April 2012

Three Score Above 300 as JAMB Releases Results

[Vanguard]

About 1,048,314 out of the 1,503,931 candidates who participated in this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, passed the examination. Out of this number, three candidates scored the highest with over 300 marks.

EFCC Arraigns Female Architect Over N45 Million Fraud

[Leadership]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a female architect, Nwanne Okengwu Emeh of Dunnel Worldwide Limited before the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja for allegedly obtaining various sums of money amounting to N45 million from one Architect Uche Kennedy of Natuhab Consultants Limited.

Gunmen Kill Four, Rob Bank in Borno

[Vanguard]
Maiduguri -
Unknown gunmen yesterday set a police station ablaze before attacking one of the old generation banks at the Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State killing four persons in the process and leaving many others with various degrees of injuries.

Rev. King - Family, Church Allege Prejudice Over Appeal

[Vanguard]

Asthe stage is set for the hearing of the appeal filed by the condemned leader of the Christian Praying Assembly(CPA), Dr. Emeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev King, his family and church have alleged a deliberate plan to prejudice his appeal against his death sentence.

PDP Convention - Consensus Is the Best Way to Reslove Conflicts - Gen. Olanrewaju

[Vanguard]
Major -
General Tajudeen Olanrewaju, former Minister of Communications and member of defunct Provisional Ruling Council (PRC), is a chieftain of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). At his Lagos home on Tuesday, the former General Officer Commanding (GOC), Three Division of the Nigerian Army, told Saturday Vanguard that consensus in party politics as done by the PDP at the last weekend national convention was the best alternative to crisis resolution at elections. Excerpts:

Trouble Makers Shouldn't Exploit Fees Increase

[Vanguard]

Ever since the economy hit the doldrums in the mid eighties, leading to fiscal cutbacks in education budgets, various governments both state and federal have been confronted with the dilemma of funding tertiary and university institutions in order to maintain quality and service delivery with respect to academic programmes and facilities such as accommodation, water supply, security, computer training, books, lectures, examinations, library, curriculum review, student admission, staff training, conference

How Govt Short-Changed Oil Producing Areas

[Vanguard]

SINCE Nigeria started generating revenue from crude oil in 1958, the country has earned about N50.696 trillion or N1 trillion a year, Saturday Vanguard investigations have shown.

I'm Battling for My Life - Enebeli Elebuwa

[Vanguard]

For ailing veteran actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, all hope is not lost as there are indications that he would bounce back to life again.

Nollywood at 20 Years Producers Seek N5 Billion to Repackage Industry

[Vanguard]

AS the Nigeria home video industry otherwise known as Nollywood hits 20 years, movie producers in the country are seeking a five billion Naira financial war chest to reposition the industry.

Tinubu Is a Committed Democrat - Ekweremadu

[Vanguard]
Abuja -
Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday described former Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tibubu as a committed democrat who fought even the military for the return of democracy in Nigeria.