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The Education Minister Prof Tahir Mamman has walked back on his earlier statement directing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to admit only candidates who have attained 18 years in tertiary institutions.    Mamman on Thursday, July 18, in an ongoing policy meeting organised by JAMB, in Abuja, announced …

Manchester City are looking to backtrack on one of their previous decisions in the transfer window, on a player compared to Luka Modric. So far this transfer window, things have been relatively quiet for Manchester City. Three players – Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Tommy Doyle and Sergio Gomez – have left, while …

With the dust settling on the 2023/24 season that ended with an FA Cup final win and a worst-ever Premier League finish, Manchester United fans have been awaiting news on what happens next.  Speculation over the future of manager Erik ten Hag has been rife in recent weeks, with multiple …

Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has announced scholarships and gave various gift items to 100 orphaned girls in Niger State, ahead of their mass wedding today, May 24.    The minister who initially condemned the mass wedding of the young girls being sponsored by the Speaker of the state …

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has endorsed the party’s national chairman, Julius Abure in a remarkable u-turn following his visit to the LP’s national headquarters in Abuja on a solidarity visit on Tuesday, May 21.. Obi had earlier shunned the party’s controversial national convention, which was …

Manchester City may have been boosted in their hopes of signing one of Europe’s most in-demand and fastest players after a surprising U-turn from Real Madrid. City lost out to Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League, despite dominating for much of that tie, but the Sky Blues could …

Manchester United go into the final weekend of the Premier League season with the prospect of their lowest placed-finish in the competition’s history.  The Red Devils sit eighth in the table and they must better Newcastle United’s result against Brentford when they visit Brighton on Sunday to avoid the ignominy …

Former Arsenal icon Robert Pires has urged Kylian Mbappe to renege on his decision to join Real Madrid and pursue a move to Liverpool instead. It was announced in February that Paris Saint-Germain sensation Mbappe had agreed terms on a much-anticipated move to the Bernabeu worth an eye-watering £203 over …

Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has stepped in to ensure that a new contract is rewarded. The Red Devils are in the midst of an overhaul, with the incoming INEOS chief looking to bring in his own staff over the coming weeks. A huge transfer window is expected, too, …

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed that the Gunners are set to keep a player who was previously thought to be available for transfer. Having been busy in the market signing new reinforcements, it was believed that Arsenal would spend the second half of the summer clearing deadwood. Arteta is …