BREAKING: JAMB Releases 1.3 million UTME Results Today

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A report by Punch Metro has shown that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it will release no fewer than 1.3 million results of candidates that sat for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Tuesday (today) after they had gone through security checks and found to be without malpractice.

 

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The JAMB Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who stated this on Sunday in an interview with Punch Metro, added that the UTME results of Computer-Based Test centres where the CCTV showed malpractices had been cancelled.

The board said the CCTV showed “strange things” such as CBT centre owners collecting money from candidates to engage in malpractices and also threatening JAMB officials at the centres.

The JAMB spokesman said, “We are presently viewing the CCTV to ensure that results are not released in several batches. On Monday, we will release over 1.3 million results. These are the results of the CBT centres that have been screened. We cannot say how many cases of malpractice we have yet, because we are still viewing the CCTV to discover more cases.

 

“Some strange findings that the CCTV has showed us include a situation where the CBT owners were collecting money from UTME candidates and seeing to how they could assist them. Our officials at the centres raised the alarm but they were also afraid so that their lives would not be endangered.

 

“What the JAMB officials did was to silently play along with them, but we were watching everything on the CCTV. We later sent operatives to the centres and c@ught them. Such UTME results were completely cancelled. We knew that there were some innocent candidates in such centres and we have asked them to go to other CBT centres and rewrite immediately.”

Benjamin said candidates whose fingers could not be captured during the biometric verification before the examination, would not be allowed to retake the examination, as the biometric verification had already disqualified them.

“We have also concluded all arrangements to do the UTME for blind candidates. The examination is taking place in five centres. These are Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Benin and Enugu. The candidates are writing on Monday (today),” he added.

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‘What Will Happen If We Remove President Buhari From Power’- APP Reveals

The National Chairman of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Mr Ikenga Ugochiyeri, has said that the party would rebuild Nigeria’s economy and unite the people if voted into power in 2019.
Ugochiyeri stated this on Monday in Abuja at the official public unveiling of the party.
According to him, the insecurity and spate of killings in parts of the country and said that there was urgent need to redeem its economy from imminent collapse.
The PPA chieftain noted that the president Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government had performed below the expectations of Nigerians and had also failed in its campaign promises and should be removed from power.
He also observed that though President Muhammadu Buhari has the constitutional right to re-contest, he should not do so.
He said that it was better for Buhari to retire with the last vestiges of respect and honour.
He added that the APP would also ensure that June 12 was approved by the National Assembly as the national democracy day.
“This Bill which has been drafted and captioned June 12 Bill, will be presented to the Parliament once we are elected in 2019,’’ he said.
He said that APP would stand against tenure elongation and change of Constitution by sit-tight leaders in African countries and dictatorship in the continent if elected.
“Nigeria shall more resolutely intervene on behalf of the people of Africa where there is violation and abuse of human rights and dignity.
“We will no longer sit and allow some dictators continue to rape the dignity of their people and subject their citizenry to all sorts of human suffering,” the chairman said.

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Mentally Affected Man Who Killed 2 Pupils in Ogun Confesses

A suspected mentally ill man, Lekan Adebisi, who hacked two pupils to death, has declared that he is ready to face the consequences of his action. 
The horror attack occurred on Monday at St. John’s Anglican Primary School, Agodo, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area, Ogun State.
Mr Adebisi stormed the school with a machete and hacked two pupils, Mubarak Kalesowo, and Sunday Obituyi, to death.
He was later arrested by police on Wednesday following a manhunt by police backed by youth and hunters.
The suspect told journalists on Thursday that he took the action because he was frustrated in life.
He was interviewed at the Eleweran Police Headquarters in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital.

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Meet The World’s Biggest Puppy That Is Taller Than An Average Human (Photos)

A nine-month-old dog named, Euphrates has been named as the world’s biggest puppy. The puppy weighs a whopping 12st (180lb) and stands at a staggering six feet tall – taller than some humans.

According to The Sun UK, Euphrates was bred to resemble a gigantic prehistoric monster dog. She eats eight cups of a dog food a day and prefers to play with a four by four piece of fence post than a squeaky toy.

Owner Jared Howser, 41, of Salt Lake City, Utah, said: “It’s unreal and unheard of, at nine months her size and strength is far beyond what I thought it would be.

“When she stands on her hind legs she is six-foot-tall, that’s only at nine months too, on all fours to the withers, the tops of her shoulders she is 31.5 inches.

“If she was to stand she is big enough to look out of the peephole on our door.

“We have a pitbull who she plays tug of war with, they are known for their ability to pull more than their own weight, but Euphrates she just sits holding the other end in her mouth unaffected and not budging at all.

“When people look at her, they are surprised and ask how I’ve been able to keep her under control, joking that I must be a lion tamer.

“Most people think she is a fully-grown dog when we take her out in public, when we tell them she is a nine-month-old puppy their jaws hit the floor."

Euphrates cost $5,000 (£3,600) and was the largest of the litter.

Jared said: “She had two growth spurts and, in that time period, she was so clumsy because she was getting vastly bigger every day.

“I never expected that she would be this big when we first brought her home, at four and a half months old she was already 136lb (10st).

“By six months old she was tall enough to reach the kitchen counter while sitting down.”

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10,000 Nigerians To Get Jobs As Buhari Commissions N50B Sugar Factory

President Muhammadu Buhari On Thursday commissioned the N50 billion Sunti Golden Sugar Estate which he said will employ 10,000 people directly.
Speaking in Sunti in Mokwa local government area on Thursday, Buhari said the coming of the sugar factory was timely, as Nigeria has made her way out of recession and “we have showed considerable progress.”
I commissioned the Sunti Golden Sugar Estates in Niger State today. We’re grateful to all investors who continued to invest even during the recession, demonstrating great confidence in our policies. We will continue to support the private sector to create jobs and prosperity
He further disclosed that the magnitude of investment in the sugar estate is a clear manifestation that the policies on economic diversification of the government is attracting the right kind of support and engagement.
The president called on private investors in the country to partner with the government in creating investment opportunities.
He said, “We are looking inward to our natural endowment and deposit. We are focusing on agriculture and other non oil sectors.
“The mill, as I was told, cost the company N50bn, and it’s expected to produce 100,000 metric tons of sugar yearly.
“It will provide direct employment for about 10,000 people yearly, and impact up to 50,000 people indirectly, including 3,000 small-scale out growers.
“While commending the company for creating job opportunities for Nigerians, the President said, “Flour Mills has shown commitment to Nigeria all through the good times and bad times.”
Buhari also reiterated the benefits and economic possibilities of the River Niger, saying, “It has been long overlooked; it is time to explore and harness the benefits for commerce and investment.”
He assured Nigerians that his administration would continue to create enabling business environment and improve security and infrastructure across the nation.

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