The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Sunday announced that it has sanctioned some officials over the harassment of a female Hijab-wearing candidate. The female candidate who sat her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at the Bafuto Institute, Ile-Iwe Bus Stop, Ejigbo, Lagos was said to have been asked to remove her headcover during the accreditation process before being allowed into the examination hall. Addressing the issue in a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the Board noted that it deeply regretted the incident. It said on investigation, it discovered that the…
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Manchester United had to battle their way on penalties against Coventry City to make the FA Cup final after squandering a 3-goal lead. Erik ten Hag’s men won the shootout at Wembley 4-2, with Rasmus Hojlund scoring the decisive spot kick after the teams were level at 3-3 after extra time. The game perfectly encapsulated a chaotic season for Ten Hag’s men, who are well off the pace in the Premier League and had a Champions League campaign to forget. There was no hint of what was to come when United coasted into a 3-0 lead against their second-tier opponents…
Liverpool got their Premier League title challenge back on track with a 3-1 win at Fulham on Sunday to move level on points with leaders Arsenal. The destiny of the title remains in Manchester City’s hands with the defending champions one point behind the top two with a game in hand. However, Liverpool and Arsenal have put the pressure on Pep Guardiola’s men by bouncing back from shock defeats last weekend. Jurgen Klopp said ahead of the game at Craven Cottage that the return of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota from injury was what gave his side “a chance” at…
Aggrieved members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ondo state, on Sunday, stormed the state party secretariat to protest the conduct of Saturday’s governorship primary election across the state. They equally called for the suspension of the chairman of the election committee and governor of Kogi state, Ahmed Ododo from the party for the undemocratic manner he conducted the exercise. The protesters who represented four of the governorship aspirants blocked the Oba Adesida/ Oyemekun road and condemned the outcome of the exercise. According to their spokesperson, Adeniran Oyebade, Director General for Olusola Oke Campaign Organisation, Ondo Central Senatorial District,…
Josip Stanisic scored in the seventh minute of stoppage time as Bayer Leverkusen extended their unbeaten run to 45 games in all competitions with a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund on Sunday. Crowned Bundesliga champions for the first time last week, Leverkusen looked set to lose their unbeaten run when Dortmund’s Niclas Fuellkrug scored with nine minutes remaining. As they have done so often this season, however, Leverkusen scored late, Stanisic’s goal coming from a corner deep into added time. The goal was Leverkusen’s 14th to come after the 90th minute this season and kept their dreams of becoming the…
As part of the Renewed Hope mandate of President Bola Tinubu, the Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh has signed three Memoranda of Understanding, M.O.Us. The first Memorandum of Understanding was signed with GTI Asset Management and Trust Limited to relaunch the Federation Cup as the President Federation Cup in collaboration with the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. The renamed competition aims to reignite interest in football among fans, elevate it to global standards, create employment for about 500,000 Nigerians, engage over 100 million football enthusiasts, and showcase the greatness of Nigeria globally. The President Federation Cup will become…
The Chairman of the Ondo State Primary Election Committee, Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State, has announced that polls will be conducted in all 13 wards of Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state by 12 noon on Sunday (today). In a statement he signed, the governor said: “Having received reports of the primary election from the 203 wards in the 18 local governments of Ondo State, the primary election committee has decided that election will be conducted in all the 13 Wards of Okitipupa local government with total validated registered members of 9,515, because of validated reports that the…
Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed his 11th career title with victory over Casper Ruud in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters last Sunday Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Casper Ruud in the final of the Barcelona Open a week after beating the Norwegian to win the Monte Carlo Masters. Greece’s world number seven Tsitsipas overcame Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic 5-7 6-4 6-2, while Ruud edged past Argentine Tomas Etcheverry 7-6 (8-6) 6-4. Ruud, the world number six, has lost in three finals this year. Meanwhile, American Taylor Fritz and Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff will contest the final of the BMW Open. Number three seed…
Bernardo Silva fired defending champions Manchester City back into the FA Cup final as the Portuguese midfielder’s late strike sealed their 1-0 win over Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s side were second best for long periods of the semi-final but Chelsea wasted a string of chances before Silva delivered the knockout blow six minutes from full-time. Shaken by their Champions League quarter-final loss to Real Madrid on penalties in midweek, City took a while to shake off the gloom from the end of their treble bid. They were hampered by the absence of Norway striker Erling Haaland after…
Nigeria’s oldest football club competition has been renamed again. The tournament which began as Governor’s Cup was later changed to Challenge Cup, Coca-Cola FA Cup, Federation Cup, Aiteo Cup and Tingo Cup. At a well-attended official event in Lagos on Friday, the Ministry of Sports Development, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and strategic partners GTI Assets Management and Trust Limited announced that the competition will now be known as the President Federation Cup. Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau and GTI Group Managing Director, Abubakar Lawal attended the event along with other dignitaries. It was…