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Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria, YOWICAN, visited the office of Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB, following controversy over the compulsion of Arabic studies. In a statement signed by Engr Daniel Kadzai, national president, YOWICAN the team visited JAMB on a fact finding mission. “Our team visited the JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede at the JAMB Headquarters office in Bwari, Abuja on fact finding mission over the controversial Police Recruitment Examinations exercise set by JAMB. He explained that Prof Ishaq warmly welcomed the team led By Prof Adisa, Professor of Surgery and Surgical Oncologist, Abia State University Teaching Hospital,…

Real Madrid have appointed Spain manager Julen Lopetegui as their new head coach on a three-year deal. Zinedine Zidane, who led the club to three successive Champions League titles, stepped down in May, saying the club needs “a different voice”. Lopetegui previously managed Porto for two years, before taking over at the Spanish national team in July 2016. The 51-year-old will take up the position after the World Cup, which begins on 14 June. READ: Salah used for political capital by Russian politician A former goalkeeper, Lopetegui made one senior appearance for Real Madrid but played 107 matches for Logrones.…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja approved the conferment of national honours on three distinguished Nigerians who contributed immensely to the enthronement of democratic governance in the country. They are Rt. Honourable, Chief Agunwa Anekwe, former Speaker, House of Representatives in the Third Republic; Senator Iyorchia Ayu, former Senate President in the Third Republic; and Senator Ameh Ebute, Senate President in the Third Republic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha who announced this in his welcome address at conferment of posthumous national honours on Chief MKO Abiola, Chief Gani Fawehinmi and Ambassador Babagana…

President Muhammadu Buhari today, apologized on behalf of the administration of former President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida for annulling the June 12, 1993 presidential elections presumably won by the late MKO Abiola. Buhari on Tuesday performed the investiture of national honours on heroes of democracy following the national apology to the family of late Chief Moshood Abiola. MKO Abiola and Ambassador Babagana Kingibe were the candidates of Social Democratic Party (SDP) that contested the election in 1993. Buhari also tendered national apologies to all those who struggled for the actuallisation of the election, including journalists, politicians and all other stakeholders. The…

Chechnyan leader Ramzan Kadyrov used Mo Salah for “political capital” after being pictured with the Egypt forward, says an anti-discrimination chief. Egypt’s World Cup base is in the former war-torn republic of Russia, where Kadyrov’s regime has been criticised for alleged human rights abuses. European body Fare said FIFA has made a “big mistake” in allowing Chechnya to host a World Cup training base. Kadyrov defended his human rights record to the BBC earlier this year. Speaking in January, he insisted all reports of extrajudicial killings and torture of gays in Chechnya were “made up”. Football’s world governing body FIFA…

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye has retired from boxing. The British boxer said it was time to “close this chapter in my life”. The 37-year-old lost his last fight in May, a heavyweight rematch against fellow Briton Tony Bellew, after losing the first contest in March 2017. Haye is also a former cruiserweight world champion and ends his career with a record of four defeats in 32 fights. He said he was “ready to close this chapter in my life” but “this is not the end of my story – it’s simply the start of something new”. Haye beat…

Eleven people on a river cruise were killed when their boat collided with a tugboat late on Monday in the Russian city of Volgograd, which is hosting matches in the soccer World Cup, rescue services said. Emergencies services received notification at around 10 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday that the vessels had collided on the Volga River, about 250 metres from the riverbank. There were 16 people on board the pleasure craft, all of them Russians, the RIA news agency cited the local administration as saying. READ: Nigerian man Azubuike buries father in N31m BMW car Five people had been…

A Nigerian man has buried his father in a brand new BMW instead of a coffin in order to see him off in style in the local village graveyard. The wealthy son, identified only as Azubuike, lost his father, to old age but according to local reports had always promised him one day he would have a flash car. So after he passed away in the remote village of Ihiala, Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria, Azubuike is reported to have splashed out N31,869,133.43 (£66,000) cash on a car from the showroom to bury his father in. An incredible photo taken at…

Women in a Catalan village near Barcelona have voted to go topless bathing in public swimming pools after police ordered two women to put on their bikini tops. BBC reports that the vote in L’Ametlla del Vallès went 61% for topless bathing, 39% against. The Catalan local authority organised the vote – whose result is legally binding – for women aged 16 and above, and 379 took part. READ: FBI arrest 29 in Nigeria as part of global crackdown on email fraud Women pressed for the vote after police turned up at one of the pools last summer and ordered…

Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrested 29 people in Nigeria as part of a global crackdown on email fraud across the world. US authorities said on Monday that 74 people had been arrested in all as it continues crackdown on email fraud scams, in which criminals have attempted to steal billions of dollars from businesses and individuals. Of those arrested, 42 were in the United States, 29 in Nigeria, and the others in Canada, Mauritius, and Poland, the FBI said. The cases involve a growing type of fraud known as “business email compromise” that targets employees with access to corporate…