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http://ift.tt/2qIf4ap The registrar said that results would henceforth not be released immediately from 2018 unless every issues pertaining to the conduct of an examination had been thoroughly looked into which depict the international best practices. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 1,606,901 results out of the 1,718, 425 that registered in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Oloyede said the results were released within 24 hours of the examination, adding that the remaining 80,889 candidates results would be released soon. He said it was also a deliberate act by the board to withhold about 76,923 results due to some alleged malpractices in some of the Computer Based Centres (CBT) where exams were held. “Six weeks into the registration, we harvested in preparation for the exam about 1.7 million registrations. “But...

http://ift.tt/2sf1QPU Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to France's Benoit Paire during their tennis match at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open on May 29, 2017 in Paris.Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP Rafael Nadal launched his pursuit of a record 10th French Open title in convincing fashion, while defending champion Novak Djokovic eased to victory under the gaze of new coach Andre Agassi. Reigning women’s champion Garbine Muguruza began her Roland Garros defence with a straight-sets triumph over 2010 winner Francesca Schiavone. Nadal, who was forced to withdraw before last year’s third round with a wrist injury, brushed aside 45th-ranked Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 inside two hours. “I’m very happy to be back here after what happened last year. It’s great to feel the support,” said the 14-time major champion. Nadal broke Frenchman Paire eight times and recovered from a slight second-set wobble when he dropped serve twice in a row to surge into a round two meeting with...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J We wouldn’t have attached any attention to it if the news of a purported coup – planning from a section of Nigerian soldiers was not credited to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Lieutenant Genera T.Y. Buratai himself. And to underscore the seriousness of the matter, the British Ambassador to Nigeria also corroborated the news – item. If the disturbing news was credited to other sources, we would have waved it aside as one of the wild – rumours. This is because the secrecy surrounding the activities and personalities of some high – ranking public officials made Nigerians to be peddlers of wild – rumours. Thus making the rumour-mill to be a big industry in Nigeria with its dissemination through the social media and some soft – sell tabloids. When the public is not regularly briefed on the activities of government and its officials, they will be left with no choice than to scoop up and sniff out information for itself. The public will therefore inadvertently be for...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Muslim cleric, Sheik Yusuf Amzat-Salam, 35, his wife and four children were killed by hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen in the early hours of Tuesday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun. The incident occurred at Atiba area of Odogbolu Local Government Area. The eldest child, a girl, was aged 11, followed by her twin brothers, aged 8 and the last female child, aged 2. All the victims had since been buried according to Muslim rites amid wailing. The attackers, whose motive could not be ascertained, butchered the entire household with machetes. The victims were discovered in the pool of their blood when school bus came to pick the children. A close family friend, Mr Yusuf Oludaisi, described the act as dastardly and wicked, wondering what the victim must have done to warrant such treatment. “He was someone whom we grew up together. I have known him for 30 years to be humble and kind to everyone who came across his path. “It’s really sad because this was someone you will nev...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Maiduguri – The Police Command in Borno on Tuesday confirmed the killing of five persons in a suicide bomb attack in Konduga Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, Mr Victor Isuku, made the confirmation in a statement in Maiduguri. “Information received from Konduga has it that on Monday at about 2130 hrs, three Female suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped on their bodies at Shuwa settlement of Mandarari Ward Konduga , killing themselves and two others. “While six persons sustained injuries, Normalcy has been restored in the area,” Isuku said The command had on May 13 confirmed a twin suicide attack that rocked the premises of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). According to the command’s Spokesman, Victor Isuku, three suicide bombers hurriedly detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies, killing themselves and a university security personnel. The post 5 killed in another suicide bomb attack in Borno appeared first on Vanguard ...

http://ift.tt/2psvjFj Homes in the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds are flooded on May 8, 2017. With heavy rains persisting and waters still rising over much of waterlogged eastern Canada, the nation's military tripled the number of troops urgently working to evacuate thousands of residents. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre declared a state of emergency for his city, allowing authorities to order mandatory evacuations from threatened areas.Catherine Legault / AFP The toll from severe flooding in eastern Canada worsened Monday with thousands of people affected and schools closed, but authorities were optimistic that rising water levels would soon crest. Several rivers and lakes have reached near 50-year peak levels in Quebec province, between Gatineau in the Canadian capital region and Montreal 200 kilometers (125 miles) downstream, Quebec Public Safety Minister Martin Coiteux announced. The ground is saturated and unable to absorb any more water. But recent heavy rains have ...

http://ift.tt/2qKsC5K Monaco's Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim attends a press conference on the eve of the UEFA Champion's Leagues 2nd leg semifinal Juventus vs Monaco, on May 8, 2017 at the Juventus stadium in Turin.Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP Even Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim rates it as only a one in 20 shot. And many would say that is an optimistic view of his young side’s chances of overturning a 2-0 deficit against Juventus in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final here on Tuesday. The free-scoring French champions-in-waiting have struck three goals 27 times this season. But nobody has managed that against a Juve defence that has conceded twice only five times in 51 outings in this campaign, has not lost at home in 20 months and has leaked only two goals in 11 Champions League matches. The stats are even more compelling when the ‘Old Lady’ has been at full strength, as she was when she snuffed out Monaco’s attacking threat in the Riviera principality...

http://ift.tt/2pfnCRG Kanu and his parents in his Abia hometown.. PHOTO: NAIJ.COM Eze Israel Kanu, the traditional ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia, has appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw all the charges against his son and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Umuahia on Monday, said such measure would help to foster peace and douse tension in the country. “I call on the Federal Government to immediately withdraw all the charges preferred against Kanu in the interest of peace in the country. “He did not commit murder. He did not carry arms; neither did he commit any heinous crime to warrant such a government clampdown. “His only offence was that he expressed his opinion in a democracy where people are free to express themselves without the fear of arrest or molestation”, he said. The monarch said he was not in a position to stop his son from pursui...

http://ift.tt/2pVqO79 French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen delivers a speech in Paris, on May 7, 2017, after the second round of the French presidential election. Marine Le Pen suffered a crushing defeat in France's presidential election, estimates showed today. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP Defeated French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen claimed a “historic, massive result” for the far right in Sunday’s presidential run-off, despite being soundly beaten by centrist Emmanuel Macron. But, she added, her National Front (FN) party needed to undergo a “profound transformation” in order to create a “new political force.” Estimates based on partial results showed Macron winning 65-66.1 percent of the vote compared with 35-33.9 percent for Le Pen. Le Pen said she had called Macron to wish him success. “I called Mr Macron to congratulate him on his election, and because I have the country’s higher interest at heart I wished...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Mrs Liz Ahua, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for West Africa, says massive displacement in Nigeria’s North-East zone poses great dangers of statelessness for victims. Ahua said this on Sunday in Banjul at the opening ceremony of a three-day ministerial meeting on the Adoption of the Regional Plan of Action to Eradicate Statelessness in West Africa. She said that if urgent actions were not taken, some of the 2.4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) or refugees residing neighbouring countries could lose their nationality and become stateless. She explained that displacement, whether caused by conflicts or natural disasters, was a root cause of statelessness which further increases the risk, if not urgently and properly tackled. She said that it could also become an obstacle to achieving durable solutions for displaced persons and prevent them from rebuilding their lives in dignity as well as impede return a...

http://ift.tt/2p5m5CB Some 40 Boko Haram jihadists were also killed as the army responded to the attack on the Kaiga post, sources said on condition of anonymity. A military official confirmed the attack without giving a toll.<br /> Nine Chadian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an army post in the Lake Chad region on Friday, local and security sources told AFP. Some 40 Boko Haram jihadists were also killed as the army responded to the attack on the Kaiga post, sources said on condition of anonymity. A military official confirmed the attack without giving a toll. “Very early this morning, Boko Haram fighters attacked the Chadian army’s position in Kaiga on Lake Chad. They were pushed back,” Chadian army spokesman Colonel Azem said in a statement. Surrounded by Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, Lake Chad has been the site of frequent Boko Haram attacks. Chad’s army is based on the north bank, where four Chadian soldiers and several jihadist fighters were kille...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J True Talk: Issues Around the Anti-corruption War Posted by Vanguard News on Wednesday, 3 May 2017 The post True Talk: Issues Around the Anti-corruption War appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pZw6kO

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A jihadist assault led by suicide bombers killed dozens Tuesday at a camp for the displaced near Syria’s border with Iraq, as pressure grows on the Islamic State group in both countries. The violence left at least 38 people dead and came as another surprise IS attack on Tuesday killed 10 soldiers in Iraq, to the south along the border. The jihadist group appears to be lashing out as it faces escalating offensives on its last two major bastions: second city Mosul in Iraq and Raqa in neighbouring Syria. IS’s dawn attack in Syria’s northeast hit a makeshift camp near the border with Iraq where some 300 families were waiting to cross into territory held by the Syrian Democratic Forces, the US-backed alliance leading the assault on Raqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, said at least five suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and outside the camp in Hasakeh province which hosts Syrians and Iraqis forced from their homes. Heavy clash...