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The results of the first set of candidates who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) last Saturday have been released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The results were said to have been released within 24 hours of the examination, and candidates have been advised to check their e-mail addresses or visit the board’s website for …

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said that he will dump the People’s Democratic Party if the Supreme Court ruling does not favour the Makarfi-led caretakercommittee in the leadership face-off with Sherrif. According to a media report by Channels TV, Fayose said this to newsmen on Tuesday while reacting to media reports that he had removed the name and …

Donald Trump directly asked the former FBI director, James Comey, to drop an investigation into his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to notes kept at the time by Comey and first reported on Tuesday by the New York Times. “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” Trump told Comey, …

Clinton on Monday announced the launch of Onward Together, a political action organization that is dedicated to supporting progressive causes, ending months of speculation about whether the vanquished presidential nominee would return to political life. “From the Women’s March to airports where communities are welcoming immigrants and refugees to town hall meetings in every community, Americans are speaking up and …

Following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Monday said that it has commenced screening of every inbound flight into the country, especially those from Central African countries and the rest of the world. THISDAY checks revealed that the screening of passengers began on Sunday, …

Cybersecurity researchers have found evidence they say could link North Korea with the “WannaCry” cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide. A researcher from South Korea’s Hauri Labs said on Tuesday their own findings matched those of Symantec (SYMC.O) and Kaspersky Lab, who said on Monday that some code in an earlier version of the WannaCry software …

The trial of the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) on alleged corruption charges was aborted by the refusal of the Federal Government to produce him in Court for trial. The trial slated before the FCT High Court Abuja could not go on after the judge and Senior Lawyers had waited for over three hours without Dasuki being …

The Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Mr. Muhuyi Magaji, says the agency has achieved 80 per cent success into the investigation of alleged misapplication of N6bn by the Kano Emirate Council. Magaji told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja that the commission had also recorded a “water tight case against the emirate council’’ over …

Donald Trump has admitted that he shared information on terrorism with Russia, asserting he has an “absolute right” to do so. The US president was responding to reports in the Washington Post and elsewhere alleging that Trump had revealed “highly classified” details about a threat from Isis during a meeting last week with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and …

The Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, says Governor Godwin Obaseki has already proven his critics wrong with his achievements just six months in office. In a statement on Sunday, Ogie said, “In six months, we have been able to chart a course that will carry the Edo people along and intimate them on what to expect from …