18year Old kills Nine in shootings

The German Police on Saturday said a gunman went on a shooting rampage alone at a one of Munich's busy malls, he killed himself after killing nine people.

The shoppers fled the Olympia (OEZ) mall as the Police came in to maintain peace and order in what was thought to be a shooting by 3 assailants.

“The perpetrator was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich, he had dual citizenship and no criminal record from the past. His motive foe this crime is still unclear.” police chief Hubertus Andrae told reporters after the incidence.

The shooting began early Friday morning in which nine people were killed and sixteen were been injured. Among the dead people were youths, and children were not spared in the attack as some were injured.

Shoppers rushed away from the mall, some carrying children in their arms, as the building was surrounded by armed police and emergency vehicles, while helicopters buzzed overhead.

The suspected attacker’s body was found about one kilometre (0.6 miles) from the mall where the shootings took place.

The German President together with President Barack Obama condemned the incident as there has been recent cases of terrorism.

Abuja - Kaduna Railway Project ready for Flag-Off

The minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, carried out a final check on the Abuja – Kaduna railway, declaring the project, ready for flag-off by President Muhammadu Buhari, come July 26.

‎Speaking at the Idu station of the rail line in Abuja, the minister, who was accompanied by the national chairman of his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie Oyegun‎, said,
“we are ready to go. From the things we have seen today (yesterday), we are set to go. This test run exercise has been on for over a month. We said it was going to run for two weeks but we allowed it for six weeks so that everybody can use it.”

While revealing the time the rain lines will start commercial business, Amaechi said, “We are targeting that from Tuesday after the president must have flagged off the Abuja-Kaduna rail, we will then begin to charge passengers.”

The minister who sought the opinion of the passengers before fixing the fare said, “They suggested 500 on economy and I will do that".

“One of the reasons why we did not commission earlier is because we wanted the train to run for at least a month and check if there will be any problem but we have done that for over a month and there was no problem.”

On the challenges of getting passengers, he said, “the passengers have found solution to their problems and they don’t need to be transported to Idu before they board the train to Kaduna. People on their own have devised a means of boarding the train from Kubwa and Kubwa presently has the highest number of passengers. The train presently has the capacity for 330 passengers.”

Source: Leadership Newspapers

Lesbian killed by her female lover

News reports have revealed the shocking actions of a lesbian as she slits the throat of her partner and dumps her corpse in a lake.

The incident is reported to have taken place at about 9:40 am on Wednesday, July 20, 2016,  in Bati District, Takeo Province, Cambodia.

The suspect reportedly slit her girlfriend's throat before dumping her body into the Bati River/Tonle Bati, which is one of Takeo's famous tourist attractions.

Postnews media reports that a source from the scene disclosed that prior to the incident, the lovers were seen riding on a motorbike together, before sitting romantically in one of the huts.

At a point, the suspect reportedly grabbed a knife and slit open her lovers throat then pushed the body into the lake before she fled the scene.

The police retrieved the body of the victim form the lake, taking it to the hospital for examination and autopsy if neccessary.

A search has been launched to find the suspect. May the soul of the deceased rest in peace.

First Nigerian Gay Pastor speaks about his views

LGBTs have been advised to stop hiding their true identities by Nigeria’s first gay pastor, founder of secret gay church, House of Rainbow, Rowland Jide McCauley.

On his Facebook page, he called on homosexuals, transgenders, and more to accept themselves and come out of hiding.

Using a Bible verse which he used to back up his advice, “Matthew 5:16 – Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your God who is in heaven.

Black Clergy or Faith leaders especially in Africa who are lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender or intersex, I see you only at the back of the battle for equal human rights, theological correctness in the church or in your faith communities.

You need to rush forward with a theology of visibility, you need to say I am here I am gay and I am fabulous. The same goes for all the gays in any form of ministry in the church.

Let’s get one thing right. We all need allies in solidarity. I am for building alliances. Feminist movement will cherish alliances from men, black movement welcome alliances from white people, gay people welcome alliance from straight folks etc.

What I don’t understand is the laziness of fighting our own battles when we suddenly step back and allow our alliances to carry the burden of our issues almost alone, many are making far more sacrifices than we do. This is a fact. When we stand together, we support our allies and together we bring changes,” he added.

Luck runs out on human skull sellers

Luck ran out of four young men reportedly engaged in trading human parts, they were arrested yesterday by operatives of Criminal Investigation Department, CID, of Akwa Ibom State Police Command, when the suspects went looking for a buyer of a human skull in their possession.

The suspects are Emmanuel Edet Ikot, 17,  from Edeabasi, Oron; Ubong Udong, 18; Bright Effiong Okon, 19 and Okon Ita, 20, from Orukim.

The alleged leader of the group, Emmanuel Edet, denied the accusation, saying he only stumbled on a human skull while working at an uncompleted building for a man (names withheld) in Oron.

The Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, Delia Nwawe, who spoke on behalf of the Commissioner, Mr. Murtala Mani, said the suspects were arrested by officers of the CID of the command in Mbo Local Government Area on receiving an alert from vigilant youths in the area.

He said with the arrest of the suspects, they would be charged to court following investigations.

Leader of the gang, Mr. Emmanuel Edet, said; 

“I was paid to cut grass and clean up an uncompleted building by one man in Oron.

“As I was clearing the place, I stumbled on a human skull. I then rushed to inform my friends of what I found and in the company of those my friends, we went to pick the human skull.

“After picking it, we decided to sell it, but we did not know of any possible buyer. So, it was suggested by one of us that we take it to a native doctor in Mbo. The four of us went together but on our way, we were held by the youth leader of Mbo.

“After the skull was found on me, he called the police to arrest us. That is why we are here. I have not sold human parts before.”

JAMB New Guidelines

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, has said that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is acting beyond its powers when it released the admission guidelines for Nigerian universities.

ASUU chairman at the university, Dr. Deji Omole, said that only the Senate in Nigerian Universities can create admission modalities and determine which suits their institution.

Reacting to the 2016 admission guidelines recently released by JAMB, Omole said that Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, and JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, are confused and inconsistent. The reason being that, at first a decision was made to ban the collection of payment through the conduction of Post-UTME, but these new guidelines involve a structure which requires payment of screening fees that is designed favour the children of the rich against the poor.

Omole added that the 'newly' released point – based scoring system is not new as it was innovated and used at the University of Ibadan for five years and abandoned.

He said, “JAMB is acting beyond its mandate which is to conduct and release results. The Senate of universities has the right to determine the model or guideline to adopt to admit their students from the pool of candidates sent to it by JAMB.

“Each university has standards which are not subjected to the whims and caprices of any government appointee. JAMB does not have the powers to tell universities how to conduct their screening. It is a way to cover up their inadequacies because JAMB’s credibility as an examination body is yearly being queried.

“JAMB and its handlers are confused. Last year, they arbitrarily placed students in private universities to satisfy the needs of their cronies. These were mainly children of the poor who had not chosen those institutions. In the just concluded JAMB examinations, they awarded candidates with extra 40 marks without any justification.

“Now, those with two sittings results will be shortchanged and those awaiting results will be disadvantaged. There will be rise in result racketeering at WAEC again as people will be purchasing grade ‘A’ since that is what will guarantee admission.

“More miracle examination centers will spring up and JAMB and the minister would have succeeded in entrenching corruption and further kill university education in Nigeria. ASUU stands by university autonomy. JAMB cannot determine admission guidelines for universities, rather JAMB must be overhauled to make their results believable and trusted.”

Student Stabs Landlord to Death

A Student of the Abia State Polytechnic has allegedly stabbed his landlord to death following an interruption by the landlord while he was having sexual intercourse.

The suspect identified simply as Abel, a student of the Abia State Polytechnic, is reported to have stabbed the victim in the stomach before fleeing the scene.

PUNCH Metro reports that Abel, a final year student of the department of Architecture, reportedly murdered the landlord of one of the lodges at the Immaculate area of Aba, Abia State over a disagreement involving a female visitor at the lodge.

The landlord reportedly banned female visitors from spending the night in the lodge, a rule Abel flaunted, challenging the landlord to a fight, during which he stabbed the victim in the stomach. The unidentified landlord is reported to have died on the spot.

A witness identified simply as Beatrice, revealed to PUNCH Metro that the caretaker of the lodge had been the first to notice the female in the lodge, which he in turn reported to the landlord.

The news reports reveal that the Landlord had barged into the room, meeting Abel and his girlfriend, naked, which had led to the scuffle.

She said:

“The incident happened around 9pm on June 29. The deceased had made a rule that no student living in the lodge should bring a lady to pass the night there. He also made it a rule that every visitor, be it male or female, must leave before night falls.

“However, the suspect brought home a female guest in the evening and both of them went inside his room. The caretaker of the lodge saw them and waited for them to come out, but they didn’t. He then put a call through to the landlord, who hurriedly went to the building around 9pm.

“On arrival, the landlord barged into the student’s room where he met both the lady and the student naked. Instead of excusing himself, he attacked the student with punches. The lady quickly grabbed a wrapper and ran out of the room into another student’s room in the lodge.

"As the confrontation continued, the student stabbed the landlord with a knife, put on his boxers and fled that night, leaving the landlord dead in his room".

The police have reportedly launched a manhunt for Abel, whose picture has been posted in strategic positions all over the school.

Source: http://www.pulse.ng

Beware! Riot in Maryland.

A Hawker who was killed by an incoming BRT vehicle at Maryland has caused riots at the Maryland.

The Hawker who was running away from the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) officials was hit by the incoming BRT vehicle unknown to him.

His fellow hawkers on seeing that he had been killed, started throwing stones at the BRT vehicle, the driver and the passengers took to their heels.

The scene caused a standstill at the Independence Bridge, Maryland as commuters were stranded and couldn't advance further.

No lives were further lost as Security Agencies were at the scene to maintain peace and order.

What do you think about this?

Was it the fault of the KAI officials, or that of the hawker or that of the BRT driver?

Kindly leave your comments below at the comment box.

Producers of Fake Engine Oil Arrested.

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested four school-leavers for allegedly producing adulterated engine oil.

The suspects, John Ibem, Lawrence Frank, Agu Ndubuisi and Samuel Chukwuonye, were paraded on Friday at the Lagos State Command of the NSCDC in Ikeja.

It was learnt that they were apprehended on Thursday at a factory on Marine Bridge Street, Apapa, where the lubricant was produced in large quantity.

The factory owner, identified simply as Emeka, took to his heels and was still at large as of the time of filing this report.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspects branded the counterfeit product in the name of a leading lubricant producer in the country in order to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.

Five jerrycans containing the counterfeit product and a bucket of gum used in the factory were said to have been recovered by the security operatives.

However, the suspects did not disclose the price at which they sold a jerrycan of the adulterated lubricant.

It was learnt that same quantity of the original engine oil was sold for N5,000.

Ndubuisi, 19, who hails from Ebonyi State, said five drums of the counterfeit oil with 250 litres each were produced daily at the factory.

The teenager, who said he was paid N8,000 per week, added that he wanted to use his wages to fund his higher education.

He said, “I am one of the manufacturers at the factory. We produce about five drums per day. The oil is packaged inside four-litre jerrycans. But I don’t know the price for each. It is our boss, Emeka, that markets the product. He does not disclose the price to us. He gives me N8,000 per week. I just finished my secondary school and I intend to continue my education.”

Twenty-three-year-old Chukwuonye from Anambra State said he did not know the factory produced adulterated engine oil until he was arrested.

“I was arrested the first day I worked with them,” he added.

Ibem, an indigene of Abia State, who regretted working at the factory, said his role was to package the oil into jerrycans in readiness for sale.

He said, “I joined the factory in February 2015. I collected N8,000 per week. My work is to package the oil for sale but it is our boss that takes it to the market.”

Twenty-three-year-old Frank, said, “My duty is to load the product inside buses for it to be taken to the market. But I don’t know where it is sold. I know it is adulterated. It was joblessness that made me join the factory. I just finished from secondary school last year.”

Two other suspects – 50-year-old Kehinde Atanda and Johnson Uche, 25, – were also paraded on Friday for alleged adulteration and illegal dealing in oil.

But Atanda, who hails from Kwara State, said, “I sell oil in Apapa. I normally buy remnants of oil in Apapa and I give it to Uche to help me filter it. I have been doing the business for seven years. I wanted to collect the refined oil from him when I was arrested.”

Uche, 25, confirmed to our correspondent that he assisted Atanda to filter the alleged remnants of oil.

The Commandant, NSCDC, Lagos Command, Tajudeen Balogun, said his men swooped on the suspects based on intelligence report, adding that they would face the full weight of the law to serve as a deterrent to others.

He said, “They were caught where they were doing illegal mixing. The oil can destroy car engines. A laboratory test is ongoing on the product in order to confirm its counterfeit nature and to serve as evidence against them.”

http://punchng.com/school-leavers-arrested-for-producing-fake-engine-oil/

ROBBERS ATTACK VIGILANTE GROUP AND KILL THEM.

Robbers have reportedly killed three members of the Benue state vigilante group during an attack on Okpoga community in Okpokwu local government area.

The sad incident reportedly took place during the early hours of today June 26.

Residents of the community reveal that the robbers, reportedly about 15 in number, had attacked their homes while shooting sporadically.

The bodies of the three members of the local vigilante group have now been deposited in a mortuary while three others escaped with serious injuries and are currently receiving medical attention at the St. Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga.

Two babies burnt to death while mother was chilling at beer parlour.

I just received these graphic photos from a Lailan who witnessed the shocking incident last night.

2 baby boys aged 6months old and less than three years old were burnt to death while their mother was chilling out at a beer parlour in Uga, Anambra state last night.

This woman had locked her kids in the home with a lantern and gone off to enjoy her night but while she was away, the lantern caused a fire outbreak. Very disturbing pics of the burnt babies and their now weeping mother below.

My reader had visited her village ysterday, when late in the night, she heard a chilling voice of someone screaming. She called her neighbour and asked if she too heard the cry but neighbour said she didn't. Only for later in the night, her neighbour called her panicking saying they need to hurry to another woman's house. That there has been a fire incident and kids were suspected trapped in the house.

They rushed off to the scene and this was the gory sight they met. The 6 month old baby was burnt black and beyond recognition while his elder brother was equally dead.

It turned out that the someone screaming late that night was these kids' eldest 3 year old brother. He had managed to escape from the burning house and was now screaming and crying for their mummy as he ran in the darkness looking for help for his younger ones.

While he was running out, his younger brother pictured above not burnt was trying to run but was coughing (due to smoke). He sustained injuries and was finally choked to death by smoke but the baby burnt beyond recognition.

My reader says:

Laila, this woman had 6 children, only that one (the boy that escaped the fire) is alive now and all died from one carelessness to the other. She's from Umuchu but married to Uga in Anambra state .

They said sometimes she will leave them there to cry and cry and cry in a locked room and will be messing around the Village .
This a lesson to all young mothers , every child has the right to live and be cared for ! They didn't beg anyone to bring them into this life . This is a lifetime haunting experience , the psychological trauma and pain will remain endless.

I don't really have much to say but she has been warned severally to stop staying at that beer palour but she will end up quarrelling with her advisers . Many village women that visited there confirmed it and narrated how they advised her in the past.

About 3 people said they saw her dancing around 10pm at the joint and unfortunately that was when her kids were roasting to death.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/06/graphic-photos-baby-boys-roast-to-death.html

KUJE PRISON BREAK

The Service confirmed that two inmates being held for culpable homicide had escaped, but Okah was not one of them

The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has officially clarified rumoured jailbreak and escape of suspected mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombings, Charles Okah, from Kuje prison.

In a statement issued on Saturday, June 25, by spokesman of the service, Francis Enobore, he confirmed that two inmates being held for culpable homicide had escaped, but Okah was not one of them, and their escape was not via a jailbreak.

“Contrary to speculations that there was a jailbreak in Kuje Medium Security Prison and that Charles Okah had escaped from lawful custody, I wish to state that Charles Okah is still in the prison safe and sound,” he said.

“However, two inmates were reported to have escaped from the prison at about 1930hrs, though not through jailbreak. The inmates in question were awaiting trial for culpable homicide and have no relationship with Charles Okah in what ever manner as it’s being speculated. Efforts are on in collaboration with sister security agencies and relevant bodies to recapture the fleeing prisoners.

“The Controller General of Prisons, apart from immediately dispatching a team to the Prison to carry out preliminary investigation, was also personally on ground to have a first hand information about the incident. He directed the team to do a thorough job and expeditiously too in order to establish the circumstances surrounding the escape noting that any staff found culpable would be made to face the full wrath of the law,” the statement said.

It had been reported that Okah, alongside another inmate scaled the walls of Kuje prison on Friday night and were being hunted by security operatives.

Source: http://www pulse.ng/

Workers Chase FUNNAB VC With Juju In Broad Day Light

The Non-Academic staff of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, occupied the front of the Senate building for the third straight day to protest against some policies of the institution.

NURSES STRIKE: LUTH PLEADS FOR NIGERIA INTERVENTION

The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos, yesterday, appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the hospital’s striking nurses to embrace dialogue and return to work.

Mr Kelechi Otuneme, LUTH’s Head of Corporate Services, made the plea in Lagos.

According to reports nurses and midwives in the hospital, under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, had on June 10 commenced an indefinite strike.

“We call on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on our nurses and midwives to let them embrace the tested democratic norms as the only means of conflict resolution in the present dispensation,” Otuneme said.

According to him, the reasons the striking workers gave in a letter they wrote to the hospital management for the strike are not tenable.

“Some of the reasons include non-promotion of 71 members of their association in the 2015 promotion exercise and non-payment of teaching allowance to LUTH nurses,” he added.

Otuneme said the hospital management had made several entreaties to the nurses to embrace dialogue, but they were not yielding.

“In 2015, LUTH interviewed and recommended for promotion over 200 nurses, including many that had been stagnated for several years due to various policies of the previous governments.

“A list of 600 successful LUTH workers, including these nurses, was forwarded to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) for approval, with suitable recommendations that they should be promoted.

“The ministry, however, excluded 71 nurses without the BSc Degree in Nursing because of the existing provision made by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

He said: “It stipulates that a nurse must possess a BSc Degree in nursing to advance beyond Level 12 of the current salary scale.

“The association stridently insisted that LUTH management should ignore the directive of the FMOH and promote the 71 nurses.

“They were advised and assisted to seek direct and further clarification from the ministry.”
Otuneme said the ongoing strike was basically because officials of the association were among the 71 people who failed to obtain the requisite degree.

“It was due to the fear of being overtaken by their better-qualified younger colleagues, especially now that the 2016 promotion examinations are about to commence.

“However, LUTH management cannot and will not disobey constituted authority to pacify striking nurses who know very well that the final decision to promote our workers or not rests with higher authorities.

“Non-payment of teaching allowance to LUTH nurses is a mischievous allegation as everyone knows that nurses are paid directly from Abuja through the IPPIS government platform.

“Salaries and allowances such as uniform, teaching and so on are computed and paid directly to each nursing staff by the Federal Government.

“The Federal Government recently requested for a compilation of all outstanding salaries and allowances from all institutions and our figures were promptly submitted,” he said.

Otuneme said that LUTH management was committed to the maintenance of an enabling environment for the provision of service to citizens who expect nothing but the best.

Reacting, the chairman of the association, LUTH chapter, Mrs Oluyemisi Adelaja, said that their action was due to inadequate equipment which had affected the operations of nurses and care for the patients.

“Nurses are ready to work, but there must be provision of adequate equipment, electricity, regular water supply, provision of consumables, stationeries, motivational incentives, and arrears of legitimate benefits must be paid.

“The allegation that 71 nurses concerned are union officials who failed to obtain the requisite degree is not true,”‘ she said.

“All our executive members are not affected because they are all holders of BSc Degree, but the management is trying to stagnate the nurses,” Adelaja said.

POST UTME EXAMINATION IS ILLEGAL - JAMB REGISTRAR

Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Dibu Ojerinde has declared as ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘illegal’ the Post-UTME examination conducted by tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

The JAMB boss added that the examination body was not responsible for scrapping the exercise adding that it was cancelled by the Minister of Education after due consultation.

He said these while featuring on Sunrise Daily, an early morning programme on Channels TV.

Noting that there is a difference between screening and test, he said that the initial agreement with institutions was to conduct screening exercise to determine their eligibility.

His words: “Nobody say you should not screen candidates. The screening involves checking of their certificates, subject combination, Jamb scores and other prerequisites to ensure that they meet up with the requirement. It is screening, not test.

“What government asked them to do right from the beginning is screening and not test. Former President Obasanjo said this when he was in power; ‘I did not ask you to conduct another exam, all I say is screen the candidates before they come in’ and that exactly is what the minister is talking about.”

Quoting some sections of the constitution, Ojerinde stressed further that the exercise is unconstitutional and has no legal basis.

“According to section 5, sub-section 1A of the constitution, the general control for the conduct of matriculation examination for admission into all the universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education or whatever name called is vested in JAMB.

“Section 5, sub-section 2 also states; the board shall be responsible for determining matriculation requirements and conducting examination leading to undergraduate admission and also for admission into National Dipoma and National Certificate in Education, NCE.”

Ojerinde said that a uniform screening process will soon be developed.

Source: http://www.financialwatchngr.com/2016/06/14/post-utme-examination-illegal-jamb-registrar/

GREATEST OF ALL TIME, MUHAMMED ALI DIES AT 74

Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead.

Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesman confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.

"After a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer died this evening," Bob Gunnell, a family spokesman, told NBC News.

Ali had suffered for three decades from Parkinson's, a progressive neurological condition that slowly robbed him of both his legendary verbal grace and his physical dexterity. A funeral service is planned in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

Even as his health declined, Ali did not shy from politics or controversy, releasing a statement in December criticizing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States. "We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda," he said.

The remark bookended the life of a man who burst into the national consciousness in the early 1960s, when as a young heavyweight champion he converted to Islam and refused to serve in the Vietnam War, and became an emblem of strength, eloquence, conscience and courage. Ali was an anti-establishment showman who transcended borders and barriers, race and religion. His fights against other men became spectacles, but he embodied much greater battles.

Born Cassius Marcellus Clay on Jan. 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, to middle-class parents, Ali started boxing when he was 12, winning Golden Gloves titles before heading to the 1960 Olympics in Rome, where he won a gold medal as a light heavyweight.

He turned professional shortly afterward, supported at first by Louisville business owners who guaranteed him an unprecedented 50-50 split in earnings. His knack for talking up his own talents — often in verse — earned him the dismissive nickname "the Louisville Lip," but he backed up his talk with action, relocating to Miami to train with the legendary trainer Angelo Dundee and build a case for getting a shot at the heavyweight title.

R.I.P Great Legend
You Live On!

APC SEPARATES IN KADUNA

The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed Senator Shehu Sani for forming a splinter group of the party in the state.
On Friday, June 3, 2016, Sani and some key APC members in Kaduna state formed a group known as APC Akida (a Hausa word which means (“Our interest”).

The party said they are united, adding that they support the administration of the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

The acting publicity secretary of Kaduna state APC, Salisu Wusono said "As a party, the Kaduna State APC stands united behind governor Nasir El-Rufai, in delivering service for our people. Our party was elected to lead change and bring development, not to pander to the ego of people.

“Those who think that nothing can be right if they are not the drivers and condemn laudable initiatives just because they are not treated as masters should reconsider their conduct.”

Adding that “The APC Kaduna State cannot be factionalised. We will not tolerate indiscipline. We have given people enough time to adjust to the reality that they are not in a position to hold the party or the process of change to ransom just because of their personal interests.

“Some people lost their bid to occupy the office of chairman; others were soundly defeated in the gubernatorial primaries. Despite this, the party tried to carry them along. But they stood aloof during the campaigns, some even went as far as cooperating with the PDP.

“We heard that a group of persons sat with a suspended senator to announce an illegal and unrecognized group. They are hereby warned to desist.”

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai paid a condolence visit to Senator Shehu Sani following the death of his mother, Hajiya Fatima Abubakar Sani.

Source: punchng.com

NIGER DELTA AVENGERS (NDA) STRIKES AGAIN

The Niger Delta Avengers Militant group claimed three new attacks on the country's battered oil infrastructure overnight, promising to bring Nigeria's oil production to "zero."

Early on Friday, the group said via its Twitter account that it had blown up a pipeline in Nigeria's Bayelsa state owned by Italy's ENI, hours after attacks on another ENI pipeline as well as one belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC).

"At about 3:30am our (@NDAvengers) strike team blew up the Brass to Tebidaba Crude oil line in Bayelsa," the group said on a Twitter feed it uses to claim attacks.

The pipeline is used to transport Brass River crude, which was placed under force majeure after an attack last month, to an export terminal.

Hours earlier, the group said it blew up the Ogboinbiri-Tebidaba and Clough Creek-Tebidaba pipelines in Bayelsa and a Shell Forcados export pipeline. That grade has been under force since an attack on a sub-sea pipeline in February.

Because the attacks were on infrastructure for oil streams already under force majeure, the immediate impact on Nigeria's exports was limited. The country's oil minister said on Thursday its production was close to 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd).

ENI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for the SPDC, which operates the Forcados line, said the company was "investigating reports of an attack on its pipeline in the Western Niger Delta."

STUDENTS OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC AUCHI RIOT

There was a serious riot at Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State earlier today. According to some students of the school, the protest started when three students were allegedly shot dead by security officers. They were all protesting against the management for denying them access to write exams because of non-payment of school fees. In the process of the protest, three of them were shot while some were badly injured.

Others reacted by going on a rampage, destroying school properties, setting tyres and cars ablaze, blocking the school gates and roads. The police have also reportedly invaded the current LT rowdy premises of the institution, spraying tear gas in the air to disperse the rioting students. The situation is seriously getting out of hand and concerned students are appealing to the government to quickly caution the Security Officers present at the scene of the riot, in order to prevent further loss of life.

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FG Scraps Post UTME.

FG Scraps Post-ume.

Pegs cut-off at 180.

The Federal Government Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher institution.

The government explained that all tertiary institutions were at liberty to conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school.

Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said this on Thursday in Abuja after declaring open the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria.

Adamu, expressed confidence in the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), adding that there was no need for other examination to be conducted by universities after JAMB.

He said: “As far as I am concerned the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing. The universities should not be holding another examination and if the universities have any complain against JAMB let them bring it and then we address it.

“If JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have conducted test then there will be no need to conduct another test for students to gain admission.”

The Minister also asked the JAMB to stop extra charges on several categories of changes on admissions such as the change of course, change of school and others.

Meanwhile, the JAMB has pegged the cut – off mark for admission for 2016 at 180.

The 180 benchmark, applies to all universities and higher institutions in the country, including polytechnics, colleges of education, and others.
JAMB’s Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, after a long debate with delegates from various institutions, told journalists that no institution would go below the 180 cut-off set by the board.

He said: “180 is given, no institution will go below 180 this year, And some universities can go above it, I know University of Ife will not go below 200 and University of Lagos will not go below 200 and also UI. All these ones stand but 180 as bench mark for others.

“This year we have more than enough candidates, we have over 1.5 million candidates so we will get enough candidates to take in all the schools if they are serious. Re-distribution is already ongoing, because it is embedded in the registration procedure.”

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