JAMB 2017 Examinations To Hold In May

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have announced that the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will hold in May 2017.

This was made known by the JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, through the Board’s Twitter handle @jambhq.

According to him, actual dates will be announced soon. He also advised candidates to beware of false dates and fraudsters.


“2017 UTME is scheduled to hold in May 2017. Actual dates will be announced soon. Beware of false dates and fraudsters,” he said.

Meanwhile, JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has explained why an unusual delay has preceded the sales of application forms.

He said the ongoing switch-over in the major thrust of the sale of form which is the scratch card to direct payment into the Treasury Single Account (TSA) was responsible for the delay.

Oloyede said: “We are changing the major trust of the sale which is the scratch card. Candidates used to buy scratch cards to access the forms online and that has been abused thoroughly.

“What we want to do is for students to pay directly to government coffers and we are working out the process of doing so to avoid the type of abuse that it has been subjected to. So, we want to sell directly and to make sure that candidates pay into TSA account.”

‘I Beat Over 30 Actors To Land Lead Role In ‘The Wedding Party” – Banky W Boasts

Popular R&B star, Banky W has revealed that he didn’t get the leading role of Dozie Onwuka in record-breaking movie, The Wedding Party on a platter of gold.

He disclosed this during his recent visit to Nigeria reality TV show #BBNaija house.


Elaborating on his acting debut, Banky said, ‘Ability is one thing but you still have to go out and earn it. I had to audition and it’s funny to people because they think oh Banky W… First of all, even for me, the only success that I know and I’m familiar with is success that you earn. I have never won a raffle draw. I don’t do luck, I do work. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work out. You have to earn your way in and earn up.’ 

“For the Wedding Party, I was told to audition. I auditioned next to 20 and 30 people, got through the first round and told to come back. Went again and moved ahead. Then I got the role.’

Banky W has received rave reviews over his first major movie role.

YCEE Lands New Deal To Become Hennessy Ambassador

Tinny Entertainment lead music act, Ycee, has secured another major endorsement deal to his name. The “Link Up” crooner has become the latest Hennessy ambassador.

The new deal will see Ycee join Kiss Daniel as a brand ambassador for Hennessy X.O Cognac.

The Headies Awards 2016 “Next Rated” nominee shared the good news with his fans on his social media page.

Man Commits Suicide By Setting Himself on Fire in Abuja Hotel (Photos)

Dr. Isaac Ojukwu (Photo: DailyPost) 

A man has completely burnt down an entire hotel after setting himself on fire in Abuja. The man identified as Dr. Isaac Ojukwu who is said to be in his 60s set himself ablaze in a rented hotel apartment in Nyanya, a satellite town of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He was burnt beyond recognition.

While narrating the shocking incident to newsmen in Abuja on Friday, the Owner of the burnt Hotel and Associate Professor at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Sylvanus M. Itodo (MON), said it still remained a shock, how an adult would just wish to take his own life, without a particular known reason.


“We were all sitting together that fateful night (Wednesday night) before he left to watch football match and I also left the hotel premises by 11pm, to go and sleep. “It was around 12am that I recieved a phone call from one of the boys in the hotel, crying, that my hotel was on fire.

Before I could get down here, the flame was everywhere; and it took the efforts of the Federal Fire Service to prevent the inferno from escalating to the surrounding houses,” Itodo lamented.

According to DailyPost, the victim hails from Ohuhu in Umuahia area of Abia State and had been staying in the apartment, Boundary Plaza Hotel, Nyanya, for the past 5 years. He is also said to have a German woman with kids.

An eye witness account by his direct neighbour, Ohize Yakubu, who has been living in the hotel apartment since the day of his wedding in 2013; said, those lodging in the hotel made frantic efforts to pull the deceased out of the building but he struggled and ran back into the burning room.

“We went to watch Arsenal and Bayern match that night, I came back to the hotel and Dr. Isaac came in 5 minutes later. After some minutes, I started hearing strange sound from his room, which is directly opposite my room. He was not shouting loud enough, all I could hear was ‘yeh’, ‘yeh’.

“At first, I was scared to open the door, because I didn’t know if it was a robbery attack, until I heard and recognised the voice of one of our neighbours, beckoning on Dr. Isaac to open the door and come out, shouting fire, fire.

“Then I asked my wife to take my son and rush out of the building while I joined other neighbours and we forced his door open, we met him standing in the sitting room while fire was burning in the bedroom. He was unhurt, we then held his hands and asked him to follow us. All of a sudden, he struggled his way from our hands and ran into the burning room.

“At this point, everyone ran back as the inferno had started escalating and all my belongings got burnt. My wife only escaped with my son. I was engaged in the process of rescuing Dr. Isaac, and lost all my belongings in the process”, Yakubu narrated.

In the case of Mr. Promise Nkwachukwu Okem, a young man who arrived Nigeria from Ghana, one month ago, he was able to pick a few things from his room (downstairs), before the fire degenerated into the zone.

He, however, said, two ladies who just finished serving the NYSC and searching for jobs, were not that lucky, as they could not pick anything from their rooms, save for their night gowns.

“They could not pick anything from their rooms”, Okem said.

The corpse of the man has been deposited at the Asokoro General Hospital by the Police, the family members are yet to arrive Abuja

Lucas Perez Ready to Leave Arsenal

Lucas Perez 

Lucas Perez is prepared to leave Arsenal this summer in order to fulfil his dream of playing for Spain in the 2018 World Cup, Goal understands.

The Spanish striker has found game time difficult to come by this season despite impressing in the handful of opportunities he’s been given, including a Champions League group stage match at Basel in December where the 28-year-old scored a hat-trick.


He announced himself on English soil back in September when scoring two goals in an EFL Cup tie against Nottingham Forest and the summer signing from Deportivo La Coruna has made an impact in most of the 17 appearances he's played in this season.

Perez, who has scored a goal every 133 minutes this campaign having made just eight starts, has set his sights on a place in the Spain national team for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and believes he will be forced to leave the Gunners in order to get regular football elsewhere.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger met with Perez for talks over his lack of playing time earlier in the season, when the player told the Frenchman he was not happy with his lack of opportunities in the team.

Perez understands competition for places should be expected but remains confused as to why he hasn't been rewarded with a run in the team despite impressive cameo appearances throughout the campaign.

The £17.5million arrival for Deportivo is able to play across the frontline but has found himself behind Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott, Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck in the pecking order at Emirates Stadium.

Perez missed Wednesday's Champions League last-16 first leg defeat to Bayern Munich with a minor hamstring injury and is likely to be involved in the upcoming FA Cup clash against Sutton United if he recovers in time.

Wenger Finally Ready to Walk Away from Arsenal After 21 Years Following Munich Humiliation... See Details

Arsene Wenger is finally prepared to bring the curtain down on his 21-year reign as Arsenal manager.

Majority shareholder, Stan Kroenke remains staunchly behind the underfire manager and would prefer Wenger to sign a new, two-year contract at the end of the season. But behind the scenes at the Emirates, there is a growing belief that Wenger will leave.

Wednesday night's embarrassing 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich is seen as a watershed moment in Wenger's tenure.


Sportsmail has learned the loss sparked a heated dressing-room inquest led by senior players in Munich. Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was also seen berating his team-mates' apparent lack of effort on the pitch during the mauling.

Wenger is well aware of the divisions in the club's fanbase, with a growing number of supporters convinced he should walk away.

There is virtually no possibility of Wenger quitting before the season ends. He is determined to stick to his vow of never breaking a contract. But with his existing deal due to expire at the end of the season, Wenger knows signing a new deal particularly after another season without a trophy, would only intensify the ill-feeling from supporters who once idolised him.

Arsenal could still win the FA Cup, with a place in the quarter-finals likely as they face non-League Sutton United in the last 16 on Monday night. Wembley glory and a top-four finish could yet convince Wenger who will be allowed to decide his fate to sign on.

But sources claim Wenger's mood has become subdued as his side's title hopes fade. The club have started the process of identifying replacements for Wenger, who said on Wednesday night that he would decide his future in 'March or April'.

Sportsmail understands Arsenal's decision-makers led by chief executive, Ivan Gazidis want a manager in Wenger's mould if he does leave. Atletico Madrid boss, Diego Simeone would represent a high-profile appointment, but his fiery temperament has led to reservations among the Arsenal board.

Certain figures at the Emirates believe Tottenham boss, Mauricio Pochettino would represent the perfect fit but, given his allegiance to Arsenal's arch-rivals, the chances of such a move seem non-existent.

Borussia Dortmund's Thomas Tuchel and Juventus's Max Allegri would fit the profile Arsenal are looking for.

With Wenger, 67, one of the last 'managers' overseeing the entire footballing operation of his club, Arsenal could appoint a technical director when he leaves.


Source: DailyMail Sports

Notorious Teenage Robber's Head Cut Open by His Gang Members at Ijora Badia, Lagos State (Graphic Photos)

Abeeb was allegedly killed after stealing from a woman 

A notorious teenage robber has met his untimely death after his head was slashed open by a member of his gang.

The man it was gathered had stolen a woman's accessories and refused to release it before the incident that led to his death happened.

An eyewitness wrote: "This happened in my area today in Ijora Badia Lagos, The group of gang which their name is (Akamaye boys) earlier today robbed a woman who lodged in a hotel around the area they stole her Gold, money and phones.

"This guy in picture which his name is Abeeb but he is popularly known as (Small-Messi) refuse to release the stolen accessories, that was how the pandemonium started between this group of gang the young boy was shot by one is gang during the fight." (sic)

6-Man Armed Kidnappers Abduct Ex-Delta Lawmaker

File Photo 

A six man armed kidnappers have on Thursday night abducted a former Lawmaker, Emeka Ukpe along Kwale-Ughelli Road according to the Leadership Newspaper.

Reports said that the armed men ambushed the ex-Lawmaker between Kwale and Ozoro axis and when he had tried to avoid a pot hole along the road, his Jeep Vehicle with registration number AA 126 XX allegedly stopped and the unsuspecting hoodlums swooped on him at gun point.


They were said to have taken him away in his own vehicle to an unknown destination after they allegedly shot into the air sporadically to scare any suspicion.

Sources said Emeka Ukpe was also a Local Government Chairman and a Lawmaker who represented Ndokwa West constituency at Delta State House of Assembly.

But a family member who is also a member of the state executive council who did not want his name in the print, said the former lawmaker was deceived by his friends to attend Ukwata festival being held in Abbi and on the strength of that, proceeded his vehicle through Kwale road when the unexpected happened.

It was gathered that several attempts had allegedly been made on the life of the ex-lawmaker by suspected assassins especially kidnappers, fortunately he had been very difficult for them to trap.

In a swift reaction, the Police Image Maker in the state, Mr. Andrew Aniamaka confirmed that the ex-lawmaker was taken away by the kidnappers to an unknown destination during nightfall, adding efforts were ongoing to rescue him unhurt.

In the early hours of yesterday, a family member who did not want his name in the print, said the kidnappers have established contact with them, demanding for N200 million ransom.

Since the incident, there has been palpable tension and fear of the unknown among highbrow political classes who claimed that kidnapping activities in Delta State had remained on the increase

See Graphic Photos of Female Suicide Bombers Blown Into Pieces in Maiduguri

One of the female suicide bombers killed yesterday night 

Seven suicide bombers have been killed in multiple explosions which hit Maiduguri Thursday night.

Engr Ahmed Satomi the Executive Chairman state Emergency Management Agency has been on the scene of the attacks and confirmed the report.

"Yesterday was another day for us, suspected Boko Haram bombers stormed three location and destroyed property worth millions.

Also a golf car laden with explosives attacked last check point on Maiduguri-Dikwa road but was gunned down by military.

"Eight civilian JTF sustained light injuries and they are currently receiving treatment at state specialist hospital." an official stated.

Olusegun Obasanjo Poses with Tonto Dikeh's Husband and Cute Son (See Photo)

Churchill watches as Obasanjo plays with his son 

Amid the marital crisis rocking the marriage of star actress, Tonto Dikeh and her family, the husband, Olakunle Churchill has been spotted with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Churchill's adorable son posing for the camera.

Obasanjo who revealed in his book that Olakunle is his nephew could be seen carrying the baby and kissing him on the cheek.

The lovely photo has been greeted with cheers by many people and a sign of good things to come.