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Saturday 21 February 2015

Delta State University matriculates 4,361

Delta State University matriculates 4,361

The Delta State University, Abraka on Saturday matriculated 4,361 students for the 2014/2015 academic session.

The Vice Chancellor, DELSU, Prof. Victor Peretomode, administered oath on the new intakes in Abraka, host community of the institution, in Ethiope East Local Government Area of the State.

He warned the students to be of good behaviour in the campus and shun every form of social vices. Peretomode said cultism remained banned in the University, adding that any student who indulged in it would be expelled from the institution, NAN reports.

The VC urged the students to be diligent and observe the rules and regulations of the University at all times. “The University takes serious exception on issues that bothered on indiscipline and lawlessness, particular when such actions involve violence, cultism, examination malpractice, indecent dressing among others classified as breach of matriculation oath.

“Any student caught indulging in any form of cultism in the campus will not only be thrown out, his or her name will be published in all national dailies and the internet,” he said. Peretomode thanked Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta for his show of love to the Institution.

He noted that the University had grown from a modest beginning to a model citadel of learning and research under the Uduaghan’s administration.

He promised to sustain the peace which had resulted in harmonious relationship between the University and the host community. “On our part, we will remain focused in the pursuit of academic excellence and ensure the prudent management of the resources of the University,” he said

“Nigeria Will Cease To Exist By December 2015″ – Biafra Movement

The agitation for the actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra has taken a new dimension with a new leader of the struggle, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu declaring his readiness to fight all the way.

He said Nigeria would seize to exist by December 2015.

Kanu, who spoke at a gathering of members of defunct Biafra, including scores of its aged war veterans, vowed that he would not rest until the Republic is realised,Daily Post reports.

The event, held at Ngwo, Enugu State, was the maiden commemoration of Biafran Day on May 30th, in remembrance of the events of 1967 when the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu declared the Republic of Biafra.

I’m not the same player I used to be years ago – Messi

I’m not the same player I used to be years ago – Messi

Barcelona star Lionel Messi admits he is a very different player to the one who burst on to the scene a decade ago, Goal reports.

The four-time Ballon d’Or winner has reached 300 games in La Liga for the Camp Nou club and has earned 95 caps for Argentina, despite still being only 27.

Having enjoyed a largely injury-free start to his senior career, the forward has struggled in the past 18 months with some muscular problems and he concedes he must now manage his body differently. Speaking at a sponsor’s event, he said: “I am not 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 years old any more, when your body doesn’t feel the strain.

“You get older and you feel it. Now I make more of an effort to look after myself at half-time and be careful about what I eat. “I have changed a lot since I first started out. I’m more mature and I have learned things both on and off the pitch. Some of the old Messi is still here, but not much.”

Messi’s future was shrouded in doubt at the turn of the year but the forward is adamant he is now happy once more with life at Camp Nou. “I feel fine,” he added. “I’m happy with the way things are going.

“I want to keep helping this team. Last year was not a good one for us. There were too many problems on and off the pitch. But I hope all that changes this year.”

Home / Sports / I’m not the same player I used to be years ago – Messi I’m not the same player I used to be years ago – Messi By Olawale Kadir on February 22, 2015 @ 12:20 am@todayngr Pin It messia Click here for Nigeria's Largest Newspaper Directory Barcelona star Lionel Messi admits he is a very different player to the one who burst on to the scene a decade ago, Goal reports. The four-time Ballon d’Or winner has reached 300 games in La Liga for the Camp Nou club and has earned 95 caps for Argentina, despite still being only 27. Having enjoyed a largely injury-free start to his senior career, the forward has struggled in the past 18 months with some muscular problems and he concedes he must now manage his body differently. Speaking at a sponsor’s event, he said: “I am not 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 years old any more, when your body doesn’t feel the strain. “You get older and you feel it. Now I make more of an effort to look after myself at half-time and be careful about what I eat. “I have changed a lot since I first started out. I’m more mature and I have learned things both on and off the pitch. Some of the old Messi is still here, but not much.” Messi’s future was shrouded in doubt at the turn of the year but the forward is adamant he is now happy once more with life at Camp Nou. “I feel fine,” he added. “I’m happy with the way things are going. “I want to keep helping this team. Last year was not a good one for us. There were too many problems on and off the pitch. But I hope all that changes this year.” Got a news tip, article or press release for us? E-mail: scoop@today.n

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INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE CATEGORIES IN STATES

REVENUE CATEGORY (N)	CATEGORY POINTS
1Billion –3Billion	1
4Billion – 9Billion	2
10Billion –18Billion	3
19Billion – 30Billion	4
31Billion – 45Billion	5
46Billion – 63Billion	6
64Billion – 84Billion	7
85Billion – 118Billion	8
119Billion – 145Billion	9
146Billion & Above	10

#	STATES	POVERTY RATE(%)	FISCAL SATURATION	CORRUPTION GRAVITY INDEX
1	LAGOS	48.6	51.4	9.72
2	DELTA	63.3	36.7	9.5
3	RIVERS	50.4	49.6	7.06
4	EBONYI	73.6	26.4	5.55
5	EDO	65.6	34.4	4.92
6	ENUGU	62.5	37.5	4.69
7	OGUN	62.3	37.7	4.67
8	KADUNA	61.5	38.5	4.61
9	SOKOTO	81.2	18.8	4.06
10	KATSINA	74.5	25.5	3.73
11	ADAMAWA	74.2	25.8	3.71
12	GOMBE	74.2	25.8	3.71
13	BAUCHI	73.0	27.0	3.65
14	KEBBI	72.0	28.0	3.60
15	PLATEAU	71.4	28.6	3.57
16	TARABA	68.9	31.1	3.45
17	BENUE	67.1	32.9	3.36
18	KOGI	67.1	32.9	3.36
19	KANO	65.6	34.4	3.28
20	AKWA-IBOM	53.7	46.3	3.22
21	CROSSRIVER	52.9	47.1	3.18
22	OYO	51.8	48.2	3.11
23	KWARA	61.8	38.2	3.09
24	NASARAWA	60.4	39.6	3.02
25	ONDO	45.7	54.3	2.74
26	ABIA	57.4	42.6	2.36
27	ANAMBRA	56.8	43.2	2.27
28	EKITI	52.4	47.6	2.10
29	IMO	50.5	49.5	2.02
30	BAYELSA	57.0	43.0	1.88
31	YOBE	73.8	26.2	1.85
32	JIGAWA	74.1	25.9	1.85
33	ZAMFARA	70.8	29.2	1.77
34	OSUN	37.9	62.1	1.26
35	NIGER	33.8	66.2	1.13
36	BORNU	55.1	44.9	1.11

Obasanjo!!! Nigeria’s Democracy Must Be Protected At All Cost

In this interview with Weekly Trust 48 hours before he dumped the PDP, Olusegun Obasanjo spoke about the shift in dates for the elections, politicization of military and his quest for a better Nigeria.

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Kim K, Khloe, North West ,Kylie Involved in Car Accident

Two weeks after Bruce Jenner got involved in a fatal car crash,the Kardashian clan survived another accident when Khloe Kardashian skidded on an ice-covered Montana road and lost control of her car.

TMZ reports that, she and dangerously crossed into oncoming traffic, eventually landing in a ditch with Kim, North West and Kylie on board.

The crash occurred Saturday morning when a semi-truck drove by their car and kicked up a ton of snow, hitting their windshield and apparently blinding Khloe.

Apparently Khloe couldn't see and began swerving, right into a patch of black ice. The car then spun out of control, crossing oncoming traffic and ending up in a ditch. Cops confirmed everyone's ok.

Ladies!!! 10 Things Your Man Is Thinking, But Will Never Tell You

Sometimes, the truth hurts, and the truth is, there are some things your boyfriend wants to tell you but doesn’t because he cares about you and doesn’t want to hurt your feelings.
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Ah! International businessman murdered by his best friend in Abuja.

The circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of Tony Eze, a 39-year-old International businessman based in Abuja, have been unravelled by detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The late Eze, from Umuagede village in Nsukka L.G.A. of Enugu State met his untimely death after a night out with friends, including a kinsman from Eha-Alumonah in Enugu State (name withheld).

An eyewitness said he was shot dead by two young men on a motor bike who closed in on him while he was trying to avoid a porthole, just a few meters away from the refreshment garden at Tungama area of Zuba in the outskirts of Abuja.

He had gone to the garden for conviviality with friends. It was learnt that on the fateful day, November 6, 2014, the father of two was about closing for the day’s business when his kinsman and best friend called to request that they go out for drinks at Zuba. He was said to have initially hesitated before reluctantly agreeing to be at the refreshment garden in the evening.
He reportedly left his shop about 5pm and got to the garden where he met three of his friends already seated and enjoying drinks. Crime Guard gathered that about 7:20pm, they all set to leave, moving in a convoy, with his best friend and kinsman driving the car in front. Eze was the last to join before he was blocked and shot dead inside his car.
After the owner of the garden and other sympathizers gathered at the scene, his friends reportedly drove back claiming that they heard a bang at their back but thought that Eze must have hit something and that was why they continued without him.
Reports said that even after the arrival of his friends at the scene, no serious efforts were made to either take him to the hospital or contact the police at Zuba. Policemen arrived the scene around 11pm and all efforts made to revive Eze in the hospital failed. One of the doctors was said to have reprimanded his friends for not rushing him to the nearest hospital immediately they arrived the scene, saying that he could have survived the gun shots if he had been given immediate medical attention.
Nevertheless, it was gathered that police detectives of SARS swung into action after it was noticed that the police at Zuba were lukewarm over the ugly incident. Police sources said their efforts were complemented by those of a Lagos-based private detectives hired by members of the family of the deceased. According to the source: ‘While we were combing all the nook and cranny of Abuja for clues, the private detectives were busy spreading dragnets all over the country and even beyond, where the deceased had business partners.'
“A startling breakthrough came few weeks back after the private detectives succeeded in arresting a suspect in possession of the phone of the deceased which was the only item his assailants disappeared with after the incident. The suspect turned out to be in the same Aluminium Market where late Eze had his shop. We drilled him for long hours until he capitulated and started confessing how they killed the innocent young man.”
According to him, two people came to engage their services for the job in their cult group. He gave a detailed description of them and one of the descriptions tallied with that of the late businessman’s best friend and kinsman who also had business in the same market with him. The suspect said that when they asked those that came to hire them why they wanted the man dead, they said he had been importing goods from abroad and needed to be silenced. They were paid N1.2million, some of them got N250,000 while others got N300,000 each.”
Giving a vivid account of how they carried out the operation on the day in question, the suspect said some of them arrived the restaurant earlier than the deceased and sat by a table near where he later sat with his best friend who hired them. ‘He said that as soon as they were ready to go, his friend winked at them at the nearby table and they used their telephone to flash their colleagues who were positioned outside the area as a signal that they should proceed to hit their target. He further said they were told that he would be coming in a car behind. So, his friend quickly drove off in front with the deceased following behind and when they got to the point where they had to join the expressway, the friend in front drove faster. As soon as his friend entered the expressway two of the hired killers blocked the businessman’s car and one of them just pulled out his gun, approached the driver’s side and yanked open the door. While Eze was passionately pleading with them to take whatever they needed and spare his life, the armed man shot him point blank, picked his phone and sped off.’’
Police sources also hinted that after the arrest of five of the suspects at the popular Aluminium Market, Abuja, his best friend confessed during interrogation that the deceased gave him N5million to exchange for him around October 2014, and he was yet to pay him back before he was killed. It was learnt that initially, he wanted to be smart by diverting the attention of detectives to focus their searchlight on one of the brothers to the deceased but when he learnt that one of the killers had confessed to the crime, he withdrew his allegation. Sources said detectives were still searching for the second person that hired the killers together with the best friend to the deceased and would soon arrest him.
Family sources told Crime Guard that the arrest of their son’s supposed best friend over his death sent shock waves all over the community. According to a member of the family who simply identified himself as Simon( 45) : ‘’ This is the greatest shock we have received in our area in recent times. That suspect is well known to all of us as Tony’s best friend. They used to travel together to China on business trips. In fact, he was closer to our brother than anybody in the family. Whenever we needed to advise our brother, we usually channelled it through this his friend who happens to come from Eha-Alumonah Community, a neighbouring town in Nsukka. Interestingly, this his friend was leading pallbearers during Tony’s burial. He was the first to arrive our compound before other of his friends and business partners arrived. He was shedding tears uncontrollably. Even after the burial, his wife prepared our traditional food for the bereaved family which friends usually partake in. I can remember vividly that a few days after Tony’s burial, the suspect told some members of our family that he (the deceased) owed some business associates a whooping sum of N12 million and there was urgent need to settle the debt but we swept it aside by telling him that it could come up after the mourning period. I will use this opportunity to thank the Nigeria Police Force and the private detectives for the success recorded so far because these startling confessions and arrests will go a long way to assuage our deep feeling of loss. (In tears) Now see, for how much did they take the precious life of this young, amiable, promising and easy-going young man? Who will train his children and take care of his young wife?
Crime Guard further gathered that detectives were working on the theory that his best friend was envious of his progress and the boom in his business and hatched the plan not just to eliminate him but also to stop him from asking for the whooping N5million he gave him to change last October. So far, it was learnt that both the suspect that confessed to the killing and the deceased best friend were taken separately to the scene of the crime and they pointed out correctly the table where they sat and the point where Eze was intercepted and killed.
Meanwhile, it was learnt that on hearing the progress recorded in the case, police authorities have directed that no stone should be left unturned in rounding up all those remotely or otherwise connected with the assassination of the young and promising businessman and they should be charged to court for murder accordingly.

Fire Guts 86-Storey Torch Tower In Dubai (Photos)

A huge fire this morning engulfed one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai. The fire broke out at about 2am on Saturday in the 86-storey Torch tower on the northeast end of the densely populated district, which is packed with multi-storey skyscrapers.

It was however put out around 5am after fire fighters battled it for 3 hours. Luckily no life was lost, and no one was injured. The cause of the fire is still unknown.

Nigerian Troops Reclaim Baga, Survive Land Mines- DHQ

After surviving 1,500 spots with land mines, Nigerian troops on Saturday reclaimed Baga town from Boko Haram insurgents.

Many insurgents died in the encounters and sizable number got drown in Lake Chad while trying to flee from heavy air strikes by the troops.

Besides the destruction of five anti-aircraft guns, 34 motorcycles and five vehicles were recovered from the terrorists.

These disclosures were contained in a statement by the

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Julius Agwu Finally Opens Up On Why He Quit Politics (Read)

Julius Agwu, was one of the entertainers that joined the politics train. The comedian had the ambition to become the next governor of Rivers state but he opted out of the race without a reason.

However during a Valentine dinner hosted in honour of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate and running mate, Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osibanjo, the funny man was the anchor of the event and he did not disappoint his fans by making them laugh hysterically.

He also revealed why he backed out from the race. Agwu said that immediately his mother got wind of his political ambition, she called him and begged him to opt out of the race.

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NAFDAC destroys N500m worth of counterfeit drugs in Anambra

NAFDAC destroys N500m worth of counterfeit drugs in Anambra

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The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has destroyed counterfeit and unwholesome drugs worth N500 million in Anambra.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr Paul Orhii, disclosed this on Friday while setting the products ablaze in a dumpsite in Awka. Orhii said the unwholesome drugs were mostly surrendered by traders across the state, while adding that the destruction exercise was aimed at preventing the re-introduction of the products into the market.

“The products destroyed today are made up of counterfeit and fake anti-malaria, anti-hypertensive, anti-biotic, anti-diabetics, analgesics, injectables of various kinds, multi-vitamin seized by NAFDAC from the manufacturers, importers and distributors in Anambra state.

“As well as expired pharmaceutical products voluntarily handed over by Onitsha Head-Bridge Drug Market Union and compliant companies in line with regulatory guidelines. “If not for the vigilance and timely interventions of NAFDAC, these expired and unwholesome products would have found their way into circulation and their use would have resulted in therapeutic failure, drug resistance, adverse drug reactions, kidney failure, liver failure and death.

“I wish to reiterate our stance on zero tolerance on fake and counterfeit drugs and other NAFDAC regulated products and also state that the Agency will leave no stone unturned in eradicating these products from our society,” Orhii warned.

While noting that the fight against counterfeit drugs is a continuous exercise, he said that NAFDAC would not relent in the fight. “It is in this spirit that I am soliciting for the unrelenting support of the government of Anambra state, all stakeholders, traditional rulers, religious leaders, the Nigerian Police Force, the Nigerian Custom Services, NDLEA, SON and other sister agencies, the press to sustain the tempo of the fight.”

Orhii tasked Nigerians to report any violation involving NAFDAC regulated product to the agency’s state office or formation; adding that genuine manufacturers, importers of NAFDAC regulated products should continue doing the right thing. Speaking earlier, the Zonal Co-ordinator of NAFDAC South-East, Mr Dauda Gimba, also called for collective fight against counterfeit drugs.

The Chairman of Onitsha Drug Market Union, Mr Uche Eze, said that the members of the union voluntarily surrendered most of the drugs after imbibing the appeals by the executives of the union for them to abide by NAFDAC rules.

“The appeal we have been drumming to the ears of our union members on the dangers of selling or distributing unwholesome or expired drugs is yielding desired results; that is why they willingly surrendered most of the drugs, which are expired or had lose their efficacy due to their storage condition.

“We would continue to work closely with NAFDAC since its regulation is for the benefit of everyone and it would make our market and the products we sell more credible both to our local and foreign customers,” Eze said.