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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says candidates are now free to access their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results on-line. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head, media and information, said this during an interview with NAN on Wednesday night in Lagos. According to him, already, over 1.5 million candidates that sat for the UTME had accessed their results, using the result checker code (55019). He said that the board had commenced posting the results to the portal, adding that they were now also free to go on-line, view and print their results. “Candidates can now check their results on the portal,” he said. “They must first log in their profile and then, click on ‘check UTME Examination Results’.” Since the board announced the release of its results, candidates have decried the technical challenges faced when trying to check their results via phone. The spokesman, however, dismissed rumours that the result checker code (55019) was not functional. Is

The award-winning actress while speaking at an event tagged “Conversation With Nse” in Lagos said she won’t be able to have a kid because she has removed her womb. She said she was diagnosed with Adenomyosis, a medical condition whereby the inner lining of the uterus breaks through the muscle wall of the uterus, three years ago. She said, “ I was told I couldn’t have kids. And so, I had to have a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) to make me have a life again and to stop going through what I was going through. And I’m literarily telling women and men, it really doesn’t matter if you can’t bear children. What really matters is what you would do for the world, for the universe.” "When I was first told by the doctor that I would have to remove my womb to live a normal life, tears dropped and then my husband squeezed my hand. . "It was reassuring that there was someone there and it was telling me that this is reality, my reality. The ordeal made me fall into depression. "I

Daddy Showkey has come out to speak on Naira Marleys recent arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as he appeals for his release even though he thinks he made a mistake by insulting his elders. The veteran singer took to his Instagram page on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, where he posted a video. "A lot of una dey call me because of Naira Marley, una dey say I nor wan put mouth for Naira Marley matter. Me, I nor go put my mouth for where small pikin dey insult em elders and some people dey try to make the elder look stupid when he dey talk the truth. But I go only talk say pikin no go bad, we go say make them kill am. We go find a way to save am...Me, I go beg the EFCC make them temper justice with mercy make them look around way to go about this investigation because this young man just dey grow. Make em take this one learn lesson, make em know as he go put em mouth for word," he said. Daddy Showkey scolded Naira Marley for insulting his elders on social media but

A senior worker at the Federal University of Technology , Akure , Adegbenro Adebanjo , has lamented that his wife and son were allegedly attacked by suspected herdsmen on their way to Abeokuta , Ogun State . He explained that the attack occurred when some armed men used a trailer to lay a siege to the Ikoyi town of the Ibadan -Ife Expressway and shot continuously at buses and commuters on the road . While many vehicles were said to have rammed into one another during the attack, drivers and commuters scampered for safety , which reportedly left many injured . PUNCH Metro had reported that some armed men kidnapped a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile -Ife , Prof . Yinka Adegbehingbe, while travelling from Lagos to Ife on the same route . Adebanjo , who spoke for his family, said the assailants demanded money and other valuables of travellers and beat up those who did not cooperate . He said the police , who stormed the scene of the attack , forced the assailants to retreat

Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan, says the leadership of the 9 th Senate under him will seek the permission of President Muhammadu Buhari to stop ministers from travelling outside the country during budget defence . He said the one month given to the ministers to appear before different committees in the Senate may also not attract plenary sitting in the National Assembly. Lawan, who is one of those aspiring to lead the Senate , spoke with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday . The Senate leader also said that the ministers would only be allowed to travel outside the country only on health grounds . He said this would be one of the ways of achieving a three -month passage of the budget after its presentation to the National Assembly by President Buhari . Lawan, who was accompanied to the briefing by some of his supporters, said the Senate under his leadership would also plan to pass the budget before Christmas of each year. He said , “Even though the budgeting issue varies from time to

A 24 - year -old rape victim on Wednesday narrated to a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja how she was allegedly drugged and gang -raped by the son of a Lagos hotelier , Don - Chima George , and his friend , Olusegun Rasak . It was Rapereported that George , the son of the owner of the Dallankester Hotels , and Rasak were arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly drugging and raping the victim in the Lekki Phase 1 area of the state . The suspects had allegedly laced the victim ’s drink with a substance that made her weak and took her to the hotel , where she was repeatedly raped and videotaped. At the Wednesday proceedings , the victim told the court while being led in evidence by the state Director of Public Prosecutions that she was invited to Kabaal Nightclub , Ikoyi , by George , who was her friend . She said , “Initially , I did not want to go; I was hesitant . I told Chima , but he insisted I come . He also said his birthday was a few days away and