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The new governor of Oyo State, Engr. ‘Seyi Makinde has come hard on National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) by proscribing all its activities in the state on Friday. The action followed alleged security breaches and factional clashes of the union members in some areas of Ibadan, the state capital. The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Bisi Ilaka, told journalists at a Press conference in the Governor’s Office that the union’s activities has ceased forthwith. I laka urged the people of the state to go about their lawful businesses. On Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, told our correspondent that six NURTW members had been arrested for disturbances at motor parks between Wednesday and Thursday

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 ...

Nigeria supplies about 80 per cent of the total quantum of electricity consumed in the Republic of Benin but power is more stable in the neighbouring country than it is in Nigeria , the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said . Aside from the Republic of Benin , Nigeria , through the TCN, supplies power to the Republics of Niger and Chad , and the countries are classified as international customers in the Nigerian power sector . On why some of these countries get stable electricity than their major supplier of power , the Managing Director , TCN, Usman Mohammed , explained that their electricity distribution networks were better , adding that power distributors in Nigeria should visit these countries to learn . When asked if the countries managed their systems differently , Mohammed replied , “ This is exactly what was raised in one of our meetings , where one of the Discos said power distributors should go to the United Kingdom , South Africa and other countries to look at how the di...

Arowosaiye , who regularly performed at RCCG programmes , was said to have hanged himself with his belt on Tuesday at Sunnyvale Estate, Lokogoma District , Abuja . It was learnt that the deceased , who ministered during a recent youth praise event at the church , was allegedly depressed over certain personal issues . Acting spokesman for the police in the Federal Capital Territory, ASP Gajere Danjuma , confirmed the incident . The Head , Media and Public Relations , RCCG , Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi , while commiserating with the family of the deceased , said Arowosaiye had left the church before the incident . He said , “For us as human beings , it is painful that somebody has committed suicide. So , it is not right to begin to say whether he was with us or not. So , we to first sympathise with the family. “The report we have is that he used to be one of the singers in one of our parishes in Abuja. He left the church a while ago to join the Shepherdhill Ministry , where he became their ch...

Liverpool fell one point short of winning their first league title since 1990 as Manchester City pipped Klopp ’s side on the final day of the season . Liverpool ’s 2 - 0 win over Wolves was rendered irrelevant by City’s 4 - 1 victory at Brighton , leaving the Anfield faithful frustrated after it briefly appeared they might witness two football miracles in the space of a week . Tuesday ’s astonishing 4- 0 win against Barcelona , which overturned a 3 - 0 first - leg deficit and sent Liverpool to their second successive Champions League final, was one of the greatest nights in the club’s history. And when Sadio Mane put Liverpool ahead early on against Wolves and City fell behind to Glenn Murray ’s goal , another unthinkable dream was about to become reality . That tantalising moment lasted only a matter of seconds , however , as Sergio Aguero equalised for City , who went onto shatter Liverpool ’s hopes with a ruthless goal - spree . It was cruel on Liverpool , who secured 30 wins and 97...

Three suspected cult members have been arrested with female underwear allegedly tied with charms in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State . The suspects – Olagboye Abidemi , 32 ; Olasemojo Michael , 28 ; and Wasiu Waheed, 23 – were reportedly members of the Eiye Confraternity . They were arrested on Friday by men of the Ogun State Police Command who reportedly stormed their initiation hideout in the Agbowa area of Ogijo . The Police Public Relations Officer in the state , Abimbola Oyeyemi , confirmed the arrest . Oyeyemi said the arrest was made in continuation of the command ’s war on cultism and other violent crimes . He said , “The DPO Ogijo division, CSP Muhammed Baba , while leading his men on Operatio n Puff Adder on a routine patrol , got information about the hideout of the cultists where they usually initiate new members . “The place was stormed and three members of the group were arrested . “Recovered from them were one jackknife , one bloodstained silver knife , fem...

Manchester City retained the Premier League title after surviving a scare on the final day to see off Brighton 4- 1 at the Amex and beat Liverpool to top spot. For 88 seconds on the south coast, Liverpool were heading for the title as they led Wolves and City fell behind to Glenn Murray ’s header , but Pep Guardiola ’s men found their stride to finish on 98 points – one ahead of the Reds . Murray gave Brighton a shock lead on 26 minutes , his finish from a corner sending Liverpool fans into delirium , but City quickly responded . Sergio Aguero struck the ball through Mat Ryan ’ s legs after a good pass from David Silva two minutes later, and then Aymeric Laporte headed home unmarked from a corner on 38 minutes to make it 2 -1 . Riyad Mahrez , making a rare start , finished superbly just after the hour, and Ilkay Gundogan ’s majestic free kick put City in total control and turned the closing stages into a party for the visiting fans . Liverpool beat Wolves 2 - 0 at Anfield but, despite ...

The Presidency has said there is no truth in reports that the Federal Government is considering shifting the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for second term from May 29 to June 12 . The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity , Garba Shehu, made the clarification in an interview with our correspondent on Sunday. Media reports last week claimed Buhari would be inaugurated on June 12 , the day the government has declared as the country ’s new Democracy Day . But Shehu told our correspondent that the President ’s first term would expire on May 29 , 2019 , having been inaugurated on May 29 , 2015. He said those who were behind the reports were only attempting to cause confusion in the polity . The presidential spokesman promised that the Presidency would soon issue a statement on the matter . He said , “There is no truth in that report . As a matter of fact, we will soon issue a statement on it to clear the air . “The President was inaugurated for his fi...

Up- and-coming artistes , Afeez Fashola ( aka Naira Marley) and Temidayo Omoniyi ( aka Zlatan ) , who were arrested on Friday morning by the Economic and Financial Crimea Commission in connection with alleged cases of internet fraud and money laundering , were still in detention on Saturday night.Naira The EFCC’s acting Head , Media and Publicity , Tony Orilade , in an interview with our correspondent , confirmed that the artistes had not been released . Orilade said , “They are still with us as we are talking .” Asked if the singers would spend the weekend in custody , he said , “They are still with us . When they are released , I will let you know .” The EFCC arrested the singers based on “intelligence report ” allegedly linking them to cybercrime offences. The commission said the artistes were apprehended along with three other suspects , Tiamiu Abdulrahman , Adewunmi Adeyanju and Musa Abubakar , following an early morning raid at 9 , Gbangbola Street , Ikate , Lekki, Lagos .

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized some houses belonging to Senate President Bukola Saraki . The houses, which are located at 15 a , 15 b and 17 MacDonald Road , Ikoyi , Lagos , are said to belong to Saraki . However , the EFCC was said to be unsure of which of the properties that actually belong to the Senate President and decided to place inscriptions and stickers on all of them . While 15 a and 15 b were declared by Saraki in his asset declaration form , it is believed that some other houses on the street were bought by the Senate President from the Presidential Implementation Committee for the Sales of Government Property through shell companies .

According to him , why he took his annual show , Laffmatazz, out of Lagos , Speaking to our correspondent , Adeyinka stated , “ About 10 years ago , I got a divine call to develop stand- up comedy in the south-western part of the country . Next year , I will do a concert in Lagos , but for the past 10 years , God has been good to us and we ’ve built new comedy kings . We have given several people platforms outside Lagos in places such as Ibadan , Osogbo , and Abeokuta . You don’ t have to come to Lagos to be a big comedy brand. Stay where you are and conquer your market . “ Some people have said it is the fear of competition that drove me out of Lagos but it is not. It is the desire to carve a new niche. God called me to revive comedy in the South -West . ”

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of 1 ,792 ,719 candidates out of the 1 ,886 ,508 who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in April . Also , JAMB delisted 116 centres over “registration -related misconduct ”. The results of 34 ,120 candidates were withheld including those of 15 ,145 candidates being clarified as ‘identical twins and siblings .’ About 59 ,667 candidates failed to turn up for the exam. Announcing the results in Abuja on Saturday , JAMB Registrar , Prof Is - haq Oloyede , said Franklin Ekele , 15 , from Imo State , emerged as the highest performer with 347 marks , followed by Abia State ’s Emmanuel Chidiebube , 16 , who scored 346 , and Osun State ’s Isaac Olamilekan , with 345 score . However , Oloyede said Ekele and Chidiebube might not gain admission to their school of choice , University of Lagos , because they were underage . Giving a breakdown of the results, the JAMB chief said 2 ,906 candidates scored ove...

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The FCT command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested three students of the University of Abuja over the death of their colleague, Emmanuel Balogun, who drowned in a swimming pool. Balogun, who was 17 years old, was said to have gone to The Dome, a fun spot in Abuja along with friends over the weekend when the incident occurred. It was alleged that after the teenager drowned, his colleagues abandoned him and watched him drown. According to CCTV footage obtained by the police, the suspects took the deceased’s phones and money and returned to school without informing anyone of what had happened. According to a friend of the family, it was a female friend that eventually informed his mother the next day. She said, “A very dear friend’s undergraduate’s 17-year old son got drowned at the Dome hotel pool in Abuja last weekend. He was in the company of his friends. The friends neither reported to the hotel management what happened nor to the deceased’s parents. “They went back to the schoo...

Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control have on Friday arrested 10 persons in Port Harcourt , the Rivers State capital , for selling unregistered bread . NAFDAC also impounded four vehicles used in selling the unregistered products in Rumuokoro , Rukpokwu and other places within Port Harcourt metropolis. Officials of the agency , who operated with a team of policemen, went round major points where unregistered loaves of bread were sold to seize them . Rivers State Coordinator of NAFDAC , Mrs Chinelo Ejeh , explained that the operation was part of the agency ’s regular routine , where unwholesome products were mopped up from circulation . “In the early morning raid at the bread depots in Rumuokoro , Rukpokwu and other places within the Port Harcourt metropolis , NAFDAC officials , accompanied by a detachment of men from the Nigerian Police Force also confiscated the unregistered loaves .