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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged prospective candidates for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to crosscheck the data on their registration forms for the last time on May 6. The board’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the call in an interview with the News Agency if Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. The call comes ahead of the 2017 UTME scheduled for May 13 across 633 centres nationwide. NAN reports that registration of candidates for the examination was closed by the board by 12 midnight on Friday, May 5. According to Benjamin,…

Prof. Catherine Falade, a malariaologist and expert in pharmacology and therapeutics, has cautioned Nigerians and community health officials against the use of Vitamin C and 7up in treating malaria. “Consuming Vitamin C and 7up is not the treatment for malaria; nobody needs Vitamin C to treat malaria. “Nigerians and community healthcare officials should not use it to treat malaria as it cannot cure malaria. “The World Health Organisation (WHO) has standards — Arteminis Combination Therapies (ACTs), injectable and oral administrations are best practices. “In Nigeria, the use of ACT must be adhered to just as the administration of the drug…

At least 29 final year primary school pupils were killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania on Saturday, along with two teachers and the driver, the school’s director said. “We lost 29 students and two of our staff, and the driver died too,” said Innocent Mushi, director of the Lucky Vincent Primary School in the northern city of Arusha, which the children attended. The dead included 12 boys and 17 girls, he said. At least three survivors were pulled from the crash site by rescuers and rushed to hospital. “It’s a huge tragedy,” Mushi said. The accident happened early…

Ahead of the July 22 council polls in Lagos State, the Peoples Democratic Party says it is confident that its internal wranglings will be resolved for a “good showing” at the polls. The party’s State Publicity Secretary, Mr Taofik Gani, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Saturday said the party was “closing ranks” for the forthcoming council elections. “The factions in the party in Lagos State are resolving their differences to put up a strong showing in the election. “The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)or any other party that had ruled out the PDP’s chances will be surprised at…

Ifeanyi Ubah, the chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Limited has been arrested by the Department of State Services. The agency revealed the arrest today in a statement by spokesman, Tony Opuiyo. Opuiyo said Ubah was arrested on Friday in connection with the theft of petrol kept by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in his tank farm in Lagos. The product was valued at over N11 billion. The agency said Ubah’s action amounted to economic sabotage, with “capacity to negatively impact on national economy”. Opuiyo gave additional reasons for Ubah’s arrest. He said he has further engaged in other…

Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria, which is in the grip of a food crisis caused by the conflict. The Foreign Office in London said it had received reports the Islamist militants were “actively planning” to seize foreign workers in the Bama local government area of Borno state. Both said in travel advice that the affected area was “along the Banki-Kumshe axis”, which is near the border with Cameroon. The US embassy in Abuja said in a message to its nationals that the report was “credible”. Boko…

Manchester City were totally dominant as they strengthened their case for a top-four finish with a 5-0 Premier League battering of Crystal Palace on Saturday. Goals from David Silva, Vincent Kompany, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Otamendi were no more than City deserved as they outclassed their visitors at the Etihad Stadium. Silva put City in front inside two minutes despite only returning to training on Thursday, but Pep Guardiola had to wait until the early stages of the second half for Kompany to double his side’s advantage with his second goal in four matches. The three points…

The first phase of Ajaokuta Steel Company will provide 500,000 upstream and downstream employment when it becomes operational. Mr Isah Onobere, the Sole Administrator of the company, told journalists on Friday that the first phase of the plant would also provide direct employment for 10,000 technical staff when inaugurated. He also said the first phase had been completed, adding that it was envisaged to produce 1.3 million tonnes of liquid steel per annum. He said that it would cost 400 million dollars to complete Ajaokuta steel, which had reached 98 per cent completion. According to him, two billion dollars is…

The newly erected monument, `Ojuloge’, was created to celebrate the Lagos woman as part of the activities of celebrate Lagos at 50. `Ojuloge’ was unveiled on May 4, at the open intersection between the National Theatre Complex and Nigerian Breweries in Iganmu, Lagos. Mr Olorotimi Ajayi, Chief Executive Officer of Modupe Studios, said on Friday in Lagos that the monument portrayed the grace, style and passion for fashion of the Lagos women. “The inspiration for the concept `Ojuloge’ originated from the age long idea where people talk about Lagos women as `Sisi Eko’. “When you look closely, there is richness…

The trial of Mexican drug baron Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was set for spring next year by a New York court on Friday. Judge Brian Cogan set the start date for April 16, 2018 at a preliminary hearing at the Eastern District of New York court in Brooklyn, a day after he rejected requests from Guzman’s lawyers to loosen the strict rules of his confinement. Guzman was extradited from Mexico to the United States to stand trial earlier this year on charges including running a criminal enterprise and other drug trafficking-related crimes as leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. His lawyer…