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The chairman of Capitol Oil was spotted at the wedding of the daughter of Chief Odunukwe Charles in Oraukwu, Anambra state yesterday in a silver coloured Rolls Royce Phantom.

T he Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will hold a policy committee meeting on August 21 and 22 to determine cut off points for admission into various courses in Nigerian tertiary institutions for 2017. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Sunday said he had given the Board approval to hold the policy committee meeting on 2017 admission. He said the meeting will kick-start the 2017 admission exercise. The policy committee will announce the cut off points at the end of the meeting. “All stakeholders including vice-chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics and mono-technics and provosts of colleges of education would be in attendance,” he said in a statement. JAMB disclosed that it has sent to all institutions a soft copy of printout of candidates who chose them. “This year, the Board has sent candidates who scored 100 and above in their JAMB to the institutions in its flexible admission policy for institutions to determine the su...

T he Federal Government on Sunday disclosed that it has withdrawn the nomination of two members of the Board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC. Those whose nominations were withdrawn are Maimuna Aliyu and Sa’ad Alanamu. The disclosure was made by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Acting President, Laolu Akande, via his twitter handle. According to Akande, “We are stepping down two of the new ICPC board nominees who have ongoing investigation issues with the commission as this presents a conflict.‎ “‎While existence of allegations or petitions against someone should’nt necessarily disqualify them from considerations for appointments. “This case presents a peculiarity as we have confirmed that the agency in which they are to serve is indeed investigating them.” Following their nominations by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo last week, reports came up claiming that the two appointees...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has granted a new interview with Punch where he spoke about President Buhari’s health, the role he played as an opposition leader and why he thinks he was left out of the London trip to visit the president. See excerpts below... You said you have 11 damaging photos to prove President Muhammadu Buhari’s health is deteriorating. How do you feel when governors and aides close to Buhari are saying the President is recovering? We thank God that the President is able to come up and talk that he is hale and hearty. My statement put pressure on the Federal Government – because since the President left no one heard anything about his health status. If you listened to the Ebonyi State Governor (Dave Umahi), he said it was a miracle that the President recovered. If something is a miracle, it means that what I said about the President’s health was the truth. With due respect, everything I have said is the truth and remains the truth. The fac...

There's a silent war brewing in the music industry. It began last week when PMAN petitioned the Minster of Information, Lai Mohammed accusing him of 'stealing' an idea they presented to him. On Thursday, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) chairman, Tony Okoroji hit out at the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) for petitioning the Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed. Okoroji said, ‘I am shocked by the efforts being made by some of my colleagues and friends in the name of PMAN to discredit the historic Creative Industry Summit and to drag the minister’s name into the mud,’ Ruggedman, a rpper and member of PMAN didn't take Okoroji's comments lightly and immediately took to twitter to call him out saying, 'Mr Tony Okoroji u are an elder in every ramification.Going on social media to rant on an issue u know nothing abt is not elder like'. Mr Tony Okoroji u are an elder in every ramification.Going on social ...

The Former Minister took to his twitter handle to react to the new photo of President Buhari with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby at the Abuja house in London yesterday. See his reaction below

G overnor Willie Obiano of Anambra has vowed not to rest until the perpetrators of Sunday’s killings at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu, near Nnewi, which claimed at least eight lives and injured 18 persons are brought to justice. Mr. Obiano made the vow when he visited the scene of the killings in company of the Commissioner of Police in the state, Garba Umar. The governor expressed grief over the death of the worshippers, describing the attack as “barbaric, sacrilegious and totally unacceptable”, while also debunking speculations of possible invasion. According to him, intelligence report linked the shooting to an existing feud existing between some members of Umuezekwe Ofufe Amakwa community of Ozubulu living abroad. “It is an isolated case and I urge worshippers in the Church and residents of the area to go about their normal activities.” Mr. Obiano assured the community that his administration was on top of the situation and later visited the inju...

U nknown Gunmen this morning invaded St. Philip Catholic Church Ozubulu, in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State and opened fire on worshippers. Police sources revealed that their preliminary investigation shows that it is a drug related gang case in which the father of one of the gang leaders had been a target during today’s attack According to reports, The gunmen that carried out that shoot out are alleged assassins in search of a drug lord called “Bishop” and the father of that Bishop. The Gunmen went to church and in the process of shooting the man’s father, shot other people. Bishop is a 29 years old alleged popular drug baron from South Africa that singlehandledly built the church where the heinous crime took place, his father who was the target of the operation was also killed by the gun men with a warning that they will come back again in the nearest future because Bishop refused to pay them the money he is owing them.” Photos: ...

A t least eight people were killed at least one armed man on Sunday stormed the St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, the police have said. Witnesses initially said the attack was carried out by gunmen, but the police have now clarified it may have been carried out by a lone gunman. A witness told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that the gunmen went into the church during the 5:45 a.m. mass and identified a particular man and shot him. He said they later went on rampage and shot at the remaining over 100 worshippers. Several people were killed in the church while other critically injured worshippers died on the way to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi. Speaking on the attack, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Garba Umar, said the remains of the dead had been deposited at theNnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi. Mr. Umar also said that the injured were taken to the hosp...

F irst I want to appeal to Almighty Allah to help me in this song not to deviate, these useless children of thieves and unemployed. Igbos in Nigeria have no sun. Chorus: Igbos (Inyamirin) are ungrateful people and fools  Igbos are a curse to Nigeria, whose existence and birth as a people in Nigeria is useless, that abortion is greater than the birth of the bastards.  Let’s drag and drag and see who will sleep in the sun, Igbo land, in the beginning, has no name, they were helped to get name and identity. And that’s the beginning of their trouble.  Chorus: Igbos (Inyamirin) are ungrateful people and fools  Igbos are a curse to Nigeria, whose existence and birth as a people in Nigeria is useless, that abortion is greater than the birth of the bastards.  Please let’s ask, who is an Igbo, it’s Igbo that suffered and said he needs water and that’s how we started calling them Inyamuri.  Chorus: Igbos are a curse to...