Trump reversed his own policy amid international condemnation over the separation of undocumented parents and children.
The son of late MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election, Abdulmumin, has joined the race for the ticket of the National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress.
The APC national convention is scheduled to hold on Saturday in Abuja.
Abdulmumin in Lagos said he had what was needed to give youths the much-needed direction to move the nation forward, adding that since he returned to the country in 2007, he had always been thinking about how to contribute to the system and make a difference.
The Deputy Majority Leader in the Senate, Alh. Bala Ibn Na’allah, on Wednesday, said that the National Assembly NASS was unperturbed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s concerns about the adjustments it made in the 2018 Appropriation Bill.
Na’allah was reacting to the Buhari’s criticisms during his budget signing speech on the reduction of ‘N’ from the proposal sent to NASS and increasing it by ‘N’ for some projects which he said might be difficult to execute.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo begged Ekiti traditional rulers for not visiting them before he attended All Progressives Congress APC rally for governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
Protocol demands that top government functionaries including the President, Vice President, Governors, Ministers and diplomats pay homage to the paramount ruler of federating states whenever they visit.
Traders fled the popular Ogbeogono Market in Asaba, Delta state earlier this week following fetish substance including dead rats, native chalks found at the premises
In a mild drama, the traders in anger attacked security agents of the market who they alleged were privy to the fetish substances that were deposited at every nook and cranny of the market.
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Osun known as Ochún or Oxúm in Latin America also spelled Ọṣun, is an orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifá and Yoruba religions. She is one of the most popular and venerated orishas. Oshun is the deity of the river and fresh water, luxury and pleasure, sexuality and fertility, and beauty and love. She is connected to destiny and divination.
During the life of the mortal Oshun, she served as princess consort to King Shango of Oyo.
One of the political parties jostling for the governorship of Ekiti state in the July 14 election, Providence Peoples Congress, PPC, has threatened a legal action against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for disqualifying its candidate.
The party handed the threat when it addressed newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, accusing INEC of disqualifying and expunging the name of its candidate, Pastor Stephen Obasola, from the list of candidates in the election.
The All Progressives Congress APC kicked off its governorship campaign in Ekiti State.
APC will be represented at the governorship elections on July 14 by Kayode Fayemi.
The Deputy Leader of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon Adeniran Alagbada, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and pitched his political tent with the All Progressives Congress APC.
Alagbada, representing Ise/Orun constituency, renounced his membership of the PDP in Ado Ekiti saying he decided to dump the PDP based on some lapses noticed in the party.
Colombia’s Carlos Sanchez became the first player to be sent off at the World Cup in Russia when he was dismissed for handball in the match against Japan.
A former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has taken a swipe at the Nigerian Senate over a statement urging President Muhammadu Buhari to tolerate lawmakers as his children.
Newsmen recalls that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, urged President Buhari to tolerate members of the National Assembly and see them as his children.
Security agents have taken tactical positions around the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium and other strategic areas in Ado Ekiti ahead of the mega rally of the All Progressives Congress.
Personnel of various security agencies, including the Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, as well as the FRSC, were sighted at different locations keeping watch.
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the 2019 general elections will probably be the least expensive elections for the All Progressives Congress APC.
Speaking Newsmen, he said the current administration has performed well and doesn’t need to convince anyone.
A housewife, Hassana Angyan, begged a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court to dissolve her marriage with Shuaibu Abdullahi, over his drunkenness, refusal to pray and battery.
Angyan told the court that she got married to Abdullahi 30 years ago, under Islamic Law, the marriage produced six children.
The Presidency has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law on Wednesday.
The Supreme Council of Bishops, otherwise known as World Council of Bishops, has written President Muhammadu Buhari, pleading for pardon for five young men sentenced to death by a court in Adamawa for the killing of a herdsman.
Newsmen reports that a Yola High Court had on June 11, 2018, sentenced the five men from Kodomun in Demsa council area of the state to death by hanging for murdering a herder in retaliation to the several killings in the area.
A former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and the immediate past governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, on Monday stormed the Ibadan home of the former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, in an effort to woo him to their different political parties.
Ladoja rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party from the Accord Party last year but there was friction in his relationship with the National Working Committee of the PDP over the formation of the state executive.
Atiku Abubakar, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential aspirant met with a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu at the Akure airport in Ondo State,
Both politicians arrived the airport for onward movement to Ekiti State for their parties’ campaigns, ahead of the July 14 governorship election.
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that he will never sit down for discussion with the aggrieved members of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party that joined forces to form the ruling All Progressives Congress.
A top government official disclosed this to journalists on the condition of anonymity. The source said Buhari had conveyed his position on the matter to state governors elected on the platform of the APC during a meeting he had with them recently.
Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Pius Olayiwola Aderemi, CON, is dead. He passed away on Monday at a hospital in Ibadan, Oyo State after a brief illness.
A statement issued by his son, Olakunle Aderemi, described the deceased as a devoted Catholic, defender of the law and an exemplary and incorruptible jurist of Nigeria’s apex court.
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra state is expected to give ruling today, in an application asking the judge to disqualify himself from further hearing of a money laundering charge brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against the former Managing Director of Orient Petroleum Resources Limited, Nnaemeka Nwawka and two others, Jude Cyril Anakwe and Agbaim Nwachukwu.
Chairman of the Egbin Power Plc, Kola Adesina, has called on the Federal Government and operators in the power sector to address the challenges currently facing the power sector.
Adesina, who attributed the problems to misalignment of vision, policies as well as non-consultation and inclusion of operators and stakeholders before a policy is implemented,’ added that it was impossible for every Nigerian to be metered.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, says that no fewer than 1.02 million passengers travelled through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during the first quarter of 2018.
FAAN’s First Quarter Report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria, in Abuja showed a 38.9 per cent growth from 623,727 recorded during the same quarter in 2017.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the growth recorded could not be unconnected to the closure of the airport between March 8 and April 19, 2017 for the rehabilitation of its runway.
