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Text Driving Kills: Savannah Nash, 16, Dies During Her First Solo Drive

Like most 16-year-old girls, Savannah Nash couldn't wait to get behind the wheel once she got her driver's license.Her first solo drive turned out to be her last. Nash, who turned 16 last week, got permission Thursday afternoon to drive to the grocery store in Harrisonville, Mo., to pick up items for the family dinner. Her vehicle slammed into a tractor-trailer on the way, and she died at the scene, according to WAFB-TV. Investigators said the crash occurred when Nash turned left into the path of the truck, which was unable to brake in time, KMBC-TV reported. Investigators said they found an unsent text message on Nash’s cell phone, and believe texting and driving was a factor in the the crash, the Democrat-Missourian newspaper reported. “ There was a text message that was on her phone, however it was not sent yet,” Sgt. Bill Lowe of the Missouri State Highway Patrol told Fox4KC.com. “That is a probable contributing circumstance to the crash. That’s all part

Nigerian Female Journalists: Professionalism amidst limitation

By Deji Oladoye, Abdulhakeem Adeoye Across the globe, the idea that “it is a man’s world or it is a man thing” is quickly fading out of time. And the significance accords to the common saying that “women are to be seen and not to be heard” is much becoming insignificant, too. Besides, it is apparent now that women voice are increasingly becoming relevant; virtually in all disciplines-especially journalism. This new trend is unfolding faster in this pen profession as more young women are carrying the crest of leadership, professionalism and change maker amidst all odds and hazard. Some Female Journalists with credit For seven years, Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, 28, put her stories in for the prestigious CNN/Multichoice Journalists Awards but she hardly got any nomination-until 2011 that her dream comes through. The present Sunday Editor of the Punch Newspaper took a grand style into the profession with her award winning story. That year, her investigative story, “LUTH’s Ranso

Helen Paul, the lady with many talents

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JAMB releases 2013 UTME results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, announced this at a news conference on the release of the results in Bwari, FCT, on Friday. The registrar said after thorough processing of answer scripts of the candidates who sat for the examination, the board discovered some forms of malpractice perpetuated during the conduct of the examination. Candidates writing the UTME at the University of Abuja, Saturday. “However, the results of 68,309 candidates from various centres are undergoing further screening to ascertain the culpability of 12,110 candidates’ results.“ A total of 1,629,102 candidates applied to sit for the Paper Pencil Test (PPT), while 15,008 candidates applied for the Dual Based Test, bringing the number of candidates  to 1,644,110. “The general performance of candidates in this year’s examination shows remarkable i