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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has said it would withdraw the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) result of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma for parading a fake score. A statement released by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday July 2, says Mmesoma scored 249 in …

UPDATE: Nick Kyrgios Roland-Garros, as he continues to recover from knee surgery earlier this year. Kyrgios was a late withdrawal from the Australian Open, and hasn’t played an official tournament since last October. He had surgery in January, and said at the time he hoped to be back on court …

The Federal Capital Territory Authority has reportedly withdrawn permission given to the organised labour to use Eagle Square in Abuja for their May Day celebration.   General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja, said the withdrawal was contained in a letter sent to the labour centre on …

Former Imo state governor, Emeka Ihedioha has announced his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship primary in Imo state.   Ihedioha was screened and cleared a few days ago by the PDP to contest the party’s primary ahead of the November 11 governorship election in the state. However, …

President Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, Phillip A. Washington, has withdrawn from consideration for the job, according to the White House. Abdullah Hasan, a spokesman for the White House, said that Mr. Washington had the right qualifications and experience to run the F.A.A., despite Senate Republicans’ lengthy …

Donald Trump celebrated after news broke that the January 6 committee had withdrawn its subpoena for testimony by the former President. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the panel’s chairman, suggested that they would no longer need to compel documents and statements from Trump because they have concluded their work. “In light of …

David Warner has sensationally withdrawn an application to have his Cricket Australia leadership ban overturned. And he’s taken aim at the legal counsel assisting the independent panel for allegedly making “offensive comments” during a hearing last week. Warner was whacked with a lifetime leadership ban for his role in the …

Mrs Aisha Buhari has withdrawn the defamation case against Aminu Mohammed, a student of Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested for allegedly defaming her on Twitter sometime back.   Her lawyer, Fidelis Ogbobe, was at the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Friday, December 2, where he disclosed that the president’s …

Virgin Atlantic has withdrawn its support for Heathrow’s third runway plans amid an ongoing row over the cost of flying from Britain’s biggest airport. The carrier had been one of the most prominent airline backers of expansion before the pandemic. But on Monday its chief executive, Shai Weiss, hit out …

The Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has withdrawn from a suit seeking to stop the 2023 presidential election. Naija News reports that a presidential candidate in the 2019 election on the platform of Hope Democratic Party (HDP), Ambrose Albert Owuru, had asked the court to stop the Independent National …