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Khashoggi Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee on Monday slammed a Saudi court verdict that saw five of 11 people sentenced to death in the murder of the Washington Post columnist, calling the outcome “unacceptable.” “The decision is too unlawful to be acceptable. It is unacceptable,” Hatice Cengiz told the Associated Press in a text message, as questions…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Perez Brisibe, Ughelli The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State of alleged nepotism in the approved list of candidates who were reabsorbed into the state civil service after their employments were terminated in 2015 by the governor. Governor Okowa had in 2015 upon his assumption in…
Calls for Dickson’s resignation from PDP for betraying the party Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has rejected the offer of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) leadership to intervene in the conflict with outgoing Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson over the Soku Oil Wells/fields returned to Rivers State by the Federal High Court. In…
Bala Mohammed By Charly Agwam, Bauchi Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, Tuesday signed N167 billion budget for the year 2020 into law to open a new spending regime for his administration. The governor who said the budget implementation will be monitored by a monitoring and evaluation team, noted that he will introduce a mechanism to…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board have said it would be holding the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination between March 14 and April 4. It noted that an optional mock examination for candidates takes place on February 18, 2020. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in Abuja,…
Khashoggi Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Monday five people had been sentenced to death and three more to various jail terms over the last October killing of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi was a United States-based journalist and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler….
The Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin, has introduced electronic attendance registration for students at lecture rooms and clinical activities. Prof. Ibrahim Katibi, the Dean of the faculty, told newsmen on Monday that the e-attendance register was introduced to address students’ absenteeism and lateness to class. Katibi said that learning medicine is, essentially, by…
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has revealed he is yet to decide on his international future, with the forward eligible to feature for Nigeria and England. Saka was born to Nigerian parents and has represented the youth teams of the Three Lions but has not featured for the senior side, which makes him still qualified to…
Gary Neville has called on the Premier League to stop hiding from its racism problem and has encouraged players to walk off the field when they experience racist abuse during matches. The issue of racism appeared again in the English top-flight clash between Tottenham and Chelsea when defender Antonio Rudiger pointed out alleged abuse coming…
Road crash along Vom-Ganawuri-Manchok road in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau has killed two persons and injured one. Mr Andrew Bala, the Public Education Officer of Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos. According to him, the accident that…