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UTME: 1.5m candidates jostle for 500,000 admission slots

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

OVER 1.5 million candidates are to sit for the 2012 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations across the country on Saturday, the national examination body said on Tuesday. The candidates are to compete for about 500,000 admission slots in various tertiary institutions for the 2012/2013 academic season. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. ’Dibu Ojerinde, said this at a […]

UNILORIN teaching hospital begins cosmetic surgery, kidney transplant

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has concluded plans to start cosmetic surgery and kidney transplant in the hospital. Speaking at a press conference in Ilorin on Tuesday, the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Abdulwaheed Olatinwo, said UITH had the capacity to match the development. He stated that the hospital’s plan to start renal care and kidney […]

Defamation: Briton demands N1bn from police

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Police Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

A Briton, Mr. Khomeini Bukhari, who was allegedly dispossessed of his property by two policemen, has demanded N1bn from the Nigeria Police for defamation of character. He claimed that the police breached their statutory duty by not investigating the incident he said had left him traumatised. In a letter to the acting Inspector-General of Police, […]

Tension in Ojukwu’s family over property

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Members of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu family may be setting for a showdown over the sharing formula of the ex-Biafran warlord’s property, THE PUNCH learnt on Tuesday. A prominent member of the Ojukwu family, who did not want his name in print, said, “About two weeks after the burial of Ezeigbo Gburugburu, family […]

How I was raped by my teacher – Nine-year-old pupil

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

A nine-year-old pupil of Sunshine Nursery and Primary School, Ile-Ife, Osun State, (name withheld) has narrated before a High Court sitting in Ife how she was allegedly raped by her teacher, Mr. Francis Ijiwande. At the hearing on Friday, the pupil alleged that Ijiwande had forceful carnal knowledge of her in 2010. The pupil told […]

Why exploitation of oil in North is delayed, by Sambo

Posted by admin Headlines, North-Central, North-East, North-West Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Prof. Sambo The Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof Abubakar Sambo, yesterday stated that exploitation of oil in the North is yet to begin because of politics. According to him, Nigeria has refused to do enough investigation on the oil in the North because there is oil in the Niger Delta. He […]

South Africa to deport 56 Nigerians

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

South Africa is set to deport 56 Nigerians, The Nation learnt yesterday. The Federal Government has been notified of the planned deportation, which is coming barely two weeks after a row between the two countries. The deportees, who have overstayed their visas, applied for asylum because of alleged political “crisis” in Nigeria. They appeared […]

Air cargo bus lands in Port-Harcourt, the first of its kind in Africa

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Monday, March 19th, 2012

AN Air Cargo bus, Antonov 225, for the first time, landed safely in Africa, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, at the weekend. The air cargo bus, which was piloted by Captain Antonov Dmytro, took off from Calgary, Canada. It was loaded with equipment for oil and gas business, which were brought in by […]

Police arrest 10-year-old over football violence

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 19th, 2012

HONG KONG – (AFP) – A 10-year-old boy was released on bail after being arrested for kicking an opponent in the head during a school football match in Hong Kong, police said Monday. The violent incident sparked an ugly race row after a video was posted online showing the Caucasian boy kicking his 12-year-old Chinese […]

Picture: Beautiful Nigerian actress making it big in Hollywood

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, March 19th, 2012

Not many people will be acquainted with Megalyn Echikunwoke, Nigerian international actress who is making it big time in Hollywood. Megalyn advertisement Megalyn is the daughter of a Nigerian-Igbo father and a German/Scots-Irish American mother. Born 1983, in Washington, she is one of the country’s major exports to the outside world. In Hollywood, […]