Globacom ‘Stay Buzzin’ Parties hit 5 Cities

Comedian, Gbenga Adeyinka; singer, Koredo Bello; and National Sales Coordinator (West), James Akpomieme at the Ibadan edition of #Stay Buzzin party. Globacom, on Friday night treated students of the University of Benin, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma and the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi to a night of fun in what it tagged Glo #StayBuzzin at the Hexagon Club, GRA, Benin. The party which held simultaneously in four other cities same night –  Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, were organised in preparation for the mega music and comedy shows called Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour and Glo Laffta Fest…

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Again, Militants Storm Ishawo, Allegedly Kills 5 Policemen, 2 Soldiers

Despite the existing presence of the Joint Task Force called Operation Awatse (an Hausa word for scatter), some group of militants last night again stormed the Ishawo area of Ikorodu and unleashed mayhem. Reports reaching THISDAY indicate that the militants particularly struck at Woodland Estate that is near the Ishawo creeks and engaged the security personnel, soldiers and the police, in a gun duel. At the end of the gun duel, five policemen and two soldiers were reportedly gunned down by the militants. It was yet unclear if there were…

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UTME: JAMB Extends Registration, Postpones Mock Examination

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the registration exercise for the 2027 UTME and postponed the scheduled mock examination. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-Haq Oloyede, while disclosing this in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, apologised to candidates and other stakeholders. “We could not go on with the Mock Examination and hereby announce extension of registration exercise of the 2017 UTME. Instead of the earlier announced April 19, the deadline for the sale of forms and registration will now extend to Friday, May 5, 2017. Consequently, the…

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German authorities dump suspected ISIS member in Lagos

An alleged ISIS suspect deemed dangerous by German authorities has arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, from that country, an incident which took place on Thursday, according to online reports The deportee, according to The Will, was among the 50 persons recently arrested and deported from Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Spain and Hungary. A German news agency, dpa, reports that a 22-year-old man, who was born in Germany, was sent to Nigeria. He was arrested alongside his partner, a 27 year-old Algerian, during investigation of planned…

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