It’s a shame if Nigerians don’t believe in Eagles – Keshi

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has hit out at the love lost relationship between his team and Nigerians yesterday describing it as “shameful and a pity”.

Adamu sure on Eagles

AS the Super Eagles battle Cote d’Ivoire in the quarter final of the Africa Cup of Nations today at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa, former Director General of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Dr. Amos Adamu has urged the team to attack their opponents from the blast of the whistle.

Appeal court affirms death sentence on Rev. King

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, yesterday, affirmed the death sentence passed on the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King by Justice Joseph Oyewole of the Lagos State High Court.

Nigerians on death row in Indonesia: Jonathan calls for stay of execution

President Goodluck Jonathan, Saturday, requested for stay of execution on Nigerians on death row in Indonesia.

Farouk Lawan, Emenalo arraigned, remanded in prison

The Chairman of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Adhoc Committee for the probe of the oil subsidy, Hon. Lawan Farouk and the Committee’s Secretary, Hon Boniface Emenalo were on Friday arraigned before an Abuja High Court on a seven count charge for allegedly soliciting for and obtaining the sum of $620,000 from the chairman of Zenon Oil, Mr Femi Otedola. Both lawmakers pleaded not guilty to the charges.

UTME: Over 1 Million Candidates Have Registered -Ojerinde

Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has disclosed that over one million candidates have registered for the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with about half that number expected to further register.Ojerinde made this known on Saturday, at a press conference in Lagos, while outlining the achievements of the board, especially the e-testing method that will debut this year.

 According to Ojerinde, JAMB had secured 77 centres where the Computer-Based Testing (CBT) would be held. Accoring to him, the CBT was not compulsory, as every candidate would have the opportunity to choose either the paper-pencil testing (PPT) or the dual-based testing (DBT), where candidates would read the question on the computer and answer on the paper with pencil.

 He, however, noted that by 2015, the CBT would become mandatory for all candidates, adding that out of the over one million registered candidates, only about 4,000 had registered for the CBT so far.

 “The idea is that 30 minutes after a candidate has finished his or her examinations and left the hall, a graphical result of the test will be sent to the candidate’s phone, while the specific scores will be released in four days.

 “By graphical result, I mean a text will be sent to the candidate stating the subjects he or she passed averagely, which is between 50 per cent and 59; above average 60 and above; and below average, which is 49 and below,” Ojerinde said. The PPT and DBT would be held on April 27, after which if the PPT and DBT centres become exhausted, other candidates would have no other option but to take the CBT.

 The JAMB boss also reiterated the examination body’s resolve to encourage reading culture among Nigerian students, by ensuring every candidate read, at least, two books, with questions to be set from them.