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Thursday, 5 April 2012

UTME UPDATE- REMINDER TO STUDENTS WITH "NO RESULT YET" STATUS.

This is to inform all candidates who checked their results earlier that about 80% of the witheld results has been released so far, VNTI has helped check approximately 150 results for students which were initially witheld.

We advice you to proceed to re-check your result immediately and Most importantly, remember to print your result as you check.

Monday, 12 March 2012

News updates

Budget: NASS may sanction FCT minister over breach of protocol

Zenith Bank posts N60bn profit…to pay dividend of 95k per share

Domestic violence: Over 1.3m suffer yearly – Lagos Deputy Gov

Army evicts 114 Bakassi returnees from militant camp

Community tells Shell, NPDC to vacate Egbema West

Foreign airlines' exploitation spree continues.
Terrorists bomb church in Jos •8 killed •25 others injured in reprisals

•Jonathan commiserates with victims' families.

Sanusi asked to explain Naira payment to fed, states and LGs

Fire guts vehicle onboard vessel at Apapa

Flood: Oyo lawmakers accuse FG of unfulfilled promise

Ooni, Sultan, Aregbesola, others canvass national unity

Bayelsa guber: No victor, no vanquished – Dickson

16 feared dead as Fulani herdsmen attack market in Nasarawa

Bank manager,7 others held over missing N380m.
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Saturday, 10 March 2012

News update

• Nollywood loves to hate Nigerian career women
• Right To Peace: A Desideratum [Guest Post]
• Husband takes wife to court for disobeying instructions
• Hublot unveils $5million wrist watch
• NYSC members to receive martial arts training

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Friday, 9 March 2012

News update

• Senate orders arrest of pension taskforce boss
• Northern govs plan action against sect, others
• Northern govs plan action against sect, others
• Shock as European hostages are killed in Birnin Kebbi
• Sambo warns power projects' contractors• Sambo warns power projects' contractors
• 4 policemen killed as Bomb blasts rock Gombe
• Failed Rescue attempt: Nigerian kidnappers murder British and Italian captives
• Whitney Houston wills fortune to daughter, Bobby Brown gets nothing
• South Africa apologises for deporting Nigerians
• Internet Solutions Nig Ltd: IT Sales Professional

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Wednesday, 7 March 2012

News Update

Boko Haram kills Customs officer, 5 others in Yobe, Borno •Trial of suspected al-Qaeda/Boko Haram member begins April 3.
PDP convention: NWC members to emerge by consensus. No going back on roadblocks - IGP. Diplomatic row: FG deports more South Africans. Ajaokuta Steel workers protest, demand new salary structure.
NDU student hacked to death by suspected cultists in Bayelsa.
Fuel Subsidy: We'll submit credible reports - Reps •As Tambuwal laments loss of $10bn revenue on gas. Boko Haram: JAMB denies cancellation of UTME in Borno, others.
1 dies as NURTW factions clash in Lagos. Revenue allocation: We've been shortchanged - Northern govs,
Lagos PDP members call for cancellation of ward congress.
Ethiopian Aviation Academy graduates 18 Nigerians. Nigeria's branding at ITB Berlin commended. Fake diesel, count us out - NNPC boss. Court orders stoppage of N300m ISPO deduction by Sylva's firm.
International Women's Day: Aregbesola makes case for rural women.
Israel to collaborate with Kwara on agric. Navy'll partner Cross River to build hospital - Defence minister.
NAFDAC commences trial of baker over obstruction of officials.
Osun workers threaten strike over N18,000 minimum wage.
Bin Laden was not buried at sea, but flown to US for cremation – Intelligence report
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News update

• Why We Suffer What We Suffer [Part 3]• Would you rather be a Zynga or a Facebook?• As Whitney Houston goes Home – Her Music lives on.• NFF needs foreign administrators – Onigbinde• Facebook goes down in parts of Europe• Diplomatic Row: Senators want all South African companies sacked• Minimal Governments interference in running new refineries — Diezani• 81-year-old woman wins $336 million lottery• Nigeria not endemic to yellow fever, says minister
• Nigeria Deports 56 South Africans
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Tuesday, 6 March 2012

News bitz

• Brazil 'overtakes UK's economy'
• Policemen go berserk in Adamawa, Rivers. Shoot colleagues, kill selves.
• Lagos records 42 murder cases in 2 months
• At least 16 killed in ethnic clashes in Benue State• Nigeria owes a lot to Obasanjo for his foresight —PDP
• Is Corruption A Nigerian?
• GWT Petroleum Limited: 2012 Recruitment
• JMG Limited: Quality control officer
• Renaissance Group: The Finance & Markets Internship Program 2012
• C&F Porter Novelli: 2012 Graduate Internship Programme
• PDP govs not ganging up against Jonathan, says Akpabio
• Govs, others greet Obasanjo at 75, Ezekwesili claims poverty falls in Africa
• N400 billion after, power projects face more hurdles

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Friday, 2 March 2012

Todays bitz

• WHY WE SUFFER WHAT WE SUFFER PART I• IGP Decorates New DIGs, AIGs, Says it's New Era
• Bayelsa Killing: JTF Declares Officer, Three Others Missing
• Exit Of Ikemba• Security, Crowd Control, Others Pose Challenges At Ojukwu's Burial
• Baba Suwe's N25m Suit: NDLEA's Stay Of Execution Bid Fails
• Ojukwu Buried In Nnewi
• JTF kills four suspected Boko Haram members in Maidugiri
• Man sues Google over urination photo
• Nigerian footballers are most transferred in Africa – FIFA report
• Four soldiers, four policemen shot dead in Bayelsa
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Thursday, 1 March 2012

Todays bitz

• Fuel Subsidy Probe: FG sacks 98 importers• FG restricts NYSC posting to four sectors
• Police Use Tree Shade as Area Office
• Constitution review stirs row at PDP parley
• NJC differs on Salami, continues talks today
• Nigeria gets task force on trans-border trade
• Urbanisation excludes children from vital services, UNICEF warns
• AU concludes work on African Monetary Fund, others

Chinedu Da Silva

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

News updates

• ActionAid Nigeria: Fresh Graduate Trainee Recruitment
• Saipem Contracting Nig Ltd: Subsea Engineer (SSE)
• Hewlett Packard (HP) Nigeria: Technology Services Solution Architect
• Aftermath of ASUU strike: SSANU gives indefinite strike notice
• Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) stinks of corruption –Senate
• 4 killed, 50 injured, 20 vehicles destroyed as hoodlums unleash mayhem in Lagos
• P Square featuring Akon "Chop My Money" Video breaks Youtube record
• Students in shock as dare-devil robbers invade Babcock University
• Nollywood Producer Sues Silverbird For 500 Million Naira• Minister, Ribadu pledge to clean up oil sector rot
Chinedu Da Silva

Monday, 27 February 2012

News update 28/02

• Tinubu tasks council chiefs on service, accountability
• Ibori: From fame to custody… conviction
• Ibori pleads guilty in London• Ibori pleads guilty in London
• Odumegwu-Ojukwu's body arrives in Abuja for final rites
• President, governors, others to pay taxes on incomes
• James Ibori: How a thief almost became Nigeria's president – BBC
• FG deports 11,000 foreigners over Boko Haram fears
• Nigerian Pastors Blast Pastor Chris Oyakhilome over Masturbation Statements
• Nokia unveils '41-megapixel smartphone'
• Ex-Delta state governor James Ibori pleads guilty to money laundering and fraud

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News updates

• James Ibori: How a thief almost became Nigeria's president – BBC
• FG deports 11,000 foreigners over Boko Haram fears
• Nigerian Pastors Blast Pastor Chris Oyakhilome over Masturbation Statements
• Nokia unveils '41-megapixel smartphone'
• Ex-Delta state governor James Ibori pleads guilty to money laundering and fraud
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Thursday, 23 February 2012

Todays bitz 23-02-12

• N894m contract scam: Bankole gave contracts to ghost firms, says EFCC
• How to prevent Lassa fever outbreak, by Lagos govt
• Power privatisation to be completed Q3 – Nnaji
• Senate summons Okonjo-Iweala, Diezani, others over fuel scarcity
• SSS foils attempt to kidnap two Delta commissioners
• Police nab 500 suspected cultists, criminals in Benue
• Why Ekiti govt effected my arrest – Oni's aide
• Gridlock on 'major artery' of Nigeria's economy:
• Tanker drivers Ultimatum expires…Will Lagos govt act?
• Stealing: Deji Abiola asks court to quash charge. • BOKO HARAM: police commissioner Zakari Biu dismissed for aiding kabiru sokoto's escape,Recommended for prosecution
•As PSC names 7 new DIGs, 13 AIGs
• Shoot-out in Kano, JTF arrests 4 Boko Haram members
• Tanker drivers dare Lagos govt, Refuse to vacate expressway
• As ultimatum expires •No going back -Govt insists
• Zakari Biu: Road to ignominious exit
• Pope- Lent is a time for spiritual renovation
• Reps reject electoral litigation bill
• Electricity tariffs'll increase only by 11 per cent -NERC
• Lagos to have 24 hours uninterrupted power supply- PHCN
• No court can stop C/River guber poll -PDP
• President Jonathan and British PM David Cameron meet on security
• NURTW dissolves caretaker committee in Lagos, after math of clash
• Constitutes mgt committee
• Big Brother Africa 7 entry closes Feb 27
• Wamakko pledges N18,000 minimum wage
• Lagos Assembly maps strategy on crime control
• House Of Senate pledges to support Code of Conduct Bureau
• Kogi rerun election: PDP candidate wins
• FG approves N15bn loan for transporters
• Chrisitans mark Ash Wednesday, begin 40 days fasting(I did at St pauls university, Church of the Holy Spirit Awka)
• FG approves plan for bitumen project
• FG to sign oil mining leases of Shell, Chevron next month
• Credible elections, key to stable democracy — Amosun
• Police quiz Oni's aide over Facebook posts
• As group slams Fayemi, threatens court action
• Arbitrary fare: Reps move against foreign airlines
• I'll run all-inclusive govt, Bayelsa gov promises
• Bayelsa's N6bn monthly salary outrageous — Gov
• Edo PDP gov primary: 735 delegates to vote
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Todays news bitz (21/02/12)

• Bloody monday: 30 die as Boko Haram bombs Borno market
• Joint Task Force kills 8 sect members.
• 10 die, several injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway autocrash.
• 4 killed, 25 vehicles burnt in NURTW factional clash in Lagos.
• Security agencies uncover source of Boko Haram's explosives, sect looted quarries in Bauchi, Borno, Gombe.
• Senate to probe N2trn pension fund. Court stops C/River gov election.
• BPE shifts privatisation of electricity to october.
• Haliburton bribery: 3 Americans know fate this week.
• Power output hits 4,300mw - Minister.
• Kwara govt directs reinstated judge to resume duties.
• Crisis looms at EKSU as students decry hike in school fees.
• Dickson set to probe Sylva's administration.
• Nigeria, US have highest number of illegal varsities.
• 7 xmas day bomb victims go blind, says priest.
• Commission screens 18 AIGs today.
• Jonathan threatens to sack officials holding 2015 meeting.
• NAPEP gets N1.2bn to alleviate poverty.
• Akpabio wins at election petitions tribunal.
• UBA announced N100b bad loans to AMCON.
• Utaka makes Ligue 1 team of the week.
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Monday, 20 February 2012

Todays news bitz(21/02/12)

• Boko harams spokesman Abdul qaqa discloses how they obtain cars for operation
• Jonathan demands total focus on the present situation as he asks Federal Executive Committee members in his cabinet interested in 2015 elections to restgn.
• Nigerian Soldiers kills 8 in Borno(maidugiri)
• CBN governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi donates N25m to St theresa's catholic church bomb blast victims.
(Personal opinion: DONATE? Is the money yours?
• Banker killed by her husband- security
• 5 dead vehicles and buildings burnt as fight erupt between NURTW workers In Lagos island
• Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola bans religious activities in lagos central.
• Young man shot in his sleep
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Sunday, 19 February 2012

More news bitz

• Nigerian Navy Basic Training School: 2012 Recruitment
• GTBank: Graduate Trainee Recruitment 2012
• WHO, others blame Nigeria, Pakistan for continued polio transmission
• Govt begins review of air pact with 60 nations
• Blast rocks Suleja, fresh killings in Borno, Yobe
• Kaduna official mistaken for Boko Haram dies
• MAN cautions govt over EU economic treaty
• Man survives 'two months trapped in car without food'
• Breaking News: Bomb Explosion At Christ Embassy Suleja
• 9ice declares intention to contest for House of Representatives Position In 2015
• Interview With Dbanj: I Did Not Know About The Occupy Nigeria Protests
• Militants kill three naval officers in Akwa Ibom
• China To Partner Nigeria In Cutting N350b Rice Import
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Latest News Bitz

• Miracle at christ Embassy as bomb rocks suleja, Abuja.
• Aba to shut down as Ojukwu's body arrive Feb 28.
• Chelsea opens Academy in victoria Island Lagos.
• PDP Wamakko returns as sokoto's Governor
• Kaduna top govt Official dies in operation after gunshot
• Nigeria tó become Net Exporter of steel by 2014- SON
• Presidency sends N4.749tr budget to senate
• Subsidy probe: Oil marketers ignore senate, Heads for london conference
• A cassava flour seller slumps, dies during argument on N50 debt in Ibadan
• Woman Arrested for beating Husband to death.


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Car bomb

"Thank u Lord 4 ur protection. A bomb was planted in between parked cars in Christ Embassy Church Suleja. A brother was led of the spirit of God 2 go check his car boot, only 2 get ther & discover the bomb. Church was evacuated b4 d bomb detonated.
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News update

A suspected trafficker, Chidi Odor, has allegedly excreted 99 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.425kg while under observation by NDLEA officials.
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Saturday, 18 February 2012

News update

New twist in Kogi controversial guber poll.
Snake hoax: Policeman arrested

Syndicate drugs victim, steals car

AS KABIRU SOKOTO OPENS UP…..Manhunt for Boko Haram cell leader

FG weeds 'briefcase' fuel importers

Grand children killed in Bayelsa kidnapping

African women's genitals provide clue to HIV prevention

One Party South-West A Fallacy – Mimiko

Police recover robbery victim's decomposed body

'Youths slowing down oil communities devt'

Sportsguard: Bravo Chipolopolo, sorry Barrister Green.
5 die, 40 vehicles burnt in Lagos fire

I-n-c-e-s-t: Daughter bears baby for own father

CONTROVERSY OVER NEW CONSTITUTION: The lie called Nigeria. Policeman beats driver to pulp over N50 bribe
Boko Haram threats becloud Sokoto election.

Dokubo-Asari warns North against 2015 Presidency.
Northern govs not financing Boko Haram — Yuguda.
Lassa fever hits Rivers •Govt moves to curtail spread.
Eight arrested with $6trn fake bonds.

Bayelsa police smash car theft syndicate.
Kogi: PDP must obey rule of law - Jubril Isah.
Ojukwu's burial ceremony kicks off in Zungeru.
Diet soda tied to heart attack, stroke risks
Court to continue hearing of case on FRA Williams' estate.
Ondo gov race: PDP may support LP •As Agunloye's aide, others defect to LP.
Demands for new states hit 45 —Ekweremad.
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