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Here are the steps that would be required by all JAMB applicants, before commencing registration in any Accredited CBT Centre; 1. Each candidate will be registered with one mobile phone number only. The Cell phone number used to create the profile code is automatically tied to the Candidate’s name and will be used in all communications related to his/her 2019 Application/Examination. 2. Candidate sends his/her name [Surname, First Name & Middle Name (if any)] by text (SMS) to 55019. This should be maximum of 38 characters + 2 spaces between names = 40 characters in all 3. A Profile Code is received by the candidate on the same telephone number 4. The candidate presents the Profile Code to the point of procurement of form (Banks, MMOs, MFBs, Switches, USSD Partners). The form ePIN is then sent as text message to the candidate.   5. The candidate presents the ePIN at any JAMB accredited CBT Centre for registration You are advised to wait until the registration...

Update:: A US trafficking victim serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex when she was a teenager has been granted clemency Monday following a celebrity-backed viral campaign for her freedom. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam said Cyntoia Brown, now 30, had been given “too harsh” a sentence for the 2004 murder of a real estate agent in the city of Nashville.  Johnny Allen had picked up Brown, who was 16 at the time and a runaway under the influence of a dangerous pimp, and taken her to his home for sex.  The ex-Army sharpshooter allegedly showed off his firearms and “grabbed” Brown forcefully between her legs. She said she shot him in fear for her life. A jury convicted Brown of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery, and she was given life with the possibility of parole after serving at least 51 years in prison.  Calling the case “tragic and complex,” Haslam granted clemency under the condition of a 10-year parole. Brown will be r...

Kenya’s earnings from tourism jumped by almost a third in 2018 from the previous year to 157.4 billion shillings ($1.55 billion), after the number of visitors rose by 37 percent, the tourism ministry said on Monday.

Update:: Gabon foiled an attempted military coup on Monday, killing two suspected plotters and capturing seven others just hours after they took over state radio in a bid to end 50 years of rule by President Ali Bongo’s family.

Update:: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is visiting China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korea's state media has confirmed. The news follows speculation earlier on Monday that Mr Kim was possibly on his way to China by train. Mr Kim will be in the country 7-10 January with his wife Ri Sol-ju, North Korean news agency KCNA said. It comes amid reports of negotiations for a second summit between Mr Kim and US President Donald Trump. The two met last June in what was the first such meeting for a sitting US president.

Update:: World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim has made the surprise announcement that he is stepping down after six years in the post. His resignation will take effect from 1 February. Mr Kim, 59, was not due to leave until 2022, after he was re-elected for a second five-year term in 2017. He will "join a firm and focus on increasing infrastructure investments in developing countries", the World Bank said.

Update:: The European Commission repeated on Monday that EU leaders would not renegotiate a Brexit treaty agreed last month with Prime Minister Theresa May and was pressing on with planning for Britain to crash out of the Union without a deal. "The deal that is on the table is the best and the only deal possible," chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas told reporters when asked about a phone conversation on Friday between May and Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. "This deal will not be renegotiated." He also repeated that there were no talks planned between negotiators from the two sides as "negotiations are complete". Schinas repeated that Juncker's conversation with May on Friday was "friendly" and that the two would speak again this week. May has failed to win parliamentary support for the treaty she agree with fellow leaders of the European Union last month and is expected to put it to a vote next week. At a summit on De...

Nigerian soldiers have raided the main office of the private Daily Trust newspaper and confiscated computers. It follows the arrest of some staff at the newspaper's office in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Daily Trust says it may be connected with its lead story on Sunday about the military preparing an operation to recapture territory. The army denies it recently lost control of some towns to militants

Update:: US President Donald Trump has said that a location for another summit with North Korea is being negotiated. Mr Trump told reporters in Washington DC that "a good dialogue" was taking place with North Korea, but sanctions on Pyongyang would remain in place. Mr Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last June, the first such meeting for a sitting US president. No tangible progress has been achieved so far on the main US goal: North Korea's denuclearisation. President Trump said last week that he had received a "great letter" from Mr Kim, although he did not reveal its contents.

Update:: President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has inaugurated Egypt's largest cathedral in the new administrative capital east of Cairo, a day after a deadly bomb blast near a Coptic church. The newly built Cathedral of Nativity had its first Mass under heavy security on Sunday, the eve of Coptic Christmas. On Saturday, a policeman died trying to defuse an explosive device hidden on a roof in Nasr City outside Cairo. Copts make up about 10% of Egypt's Muslim-majority population. Many say the state discriminates against them and does not offer them enough protection.

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Update:: See their conversation below; Unique and Rare to find Guy, I don't do Normal i stick with Special, i am a big fan of my COUNTRY and i love Entertainment, Politics and Sports.

Update:: In his words: “This state is bigger than any one person and any single interest. We cannot grind the state to a halt because chieftains within the ruling APC cannot see eye to eye. They must put their differences aside and move the state forward. This begins with the immediate passing of the budget.” Reports have highlighted palpable tension between the State House of Assembly and the Ambode-led Executive as both trade blames over which arm to blame for the delay in presentation and passing of the 2019 budget. “Clearly, Lagos has been on auto-pilot since Governor Akinwunmi Ambode failed to pick the ticket at the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries,” Agbaje said. “Things as routine as allowances, bonuses and road maintenance have suffered. And now, the prevailing apathy has spread to the 2019 budget that has been reported missing somewhere between the Executive at the Alausa Roundhouse and the hallowed chambers of the Legislature.” While the Executive, throu...

Update:: British actress Olivia Colman was director Yorgos Lanthimos' first and only choice to play Queen Anne in The Favourite.In the new period comedy, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz star as two warring cousins vying to become the Queen's favourite right-hand person in early 18th century England. When the Greek director began casting the film in 2014, years before production got underway in 2017, he sent the script to Olivia because she was his only choice. "For me, casting is very instinctive," he explained to The Hollywood Reporter magazine. "It's one of those things when you feel you're right and you need to insist no matter what." Olivia agreed straight away, making the film her second turn as a queen after playing Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in the 2012's Hyde Park on the Hudson. She will also be portraying Queen Elizabeth II in season three of Netflix series The Crown. The casting for her supporting stars wasn't as straightforwa...

The Benue state chapter of the PDP has faulted the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 presidential election by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association - The opposition party alleged that with Buhari as president, the bloodshed and carnage being wrecked by herdsmen is sure to continue - The PDP added that the Miyetti Allah group knows that with Atiku as president, their nefarious agenda and criminality will have no place in Nigeria The endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 presidential election by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has been faulted by the Benue state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement released on Sunday, January 6, the state publicity secretary of PDP and chairman, publicity sub-committee of Benue PDP State Campaign Organisation for 2019 Presidential Election, Bemgba Iortyom, faulted the cattle breeders association over the endorsement, Daily Trust reports. “T...

Update:: Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), demanded on Sunday that her interior minister quickly find out what Germany's security agencies knew about a huge data breach and how they reacted. The breach has shocked Germany's establishment and risks rocking Merkel's awkward 'grand coalition' again just months after a row over the fate of the domestic intelligence agency chief came close to tearing apart the ruling alliance. The government said on Friday that personal data and documents from hundreds of German politicians and public figures including Merkel had been published online, in what appeared to be one of Germany's biggest data breaches. Lars Klingbeil, secretary general of the center-left (SPD), told the Funke media group the government must quickly shed light on "which agencies knew what exactly when, and how that was dealt with". "This should be a priority for (Interior Minist...

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has tasked women and youths of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to ensure victory for the party in the forthcoming Presidential election. She made the call on Saturday during the launch of the APC Zonal Campaign Rally for the North-West held in Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata, Kano. The wife of the President explained that she was encouraged to drum support for the APC because of the various social intervention programmes initiated by the Buhari-led administration. Mrs Buhari, who spoke in Hausa, said: “In 2015, the APC made some promises; and I have come out to campaign for its victory in the 2019 polls because the party has fulfilled some of the promises it made to Nigerians. “Those promises include; the school feeding programme for primary school pupils, the N-Power programme, under which some unemployed graduates are being gainfully engaged and are earning N30,000 monthly. President Buhari to inaugurate APC Presidential Campaig...

On January 1, 2019, a young lady lost her mother to the cold hands of death - The woman was murdered by armed robbers who went to steal from their home - The lady, Thesimesty, has revealed that New Year's day can never be a happy one for her and her family members again January 1 would always be a sad day to remember for a Twitter user, Thesimesty, and her family members seeing as they lost a very dear one on what was meant to be a happy celebration. Some individuals have no respect for special celebrations and they even see it as an opportunity to carry out their evil plans. In a new development, the woman’s daughter has taken to social media to recount the terrifying experience. She explained in a series of tweets how her mother was murdered and the effect it has had on their home ever since. She further explained that January 1st can never be a happy day for her or her family members ever again. This is sad news. May God comfort the family during this trying perio...

Update:: Penelope Cruz thinks society "tricks" women. The Oscar-winning actress - who has kids Leo, seven, and Luna, five, with fellow Hollywood star Javier Bardem - has hit out at what she perceives to be unrealistic expectations placed on women. She explained: "There are so many taboos related to women. "You realise when you go through the whole process [of becoming a parent] that society tricks women a lot - and men too." Penelope stressed that women - regardless of whether they have children or not - are already like real-life superheroes. The 44-year-old actress told Marie Claire magazine: "This image society gives you - that you have to be a super-woman, that you need to be out of hospital in 24 hours, wearing high heels. No, you already are a superwoman! "We're all superwomen - those of us who have children and those of us who don't." Penelope previously claimed that becoming a mother has transformed her outlook o...

The French Development Agency is currently supporting power transmission projects in Nigeria with about $300m. It was learnt that the agency’s board approved $245m for power transmission infrastructure in Nigeria’s Northern corridor and was also assisting the construction of the Sokoto-Kaura Namoda-Katsina 330kV double circuit line with the sum of $55m. The Transmission Company of Nigeria stated that the European Union also earlier approved a grant of €25m for part of the Northern corridor project under the AFD (French Development Agency) support programme. The TCN said the approval of the Northern corridor project by the board of the AFD and European Union was a significant step towards establishing a modern electricity grid in Nigeria. The transmission company added that it had continued to implement its Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme that sought to rehabilitate, stabilise and provide necessary redundancy consistent with international standard N-1. Thi...

Update:: Japan's government will keep a close eye on looming risks to a global economic recovery as it guides policy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an interview aired by public broadcaster NHK on Sunday. Signs of slowing global demand and recent sharp rises in the yen currency have clouded the outlook for the export-reliant economy, prompting verbal warnings from Tokyo policymakers over the adverse impact of volatile market moves on growth. "While the global economy is recovering gradually, there are various risks to the outlook," Abe said in the interview, recorded on Friday. "Japan's economic fundamentals are sound, but we'd like to guide policy with a close eye on the various risks." Japan will also seek to mend Sino-U.S. trade frictions by promoting global coordination as it chairs this year's meeting of the Group of 20 major economies, Abe said. "As G20 chair, Japan hopes to play a leading role to foster global cooperation...

Amina Zakari has been appointed as the head of election collation centre for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2019 elections. 2019: Outrage over appointment of Buhari’s niece, Zakari as INEC head of collation centre INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement on Thursday. Amina Zakari has been a key member of INEC as she has heald certain positions in the commission. However, her recent appointment has sparked outrage, with many alleging the appointment is one of the plots by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, party to rig the 2019 election in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari. Those decrying her appointment claim she is the niece of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, “While Prof. Mahmood Yakubu can no longer be trusted to conduct the 2019 general election, it is public knowledge that Mrs Amina Zakari, the INEC Director in charge of Operations and ICT, is a direct blood...

Update:: President Trump has fired back at Democrats calling for his impeachment within moments of the 116th Congress convening, claiming he's had “the most successful first two years” of any president. Trump spoke out on the impeachment calls after a video of Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib surfaced online where she vowed to remove him from office. She subsequently defended her remarks, saying she will "always speak truth to power." The president in his response said, 'as I have stated many times, if the Democrats take over the House or Senate, there will be disruption to the Financial Markets. We won the Senate, they won the House. Things will settle down. They only want to impeach me because they know they can’t win in 2020, too much success'. He went on to say, 'how do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong (no Collusion with Russia, it was the Dems that Colluded), had the most successful f...

Update:: US police are dealing with a suspected mass shooting at a California bowling alley with reports of 'multiple victims'. Police in Torrance, California confirmed shots had rang out at Gable House Bowl. The number of victims and the nature of their injuries was not immediately made clear. Torrance police tweeted: "Reports of shots fired with multiple victims down. T P D is on scene. Investigation is ongoing." Police are urging people to "stay away from the area" near the bowling alley.  Torrance fire department also confirmed the incident and warned people away from the vicinity of it.  The bowling alley is based on Hawthorne Boulevard, with people warned away from there and nearby Sepulveda Boulevard in particular. Gable House is described on its website as a gaming venue that offers bowling, laser tag and a full arcade.  Torrance, California, is a coastal city about 20 miles from Los Angeles. A w...

A pair of student drug dealers have been spared from jail after a judge was impressed by their good grammar. The pair, Luke Rance, 19, and Brandon Kerrison, 21, were arrested outside a Swansea library when they were found in possession of the Class B drug. A court heard police examined their mobile phones to find text messages relating to their drug deals composed using perfect spelling and punctuation. Judge David Hale said the ‘grammar and punctuation’ in the messages was of a much higher standard than normally seen from dealers and indicated a higher level of education. Swansea Crown Court heard one message from Kerrison’s phone said: ‘Mad flavours from 10 tonight – let me know for more details’. The court heard Kerrison was studying at Llansamlet Construction College in Swansea. Rance, who takes part in theatre productions, was due to start a degree having studied at Gower College, also in Swansea. The judge said he did not want to ‘fetter the prospects’ of ...

Update:: The PDP vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says his children are not relying on him to get their own cars because he trained them to be self-reliant - Obi describes Nigeria as a place where people crave free money to live in luxury, noting that that he had chosen not to join people who crave primitive acquisition - The business man turned politician says his money is his and that his children should work for their money The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said his two graduate children do not own cars yet because they have to make their own money to buy their own cars. Obi made the disclosure on Thursday, January 3, when delivering a lecture in Agulu, Anaocha local government area of Anambra state, The Punch reports. The business man turned politician said his children were not relying on him to get their own cars because he trained them to be self-reliant. He described Nigeria was a place where people crave free ...