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  There was apprehension in Owode-Ede, Ede North Local Council Development Area of Osun State on Tuesday as Hausa pepper sellers and Yoruba youths clashed in the early hours of the day. It was learnt that the clash occurred at the popular Owode weekly market. The crisis started when a Hausa pepper seller, said to have allegedly blocked the entrance of a house located in the market, was instructed to vacate the place. It was gathered that by blocking the entrance of the building, the Hausa pepper sellers prevented the occupants of the house from gaining access into the house. The house owner in return removed the wares being sold by the Hausa man to create an access road to his house. In reaction. The trader allegedly broke the landlord’s car mirror, it was gathered.   A resident of the area alleged that Hausa traders are fond of displaying their wares in unauthorised places.  ” Some displayed their wares in front of somebody’s stalls, while others had just spread the...

   The 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who was arrested last Wednesday, over the murder of Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State, says she was able to kill him because he was weak. Ojukwu also lamented that she has been seeing her victim's face in her dream since she took his life. She made the revelations about the murder of the 50-year-old. Th 21-year-old lady said she wished she would wake up to realise the whole saga was only a dream. " I have never had peace since the day I was arrested. Never in my wildest imagination did I envisage I would kill a human being. I see his face in my dream every night. At times I would be scared to sleep. I have been begging God for forgiveness. This is not what I wanted for myself. I don’t know what fate holds for me. I am also begging his family to forgive me, especially his children. Ah! God, what have I done?” she exclaimed, buryin...

  The founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua's funeral details have been released.  The arrangement is said to start from July 5th with candle light procession, while tribute service and service of songs/all night praise is scheduled to hold from 6th to 7th of July.  However, Lying-In-State is slated for July 8th, Laying-To-Rest service and interment will be on the 9th of July. The organiser said 11th of July will be for the Thanksgiving service, noting that some of the programmes of the burial will be private while some will be made open to the public.  It was reported that the traditional ruler of Arigidi Akoko, Oba Yisa Olanipekun, pleaded that the cleric should be buried in his hometown, Arigidi Akoko, in Ondo State. The monarch explained that other clerics including Prophet Moses Orimolade were buried in his Ikare hometown. He stressed that Prophet TB Joshua is treasured in his hometo...

    The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama, has asked the President Muhammadu administration to wake up to its statutory responsibility of protecting the lives and property of Nigerians across the country. The wake-up call, according to him, became imperative following an alarm raised by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State that an unprecedented food shortage looms as a result of the persistent bandit attacks on farming communities. Kaigama stated this in a sermon at Sacred Heart Parish, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday. The religious leader condemned the challenges posed by insecurity which has left several people poor in the country. He cautioned political leaders against the arrogant display of wealth and the paraphernalia of power. The Catholic prelate also called on the government to make conscious efforts to alleviate the people’s suffering. He said, “ Today that farmers cannot go to the farm for fear of bandits an...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the threats by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil installations. The militant group had in a statement threatened to “ bring down” oil installations in the South-South, after accusing the Nigerian government of marginalizing the region. NDA, which started operations in 2016, attacked oil-producing facilities that led to a huge decline in Nigeria’s oil production. They also announced the launch of ‘ Operation Humble' , a new mission to resume the attacks. Reacting in a statement on Sunday, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, noted that the issues raised by the group had been responded to when the president met with the leadership of the Niger Delta and Ijaw National Congress (INC), at the Presidential Villa. The statement read, “ The media was Sunday awash with threats and demands by a group, Niger Delta Avengers, to embark on economic sabotage through bombing of critical oil and gas installations unless certain demands, including deve...

  A man simply identified as Christopher said to be 45 years has reportedly beaten his wife, 39 years old Isoken and mother of three to death over her refusal to give him a N2,000 loan. The incident happened on Saturday night at No 1, Agbontaen Street, beside Ebvareke Secondary School, off Agboniro street, Uselu, Benin City. The couple’s 13-years old boy Augustine Christopher explained that his father who is a menial worker with a waste manager in Benin, always beat his mother at the slightest provocation. According to him, the event that led to his mother’s death started with a phone call from his father to his mother where he requested for N2,000 the “ my father came home at about 9pm and started beating her and accused her of always embarrassing him each time he requested for money. After the beating, I was trying to give my mother paracetamol and water she asked for when my father took the water and drug from me and threw it away. It was after that she went out to pour water on...

  Two yet-to-be identified men have been burnt by some angry youths around Ekwusigo, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. They were allegedly caught while they were attempting to steal a tricycle, popularly known as Keke Napep, from its owner. This caught the attention of some people who mobbed and started beating them. The two were beaten to a pulp before they were later burnt to death.  Details of the incident were still sketchy as at the time of filing the report.

   Some students of the University of Calabar, Cross River State, have petitioned the National Assembly over a directive by the school's Vice-Chancellor, Florence Obi, that final-year students in some selected departments should return to 200 level due to non-accreditation of their courses by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The students affected are in their penultimate and final years. One of them revealed that they had sent a petition to the National Assembly requesting a reversal of the VC's directive that they should be taken back to 200 level.  He noted that a lawyer had written the petition on their behalf, while every affected student signed the petition.  The students are currently awaiting the outcome of the petition. He said, “ Some students have travelled, they are not within the school premises though the school is in session. We can't even tell whether they are still interested in schooling or not, they just travelled. No one can force them t...

I   The Department of State Security, DSS, has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, for questioning over remarks he made in a TV interview that allegedly portrayed the Nigerian military in a bad light.  Gumi was invited at the Kaduna office of the DSS, after the military authorities took exception to comments by Sheikh Gumi, alleging that their operatives were conniving with bandits. However, Gumi’s spokesman, Malam Tukur Mamu dismissed the allegation against Gumi, saying there was nowhere in the TV interview that Gumi categorically accused the entire military. According to Mamu, what Gumi said was what people have been saying and “even the soldiers have been saying that there could be some bad eggs among them”. He, therefore, urged the military and the TV company to apologise to Sheikh Gumi and retract their statements against him or else he will seek legal action.

  The Department of State Services (SSS) has released an Islamic singer, Ahmad Abdul, arrested for releasing a blasphemous song. Abdul was arrested for releasing the uncensored song titled ‘ Barhama Gwaska ’, perceived as blasphemous and capable of creating chaos in the State. Confirming the release on Monday, the Executive Secretary of Kano State Films and Video Censorship Board, Ismaila Na’abba Afakallah, said he had received hundreds of petitions against the song from concerned citizens. Afakallah said he reported the singer to the SSS which later arrested him at a hotel where he had been hiding for days so as to save him from mob. He added that the singer was reunited with his family after spending days in custody. “ He has been released as he regretted and apologized over his offence, promising not repeat it again ,” said Afakallah. On why the board did not arraign him before a court of law, Afakallah said, “ We are not after arraigning people, we just want to see them repenti...

The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyeama Nwachukwu, said in Abuja on Monday, that the Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force East Operation Hadin Kai, have been able to neutralise 29 members of the Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups. The troops were able to carry out the operation on the terrorists who were camping at Wartek in the general area of Lamboa forest in Borno State, with the help of the Air Task Force on Sunday. from the Nigerian Air force which resulted in a credible alliance with operatives from the Nigerian Army helped in the full penetration of the terrorists in Lamboa, Borno State. The Nigerian Army spokesperson while disclosing this in a statement made available to journalists on Monday said the troops overran the position of the terrorists with heavy fire from land and air, and in the process killed over 20 insurgents  He explained that the success of the operation could be ascribed to sim...

  Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Lucy Edet Essien has revealed that she’s a virgin, while she opens up on her relationship status. The reality star made this revelation during a question and answer session with her fans on her Insta-stories. An inquisitive fan had taken to the platform to inquire if she’s seeing anyone at the moment, adding that she’s yet to flaunt her man on social media, “ Good evening my queen, her majesty, do you enjoy secret affairs or you dont have a man in yourur life”, th e fan wrote. In response Lucy who noted that she prefers to keep her personal life private stated that she’s single till she’s married. In her words, “I enjoy my privacy! But I’m single till I’m married” . Another fan asked if she’s a virgin and she answered in the affirmative, “ Yes o! till thy kingdom come”, she wrote. See her posts below;

  He stated these during an interview on The efforts to rescue the kidnapped pupils of Tegina Islamic School, Niger State. The bandits had demanded N200m from the victims’ parents, which was later reduced to N150m. Gumi said despite efforts to get the pupils out, the bandits were adamant in their financial demand. He said, “ But we are trying to talk sense to them that these are just innocent schoolchildren. We don’t even have any idea of the condition of the children. We are just saying these are young children trying to study and they did nothing, so why are you trying to take dirty money from their families? This (kidnap of Islamic pupils) actually proves to the nation that the bandits are not really indoctrinated, they are just looking for money and I think that this is a good prognosis. They are not targeting a religion; they are not ideologues, which are difficult to deal with. We should not forget that they are not educated, formally or informally. They are just going about ...

final-year student of the Akwa Ibom State  University, Ekpo Iniobong Isang, has taken the university to court over his unfair suspension and expulsion for criticising Governor Emmanuel Udom.  It was learnt that the 500-level student of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, through his lawyers, has sent a pre-action notice to the Vice-Chancellor, dated June 18.  Isang with Matriculation Number, AK15/ENG/AEE/013, was expelled on April 9, 2021, in a letter signed by John Udo, the Registrar and the Secretary to the Senate, titled, " Expulsion for Gross Misconduct."  " At its 69th meeting held on Wednesday, March 31, the Senate of the university deliberated on the report from the Students Disciplinary Committee. You will recall that you had appeared before the said committee on a case of publication of derogatory and defamatory article on Facebook platform about the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State and Visitor to the university.  "This act constitutes a br...

First, I have read the account of Sultan Mohammed Bello credited for the earliest written account of the Yorubas (whom he called Yarriba), where he referred to them as coming from Canaanites and the kindred of Nimrod. My question therefore is this- are they Cananites or did they occupy the land of Canaan (Israelites)? To deal with this question, let me make some things clear. Based on extensive research of ancient historical records, DNA, etc. The Yoruba are ancient Isrealites and comprise of The Northern Kingdom (Ephraim) headed by Yarobam/ Jeroboam, and the southern Kingdom of Judah who were in captivity in Babylon (Ethiopia/South-sudan/Yemen), Judah in the Sahel who fled the destruction of Jerusalem (in Southern Africa) and also Judah who were expelled from Spain and Portugal in the late 1400s. Also worthy of note is the fact that the Sahel/Niger republic was the true region of Ancient Assyria. Remember, the Northern Kingdom of Israel was taken into captivity by Assyrians. So when t...

A businessman, Seun Peters, has lamented the looting of his office by hoodlums during Thursday’s gas explosion incident which damaged part of Ogun State Property Investment Company (OPIC) Plaza, in Ikeja. Mr Peters, the Managing Director, Rolling Video Games, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that his company, located in the plaza, suffered several losses due to the incident.  It was reports that five persons were killed while 11 others suffered varying degrees of injury after a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker exploded in front of the plaza at about 10.30 p.m. Thursday night. No fewer than 25 cars were also destroyed, while a part of the building was severely damaged by the explosion. On Friday, the Lagos State government said it had begun an investigation into the incident. Mr Peters said: “ Three of my official vehicles were burnt and they tried to break into my van and my office was looted. I wonder why, because if there is a fire incident, I don’t know why people w...

  Lovers of the popular reality television show, Big Brother Naija are in for a fun time as the BBNaija Lockdown Reunion Show premieres today. The show which will be hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu will revisit some highlights and memorable moments from the 2020 season 5 edition that saw Laycon emerge as the winner. BBNaija fans from across the world will see their favourite lockdown housemates set the record straight about any issue they had with each other on the Reunion Show. More so, the reunion show will enable fans to relieve some of the passionate moments on the Lockdown edition, as well as heated moments. The reunion show will leave fans of the reality TV show nostalgic.

  Some gunmen on Tuesday shot and killed MraIsa Shelda, an Assistant Manager at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium in Jos, Plateau State. An eyewitness, Kabiru Musa said on Tuesday that Shelda died instantly after he was shot four times by the gunmen in front of the stadium. Narrating how the incident occurred, Musa said, “ The Assistant Manager came to work today as usual and was sitting in front of the stadium in the afternoon with some friends. As they were discussing, some gunmen suddenly alighted from a bike and headed towards his direction. Immediately, he saw them, he made to escape but it was too late for him, as the gunmen  attacked him in front of the stadium gate and shot him four times in the head. He died instantly. As I speak with you, his corpse was still lying on the ground not very far from where he had earlier parked his 406 Peugeot car. We don’t know why the gunmen shot and killed him that way"   Around 4:30 pm on Tuesday, the remains of the Assistant Manag...

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has urged residents to show appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit on Thursday. The governor in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday gave reasons the people of the state need to honour the President when he arrives in Maiduguri. Borno is the epicentre of insurgency war in Nigeria.  The state has been at the end of incessant deadly attacks by terrorist groups–Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), and many residents have grown frustrated with the Buhari government.  Ahead of his election in 2015, Buhari promised to defeat Boko Haram but six years into his government, that promise has not been fulfilled. In February 2020, residents of the state booed the President as his convoy drove in and when it was leaving Maiduguri, Borno State, during a condolence visit. The residents were heard shouting in Hausa “ Bama so, ka samu a kunya. ” Meaning “ We don’t want you, because you have disappointed us.” Thur...

    Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has decried the delay by the Ondo State Government in releasing Kemisola Ogunniyi, a woman arrested by the police last October during the #EndSARS protest. According to an earlier report Ogunniyi birthed a baby boy while at Surulere Prison in Ondo. Sowore and other well-meaning individuals had called for the immediate release of the young lady, who was arrested in Akure and has been imprisoned since October 24, 2020, while going to a pharmacy to buy drugs for her mother. However, in a recent post on his Twitter handle on Thursday, Sowore stated that the Ondo State government has insisted on holding the baby and mother in custody. He said the lawyer of the lady had filed an application for bail on request of the government, but a date had yet to be given for hearing. The human rights activist also noted that the prison guard who accompanied Ogunniyi to the hospital is now being accused of taking photos of the nursing mother and her bab...

popular bush meat seller in Ogharefe Mr. Victor, popularly known as Pay Cash has reportedly died while having sex with his friend's ex wife identified as Julie in Oghara, Delta State.  According to  the source, the deceased went to the lady's house for sex, but died in the process.  A source revealed that Julie is a divorcee and her former husband is a good friend of the deceased. It was learnt that Julie's former husband had solicited the assistance of Victor to help him beg his wife in order to settle the rift between them, which had led to their divorce.  " Julie and Victor's wife fought sometime ago when she discovered that her husband was dating Julie ," The source added.

  Gunmen have shot dead a middle-aged man alleged to be one of the informants used by the Nigerian Army to give away the late commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s Eastern Security Network (ESN), Ikonso Don.  It was learnt that the victim, whose name had yet to be ascertained, was gunned down in a village between Imo and Anambra states, where he was believed to be hiding. graphic images of the corpse of the victim,l was  obtained   who was shot dead along a footpath in the village while the gunmen escaped from the scene. “ The victim is alleged to be the informant the military and the police used in getting Ikonso’s location and in killing him. Some said the informant was also a member of the ESN but others said he was a former IPOB member, renounced them and came to the village to hide. But he has now been killed,” a source stated.  It was learnt that the victim, whose name had yet to be ascertained, was gunned down in a village between Imo and Anambra...

The leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Wednesday said he was disappointed in the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and notable clerics in the country such as Pastor E.A. Adeboye for failing to honour the late Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church. Primate Ayodele added that their actions smirked of disunity and hatred in the church, which he described as a problem for the country. In a statement released by his media office, Ayodele said some Christian leaders like the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Adeboye, the Founder Of Household Of God International Ministry, Rev Chris Okotie, and other Christian bodies are a “ threat to the unity of Christianity.” He said , ‘’Christians are the problem of the church, everyone will die one day but it’s unfortunate that a Christian brother died and the so called big pastors can’t say a word of condolence, is that how good ...

  Ziona, who was the head of a local Christian sect that permits polygamy, had 39 wives and 94 children. His demise was announced on Sunday by Zoramthanga, the chief minister of his home state, in Mizoram area of northeast India. Zoramthanga broke the news via a tweet. With a total of 167 members, the late Ziona’s family is the world’s largest, according to local media, although this depends on whether the grandchildren, of whom Ziona has 33, are counted. Aside from Ziona, Winston Blackmore, the head of a polygamous Mormon sect in Canada, who has around 150 children from 27 wives – 178 people in total, is another personality who is close to matching his record. Ziona lived with his family in a vast, four-story pink structure with around 100 rooms in Baktawng, a remote village in Mizoram that became a tourist attraction as a result, according to Zoramthanga. The sect, named “Chana”, was founded by Ziona’s father in 1942 and has a membership of hundreds of families. Ziona married his...

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, confirmed this when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme in Abuja. “ I can confirm that Twitter has written the Federal Government that they are ready to talk. “as we have always maintained, the door is not locked and we are open minded but Twitter must work toward it, ” he said. The minister reiterated the government’s position that it would not tolerate any platform that would be used to destabilise the country. Mohammed said among other conditions for Twitter to resume operation in Nigeria, there must be an agreement as to what contents it could post. He said Twitter and other platforms must also register as a Nigerian company, obtain license from the National Broadcasting Commission(NBC) and be guided by the rules of the licensing as well as pay taxes. According to the minister, regulation of social media platforms is becoming a global practice. He said most countries were just w...

 The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the refusal of Northern elders to speak against the alleged continued marginalisation of Igbo people. In a statement signed on Tuesday by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the group condemned President Muhammadu Buhari's dot-in-a circle comment targeted at Igbo people. Thursday, Buhari had threatened that his government would mobilise the military and the police to go after the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) accused of disturbing the peace in the South-East region.  He had said IPOB is “ just like a dot in a circle and they have nowhere to turn to. They are spread everywhere and they have investments and properties everywhere and in other areas. They don't know what they are doing. How we will handle them is to mobilise the police and the military to go after them. ”  Also, Buhari had slammed those calling for the sovereignty of the Biafra and Oduduwa Republics, saying they were ign...

   Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said another Democracy Day may not be celebrated in Nigeria if the system of government is not decentralised. Soyinka said this during an interview with Arise News which focused on the June 12 Democracy Day that was celebrated on Monday. T he Novel Laureate lamented that the country is on a suicide slide, as he advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to listen and take action against the challenges which are causing people to demonstrate. “ that is what’s happening to people in the streets. That’s why they are moving, that’s why they are demonstrating; that’s why they are defying even threats from the police and the government – If you demonstrate, we will do this, if you do this, we will deal with you, we will talk to you in language which you understand – it does not wash with anybody any longer. Because if a nation is on a suicide slide, the people who feel that they do not deserve that kind of suicidal plung...

  A Nigerian minister and a governor of a northern state recently visited Egypt to get security platforms to monitor people's calls, text messages and other forms of communication. According to a security source, the minister and governor made a quick trip to the North African in a bid to find technological ways to trample on people's freedom of speech.  The governor and the minister are both controversial and have also been in the news lately for the wrong reasons.  " A minister and a governor went to Egypt this week to get a security platform for monitoring calls of citizens. It was a really quick trip ," the source said. The clampdown on free speech in Nigeria has become heightened under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Towards the end of 2015, a Petition Bill targeting online and print media as well as regulating social media posts was sponsored in the Senate but it was followed by a public backlash.  In 2019, lawmakers introduced the National Commi...

  A Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet has shelled a wedding venue, killing some wedding guests at a remote community in Niger State. The airstrikes were targeting bandits and insurgents in the area. The airstrike in which some armed bandits and cattle rustlers were killed took place at Genu town in Niger State,  it was reported on Saturday, adding that “ One of the bombs allegedly strayed at a wedding party in an adjoining village .” “ We saw the small aircraft dropping bombs from afar on the location of fleeing bandits and one of the explosives hit a wedding event in Argida Village. Two villagers were also killed, unfortunately. We gathered that several others, who were guests at the wedding feast, sustain injuries,”   A witness narrated In April, the Air Force in an airstrike killed some Nigerian soldiers, mistaking them for insurgents.

  The police in Katsina have arrested a 13-year-old boy, Abdulkarim Mati, for killing two men suspected to be bandits. The police said the suspect, Mati was once an errand boy to a bandit leader, Ardo Nashaware, who resides in Birnin Magaji forest, Zamfara State. He was said to have fled the forest where he allegedly committed the act. According to the spokesman for the Katsina police command, Gambo Isah, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, officers recently arrested Mati from where he ran to after he escaped from the forest. Isah said the suspect confessed that he was taken away from his parents under the guise that he would assist in rearing cows for his masters, adding that instead, he was taught how to operate AK-47 rifles and serve as a guard for kidnap victims. “ The boy, who demonstrated skills in handling AK-47, also confessed to have been bullied by some elderly bandits, who provoked him, and as a result, picked an AK-47 rifle and shot dead two of the elderly bandits ,...

 Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari secretly plans to visit Maiduguri, the capital of Borno this week. Borno is the epicentre of insurgency war in Nigeria.  A source in the Presidency said that the planned visit is deliberately kept a secret because it is believed that the President will attract protests in the troubled state.  Borno and adjoining states have been at the end of incessant deadly attacks by terrorist groups–Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), and many residents have grown frustrated with the Buhari government.  Ahead of his election in 2015, Buhari promised to defeat Boko Haram but six years into his government, that promise has not been fulfilled. Borno is a stronghold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which won presidential elections in the state in 2015 and 2019. " Buhari has a secret plan to visit Maiduguri this week but they don’t want to announce it to prevent a situation whereby protesters in Maiduguri ...

  A young lady in the Ikeduru area of Imo State has lamented how her house in the area was set on fire after being mistaken as the hideout of Eastern Security Network (ESN) operatives. On Tuesday, it was reported that the camp of the ESN, the militant arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at Akabo, Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo, was dislodged by the Nigeria police. During the operation, a policewoman allegedly held captive by the dislodged ESN men was reportedly freed. But, the young lady (name withheld) refuted the claims stating that the police operatives randomly set fire on some houses in the area while claiming they were part of ESN camp. She said her house was among the houses burnt and her cousin was killed in the process. According to her, the young man, said to be in his late 20s to early 30s, was shot dead by the security operatives after accusing him of being a member of ESN/IPOB. She stated that her mother watched helplessly as the damage was done to the ...

  The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that a second Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination may be conducted in 2021 for candidates with genuine registration hitches. Oloyede, made this known on Wednesday in Lagos while monitoring the profiling of candidates facing registration challenges for the 2021 UTME. “ So far, we have just 17, 758 candidates with challenges that have been profiled, nationwide. At the end of the entire exercise, we may have to conduct another examination for those with genuine cases after the main UTME slated for June 19 to July 3,” he said. He emphasised that the board is committed to ensure that Nigerian youths would be given an equal opportunity and access to tertiary education. “Since I came here this morning and  interacted with candidates, I have discovered that most of them are largely unserious and are basically the cause of most of their challenges. “ We keep hearing flimsy excuses such...