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According to a top IMN source, the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat will reportedly be embarking on another medical trip very soon. Again, they will be accompanied by Nigerian security operatives.  <!--more--> The source confirmed the planned trip in an interview with The Nation newspaper and also revealed that El-Zakzaky's family members and close associates have been stopped from visiting by DSS operatives who reportedly seized phones belonging to the Islamic leader and his wife.  The source said: “You know that El-Zakzaky and his wife were immediately taken to Kaduna facility of the DSS immediately they arrived in the country from their medical trip. “They collected their phones. Now his people want to visit him, but the security operatives are preventing them from visiting. “Till now, nobody is allowed to visit him. And immediately he and the wife left for India, the securi...

Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno South district, had launched his nine-point agenda for his tenure if elected the Senate President of the 9th assembly. Ndume, on Tuesday, released the document despite the decision of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to back Ahmed Lawan, the current Senate Leader, for the same position. The senator in his nine-point agenda, promised to improve upon the performance of the 8th Senate. He also pledged to make the office of the Senate President less attractive by reducing the unnecessary privileges attached to it.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the process of printing of the 2019/2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination slip to Thursday, April 4. PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the board urged candidates to begin printing the notification slips for the main examination from April 2, about one week before the examination. This year, the sale or registration forms to all candidates (UTME/DE) including those outside Nigeria, started January 10 and ended February 21.

A 77-year-old woman has graduated from the University of Lagos UNILAG. Bridget Okonji, a retiree, was among the 1,008 students of the Faculty of Education who were awarded a first degree on Tuesday at the Institution’s 2017/2018 Convocation Ceremonies. According to Bridget Okonji, she came to the school to receive knowledge and to avoid boredom at home.

A single mom from Nevada was in “complete shock” after her 13-year-old son bought her a car. Krystal Preston posted the heartwarming story on her Facebook, sharing that her son, William Rabillo, surprised her with a car.