JAMB fails to conduct UTME in Maiduguri

JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board could not conduct the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Maiduguri, Borno State.

The JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, stated this while monitoring the conduct of the UTME in Abuja on Saturday.

The development came as confusion marked the exercise in some examination centres in Akwa Ibom State.

The board conducted its Dual-Based Test and Paper Pencil Test on Saturday with no fewer than 1,015,504 candidates writing the examination. The tests qualify the candidates for admission to the nation’s universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

Another batch of 616,574 candidates from May 17, 2014, will write the Computer-Based Test.

The board had last Tuesday assured that it had made adequate arrangements to ensure a hitch-free conduct of the UMTE in all the states, including Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

How my sister sold me with pregnancy for

 N100,000—Victim

A 23-year-old pregnant woman,  Jennifer Ogbonna, raised the emotion of people recently at Zone 2, Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, Ogun State, when she narrated how her sister tricked her into slavery and sold her off with her 7-month old pregnancy.   She was then transported from Aba to Abeokuta after a couple who allegedly specialized  in buying human beings from all  parts of the country paid N100,000 to her sister.

The Victims

My story
The lady who hails from Ebonyi State but lived and worked in Aba narrated her ugly experiences shortly after she was rescued by the Police. She said: “I was brought to Abeokuta by the woman’s husband. I don’t know that they had already paid money on my head. I only got to know in Abeokuta when I overheard the woman and her husband talking about child trafficking and I felt bad.   I decided not to eat any of their food. There is one lady

in that building, they call her Adeola, she would bring  food for me and I would not touch it to the extent that the woman’s husband  pleaded with me  to eat and still I  refused and said I am going back to Aba where she brought me from.

“When I said I was going to Aba, the man was angry and said before he would allow me to go back, I must pay back the N100,000 he paid my sister for myself and my pregnancy and the expenses he incurred so far on me. After that, his wife took me to one shrine and asked me to swear to an oath not to go back to Aba or tell anybody what happened, that  if I try to go back or tell anybody, she will make me mad; she would make me deaf and dumb.

Chelsea cruise past Stoke to return to the

 top of the Premier League

Mo Salah and Willian were both on the scoresheet (Picture: EPA)

Chelsea have gone back to the top of the Premier League as they cruised past Stoke with a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues suffered a tough week, losing to both Crystal Palace and Paris Saint-Germain, but got things back on track this evening thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah, Frank Lampard and Willian.
Salah, on his full Chelsea debut, was outstanding and deservedly opened the scoring after 32 minutes.
Lampard doubled the hosts’ lead after the break, when Salah was brought down in the penalty box.
The England international had his initial spot kick saved by Asmir Begovic but put away the rebound, before Willian scored a superb solo third.
There was no goal for Fernando Torres who played the full 90 minutes, but Jose Mourinho will be pleased with the way his side dominated ahead of Tuesday’s crucial second leg against PSG.

Scores killed as soldiers attack Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa

Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade.

Scores of people were on Thursday killed in a Fulani settlement near Keana, in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in a gun duel between soldiers and suspected Fulani cattle breeders.

Many were also said to have been wounded during the incident which occurred barely 24 hours after the military deployed troops in Benue and Nasarawa states to curtail the rising attacks on communities by cattle rustlers.

It was learnt that the soldiers allegedly attacked the herdsmen at a funeral.

Although the military,   said   it had no details of the killings as of 5pm on Thursday, Channels Televison put the toll at 20.

The Defence spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, according to Channels, promised an investigation of the incident to ascertain if those who carried out the attack were indeed soldiers.

Other unconfirmed reports however said the number of the dead who were mostly residents of the area was above 30. An unofficial source said that some bodies   were taken to the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia,  in  a police van   while about 20 others were deposited at the mortuary of the General Hospital in Keana.

Youths uncover baby factory in Ogun, set building ablaze

You’re having a laugh! Arsenal have no chance of luring Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool’s Northern Irish manager Brendan Rodgers is a wanted man (Picture: Getty Images)

It seems Arsenal have half an eye on the future as they are apparently looking at who might replace Arsene Wenger when the Frenchman leaves the club.

The Londoners have offered their long-serving manager a new two year contract, but reports suggest the club’s board have started to the process of identifying who will take charge of the team in the long-term.

I’m sure there will be plenty of speculation about who will be his successor in the coming months but the The Daily Telegraph have already claimed that Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers is being considered as their future manager.

The news of Arsenal’s interest will worry Liverpool supporters. The club have clearly made impressive progress since Rodgers took over as manager at Anfield.

Liverpool are playing some of their best football for many years and are scoring goals for fun. Rodgers has been instrumental in creating this exciting brand of football which, more importantly, has put the side into serious contention for the Premier League title.

The goal at the start of the season was to finish in the top four and qualify for next season’s Champions League, but with that target almost assured, Rodgers’ men are in a great position to win the club’s first title in 24 years.

SHOCKING LESBIAN CONFESSIONS AT TB JOSHUA’S CHURCH

The article you are about to read was written by Ihechukwu Njoku, a freelance journalist who writes occasionally for Emmanuel TV. Read below…
Whether it’s addressing contentious issues on Facebook, prophesying world calamities or witnessing celebrity ‘deliverances’ in his Lagos-based church, the name of controversial Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua can’t seem to leave the news of late.
The events of his church service broadcast live via Emmanuel TV on Sunday 23rd March 2014 proved to be no different as The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) witnessed the confession of two lesbians who said ‘demons’ were behind their lifestyle.
Maria Terese George from Delta State, Nigeria explained to the congregation that her poverty-stricken background pushed her to seek help from an older lady. However, she had ulterior motives in promising to help the attractive 19 year old. “She took me to a club where we went drinking,” Maria explained while speaking in the packed church. “She took me to her house and started touching me. Because I was drunk, I responded.”