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JAMB Releases 2023 UTME results today 2 May, 2023
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates who took the current Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will have their results released today.
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/05/jamb-releases-2023-utme-results-today-2-may-2023.html

Arsenal suffer Champions League agony! Winners & losers as Wolfsburg snatch victory in semi-final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWOa005PIl4

Nollywood actor Alexx Ekubo has added a newly built gazebo to his mansion as he showed it off in a new video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8FRbsxNz_o

Cute Young Pictures of Davido & B-Red’s Sister Folashade, His Mom & Dad Mr & Mrs Adeleke |Trends.
See video...
https://youtube.com/shorts/QBqY-PlFaWw?feature=share

What do you think Samuel Eto'o was telling Kylian Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi? Watch this video...
https://youtube.com/shorts/lsJ1jnNeRdc?feature=share

Davido added a new ride to his garage as he acquired a 2023 Maybach.
According to reports, only 150 of this specific brand were produced, costing the singer a whopping N394,000,000 The artist has received congratulations from fans and well-wishers on purchasing his new luxurious possession. Watch Video...
https://youtube.com/shorts/4vZfZtBcdJU?feature=share

R Kelly Perform to his Fans in Jail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0gZm9HlrPc

Jowi Zaza, Obi Cubana, Others Storm Julius Agwu’s 50th Birthday Party, Mercy Chinwo Sings, Video Trends.
https://youtube.com/shorts/1bLO0reJCuc?feature=share

American singer and actor Olurotimi Akinosho, better known as Rotimi, recently linked up with Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage and it came with an unknown revelation. In a video he shared on his Instagram page, Rotimi revealed Tiwa is his Blood cousin. Watch Video...
https://youtube.com/shorts/gzHZkkLWfcI?feature=share

Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his election victory.

This was despite Zelensky’s invitation to his war-torn country of Ukraine for a state visit...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/04/zelensky-invites-tinubu-to-ukraine-on-state-visit.html

Dino Melaye, a former Senator who represented Kogi West in the National Assembly, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the Kogi State Governorship Election on November 11, 2023.
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/04/dino-melaye-wins-kogi-state-pdp-governorship-primary.html

According to The Times, a British national daily, Chinese nationals in the mining industry are funding terrorist groups in Nigeria to gain access to the country’s mineral reserves.

According to an exclusive report published on Saturday, “Beijing could be indirectly funding terror in Africa’s largest economy” through bribes and illegal transactions.

According to the report, some Chinese nationals who worked as informal miners in Zamfara now serve as runners for militant groups in the state and other northwestern parts of the country.

“The Times has learned that Chinese companies working in parts of Nigeria where attacks are...continue reading...https://www.benuepost.com/2023/04/how-chinese-are-funding-terrorist-groups-to-gain-access-to-mineral-reserves-in-nigeria-the-times.html

Victor Osimhen has been named UEFA Champions League Goal of the Week.

Fans voted Osimhen’s beautiful header in Napoli’s 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt as the best of the week.

In the Round of 16 second leg tie, the forward nodded home superbly from Matteo Politano’s cross deep into stoppage time.

In the second half, Osimhen scored Napoli’s second goal.

The 24-year-old was also nominated for the Player of the Week award, which was won by... Continue reading...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/osimhen-wins-uefa-goal-of-the-week-award.html

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The court accuses him of war crimes and has focused its claims on the illegal deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.

It claims the crimes were committed in Ukraine beginning on February 24, 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Moscow has denied the allegations and labelled the warrants as “outrageous”.

The move is unlikely to have much of an impact because the ICC lacks the authority to arrest suspects and can only exercise jurisdiction within its member countries, of which Russia is not one... continue reading...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/putin-arrest-warrant-issued-over-war-crime.html

The Nigerian football legend is set to return to the screen more than a decade after hanging up his boots.

Nigerian soccer legend Austin Okocha will star in Showmax’s first animated series, Jay Jay: The Chosen One.

The 13-episode series, based on his childhood in Nigeria, will be voiced by a cast of Nigerian actors led by Prince Unigwe, who will play Jay Jay.

Okocha is excited about the show and feels honored that it will reimagine his childhood.
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/super-eagles-legend-austin-okocha-gets-his-own-animated-show.html

Russian President Vladimir Putin meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022. Russia and China are both increasing their presence in Africa in order to benefit from the continent’s abundant natural resources.

Analysts say China and Russia are increasing their presence in Africa to tap its rich natural resources, despite dire warnings from UN agencies that the world’s poorest countries face crippling debts.

“One out of every three major infrastructure projects in Africa is built by Chinese state-owned enterprises, and one out of every five is financed by a Chinese policy bank,” said Paul Nantulya of the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/africa-pays-the-price-as-china-and-russia-muscles-for-its-resources.html

Nollywood actor Olumide Oworu will face off against his senior colleague, Desmond Elliot, in the polls on Saturday, March 18.

A Twitter user recently unearthed an old photo of the actor posing with Elliot years ago, when he was still serving his NYSC service year. The photo elicited a range of reactions from social media users, with many rooting for Oworu to win the election.
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/netizens-dig-up-old-photo-of-olumide-oworu-with-desmond-elliot-as-nysc-corper.html

Ruth E. Carter made history in the sequel to Black Panther four years after she became the first black person to win costume design. Carter was honored again at this year’s Oscar ceremony for her work on the superhero Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Carter’s acceptance speech gave the audience chills as she asked late actor Chadwick Boseman to look after her mother, who died recently.

Ruth E. Carter, the costume designer best known for her work on the Marvel blockbuster Black Panther, has become the first black woman to win two Oscars. Carter won her first Oscar for Black Panther in 2019, and she later became the first black person to win two Oscars for costume design.

In a crowded field that included Shirley Kurata’s costumes for the...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/2023-oscars-ruth-carter-makes-history-as-first-black-woman-to-win-2-oscars.html

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, said yesterday that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s comments that he was sipping a 40-year-old whisky while watching him and others protest on national television confirmed that Wike spoke under the influence of alcohol.

In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, Atiku warned Wike not to drink alcohol because it had affected not only his voice and demeanor but also his thinking faculty.

Atiku claimed the governor’s beef with him had nothing to do with the southern presidency and was simply a manifestation of his heartbreak. He praised efforts in the United States and the United Kingdom to secure a visa ban against Wike. “While they were protesting, I just sat down and drank a 40-year whisky,” Wike explained. As they protested, I called some friends and opened the 40-year-old whisky.”...continue reading...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/hes-under-alcohol-influence-atiku-to-wike.html

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) opened its portal for 2023 recruitment on Sunday. The portal was opened at exactly 12 a.m. (00.00hr).

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s (NDLEA) Management Board announced the process would begin on March 12, 2023. The Board is now accepting applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill full-time positions...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/ndlea-recruitment-2023-2024-application-form-registration-portal-www-ndlea-gov-ng.html

As the debate over Tems’ ‘view-blocking’ Oscars outfit for 2023 continues to rage on social media, actor Yul Edochie has praised her for doing Nigeria proud...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/tems-stole-2023-oscars-yul-edochie.html

The Benue All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned commercial banks not to grant loan requests from Governor Samuel Ortom, whose term ends on May 29.

Tersoo Kula, the spokesperson for the Alia/Ode Campaign Organisation, claimed in a statement on Saturday that the State House of Assembly had approved another N1 billion revolving overdraft for Mr Ortom on Tuesday, saying that such a loan would deepen the state’s debt profile.

“We have it on good authority that the Uba-led Benue House of Assembly secretly approved a N1 billion revolving overdraft for the Ortom-led executive on Tuesday...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/benue-apc-asks-banks-not-to-grant-ortoms-n1-billion-loan-request.html

Following the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) one-week extension of the governorship and state houses of assembly elections, some Nigerian universities have announced new resumption dates for academic activities.

The Federal Ministry of Education had previously directed Nigerian tertiary institutions to suspend academic activities until the election was completed on March 14th.

However, INEC has moved the second round of the country’s general elections from March 11th to March 18th.

As a result, several universities, including the Federal University of...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/nigerian-universities-announce-new-resumption-dates.html

Despite persistent reports that Russia may arm Iran with cutting-edge weapons, including Su-35 fighter jets, the Sputnik news agency reported that the delivery date and number of Flanker-E fighters will be kept secret.
According to Sputnik, citing Iran’s UN mission in New York, after the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988, Iran expressed an interest in...https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/iran-flaunts-its-deadly-missiles-that-shot-down-us-rq-4-global-hawk-drone.html

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that the recirculation of old 500 and 1000 naira notes was not approved.

On Wednesday, several reports claimed that the apex bank had approved the recirculation of old naira notes until December 31, 2023.

However, CBN Acting Director of Corporate Communications Isa Abdulmumim called the report “fake news” on Wednesday.
He also urged Nigerians to...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/naira-redesign-we-didnt-approve-recirculation-of-old-n500-n1000-naira-notes-cbn.html

The IRGC, Iran’s second navy, has developed the world’s first very small air-defense boat, amid growing concerns about Tehran’s burgeoning military power, which is viewed as a threat by countries in the Persian Gulf and Israel.

The creation of a small defense boat is unique in and of itself.

According to Naval Analyst and OSINT expert HI Sutton, this is the first-of-its-kind vessel Iran has likely produced for domestic use by the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy... continue reading...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/iran-unveils-worlds-first-air-defense-boat.html

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the use of Open Banking in Nigeria.

Open Banking in Nigeria refers to data sharing across the country’s banking and payment systems.

According to the Open Banking guidelines, the goal of the initiative is to “promote innovation and broaden the range of financial products and services available to bank customers.”
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/cbn-introduces-open-banking.html

Nigeria’s debt has reached N50 trillion.

Nigeria’s total public debt portfolio now stands at approximately N48.93 trillion, with the government borrowing approximately N3.73 trillion in the last five months.
According to data obtained by The Nation’s Economic Intelligence yesterday, the government will raise approximately N1.599 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2022...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/nigerias-debt-has-reached-n50-trillion.html

Chief Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, has maintained that in order to be declared the winner of a presidential election, a candidate must receive 25% of the votes cast in the election in two-thirds of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja...continue reading...

https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/tinubu-must-score-25-in-fct-to-be-declared-winner-former-agf-aondoakaa.html

Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Members Fights Over His Financial Account As DSS Detention Lingers

As his detention in the Department of State Service (DSS) persists, family members of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, are at odds over who should manage his accounts.

According to Vanguard, the crisis is the result of a disagreement over who should be the primary custodian of IPOB’s bank account... continue reading...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/nnamdi-kanus-family-members-fights-over-his-financial-account-as-dss-detention-lingers.html

Independent Nigeria electoral commission, INEC has acknowledged the challenges that hampered last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections...
https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/2023election-challenges-faced-during-just-concluded-presidential-election-inec-chairman.html

Arsenal overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium.

In response to Arsenal’s comeback victory over Bournemouth, Amarachi Nwankwo, Kanu...https://www.benuepost.com/2023/03/kanu-nwankwos-wife-reacts-to-arsenals-comeback-win-against-bournemouth.html