Veteran music producer, Michael Ajereh, professionally known as Don Jazzy, has announced the death of his mother. In a post shared via his Instagram page on Friday, the Mavin Records boss revealed that his mother died after battling cancer. Expressing his grief, Don Baba described her as his “supporter and backbone,” who was loved “by everyone that ever met her.” “Lost my sweet mother this morning. The matriarch of our family. My supporter and backbone @indianpicolo,” he wrote in the caption. “I am beyond devastated. I have never felt pain like this in my life but I am consoled by the good…
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris and two others be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of their bail applications. Justice J. O. Adeyemi-Ajayi made the other after Idris, Godfrey Olusegun Akindele and Mohammed Kudu Usman pleaded not guilty two a 14-count charge in which they are accused of diverting about N109billion public funds. Details shortly…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has urged the federal government to live up to his statutory responsibility and avert socio-economic incidents that bring extreme shock and stress to the national population. Obi made the call in a series of tweets on Thursday while reacting to the recent collapse of the national grid. Yemiefash Media reports that the national grid crashed to zero megawatts for the umpteenth time on Wednesday after it developed a fault. A similar collapse occurred on June 12 and 20 days after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) activated a partial contract…
Super Falcons and Barcelona Femeni striker, Asisat Oshoala became the first player, both men and women, to win the CAF Player of the Year award five times when she was announced winner on Thursday.
A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many students sit for JAMB examination, come up with good grades, but for one reason or the other, they ended up not being offered admission, for no fault of theirs. She said these students and their parents, were made to bear the financial burden to sit for the examination the next year. According to…
President Joe Biden who is fully vaccinated and boosted twice, has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House said Thursday. Details later….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday revealed that only 378,639 of the 1,761,338 who wrote the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations scored 200 and above. This was disclosed by the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, during the 2022 policy meeting. While giving further statistics of the 2022 examination, Oloyede noted that 378,639 scored above 200; a total of 520,596 candidates scored 190 and above ; 704,991 scored 180 and above; 934,103 scored 170 and above; 1,192, 057 scored 160 and above. Speaking further, Oloyede noted that the board allowed candidates with awaiting results to register for the…
The Federal Government has said it will make provision for subsidy in 2023 to the tune of N6.72 trillion. Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday during the 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategic Paper (MTEF and FSP) Public Consultation. Zainab Ahmed stated the government has projected fiscal outcomes in the medium term under two scenarios based on the underlying budget parameters/assumptions. Under the first scenario, the Minister said that “the subsidy on PMS is estimated at N6.72 trillion for the full year 2023”. This amount…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for degree awarding institutions for the 2022 admission process. The minimum cut-off marks for polytechnics is 100 while colleges of education is 100. This was made known at the ongoing Policy Meeting on Admissions presided by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on Thursday . The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede had earlier displayed the minimum cut-off marks adopted by tertiary institutions. yanstv reports that unlike the 2021, the adopted cut-off marks revealed that institutions now have uniform cut-off marks for the 2022…
House of Representatives member, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye, writes Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on issues bothering on leasing of Idanre forests reserves to investors. This was disclosed to Yemiefash Media in a letter received by his Media aide, Oluyemi Fasipe. In the open letter stated, Hon Adefisoye commended the Governor for his unflinching efforts on security in Ondo State since the deadly massacre of innocent worshippers in Owo Catholic church and also appreciated his love for the good people of Idanre in fulfilling the construction of Idanre-Ijoka road. He then addressed the acquisition of the Idanre farmland by the…