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2025 UTME: 12% of 98,232 candidates sit for mop-up exam – JAMB

Low turnout marred the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME mop-up examination,held in some designated Computer-Based Test, CBT centres across the country on Saturday. Only 12 per cent of the 98,232 candidates expected to participate in the exercise conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, turned out for the exercise. This was even as […]

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Seven richest Nigerian boxers of all time

Nigeria has produced several world-renowned boxers who have accumulated substantial wealth from the sport, with seven fighters standing out as the richest Nigerian pugilists of all time, PETER AKINBO writes  Anthony Joshua – $267 million Joshua is the most famous Nigerian boxer in the world today. The two-time heavyweight world champion began his boxing career

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Over 50m candidates’ data on EDUSTAT, says WAEC

The West African Examination Council, Nigeria, has said its newly unveiled Educational Statistics platform has the database of over 50 million candidates who have been tested over the years. Speaking on Wednesday at the unveiling of the EDUSTAT, Head of Nigeria Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, explained that for schools, the platform would offer student-level data

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Guber poll: Save Abia from bloodbath NBA tells INEC

Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to quickly declare the results of Abia State governorship election held on Saturday to avoid bloodbath in the state. Similarly, Abia State human rights and pro- democracy groups have called on the INEC to save the state from avoidable crisis by resolving the

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Dutch govt officials told not to install TikTok

The Dutch government on Tuesday advised officials not to install the Chinese-owned video app TikTok or use social media from other countries with “offensive” cyber programmes. Following similar moves by other Western nations, the Dutch eventually want to ban “spy-sensitive” apps from countries like China, Iran, North Korea and Russia altogether from phones used by

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History ‘ll hold Trump accountable for Capitol attack, Pence says

  A former United States Vice President, Mike Pence, on Saturday, said history would hold former President Donald Trump “accountable” for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, US media reported. The remarks are likely to widen the rift between the former running mates, who have been at loggerheads ever since Pence

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Israeli army shoots dead three Palestinian gunmen in West Bank

Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinian gunmen after they fired at troops in the occupied northern West Bank, the army said on Sunday, as violence in the region continued. The military said that “gunmen opened fire” at an army position near the Jit junction west of Nablus, with the soldiers responding with “live fire”. “Three

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By Ian McCullough Chelsea wrapped up a third win in seven days as they eased past Leicester at the King Power Stadium. First-half goals from Ben Chilwell and Kai Havertz and a second-half volley from Matteo Kovacic moved the Blues up to eighth on the Premier League table and deepen the Foxes’ relegation fears. Chilwell,

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