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Upon proper investigation and scrutiny, viz-a-viz cum credibility and zeal towards the above Union growth and development, I, hereby offer this appointment to the following persons for effective and smooth run of this administration.

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Abasifreke Benson
15-07-2023

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Candidates will naturally still wish to take the exam every year. Imagine a situation that your current score couldn't fetch you admission, wouldn't you like to attempt the exam the following year with the hope that you might do better in your performance?

Gary Neville has called on the Premier League to stop the transfer of players to Saudi Arabia until it is certain the integrity of its competition is not being put at risk.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante have already joined the Saudi Pro League - marquee names but near the end of their career - and there was speculation Lionel Messi would too, before his move to the US.

A growing number of players at their peak are attracting interest too, including Wolves captain Ruben Neves, Chelsea's Kalidou Koulibaly, Hakim Ziyech and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Arsenal's Thomas Partey. It underlines the league's ambition to be one of the top five in the world.

Neville, though, is among those asking what all this potential activity means.

In June, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), which owns Newcastle United, confirmed it was taking over four leading clubs in the country, including Al-Nassr, who signed Ronaldo in December.

There is uncertainty over whether PIF holds a stake in Chelsea's ultimate owners, the private equity firm Clearlake Capital, although club sources have rejected suggestions of any direct involvement.

"The Premier League should put an instant embargo on transfers to Saudi Arabia to ensure the integrity of the game isn't being damaged," Neville told BBC Sport.

"Checks should be made on the appropriateness of the transactions.

"If it comes through that process, obviously transfers could open up again. But I do believe, at this moment in time, transfers should be halted until you look into the ownership structure at Chelsea and whether there are beneficial transfer dealings that are improper."

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June 12 in the eyes of Dominic Esifa

June 12,1993 had been a date most Nigerians and indeed the entire world awaited... Let's cast our minds back... I had just completed my primary school, waiting to start JS 1 in Spetember... Personally, I remember the gap-toothed then Head of State Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida AKA IBB.

I also remember that my interest in the media rose within that era. The Concord owned by MKO Abiola; The Punch, Post Express, The Guardian, The Champion owned by millionaire Emmanuel Iwanyanwu, The Vanguard, Daily Times, Chronicle in Calabar, The Tide, Complete Football and Complete Sports (wow) owned by Sunny Obazu-Ojeabeze, and the magazines - Tell, The News, Newswatch edited by Ray Ekpu, The Source edited by Comfort Obi were prominent in that era. Some daring publications such as Tell went underground, assumed different format just to deceive SSS after being proscribed...

Humphrey Nwosu was constantly being mistaken as footballer Henry Nwosu 😁😁😁

Soon after the annulment, journalism in Nigeria and the country as a whole attracted international attention. Journalists and others who could voice out their disapproval went on exile. The country became endangered 😉 when Sani Abacha took over from Shonekan in November 1993. The BBC, VOA, Radio Dutchwella, Radio Kudirat, Radio Biafra were Nigerians' favourite.

Oh Nigeria! Sanctions and suspensions from everywhere.

I also remember the phantom coup plot by General Donaldson Oladipo Diya who served as Chief of the General Staff, the de facto Vice President of Nigeria under General Sani Abacha and his arrest for treason in 1997. Those sentenced to death included two former cabinet officers, Maj. Gen. Tajudeen Olanrewaju and Maj. Gen. Abdulkareem Adisa, and a civilian. Four defendants were sentenced to life in prison, including a newspaper editor, Niran Malaolu.

Chai... What do you also remember about this era in Nigeria's history?

The current car I'm driving was ordered from Finland. It's a first class foreign-used. Not had any reason to regret only that it came during the covid-19 era. Spent about extra 100k due to movement restriction/ protocol

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Introducing the 22/23 Champions League winners 🤩

Ex-president Muhammadu Buhari had to leave the venue of the inauguration of new President Bola Tinubu before the close of ceremonies

Reports have it that he want straight to the airport ahead to his hometown, Daura, Katsina

Why does the outgoing president have to leave the swearing-in ceremony immediately after handing over to the incoming president?

Few hours after Hilda Effiong Bassey set a new World Record for longest cooking session, Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua has included the feat in one of the exam questions set for students of the Department of Mass Communication

JAMB fixes new date for 2023 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a new date for the commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations.

The board disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday.

Benjamin said the UTME which was earlier scheduled to commence on April 29, would now start on April 25, 2023.

Benjamin, therefore, said the result of the candidates who successfully took the mock examination on March 30, had been released.

He also said the board had brought forward the conduct of its 2023 UTME which was earlier scheduled to hold from Saturday, April 29, to Tuesday, April 25.

He said the adjustment in the date of the UTME was to accommodate some other major and critical national assignments.

”By so doing, the board hopes that no citizen will be denied the opportunity of exercising their civic responsibilities.

”It should be noted that the board does not have the liberty of shifting forward its examination as other public examinations are billed to commence their exercises in the early part of May 2023.

“Yet another factor is the need to accommodate those institutions with stable academic calendar to resume as scheduled,” he added.

He said the board would continue to partner with relevant agencies of government to ensure that its candidates got the best.

He said the board also solicited the understanding of all as it delivered on its critical mandate.

He also said the board would hold its rescheduled mock-UTME on April 18, 2023.

”JAMB had earlier conducted its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday, March 30, in 725 centres across the country.

”However, the exercise ran into some technical hitches in some centres, thereby denying some candidates the opportunity to sit for the examination.

”The board’s mock examination was designed for the purpose of testing its preparedness and that of its partners for the UTME as well as give prospective candidates the opportunity to have hands-on experience of the CBT test environment.

”It is, therefore, in order to give those candidates, who were unable to sit for the examination owing to no fault of theirs, the opportunity to take the examination that the mock examination had been rescheduled to hold on Tuesday, April 18,” he said.

He said candidates who were present and screened for the examination but could not sit for it had been rescheduled to retake the mock examination on April 18.

https://punchng.com/jamb-fixes-new-date-for-2023-utme/

Humza Yousaf was sworn in as Scottish First Minister on Wednesday, March 29, at the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Watched by his family, the 37-year-old practicing Muslim took the oath of in front of Court President Colin Sutherland, whose honorary title is Lord Carloway.

Scottish nationalists picked Humza Yousaf to be the country's next leader after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign.

Yousaf beat Kate Forbes and Ash Regan for control of the Scottish National Party (SNP), following the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon.

Forbes resigned her government position after Yousaf offered her a new role in his government.

Speaking outside the court Yousaf said he could not compel her to serve in his government and respected her decision.

Yousaf takes over a party with an overriding objective to end Scotland's three-centuries-long union with England. His predecessor stepped down after the British government repeatedly blocked a route to a new vote on independence.

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Please does it have a VGA connection port or can you just snap all the ports? Wanna check something, please

In the heat of the old Naira notes deadline, many of us became so desperate. A friend had to deposit N200, 000 with a POS operator who credited only N140, 000 in his account. N60, 000 went just like that

On my part, I had about N18, 500 left to deposit. I had a POS operator who had promised to help me deposit the money and credit my account. Till now, I'm yet to receive the credit even when the transaction was "successful" from his end

Now that the CBN has accepted the Supreme Court ruling on the continued use of the old notes, share your experience on how much you lost

Governor Udom Emmanuel and Wife Dr ( Mrs) Martha Emmanuel cast their vote Awa Ward 1, Polling Unit 001 in Onna LGA

First Bank branch in Oron, Akwa Ibom State was today attacked by some protesters over scarcity of cash

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At CBN, Uyo this morning

BREAKING: CBN Extends Old Naira Deadline Use Till February 10

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The Central Bank of Nigeria has insisted that deadline for the return of old series of 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes remains January 31 2023

Deadline for the return of old series of 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes remains January 31 2023. pic.twitter.com/ngHiXeHfNk

— Central Bank of Nigeria (@cenbank) January 28, 2023

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Brazilian football legend Pelé, who burst onto the world scene as a goal-scoring teenager and led his national team to an unprecedented three World Cup titles, died Thursday at the age of 82.

He was hospitalized in late November, and doctors said in December he was dealing with cancer that had advanced along with kidney and cardiac problems. In September 2021, he had surgery to remove a tumor from his colon.

Widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time, Pelé dazzled on the World Cup stage for Brazil and in club games and international tours with his team Santos before helping generate a surge of excitement around the sport in the United States with a late-career stint with the New York Cosmos.

Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in 1940 in Três Corações, about 250 kilometers northwest of Rio de Janeiro, Pelé signed with Santos at the age of 15.

By 16, he was part of Brazil’s national team, and in 1958 he made his World Cup debut at age 17, announcing himself on football’s biggest stage with a goal in his first match. He is the youngest player to ever score in the men’s World Cup and the youngest to ever score three goals in one game, which he accomplished in Brazil’s second match of the tournament.

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Thousands of people will gather in New York City, Washington D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11 to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

In New York City, a ceremony will take place at the 9/11 Memorial, where mourners will gather as they have every year since the attack, for the annual reading of victims' names from both the 1993 and 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

They will also observe a citywide moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. EDT, the time American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower, with a second pause at 9:03 a.m. when United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower.

Further moments of silence will be observed at 9:37 a.m., when American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon; at 9:59 a.m. when the South Tower fell; at 10:03 a.m. when United Flight 93 hit the ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania; and at 10:28 a.m., when the North Tower collapsed.

(Reuters)

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As a mark of respect to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, this weekend’s Premier League match round will be postponed.

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Akwa Ibom State governor Udom Emmanuel has allegedly ordered the imprisonment of human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong in Uyo prison

Mr Effiong made the disclosure through his verified Facebook page thus

I have just been sent to Uyo prison by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, for one month for defending Leo Ekpenyong in the libel suit filed by Governor Udom Emmanuel.

...almost a year since the original post was made!

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