JAMB/UTME 2012 result is out
2 men arrested near a bank in Jos with Toy Guns
It was a case of commotion and mild drama in Jos yesterday as two suspicious looking men were apprehended near the gate of the Jos main branch of First Bank Plc with toy guns.
Rumours of the apprehended men being members of the Boko Hram sect was wide-spread among residents, but later the guns were later found to be toy guns, when the strange men were arrested.
Thunderstorm damages 21 buildings in Ogun state, Hundreds homeless
Mostly affected areas in the town were Iyana-Mortuary, Ijaiye, Olorunsogo, Abiola Way, Iporo-Ake, Lantoro and some parts of Olokuta community in Idi-Aba.
"One in a million" black and white twins Kian and Remee turn seven
About 300 years ago when the whites bought and sold blacks slaves as commodities and racial discrimination was at a high, never would they have imagined this to even happen at all in the first place. But there it is, these beautiful twins are Seven years old today.
One is black and has big brown eyes. The other is a blue-eyed blonde with the palest of skin.They might share the same cheeky smile, but side by side, they could hardly look less alike.
Yet remarkably, Kian and Remee are twins, born a minute apart.
FG may stop funding tertiary institutions - Anyim Pius Anyim
The government had expressed pessimism that it would continue to effectively fund tertiary institutions in the country and had suggested that institutions should source their own funds by attracting investors to assist in the development of the education sector.
Back from the dead: First picture of Fabrice Muamba smiling in bed since recovery
It's the picture the world has been waiting to see.
Fabrice Muamba sits up his hospital bed wearing a wide smile almost two weeks after collapsing mid-way through a match.
The footballer's fiance Shauna Magunda posted the heart-warming image earlier today to say thank you to the millions of fans who have supported her partner after he suffered a near fatal heart attack.
U.S Embassy adjusts visa processing fees.
As from April 13, the United States Department of State will adjust visa processing fees.
According to a statement by the Embassy, the fees for most nonimmigrant visa applications and Border Crossing Cards will increase, while all immigrant visa processing fees will decrease.
"The Department is required to recover, as far as possible, the cost of processing visas through the collection of application fees. For a number of reasons, the current fees no longer cover the actual cost of processing nonimmigrant visas. The nonimmigrant visa fee increase will support the addition and expansion of overseas facilities, as well as additional staffing required to meet increased visa demand.
Sports
As the footballing world rejoice to the news of fabrice Muamba's recovery. Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov, 32, has been diagnosed with acute leukemia. His condition was diagnosed after he developed a fever following a match against Arsenal last Saturday.
Leukaemia is a cancer of the white blood cells, which we need to fight off infections.
Captain of Aston Villa, Stiliyan Petrov, diagnosed with acute leukemia
As the footballing world rejoice to the news of fabrice Muamba's recovery. Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov, 32, has been diagnosed with acute leukemia. His condition was diagnosed after he developed a fever following a match against Arsenal last Saturday.
Leukaemia is a cancer of the white blood cells, which we need to fight off infections.
Money Market
The makers of BlackBerry today seemed to admit defeat in the smartphone wars after suggesting it will abandon most consumer markets in America.
RIM, makers of Blackberry have struggled as Americans are continuously abandoning their Blackberry's for flashier touch-screen phones such as Apple's iPhone and models that run Google's Android software.
Despite the phones' continuing popularity among business users in America, the firm has had limited success trying to enter consumer markets in recent years.
'We plan to refocus on the enterprise business and capitalise on our leading position in this segment,' CEO Thorsten Heins said.
Blackberry records $125M loss in America as iphones and Android smart phones are preferred
The makers of BlackBerry today seemed to admit defeat in the smartphone wars after suggesting it will abandon most consumer markets in America.
RIM, makers of Blackberry have struggled as Americans are continuously abandoning their Blackberry's for flashier touch-screen phones such as Apple's iPhone and models that run Google's Android software.
Despite the phones' continuing popularity among business users in America, the firm has had limited success trying to enter consumer markets in recent years.
'We plan to refocus on the enterprise business and capitalise on our leading position in this segment,' CEO Thorsten Heins said.
NNPC warns Nigerians to stop patronising road side kerosene vendors
According to he News Agency of Nigeria, The Nigerian national Petroleum corporation (NNPC) has warned users of kerosene to desist from buying the commodity from road side hawkers, to avoid purchasing adulterated product that can lead to explosion.
Army raids Kaduna in search of Boko Haram members
In a bid to carry out a more aggressive onslaught against the Islamic fundamentalist sect Boko Haram, Nigerian Army has arrested 65 Boko Haram suspects in Kaduna with different military raids carried out in the state in the past 2 days.
While the soldiers arrested 33 suspected sect’s members on Wednesday at the Barnawa Complex of the city, 32 more suspects were picked up on Thursday in different parts of Kaduna metropolis.
NNPC to rehabilitate three refineries in Nigeria
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has concluded plans to holistically rehabilitate the three refineries in the country.
The refineries are in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna with a combined capacity of 445,000 barrels per stream day.
The refineries are in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna with a combined capacity of 445,000 barrels per stream day.
Federal Government declares public holidays
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared April 6 and 9 as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebrations.
Permanent secretary, 5 others in prison over N32.8b police pension scam
The other accused persons who were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions (EFCC) alongside Mr Kigo were Esai Dangabar, Ahmed Inuwa Wada, John Yakubu Yusufu, Veronica Ulonma Onyegbula and Sani Habila Zira.
My Wife Is Using Night Vigil To Commit Adultery - Husband
Daniel, who is resident in Oke-Afo village on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is seeking the dissolution of his 10-year-old marriage to his wife, Yemi, based on allegations of misconduct.
WAEC to be sued over death of local govt worker
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Odi Olowo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State yesterday said it would sue the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over the death of one of its workers, Abdul-Fatai Olalekan Odeniyi.
I'm not owing Fidelity Bank - Dokpesi
The Chairman of Daar Communication Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said he is no longer indebted to Fidelity Bank Plc.His lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome, told a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday that his client had paid the bank N4.2bn with about N1bn already mopped up by the bank from his client’s assets.
Ozekhome said, “My Lord adjourned till today for report of settlement. However, in between, the petitioner went before Justice Charles Archibong and obtained a judgment based on facts agreed on by the parties.
“On the basis of that, we paid them N4.2bn and they have already mopped up about N1bn from our assets. That translates to N5.2bn.
SSS Arrests 7 Suspected Kidnappers of UAE Citizen
The suspects paraded by the security agency all aged between 22 and 33 years include Ojo Ibrahim Ajibade, Lamidi Akinkunmi, Olasunkanmi Temitope a.k.a. Rasky and Nuremi Lamidi.
The others include Siyanbade Musibau Olalekan, Saka Kashim and Jelili Ajagungbade Adeleke a.k.a. Owuye.
New Species of Human Discovered in China
Although the Red Deer Cave People have not been proved to be a new species, the discovery reminds scientists of the complexity of human evolution in East Asia given the diversity of neolithic populations here.
C.A.N President, Oritsejafor has hidden agenda over Boko Haram issue - Muslim leaders
The Muslim leaders in the North under the umbrella body of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), yesterday accused the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, of having a hidden agenda for opposing the Federal Government negotiation with the Boko Haram sect.
Oil Company pollutes water, land, lands five villagers in hospital
The burden of environmental pollution was felt by five persons, including a mother of six from seven riverine communities of Delta
State, they have been hospitalised after drinking suspected contaminated water from a
river, allegedly polluted by Agip Oil Company in the course of dredging
activities in the communities.
A representative of the communities, Mallam Yusuf Eregebene, who confirmed the hospitalisation of the five persons to a source, listed the affected communities as Opuapale I, Opuapale II, Ogorigbene, Perekiri Zion, Telemotu, Ebimiekumoghene and Asisagbene.
Man to go to jail for refusing to pay toll at Lekki-Epe Expressway toll gate.
A 39-year-old man, Rozer Oladimeji was charged to the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos where he was sentenced a to a week imprisonment for refusing to pay at the Lekki-Epe Expressway toll gate.
Oladimeji drove a red Toyota Jeep with number plate LND 607 AC about 3:51pm on March 18 and refused to pay the compulsory N120 toll.
EFCC to arraign Perm Sec, five others over N14.5bn pension scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday filed 16-count charge against a Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Atiku Abubakar Kigo, and five others for allegedly mismanaging N14.5billion Police Pension funds.
The six suspects will be arraigned before Justice Abubakar Talba of the FCT High Court in Gudu today.
Besides the Permanent Secretary, other suspects are: Esai Dangabar, Ahmed Inuwa Wada, John Yakubu Yusufu, Mrs. Veronica Ulonma Onyegbula and Sani Habila Zira.
An EFCC source said: “Our legal team filed 16 charges against the suspects and the court gave us Thursday to arraign them for the commencement of their trial.
“The 16 charges border on conspiracy and criminal breach of trust in respect of N14, 518,567, 724.36.
Lagos arrests 86 persons for having no address, work
Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested 86 suspected illegal squatters, food vendors and aliens in Ikoyi area of the state for not having definite residential address and means of livelihood.
It was learnt that the arrest was in response to complaints by residents of the area about the presence of illegal squatters in uncompleted buildings and makeshift shops.
It was also learnt that the report of a security investigations conducted by policemen did not favour the squatters, as they were classified as security risk.
Man Dies After Falling Off Elevator At WAEC Building, Lagos
A man identified as an employee of the Odi-Olowo Local Council Development Area, Lagos, died on Wednesday after falling off a moving lift on the eighth floor of the 12-storey building of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Mr Joseph Jaiyeoba, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said that the mangled body of the deceased was recovered from the ground floor of the building.
Sports
Milan and Barcelona settle for a draw
AC Milan survived a prolonged Barcelona onslaught
to hold their illustrious visitors goalless, but will be left wondering how they
fluffed some golden chances to take a first-leg lead in the Champions League
quarter-final.
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Sports
A referee sent off five players in the dressing rooms after a post-match brawl at an English League Two (fourth tier) game between Bradford City and promotion-chasing Crawley Town.
Referee dishes out five red cards in dressing room
A referee sent off five players in the dressing rooms after a post-match brawl at an English League Two (fourth tier) game between Bradford City and promotion-chasing Crawley Town.
New electricity tariff to come into effect in June
Amadi, who disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday at a meeting with electricity generation companies in Nigeria, said the new tariff, tagged Multi-Year-Tariff-Order, would not affect low income earners.
Nigeria records yet another year of mass failure in NECO exam
According to the just released result for the 2011 examaination, only 10 percent out of the 110,724 candidates that sat for the examinations scored credit and above in the core subjects of English language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Geography.
ECOWAS suspends Mali
The regional economic bloc had also mandated the Heads of Government of Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso to visit the country within the next 48 hours to press on the coup leaders that it would not tolerate coups in the region.
My vision for World Bank – Okonjo-Iweala
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is contesting against two other nominees including Jim Yong Kim of the U.S. and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo.
Boko Haram kills Abu Qaga’s father
Sports
MR CONTROVERSIAL IS BACK: Ballotelli interupts INTER MILAN press conference
It was Andrea Stramaccioni's first press conference as Inter manager, just appointed after the sack of Claudio Ranieri in Italy, and the Man-city star, Ballotelli travelled to his former club in Italy "uninvited" to crash the press conference of the new coach.
72-year-old grandmother, 456 others in Brazilian prisons for drug-related offences
No fewer than 457 Nigerians are serving different jail terms in Brazilian prisons, according to the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora. This includes a 72-year-old grandmother, 13 women and 443 others, who are currently languishing in jail in Brazil for drug-related offences..
She made this known at a media briefing in Lagos, she said the findings were made during a fact-finding mission to the South American country last week by the committee which included its Deputy-Chairman, Betty Appiafi and a member, Abdulrahman Terab.
She explained that a Non Governmental Organisaton, Youths Without Borders, run by Taiwo and Kehinde Afolabi residing in Brazil, had earlier raised concern over the rising cases of Nigerian women serving jail terms for drug-related cases in Brazil.
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Nigerian school wins UNICEF competition
A private secondary school, Rainbow College, has emerged the best in Africa and third in the world in an online spelling, mathematics and science competition organised by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Pupils of Rainbow College in Magba, Ogun State, participated in the UNICEF World Education Games between March 5 and 8.
They were among the 1.75 million pupils who competed in the 14 –18 year olds’ category at three levels worldwide.
Nigeria will overcome its security challenges by middle of this year - Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday set his administration a target of overcoming the security challenges facing the country by mid-year.
Jonathan gave the assurance in an interview to Yonhap News Agency on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea.
The President attended the two-day summit alongside other world leaders.
Jonathan said, “In terms of security challenges we have in some parts of the country where we have terrorist attacks. But it doesn’t affect the whole country. “In terms of security of individual, we will have control in the middle of this year. (The danger) is limited to some parts of the country. It doesn’t extend to other was parts of the country.”
Lagos warned to prepare for flood as experts predict 238 days of rainfall this year
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| 2011 flood caused by heavy rainfall |
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| Thousands of homes were damaged last year |
Addressing journalists during the presentation of this year’s rainfall predictions, the Lagos state commissioner for environment, Mr Tunji Bello said the predictions reveal that the state is expected to record a very high intensity of rainfall this year.
Sports
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Benfica 0-1 Chelsea, Apoel 0-3 Madrid
A rejuvinated Chelsea side got their first away win in this year's UEFA Champions league by beating Benfica away by a single goal scored by Ivorian foward, Soloman Kalou. After a slow first half, the match heated up in the second period when Jardel came close with a free header before Fernando Torres' weaved into the opposition penalty area to find Kalou in space to prod home untroubled with 15 minutes to go.
The home side lined up with reported Manchester United targets Nicolas Gaitan and Javi Garcia included in midfield alongside experienced Argentine Pablo Aimar, with Oscar Cardozo leading the line.
The home side lined up with reported Manchester United targets Nicolas Gaitan and Javi Garcia included in midfield alongside experienced Argentine Pablo Aimar, with Oscar Cardozo leading the line.
NEMA Warns Of Famine As Farmers Flee Boko Haram Attacks
To curb further migration of farmers and livestock breeders, NEMA has constituted an Inter-Agency Contingency Committee (IACC).
The warning was made in the “2012 NEMA Report on Boko Haram Insurgency and Disasters in the North-East” made available to The Guardian yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Court orders A.I.T boss Chief Raymond Dokpesi to pay 7.5bn debt to Fidelity Bank
Security agents discover Boko Haram bomb factory in Kogi State
Unexploded Improvised Explosive Devices, five hand grenades and other bomb-making component were discovered in factory, an uncompleted four-bedroom building in Kabba in central Kogi state.
According to reports, the team of State Security Service agents, police officers and soldiers had raided the building at about 2p.m., following up on intelligence reports gathered during prior investigations.
We derived joy in torturing our male victims - female robbery suspects
Nneka Orji, the head of a female robbery gang arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos has confessed that she and her girls derived joy from torturing their male victims because they were once victims of robbery attacks perpetrated by guys.
"I am not an armed robber because we did not operate with gun. Ours was more of brain works. We obtained by false pretence, otherwise called 419," 27-year-old Nneka said.
FG gives British Airways and Virgin Atlantic 30 days ultimatum to reduce fare
The Federal government has given foreign airlines operating in the country 30 days ultimatum to reduce fares or face ban.
Boko Haram scare forces Lagos state government to demolish five mosques
The spate of bomb attacks and widespread terror by the Boko Haram Islamist sect has driven the government of Lagos State to demolish five mosques in Nigeria’s commercial hub and largest city.
Sources said the demolition of the mosques followed intelligence reports from the anti-terror Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on the vulnerability of the state government’s secretariat to an attack by Boko Haram extremists, who presumably were liable to use the nearby religious sanctuaries as a cover.
Gunshots fired near the US Embassy in Abuja
According to a statement issued by the embassy this afternoon “We believe there were shots fired in the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy. The Nigerian authorities have two individuals in custody. We refer you to the Nigerian police for further information,”
Couple separate after just four days as jealous husband beats up wife 'for flirting with the best man'
Tammy Driver, 21, and Nicky Pearce, 29, separated upon returning from their honeymoon weekend, following a violent row at their home near Aberdare, South Wales.
Jealous Pearce flew into a drunken rage and attacked his new wife, grabbing her by the neck before allegedly biting her and breaking her nose.
He has now been jailed for a year after
admitting the assault, which caused Miss
Driver to flee their home in Penrhiwceiber
for hospital.
A devastated Miss Driver said: 'The sacred vows that Nicky and I took four days earlier meant nothing to him at all.
'He promised to love me and take care of me for the rest of my life. But it was a nightmare.'
Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard that she suffered a face wound from the bite and a suspected cheek fracture.
Prosecutor Karl Williams told the court: 'Things turned sour when he accused her of flirting with his best friend.
'Pearce, who had been drinking, lunged at his wife and grabbed her around the throat.'
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| After attack by husband |
Broken promises: The couple pledged to stay together
forever - but Miss Driver fled their home in fear of her life just days after
they made their vows
Painful experience: Today the betrayed young woman is
trying to move on with her life
Jeremy Jenkins, defending, said: 'It’s a very sad state of affairs that this marriage was doomed.
'He is ashamed at over-reacting in the way he did and the injuries he caused.'
Miss Driver today said: 'I feel lucky to get out in one piece. It is very sad that our marriage lasted such a short time.'
The 21-year-old's family paid £1,000 for the June wedding, which took place at a register office before a reception at a local rugby club.
Glowing in a white dress, the bride thought all her dreams had come true after a whirlwind three-month romance.
The couple then enjoyed a romantic two-day honeymoon weekend at a seaside hotel in West Wales.
But trouble began when they returned for a celebration drink with the best man and his girlfriend in a village pub.
Miss Driver said: 'Everything had been fantastic on honeymoon and really romantic. I thought everything was great when we had a drink with his best man - we had a good laugh together.
'But then we got home and he accused me of being all over his best man. He really flew into a rage.'
The young bride said she feared for her life as her husband attacked her.
She said: 'I had a broken nose, bruises and bite marks on my face and neck.'
'All I could think was that I didn’t know who this man was. Where had my husband gone - the man I married just a few days before?
'I thought he was the perfect man to spend the rest of my life with but it was all shattered by the next weekend.'
Miss Driver never went back to Pearce after he was arrested by police - and she now has a new man in her life.
She said: 'I feel I had a lucky escape. It was all too soon and I was too young but I never thought it would end like that.'
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