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Unidentified gunmen have killed the manager of a plant owned by Nigeria’s Dangote Industries Limited in Ethiopia on Wednesday after he was attacked in the restive Oromiya region while returning to the capital from the factory, officials said.  Oromiya, which surrounds the capital Addis Ababa, was plagued by violence for over two years, largely fueled by a sense of political and economic marginalisation among its young population. Hundreds died in the violence that was triggered in 2015 by demonstrations over land rights, before they broadened into rallies over freedoms that spread to other regions. “The company’s director died following an attack by unknown gunmen that took place while returning from the factory alongside two company employees,” a government statement said. “Security forces are currently pursuing the assailants,” it added. The statement called on residents in the area to help gather details. Representatives of the company in Nigeria were not immediately...

A part of the plant responsible for production of sacks for bagging of cement has been on fire for over 3 hours now. Nothing can be said about the cause for now. but its pretty much bad as the fire fighters are helpless against the raging fire. This sack outfit is responsible for supplying Obajana, Ibese and Gboko plant with sacks for bagging of cement

The Governor of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to shelve any plan of going after him for any reason. Wike said any attempt to touch him will “finish Nigeria.” The Governor spoke yesterday while addressing workers during the Workers’ Day celebration, at the General Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia, Port, Harcourt. Wike noted that the country was hunted and bedevilled by killings, because the Federal Government politicised security crisis in Rivers because it is not an All Progressives Congress APC state. He said, “Don’t just see me as governor of Rivers state; see me as a soldier of God. For those, who are planning against me in Abuja, I say, you will fail. The day you touch Rivers, you finish Nigeria.

The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters is expected to present its report on President Muhammadu Buhari’s impeachment on Wednesday. The committee is looking into the approval of the payment of $496m out of the Excess Crude Account for the purchase of military aircraft. The 12 Super Tucano aircraft ordered from the United States will be delivered in 2020. The Senate had on Thursday resolved to refer the matter to the committee for legal advice, when lawmakers became divided on it. The panel was given the mandate to see whether the President violated the constitution or not. Most of the lawmakers who spoke on the withdrawal pointed out that the President had breached Section 80 of the 1999 Constitution, while a few disagreed. Senator Mathew Uroghide, who is the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts, had specifically urged the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, to allow the chamber to invoke Section 143 of the 1999 Constitution agains...

NDA EXAMINATION CENTRES SELECTION This is to inform prospective candidates that selection of examination centres have commenced. Candidates are to login to their profile via the application portal www.ndaapplicat ions.net to choose their examination centre and print the screening test admission Card. SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS Only candidates who satisfied the admission requirements and must have the UTME score of 180 for Arts & Social Sciences and Science while 210 score for Engineering courses will be enabled to print theScreening Test Admission Card and participate in the NDA Screening Test at the Centre of choice. SCREENING TEST DATE AND REQUIREMENTS The screening test will be conducted as phase one of the Post-UTME screening and is scheduled to hold on Saturday 19 May 2018. Therefore, all eligible candidates are to bring along their (i)Acknowledgement Form (ii)Screening Test Admission Card (iii)JAMB result slip (iv)TWO(2) postcard sized (3.5 x 5 i...

Boxing legend, Mike Tyson has revealed he has fresh doubts about the pedigree of Anthony Joshua after the British-born Nigerian became the WBO, IBF and WBA (Super) champion, Metro reports.   Joshua defeated Joseph Parker on points in his first 12-round fight as a pro on March 31, but the former knockout king failed to spark against the New Zealander.  The 28-year-old won virtually every round against Parker, but his display was criticised by the likes of Tyson Fury, who claimed the unification fight was abysmal.  And Tyson seems to think Joshua’s performance fell flat and admitted he was not so convinced by AJ’s credentials. “Joshua looked like he was the guy to (become undisputed champion) but in his last fight, he did not impress me,” Tyson told Showtime. “(Deontay) Wilder is improving, he’s getting better.” Joshua is now on the hunt to secure the final major world title, with WBC champion Deontay Wilder the only other remaining belt holder.

Mohamed Salah Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays for English club Liverpool and the Egypt national team as a forward. Mohamed Salah has scoped the award ahead of Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, David De Gea and Harry Kane. The Egyptian who moved to Liverpool from Roma has scored 41 goals in all competitions for the Reds this campaign. He is the leading scorer with 31 goals in the English Premier League.

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, April 26, 2018 arraigned one Ilesanmi Babatunde Yemi, a final year accounting student of Ekiti State University, before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on a five-count charge bordering on Advanced Fee Fraud and Money Laundering. The travail of Babatunde, 31, followed a petition alleging that he engages in Internet love and Romance scams. It was alleged that he poses on the internet as an American Army Officer by the name Dennis Martinez serving in Libya. The defendant allegedly engages unsuspecting ladies on the internet in a dating and romance scam through which he fleeces them of their money. The last victims were two ladies from Australia which he alleged obtained to the tune of about $500 (Five Hundred Dollars) in tranches. The defendant however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him. In view of his plea, EFCC Counsel, Sanu...

Four members of a West African Examination Council (WAEC) questions and answers racketeering syndicate has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. The suspects, Samuel Kayode, 28, Adebayo Ifeoluwa, 17, Alayande Ahmed, 16, and Elusode Festus, 20, were arrested in Ondo, Edo and Osun States, while their accomplices, said to be in Ghana, were being trailed.  Their arrest followed reports that a syndicate was leaking exact questions and answers WAEC set for the 2018 May/June examination to some websites and WhatsApp groups subscribed to by students. . Parading the suspects, Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal, said they were arrested by undercover operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), adding that two of them were Physics and Mathematics teachers in a private school in Ondo State.

Olamide has returned by dishing out another banging single Titled “Owo Shayo”. The song was produced by "Pheelz" click on the link to download  https://cloudup.com/files/igKY5Lb14o3/download

According to reports, A Nigerian lady allegedly ran mad tonight after an unknown man dropped her off at Kilimanjaro eatery in Owerri.

At least 25 Hausa/Muslims have been killed while two mosques torched in a retaliatory attack in Benue, following the killing of 17 Christian worshipers on Tuesday. According to a BBC report, the mob barricaded roads, identified Hausa or Muslim commuters and killed them. The leader of Izala Movement in the state, Sheikh Shuaibu, told the BBC that he counted bodies of 27 Muslims killed by the attackers at the teaching hospital. He said a lot of Muslims have been killed, just as two mosques were razed down. Benue State Police Command is yet to speak on the incident. Suspected herdsmen had in the early hours of Tuesday stormed St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Ukpor-Mbalom Parish, Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State, and killed two Catholic priests and 17 parishioners. The Church attack came barely four days after the murder of 10 persons by the suspected herdsmen in neighbouring Guma Local Government Area.

A Nigerian gay pastor was nabbed recently while trying to have homosexual intercourse with a man in a hotel. The pastor who was apparently set up and caught red handed in the act – revealed that he has been sleeping with other men and his church members have no knowledge of his sexual preference. In a trending footage posted online (not suitable for publication), the pastor who said he comes from Aguata local government area of Anambra state – confessed to being a homosexual as he was stripped totally naked and given some hot slaps during the ”private” interrogation by the people who caught. Some condoms were also found with him at the hotel. An online user who shared the footage – warned Nigerian parents to know how they leave their children in the hands of fake pastors like this.

The university of Nigeria Nsukka has causes students to be in a state of disorder as dates of the General Studies Programs (GSP) exams changes from 30th of May to 28th of April for GSP 101 and from 2th of June to 30th of April for GSP 111. The time table was updated today by 3pm. click on the link below for the new CBT time table http://www.unn.edu.ng/cbt-updated-timetable/  

A young man identified as Glory Imarogie has died after he was arrested and allegedly tortured by policemen who arrested him on the orders of his landlord, who is a serving police officer, SP Austin Ehiziegbe. It was gathered that the now embattled landlord had called in his colleague after he got infuriated by the action of his tenant who celebrated one of his grand daughter’s birthday without his permission. The incident was said to have taken place at Evbuomama community in Ikpoba-Okha local government area. A fracas was said to have ensued between the landlord and his tenant when the deceased and his brothers resisted attempts to stop the birthday party. SP Austin was said to have invited policemen from the the anti-cult unit and told his colleagues that cultists had invaded his residence to celebrate a birthday party. Father of the deceased, a retired police officer, Mr. Joseph Imarogie, said his two sons were arrested during the birthday party of his grand-daughter b...

Boko Haram insurgents, yesterday, engaged soldiers in a gun fight in Maiduguri, forcing  residents to flee their homes. A resident, Zainab Kamali, said the insurgents struck in Jidari area of the city about 5pm.  “We were forced to abandon our homes for the bush… there’s serious confusion,” Kamali said.  Another resident who did not want his name in print, said the insurgents moved around the city as they were engaged by the military.  He said the sect attempted to infiltrate the town through Polo axis but were repelled by soldiers.  “They were at the cashew plantation axis of Maiduguri but soldiers engaged them in a serious battle,” he said. But Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Kingsley Samuel, in a statement, urged the puclic not to panic and advised them to discountenance rumours of Boko Haram presence in the state capital. “The general public is please requested not to panic and discountenance rumours of Boko Haram presence,” the stat...

The organised labour on Thursday in Lagos asked for a new minimum wage of N66,500 for all workers in the country. The organised labour made the demand at the ‘Public Hearing on National Minimum Wage for Nigerian Workers,’ organised by the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage for the South-West zone in Alausa, Ikeja. Presenting the memoranda of the Nigerian Labour Congress, and the Trade Union Congress, Agnes Sessi, the chairman, Political Committee, NLC, Lagos State, said the current wage structure could not sustain any worker. According to her, the two labour bodies had agreed that there should be an upward review of the minimum wage to meet the current economic realities. She said, “Based on the current realities, the two labour unions want a new monthly national minimum wage of N66,500, which is approximately the average of the implied minimum wages derived under three approaches.” “The approaches are: Comparative analysis based on minimum wages in some Afric...

Deposed champions Chelsea have Tottenham Hotspur in their sights as they aim to end their season on a high while the Premier League's bottom three are eyeing a dramatic escape. With the title done and dusted, champions Manchester City are now left chasing records but there are still plenty of issues left to be decided at both ends of the table. Here are three talking points ahead of this weekend's Premier League fixtures. CHELSEA TARGET TOTTENHAM Chelsea, full of confidence after reaching the FA Cup final, have not given up hope of catching Tottenham in fourth place in the Premier League as they prepare to travel to Swansea City. Antonio Conte's side looked out of the running for the Champions League places a few weeks ago but two wins combined with a defeat and draw for Spurs have left them just five points adrift of their London rivals with four games to go. Mauricio Pochettino must find a way to lift his disappointed team after they squandered a lead against...

LeBron James hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer, a crowning moment for another brilliant performance, to give Cleveland a 98-95 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night in Game 5. It puts the Cavaliers within one victory of advancing in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Moments after blocking Victor Oladipo's possible go-ahead driving layup, James caught the inbounds pass, took two dribbles and dropped the winner over Thaddeus Young. As Cleveland's sellout crowd exploded, James hugged rookie teammate Cedi Osman before jumping on the scorer's table to celebrate another of those moments that will define his career. James finished with 44 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and went 15 of 15 from the line. Cleveland can now close out Indiana with a win on Friday night in Indianapolis.

Jurgen Klopp was satisfied by his sides' Champions League semi-final first leg victory over Roma at Anfield. Two goals from Mohammed Salah and Roberto Firmino and one from Sadio Mane put The Reds 5-0 ahead before Roma struck back scoring two away goals courtesy of Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti. Klopp said: '' It's much better than I could have expected before the game but we conceded two goals. I'm much more interested in the Stoke match ( Saturday) at the moment than the second leg against Roma. The atmosphere tonight was absolutely outstanding. We did really well, we prepared passes before the match that are difficult to defend with our speed but there is more work to be done.'' Liverpool suffered a blow in the first half when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had to be substituted due to a knee injury. Klopp said: ''We lost a fantastic player tonight and that's not good news.'' Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco was happy with his si...