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The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board for universities polytechnics, monotechnics, and colleges of education was held nationwide on Saturday with notable improvements this year, except for the few discrepancies in some centers. Our reporter visited some of the centres in Ojo/Agbara area of Lagos state. There was a mild drama in one of the three centres  (Faculty of Arts with centre No 36102) within the Lagos State University, Ojo. An official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, one of the paramilitary bodies deployed by JAMB to provide security for the examination, was caught while trying to send some answers to some supposed candidates in the examination halls through two cell phones.     A microchip with solutions to Mathematics (Type A), was also found on him. The NSCD officer who identified himself as  Kazeem Adewale  was caught by the men of the ...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has left London where he was receiving medical treatment for Israel,  SUNDAY PUNCH  learnt on Saturday. Okorocha had left Nigeria on April 20, 2013, after he sustained a head injury in a car accident. When our correspondent made an enquiry from one of his aides on Friday it was learnt that Okorocha had left London for Israel.   Okorocha’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ebere Uzoukwa, confirmed that the governor had left London. “He has left London and he is doing very well. He is currently in Israel,” he said. Another top government official, who pleaded anonymity told  SUNDAY PUNCH  that the governor was in Israel for a second round of examination.   Uzoukwa, however, denied that the governor moved to Israel on health grounds.   “He only went to Israel to attend to certain matters and will be back soon,” he said.   Okorocha was involved in a car crash on Orlu-Owerri Road in ...

The case of a very sad murder that took place months ago at Victoria Station in London is now over with 4 Nigerian teenagers sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Sofyen Belamouadden. photo According to the The Daily Mail UK, a 15 year old boy was hacked to death by a twenty man gang in London. All members of the Gang have been arrested and charged. Sofyen Belamouadden had his life cut short at Victoria station in central London when he was chased and killed by the gang over youths. Twenty teenagers were charged in connection with the attack, but three were cleared. Fifteen others have already been jailed for a total of 129 years. Obi Nwokeh, 20, Christopher Omoregrie and Samson Odegbune, both 19, were given life sentences for murder last April with minimum terms of 18 years. Victoria Osoteku , 20, the only female to be charged, was jailed for 12 years for manslaughter, along with three other youths. This evil Oseteku was seen on CCTV kicking Sofyen in the hea...

Hate her or love her, Kaffy, the dance queen is not moved, neither is she going to deny it that, she was once encouraged into prostitution by her mother. When they say wonders shall never end, some people may not readily understand until they hear some life testimonies that leave the mouth agape, such is the candid disclosure of popular dancer and musician Kafayat popularly known as Kaffy. She dropped the bombshell about how her mother nearly made her go into prostitution so as to make ends meet. The talented dancer revealed this while she was addressing a group of youths at a programme held not too long ago. She divulged this while encouraging the young minds at the event to learn how to read between the lines so that they won’t be guided because sometimes, the people that they look up to may be the one that will lead them astray. The talented mother of two, also disclosed that she had to pay her way through school as she did not attend the conventional school that every other child...

Contrary to reports of death toll of 185 lives and destruction of over 2,000 houses at Baga, Borno State, after Boko Haram gunmen and men of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTC) clashed, last week, Senator Maina Ma’aji Lawan, representing Borno North Senatorial District, declared that his two-day visit to the border town revealed 228 fresh graves, 4,000 houses leveled. Lawan made the “declaration and assessment” of the Baga carnage, Saturday. According to him, despite the widely reported carnage and destruction of Baga, there was much more to the reports on the total number of people killed and houses destroyed in the fishing and commercial town. The reality of the clash on ground, he disclosed, is very much higher than the 185 lives lost and the destruction of 2,000 houses, 62 vehicles and 284 motorcycles reported. Instead, the senator said: “During my two-day on-the-spot visit to Baga, what I saw was very frightening and sad to report and comment further, as many mor...

Cristiano Ronaldo cheated on girlfriend Irina Shayk with a Brazillian model known as miss Bum bum. Andresa Urach 27, above claimed she romped with Ronaldo after series of steamy text messages between the pair. She revealed how Ronaldo seduced her by claiming he dream of her big bum in his sleeps. Their romp happened last week just a few hours before Real Madrid defeat to Borussia Dortmund. No wonder his mind was not really in the game. There was a picture of Ronaldo leaving the restaurant with his girlfriend Irina after the Dortmund game and God she did not look happy, one can only assume she already knew about his cheating. Irina is a beautiful girl and does not deserve to be cheated on. Please leave Your Comments

THREE pupils, including a girl, were killed and hundreds injured on Wednesday when a building in which they were writing the West African Examination Council School Certificate examination (WASCE) collapsed on them.   The incident occurred in Alpha Academy, a private secondary school in Mararaba, Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State. Some 560 candidates were writing the examination in Alpha Academy. Many of them complained of the cracks before the building came down on Wednesday.   Of the 200 injured candidates, 30 are said to be in critical condition at the CRCN Hospital, Takum, where doctors are battling to save their lives.   One of the survivors, Godiya John, 22, who sustained a spinal cord injury, was immediately referred to the National Hospital, Abuja.   Donga council chair Capt. Douglas Ndatse (rtd), who confirmed the incident, described the examination hall as a one-storey building. He said the examination was taking place upstairs.   A...

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The remains of late novelist, poet and literary icon, Prof. Chinualumogu Achebe is expected to  arrive at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 ahead of its interment on Thursday, May 23, 2013, the burial committee has said. Chairman of Achebe's  National Transition Committee Prof. Uzodinma Nwala revealed this Thursday in Abuja while announcing the one-week eventful transition programme in honour of the late author. More to follow...

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Selena Gomez and two young fans at VEVO (Selena Gomez/Twitter) While  Justin Bieber   is off getting busted in Sweden  for allegedly having pot on his tour bus, ex-girlfriend  Selena Gomez  has been busy promoting her new single, "Come & Get It," back home in the U.S. The singer  tweeted this adorable shot  Thursday morning while stopping by VEVO's studios, of herself with two young face-painted fans, including one sporting a Bieber t-shirt. She posed with a surprised face while pointing to the image of the Biebs. "Spending time @VEVO with my littles," the caption read. The pic has already been favorited more than 6,800 times and shared more than 9,100 times in the first couple of hours since it went online. Yeah, we kinda love this more than anything else we've seen yet today too. Especially because of the little girl on the right. She's kind of everything.

The Northern Governors’ Forum on Thursday lamented the effect of the   Boko Haram insurgency on the North and pleaded with members of the violent Islamic sect to accept the planned amnesty for them by the Federal Government. The Chairman of the forum and Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, stated this while receiving the report of the forum’s Committee on Reconciliation, Healing and Security, in Abuja  on Thursday. Aliyu, who  said the activities of the insurgents had led to destruction of many lives and property, also advised the Federal Government to  complement the resolve of  the forum  by taking into account, the findings and recommendations of its committee.  “Members of the insurgent group are called upon for immediate ceasefire; accept the offer made by the Federal Government and come forward for dialogue and eventual submission of arms,” the governor said. Boko Haram Leader,  Abubakar Shekau had 0n April 10, said t...

The residents of the Omotowoju in Ibadan are still counting their lost after the inferno that gutted the area yesterday. A petrol tanker, belonging to the Total Petroleum caused the disaster when the vehicle stumbled while the driver of the long vehicle was making an attempt to drive pass a very narrow road in a densely populated area of Ibadan. The Fire service arrived at the spot of the incident very quickly but they claimed they do not have enough water and equipment. The youth in the area got angry and started throwing rocks and stone at the fire service personnel. One of the stones broke the windscreen of the vehicle belonging to the fire service company. Meanwhile, Sen. Femi Lanlehin who represents the Oyo South Senatorial district was there for the assesment and the impact of he fire today. He declined to make comment. One of the inhabitants of the area, Ms. Romoke Fetuga claims that the negligence and high handedness of the driver of the truck was respo...

Bishop Dr David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide Inc. on Saturday opened a 20,000-seater church in Nairobi, said to the biggest sanctuary in East and Central Africa.   The ceremony, which was also attended by the newly-elected deputy president of Kenya, Hon. William Ruto and his wife, Rachel, was graced by thousands of believers from different parts of the world.Bishop   Odeyepo dedicated the sanctuary, accompanied by many local and international church leaders, as he predicted that great things would happen in Africa and in Kenya in the coming days.

Ghanaian actress Jackie Appiah who got involved in a messy divorce case with her husband few months ago is set to give wedding a shot again. Jackie Appiah and her Ghanaian lover, Peter Agyeman got married about 5 years ago and the wedding produced a beautiful son. Now that her divorce is final, she is currently dating Nigerian actor Bobby Obodo. In the past few weeks, the inseparable lovers were spotted at several functions in Accra, Ghana. Sources also claim Bobby Obodo has officially introduced himself to Jackie Appiah’s family members and an approval has been granted. Though no date has been set, it was learnt that Jackie Appiah has started putting things in order on her end. Wishing them a happy married life in advance.

Residents of Wole Madariola Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos have been asking questions about what pushed Chidike Oyeka, a graduate of Madonna University, Anambra, to stab himself repeatedly thereby taking his own life. it was learnt that the Chidike on April 19, 2013, took a kitchen knife and stabbed himself repeatedly until his intestines were disembowelled. A correspondent, who visited his parents’ home where the incident occurred, learnt that the victim recently concluded his National Youth Service Corps programme. A relative, who wished to remain anonymous, said the 25-year-old had been depressed for some time. She said, “He did his NYSC in Delta State and only returned in February. Upon returning, he started to act strangely and we noticed that he was no longer sociable. Most times he would sit at a corner by himself and when we asked him what was wrong, he would say he was not happy. “When the symptom became persistent, his parents took him to a hospital but nothi...

This issue of exorbitant school fees is really getting out of hand and it's time the Federal Government call our Christian Private Universities to order.  How much does an average graduate earn in the workplace in Nigeria today that you will ask parents to pay as high as N3million per session for their children to get a degree? And how much will he or she earn after spending so much on a first degree? it was gathered that some of the students are scared of protesting in school, because of the fear of getting expelled, so they took to the social media, Facebook, Twitter to vent. A 200lvl student of Mass Communication (names withheld) had this to say, : 'I am a student of babcock university(mass communication) I am going to 200lvl next semester and my school fees amounts to #747,300 as opposed to #584,000. Babcock university is not a university, it is a family business.We have the VC,VCs wife as director of ventures,VCs brother is director of transport...so what are...

Kemi Olunloyo, the 49-year-old daughter of former Oyo governor,  is known to make controversial statements but it seems this time around she took it to the extreme with her latest outburst implying that Jesus Christ was gay. Journalist and blogger Stella Dimokokorkus heard what she said, and took her up on it on twitter. See their tweets below:

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and "responding sporadically in writing to questions ... about other cell members and other unexploded bombs, "  law enforcement sources told ABC News on Sunday evening . Authorities had been waiting to question the 19-year-old, who is accused of helping to carry out the attack, which killed three people and wounded 180 others, many of them critically, near the finish line of Monday's race. Earlier Sunday, the FBI said Tsarnaev remains in serious condition at the heavily-guarded Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a federal official told Yahoo News that Tsarnaev was sedated and unable to speak. Tsarnaev was brought by ambulance to the facility after he was captured in Watertown, Mass., on Friday, following an intense manhunt that included at least two shootouts with police and  ended with the bloodied suspect taken into custody  from a tarp-covered boat he had been hiding in. He apparently suffered...

BAGA, Nigeria  (AP) — Fighting between  Nigeria 's military and Islamic extremists  killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation's far northeast, officials said Sunday, an attack that saw insurgents fire  rocket-propelled grenades  and  soldiers  spray machine-gun fire into neighborhoods filled with civilians. The fighting in Baga began Friday and lasted for hours, sending people fleeing into the arid scrublands surrounding the community on Lake Chad. By Sunday, when  government officials  finally felt safe enough to see the destruction, homes, businesses and vehicles were burned throughout the area. The assault marks a significant escalation in the long-running insurgency Nigeria faces in its predominantly Muslim north, with  Boko Haram  extremists mounting a coordinated assault on soldiers using military-grade weaponry. The killings also mark one of the deadliest incidents ever involving Boko Haram. Au...

BOSTON—A late-night police chase and shootout has ended with one marathon bombing suspect dead and another on the run here, Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis said early Friday morning. One police officer was killed and a transit officer seriously wounded during the pursuit. Federal agents swarmed neighboring Watertown after local police were involved in a car chase and shootout with the men identified Thursday by the FBI as Suspect 1 and Suspect 2. During the pursuit, officers could be heard on police radio traffic describing the men as having grenades and other explosives. At approximately 10:30 p.m. Thursday, a robbery was reported at a 7-Eleven in Cambridge, police officials said. An MIT officer responding to the call was shot and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The suspects fled in a stolen Mercedes-Benz. Watertown Police spotted car and engaged in gunfire with the suspects. Suspect 1 was shot by police and later died, but the second fled on foot, lead...

Musician Wizkid isn’t ready to drop his dream of starting his own record label just yet. After breaking up with the EME crew, Wizkid shocked fans when he tweeted about his next album coming June 12 under the EME label. Although Wizkid appears to be willing to stay with EME records, he is still working on side projects as his own record label “STAR BOY ENTERTAINMENT” is very much alive. To prove this, Wizkid confirmed the signing of UK based producer “Maleek Berry” to his label . Maleek Berry is fast becoming a common name for fans and lovers of good music, he produced songs like “THE MATTER feat Wizkid”, “LAGOS TO SOWETO” by Wizkid, “MY WAY” by Wande Coal and lots more. Check Wizkid’s tweets below confirming the deal:

I nvestigators have reportedly identified a Boston marathon suspect using security video and cellphone records Much of key video footage came from Lord and Taylor department store - near the site of Monday's second blast Video shows man in black with shredded pants running away in the aftermath of one of the blasts Shows the suspect walking towards the mail box, dropping a package and walking away New crime scene photographs from the first blast confirms that a pressure cooker was used in the device Lid of pressure cooker found on rooftop of building 35 yards away  Other photographs submitted to the FBI reveal the scene before and after the second bomb detonated  Devices were designed to act as 'Claymore' anti-personnel devices - which are meant to maim on the battlefield The pressure-cooker bombs were packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings Eight-year-old boy, 29-year-old woman and University of Boston grad student killed in the attack 183 peo...

There's nothing quite as exciting as young love. And Jaden Smith's delight in his budding romance with Kylie Jenner was obvious as he opened up about their relationship for the first time. The actor/rapper son of Will Smith, 14, described his relationship with the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star as 'pretty awesome' and called the 15-year-old 'one of my best friends'. 'I was in LA, we were all hanging out. Then I went to New York and she came too, then she came here and surprised me, so that's pretty baller,' the Karate Kid star told   Wonderland magazine  in an exclusive interview for their May issue. 'She's one of my best friends. It's pretty awesome .' It comes after speculation was sparked when Kylie was spotted at a Justin Bieber concert in London last month, where Smith was performing as one of the opening acts. As the son of superstar actor and musician Will Smith and actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, the youn...

Everyday for the thieve and One day for the Owner, Various Proverbs Says" Considering the level of grief and despair thieves cause, one should say that they have not been adequately punished. In the Middle East they cut hands of thieves off. But here in Africa and in other parts of the world they’re not. Imagine how much grief a thief stealing high tension power lines causes. There could be hundreds of people relying on the power lines he/she attempted to steal and because of him the power was cut off, now they were unable to cook for their kids or do work that earns them a living or even sustain a persons life. All because someone who couldn’t be bothered on how he/she earned his/her money decided to climb a utility pole and steal the wiring for himself. SHAME cause in this case instant Karma happened to be passing by and zapped him. He was found guilty, sentenced and executed by electrocution all in one swoop. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS:  http://www.tundeola.com/...