JAMB Cut off Mark for Federal Universities 2018/2019

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (ATBU) – 180

Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU) Zaria – 180

Bayero University, Kano (BUK)- 180

Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE) – 180

Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) – 180

Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMinna) – 180

Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) – 180

Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State (FUD) – 180

Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina (FUDutsinma) – 180

Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State(FUKashere) – 180

Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State (FULafia)- 180

Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State (FULokoja) – 180

Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State (FUNAI)- 180

Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa (FUOtuoke) – 180

Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State (FUOYE)- 180

Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State (FUWukari)- 180

Michael Okpara Uni. of Agric., Umudike (MOUAU)- 180

Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola (MAUTECH, formerly FUTYOLA)- 180

National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos (NOUN) – N/A

Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna – 180

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK) – 180

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife – 200

Police Academy Wudil – 180 (2016 cut-off mark confirmed)

University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), Gwagwalada – 180

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) – 200

Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) – 180

University of Benin (UNIBEN) – 200

University of Calabar (UNICAL) – 180

University of Ibadan (UI) – 200

University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) – 180

University of Jos (UNIJOS) – 180

University of Lagos (UNILAG) – 200

University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) – 180

University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) – 180

University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT) – 180

University of Uyo (UNIUYO) – 180

Usumanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUSOK) – 180

JAMB Cut off Mark for State Universities

Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU) – 180

Adamawa State University Mubi (ADSU) – 180

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA) – 180

Akwa Ibom State University of Technology, Uyo (AKUTECH) – 180

Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma – 180

Anambra State University of Science & Technology, Uli – 180

Bauchi State University, Gadau (BASUG) – 180

Benue State University, Makurdi (BSUM) – 180, Medicine – 200

Bukar Abba Ibrahim University, Damaturu – N/A

Cross River State University of Science & Technology, Calabar (CRUTECH)– 180

Delta State University Abraka (DELSU) – 180

Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki – 180

Ekiti State University (EKSU) – 180

Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu – 180

Gombe State Univeristy (GSU), Gombe – 180

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL) – 180 & above for Sciences, Agriculture, Languages, Education & Arts; 190 & above for Management and Social Science Courses

Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Rumuoumeni – 180

Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri – 180

Kaduna State University (KASU), Kaduna – 180

Kano University of Science & Technology (KUST), Wudil – 180

Kebbi State University, Kebbi (KSUSTA)- 180

Kogi State University (KSU), Anyigba – 180

Kwara State University (KWASU), Ilorin – 180

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso – 180

Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Lagos – 180

Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) – 180

Niger Delta Unversity (NDU), Yenagoa – 180

Northwest University (NU), Kano – 180

Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye – 180

Ondo State University of Science & Technology, Okitipupa – 180

Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Oshogbo – 180

Plateau State University, Bokkos (PLASU) – 180

Rivers State University of Science & Technology (RSUST) – 180

Sokoto State University, Sokoto (SSU) – 180

Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode (TASUED) – 180

Taraba State University, Jalingo (TSU) – 180

Technical University, Ibadan – 180

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina (UMYU) – 180

JAMB Cut off Marks for Federal Polytechnics in Nigeria

Air Force Institute of Technology Nigerian Air Force (AFIT) –  N/A

Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Ebonyi State (AKANUPOLY) – 150

Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering – N/A

Auchi Polytechnic (AUCHIPOLY) – between 150, 160 and 180 depending on course

Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti – 150

Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi – 150

Federal Polytechnic, Bida – 150

Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu – N/A

Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State – 150

Federal Polytechnic, Idah – 150

Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro – 150

Federal Polytechnic, Mubi – TBA

Federal Polytechnic, Namoda – TBA

Federal Polytechnic, Nassarawa – 150

Federal Polytechnic, Nekede – 150

Federal Polytechnic Offa – 150

Federal Polytechnic, Oko – 150

Federal School of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu – 150

Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna – 150

Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic – TBA

Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering – TBA

Waziri Umaru Fed. Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi  – TBA

Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) – 150 for ND, 180 for UNN Degree

JAMB Cut off Mark for State Polytechnics Admission

All coming soon…Please check back later today…

Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic – 150

Abia State Polytechnic – 150

Adamawa State Polytechnic – 150

Abdul-Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara – TBA

Akwa-Ibom State Polytechnic – 150

Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic – 150

Akwa Ibom State College of Arts and Science Nung, Ukim – 150

Benue State Polytechnic – 150

College of Administrative and Business Studies, Potiskum – 150

Enugu Polytechnic – 150

GATEWAY Polytechnic, Igbesa – 150

Rufus Giwa Polytechnic – 150

The Polytechnic, Ibadan – 150

Institute of Management and Technology Enugu – 150

Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo – 150

Jigawa State Polytechnic – 150

Kano State Polytechnic – 150

Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic – 150

Kogi State Polytechnic – 150

Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin – 150

Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu – 150

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic – 150

Nasarawa State Polytechnic – 150

Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic – 150

Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku – 150

Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe – 150

Osun State Polytechnic, Iree – 150

Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke – 150

Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro – 150

Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi – 150

Polytechnic of Sokoto – 150

Ramat Polytechnic – 150

Rivers State College of Arts and Science – 150

Rivers State Polytechnic – 150

Gateway Polytechnic Saapade – 150

Edo State Institute of Technology and Management, Usen – 150

Niger State Poly, Zungeru, Niger State – 150

N/B: If you did not make the above stated cut off mark for your institution of choice, I will advise you to change your Institution to another school that you are qualified

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Check out first photos of BankyW's new home...His initial 'W' is engraved into the pool

Singer, actor and director, BankyW is the proud owner of a new home in Lagos. The singer who married actress Adesua Etomi back in November 2017, is currently moving out of his Lekki Phase 1 apartment into a bigger duplex with his own private swimming pool - that has his initial at the bottom.

Finishing touches in terms of painting are currently being done  on the property. See more photos as you continue.

Singer, actor and director, BankyW is the proud owner of a new home in Lagos. The singer who married actress Adesua Etomi back in November 2017, is currently moving out of his Lekki Phase 1 apartment into a bigger duplex with his own private swimming pool - that has his initial at the bottom.

Finishing touches in terms of painting are currently being done  on the property. See more photos as you continue.

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Caption this photo of President Buhari, Yemi Osinbajo and his wife

This photograph was taken shortly after the VP, Yemi Osinbajo shortly delivered a speech at the 10th Bola Tinubu colloquium.

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''Don’t accept PDP’s apology'' Bola Tinubu tell Nigerians

National leader of the All Progressives Congress APC, Bola Tinubu, has asked Nigerians not to accept the apology issued by the opposition party few days ago. PDP National chairman, Uche Secondus at a Nation Building event organized by the party, said the party has in the last three years seen all the mistakes they made during their 16 years in office and will like to correct them if given the opportunity to come vack to office in 2019. Secondus appealed to Nigerians to vote the party back into power during the 2019 election.

Reacting to the apology, Bola Tinubu at the colloquium organized to mark his 66th birthday which had in attendance President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and many others, said Nigerians should not accept the oppositions apology. Tinubu likened the party's apology to the case of a thief who is only begging because he was caught in the act.

''Dear Nigerians, do not take their apology. They lied. They falsified. They even changed figures. For 16 years, they made fake promises and gave us fake figures. And they said we should not talk about it. It is like saying after all they did wrong, do not look at me. Just steal your own. That we will not take it off the table…no matter how twisting the mind of PDP and their supporters may be, we will continue to talk about it because you wasted our resources. You did not do what you promised Nigerians, what you said you would do when you were in office. The market gave you the maximum and production was also at maximum.”

Continuing, the former Lagos state governor said 

“President Buhari has changed the economy from the wrong direction to steer the ship back before the final crash because it was necessary. We have started the journey. And the voyage is on the voyage of hope and the voyage that we are reclaiming Nigeria. We are retooling Nigeria. We are reinventing Nigeria. We are redirecting Nigeria.”

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Photos from the Lagos state government's banquet held in honor of President Buhari

Last night, the Lagos state government hosted President Buhari to a banquet that was attended by governors, APC chieftains and others. See more photos below

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''This government is completely compromised'' Tunde Bakare

Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and one time vice presidential candidate, Tunde Bakare, says Nigerians can shut down the government as a result of the repeated herdsmen killings. 

According to him, the recent directive by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, that vigilante groups and weapons bearing individuals should surrender their weapons without mking reference to the herdsmen, shows that the Buhari-led administration is completely compromised.

According to The Cable, Bakare said this when he spoke on the sidelines of “the real cost of subsidy”, an event organised by Enough is Enough, a coalition of youth advocacy groups in partnership with Facility for Oil Sector Transformation (FOSTER) yester

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Special Fraud Unit arrests 'fake' Benin prince who defrauded ex-lawmaker of $1.5m

Police detectives attached to the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Milverton, Lagos State, have arrested some men, who posed as international businessmen, members of House of Representatives and members of Benin Kingdom’s royal family to defraud a former lawmaker of $1.5 million.

According to reports, Investigation of the suspects started on July 28, 2017 with a crack team of detectives going to Murtala International Airport, Lagos State, to arrest the syndicate’s leader identified as Franklin Osiemwonyi Izekor, 45, aka Prince Joshua Akenzua. It was learnt that rather than follow the policemen, Izekor resisted arrest, fought the policemen and even attempted to abduct one of the policemen in his car.  

Although the lawmaker, Eseme Eyiboh, told detectives that he was swindled of over $1.5 million, Izekor insisted that the money was just $1 million and another N47 million. A police source said: “The amount of money involved in this scam is no longer the issue. What’s important is that the principal suspect, Franklin Osiemwonyi Izekor, who was posing as a prince of Oba of Benin, admitted that he actually defrauded the victim.”

Aside Izekor, other members of the syndicate are Stephen Victor aka James Ajayi, Bolade Babatunde aka Honourable Lawal Adewunmi, Tola aka Peter Ajayi (still at large) and Alhaji Saka Jimoh (67). How the syndicate was able to zero in on the lawmaker is still nebulous, however, it was learnt that trouble started for Eyiboh after he landed a juicy contract with Exxon Mobil.

He needed some items, which were mostly overseas to execute the contract. The lawmaker was aware that there is an anti-bulk movement of money treaty, including dollars, which Nigeria is a signatory to. He was not too sure how to get the vital items from overseas, especially since he couldn’t transfer bulk dollars.  One day, he received a phone call from his colleague Honourable Lawal Adewunmi (Bolade Babatunde), who was also a member of the House of Representatives.

He didn’t know that he was speaking with a fake ‘Honourable Lawal Adewunmi.’ ‘Adewunmi’ exchanged pleasantries and soon delved into businesses. Eyiboh, thinking he was speaking with a concerned friend, spilled out his gut and his present contract. ‘Adewunmi’ then promised to link him up with some international businessmen, who were agents of a company called ‘International Foreign Exchange Monitoring Agency. Eyiboh was made to believe that it was an international money order organisation and an affiliate of American Forex Organisation with address at Plot 16, Agbara Estate, Ogun State.

The syndicate convinced Eyiboh to part with $30,000 which was supposed to be money for him to be part of the organisation. After paying the money, he was given a registration form to fill and return. A member of the syndicate, Stephen Victor, who called and introduced himself as James Ajayi, met with Eyiboh at his residence in Abuja, where he used the opportunity to screw every loose nuts into place, drawing the lawmaker completely into their web of deceit. Eyiboh later alleged that Izekor presented himself as Prince Joshua Akenzua, representing International Foreign Exchange Monitoring Agency, which could assist him to acquire some equipment needed to execute a contract he won with Exxon Mobil. “The lawmaker said that he paid N47,133,000, through four bank accounts. Later, Izekor collected $45,000 in cash from him,” the police source added.  

On August 8, 2017, Izekor was arrested at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, while trying to collect more money from Eyiboh. Izekor’s statement was later used to arrest Stephen and Babatunde. “Investigation revealed that Izekor, Babatunde, Stephen and Tola conspired to fraudulently obtain from the complainant various sums of money amounting to N47,133,000 and $45,000.

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Twitter Stories: Final year student dies after consuming alcohol, codeine, tramadol and marijuana

A 24-year old final year student has died after taking alcohol, codeine, tramadol and cannabis at a party.

According to Twitter user @imperatorduduosa, 'he attended a party where he ingested an unknown quantity of liquor, codeine syrup, tramadol and marijuana. He ended up with bleeding from nostrils and mouth. And intractable seizures. He died in ICU'.

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Buhari mourns late lawmaker, Jibril

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commiserated with the family of the Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Jibril, who died earlier in the day.

The President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, sympathised with the leadership and members of the House of Representatives in particular and the National Assembly in general, over the lawmakers death.

“President Buhari also extends heartfelt condolences to the people of Kogi State whom the late lawmaker represented creditably for many years at both the state and national legislatures.He described the deceased as a humble and vibrant national legislator.

“The President prays that Allah will comfort all who mourn the late Jibril and grant his soul eternal rest,” the statement read.

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PDP’s apology borne out of desperation to recapture power – Presidency

The Presidency on Friday warned Nigerians to be cautious of the recent apology offered by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus.

It said the “less-than-honest apology” was borne out of the opposition party’s desperation to regain power.

Shehu said just like the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had said, there are heavy moral duties that go with apologies if the culprits want to be taken seriously.The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement made available to journalists.

He said, “The PDP is desperate to recapture power because it no longer has unhindered access to national resources for private uses and its apology should be seen in this context.

“The PDP has not even acknowledged the fact that it plundered the national economy, and for a party that dismissed the anti-corruption war as a political witch hunt, it is impossible to believe that its public apology comes from the bottom of the heart.

“Even desperate thieves apologise because they are caught and not because they are incapable of repeating the crime if they had another opportunity.

“We believe that the PDP should not only apologise for the imposition of candidates, and the culture of impunity, but must also come clean and acknowledge that they participated in large scale corruption and massive diversions of public funds to private pockets while poverty was ravaging the ordinary Nigerians.

“We challenge individual PDP leaders to publicly and voluntarily tell Nigerians how much they stole and then agree to cough up their illegal acquisitions of wealth if they want their apology to be taken seriously.

“Apology borne by desperation to recapture power without a desire to admit how much they stole and the reluctance to return the loot is morally hollow.”

He said for such apology to gain acceptance, the offenders must first of all show remorse; then return that which was unlawfully taken or restore the damage caused the nation.While saying the apology should go beyond rebranding, the presidential spokesman said Nigerians were interested in brands but they want their money back.

Thereafter, he said such offenders should commit to never doing the wrong they did again.

He said the PDP had done none of these for the party to be taken seriously by anyone.

Instead of addressing the issue raised by the Mohammed, the presidential spokesman noted that the PDP veered off to accuse the present administration of borrowing money.

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FG lists names of alleged looters

The Federal Government has released a list of some of those who have allegedly looted the nation’s treasury.

The Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed, released the list during a press conference in Lagos on Friday.

The names in the list revealed by the Federal Government include PDP chieftains who are currently being tried for corruption and financial crimes.According to Channelstv Mohammed said the individuals include officials in the past government.

“The PDP has challenged us to name the looters under their watch. They said they did not loot the treasury. Well, I am sure they know that the treasury was looted dry under their watch. Yet they decided to grandstand. This shows the hollowness of their apology,” Mohammed said as he released the names.

Find the list below and the allegations against them by the Federal Government…

1. PDP Chairman Uche Secondus.

Allegation: On the 19th of Feb 2015, he took N200 million only from the office of the NSA.

2. Former PDP Financial Secretary.

Allegation: On the 24th of Oct 2014, he took N600 million only from the office of former NSA.

On trial for allegedly collecting N1.4bn from the office of former NSA.3. Former National Publicity Secretary Olisah Metuh.

4. Dr Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of DAAR Communications.

On trial for allegedly taking N2.1 billion from the office of the former NSA.

5. Former SSA to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dudafa Waripamo-Owei

On trial, over N830 million allegedly kept in accounts of four different companies.

6. Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Cousin Robert Azibaola

On Thursday, a Federal High Court ruled that he has a case to answer for allegedly collecting $40 million from the office of former NSA.

The decision by the APC-led government to reveal the names of the alleged looters and the funds allegedly stolen is in response to the opposition party, PDP’s, challenge to the government to name those alleged to have looted the country and destroyed the economy.

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We are ready for war until we take over our land Nigeria, says Fulani on press release

The Fulani Nationality Movement, (FUNAM) after extensive deliberations on the state of the nation in the context of the recent killings and national uproar, met today in Kano, the capital of Kano State.

 

Among other things, the FUNAM deliberated on attacks on cattles by rustlers, kidnap of Fulani men and women in some parts of Nigeria, displacement of Fulani traditional settlements in Northern Nigeria and some parts of Southern Nigeria, stealing of properties belonging to Fulani cattler owners amongst other issues.

 

The group also deliberated on the political situation in Nigeria occassioned by the irresponsible calls for restructuring of Nigeria, the historic and vicious attacks on Fulani people by Southern nationalities and their cohorts in the middle belt, the plot to ensure Fulani are pushed to the backbench in the power equation in Nigeria and above all, the vicious campaign against the God ordained place of Fulani as the leading star guide in Nigeria, and after extensive deliberations, we hereby make the following declarations:

 

a) That the killings in Benue of Tiv is well deserved. It was a revenge attack on the series of onslaught on the Fulani which was most horrendous on November 17 2017 when 30 Fulani men and women were killed in Nasarawa State. We notice the recalcitrant culture of the Tiv people as demonstrated even during the 1804 Jihad when they obstructed our ordained conquest of Nigeria.

 

b) We condemn the media propaganda being waged against the Fulani and supported by Yoruba, Igbo and their bigotry allies in the Middle Belt.

 

c) That we are aware of plots by the minority ethnic groups in the Middle Belt to attack Fulani settlements.

 

d) That we have asked all Fulani across West Africa to raise money and arms to prosecute the oncoming war. We call on all Fulanis to prepare for this Holy War. There is no going back. All over the world, Nigeria is the only country given to Fulani by God.

 

e) We oppose the anti-grazing laws which obstruct the ability of Fulani to move freely and stay anywhere in Nigeria. The Fulani, if not for the British would have actually conquered the entire Nigeria which God has ordained as our dominion.

 

f) That the Cattle Colony is the only solution to the crisis. Whether the Federal Government or State Governments accept or not, we have asked all Fulani herdmen all over West Africa to move to Nigeria and penetrate every corner for the upcoming Jihad. We have asked them to be armed since it seems it is the only language Nigeria understands. The Nigerian Government has failed to protect us.

 

g) We warn those who oppose the Fulani cattle trade to be cautious of the consequences. We are ready for the worse. We are prepared for war. There is hope for peace if and only if attacks on Fulani herdsmen stop and the Fulani is allowed to settle anywhere that the Fulani chose to settle in Nigeria.

 

We are Nigerians and are free to settle anywhere we desire with our culture, our families, our commerce and our values to the glory of Almighty Allah. Any attempt(s) to reverse these demands will be met with Holy Uprising never before seen in the History of Nigeria and in the scale compared only with the 1804 Jihad. A word is enough for the wise. The Fulani is capable of defending itself”. 

Signed Badu Salisu Ahmadu National President Umar Amir Shehu

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Lawmaker’s son shot dead in UK

The graduate son of a Nigerian politician was shot dead near his family’s London home in the latest round of bloodshed in the capital.

Abraham Badru, 26, who was given a police bravery award as a teenager for saving a woman from a sex attack, was gunned down in the street in Dalston, Hackney, just after 11pm on Sunday.

Abraham, who worked as a football coach after earning his Masters degree in sports coaching from the University of Gloucestershire in 2015, was found slumped on the pavement by police called to reports of a loud gunshot.

Abraham’s 62-year-old father, Dolapo Badru, represents Lagos Island I at the House of Representatives on the platform of All Progressives Congress.He was pronounced dead a short time later. His mother, who had rushed to his side, was seen by witnesses collapsed in tears on the pavement.

He told the Standard his “quiet and hard-working” son once saved a young woman from rape on the estate and later gave evidence which led to her attacker being jailed.

He said: “A few years ago, a girl was raped on the estate and Abraham fought them off. He went to court to testify against them and the police gave him an award.”

Friends paid tribute to Abraham as a “bubbly and outgoing” young man who was “making a life for himself” after completing his studies.

They said he had a fiancee in Nigeria and had volunteered with the Team Nigeria UK football coaching charity, and had been due to coach at an open trial in Charlton on Tuesday (today).

A volunteer said: “He’s such a wonderful guy full of life and very hard-working.”

Abraham had previously worked with Bristol council as a sport development officer, according to his LinkedIn profile and had interned at non-league Gloucester City FC during his degree studies at the University of Gloucestershire.

“We would like to send our thoughts and prayers to Abraham’s family during this difficult time.”In a statement, his former club Almondsbury FC, near Bristol, said: “The club are shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of former striker Abraham Badru.

Neighbours said Abraham had been to church earlier that day and was getting out of his car when he was shot.

One neighbour said: “As soon as I heard the bang, I knew it was a gunshot. I went to my balcony and saw a man slumped over on the ground at the back of a car.

“There was just one shot and a cry of pain. No speeding scooter and no speeding car.”

Another said: “His mother came out and saw him on the floor. It was terrible listening to her collapse crying on the floor. She was just screaming.

“Everyone was very upset and I had to go away, I couldn’t take it. It happened on our doorstep and I had to say a little prayer for the family.”

A school friend added: “He had just finished studying a masters in sport at university. He was a bubbly guy and worked so hard. We went to the same church as kids.

“His mother is a devout Christian. I’m lost for words. I just cannot believe it. He was the nicest guy, very happy and outgoing.”

A police cordon remained in place in Ferncliff Road this morning as detectives continued to investigate the shooting.

Abraham’s mother was being supported by family members at the her home, around 100 yards away. The family were too upset to speak this morning.

A neighbour said: “They are a lovely family, church going and loving. Everyone is stunned this could happen to Abraham.

“He was a gentle, respectful young man and I pray for his family who are in pain right now.”

The murder is the third in Hackney this year and comes as 19 young men under the age of 25 have been killed in the capital in 2018.

Detective Chief Inspector Larry Smith, from Scotland Yard’s murder squad, said: “We are appealing for information so we can establish the circumstances which led to a young man losing his life.

“Anyone with information who hasn’t yet spoken with us should come forward without delay. Your call will be treated in the strictest confidence.”

There have been no arrests.

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Electoral Act: 67 Senators Sign To Override President Buhari

Electoral Act: 67 senators sign to override BuhariPublished 3 hours ago on March 26, 2018 By Chukwu David
Lawmakers, legal experts parley
Pro-President’s senators’number reduces
APC leaders’ intervention not bearing fruit
No fewer than 67 senators have endorsed the move by the apex legislative chamber to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018, New Telegraph reliably learnt at the weekend. A source in the apex legislative chamber, who spoke to our correspondent, but pleaded not to be mentioned in print, disclosed that 67 senators had already signed a Pro- Senate register seeking to override the veto. The source claimed that the number of signatures in the register had increased from the initial 63 last week to 67, expressing optimism that the number might exceed the twothirds requirement, which is 73 senators.
The breakdown of the senators who have signed to override the President shows: 10 senators from South-West; 15 from South- South; 13 from South-East, 12 from North-Central, 10 from North-East and seven from the North-West. Their identity is being kept as top secret. The source noted that some senators, for fear of victimization, were sitting on the fence, claiming that those in this category were more than 20, whom the source said that the pro- Senate faction was working hard to win to its side in the override task.
This is happening in spite of the intervention of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeking to stop the National Assembly from going ahead with the plan to use its constitutional powers to defeat Buhari’s veto. It was learnt that the senators and members of the House of Representatives were yet to see concrete evidence of the party to sincerely achieve peace between the National Assembly and the Presidency after the visit of the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led NWC to the legislative chambers.
Buhari had withheld assent to the bill, claiming that its passage would infringe on the constitutional powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as portray the National Assembly as legislating for the states on local government management, contrary to the 1999 Constitution which empowers the state assemblies to make laws for the state. However, further in quiries by New Telegraph showed that the Legal Department of the National Assembly had faulted all the points raised by President Buhari in vetoing the bill.
Consequently, the Legal Department asked the National Assembly to disregard the constitutional questions raised by the President and carry on with the planned throwing out of his veto if it wishes to do so. Furthermore, our correspondent learnt from a source close to the Senate leadership that based on this legal advice, the National Assembly members had started collating signatures on a possible override of the Buhari’s veto. Since the Senate passed the controversial amendments to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018 on February 14, the chamber had been divided into two factions namely:
the pro- Buhari Senators who now operate under the umbrella of Presidential Support Group (PSG) and the pro- Senate Group. Reliable sources told New Telegraph that the Pro-Senate wing was currently enjoying the majority so far while hinting that the Pro-Buhari Senators were also unrelenting in their quest to truncate the override plan.It was, however, learnt that as at yesterday, the number of senators in this group was 15, contrary to speculations peddled in the media that they had got up to 49 members. A source told our correspondent that the struggle was full of horse trading and a lot of intrigues, disclosing that the pro-Senate Group had infiltrated the ranks of the pro-Buhari group to give them a false sense of hope.
“This is politics; a lot of intrigues have come into play and that is why you are hearing different claims from the pro-Buhari Group of senators. But I can assure you that when the chips are down, you will see how it will go. The Pro-Buhari group is having a false sense of improvement in their numerical strength, but the senators know where they really belong,” the source said.
Another source stated: “A meeting of the pro- Senate group held in Lagos after the wedding party of the daughter of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Lagos at the weekend. The meeting afforded the pro-Senate Senators the opportunity to review the register and it was affirmed that 67 senators have so far signed.”
Meanwhile, one of the sources who attended the pro-Senate Group meeting at the weekend in Lagos during Dangote’s daughter’s wedding, said that at least three Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) joined the Senators at the meeting and that it was adopted that the interpretation of the law is that the two-thirds majority of those present in each chamber would be required and not two-thirds majority of all members of the Senate in the course of voting to override Mr. President’s veto. Another source said: “The plan for the overriding votes may start this week as the Senate leadership is sure they now have “very sufficient” numbers to act and get the desired results.
“Those who think they control South-West senators will have a shocker of their lives. At least 10 Senators from that zone will vote for the amendment; 15 from South-South; 13 from South-East, 12 from North-Central, 10 from North-East and seven from the North-West. “That is the zonal classification of those who have signed so far. We will get more from those who are still sitting on the fence.
The recent position of Gen. T.Y. Danjuma and the Coalition of Northern Groups are helping to win more sympathizers for the Pro-Senate group.” New Telegraph also observed that some senators appeared not to be in the picture of what is happening with regards to the plan to override President Buhari on his veto to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018. An APC chieftain, from the North-East told our correspondent that nobody had contacted him either for or against the override plot. “All I know is that Senators Abdullahi Adamu, Omo-Agege and others are actually holding their meeting in Adamu’s house, but honestly nobody has called me to a meeting. I also know that they are meeting with some governors in Adamu’s house.
“It may be because I am neutral that nobody has met with me for any discussion. I really don’t want to be physically involved because the matter is very controversial,” the senator told New Telegraph. Also, another senator belonging to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), expressed noninvolvement on the whole saga, depicting that he was either sitting on the fence or playing politics with the contentious matter. He said: “Nobody has met me on that. The bill has gone back to the House; you know it originated from the House, unless there is anything they are doing without my knowledge, but nobody has come to me to talk about overriding or not overriding

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Govt spends thousands to prosecute theft of fruit as case lasts nine years

 An Italian man has finally been acquitted of stealing an aubergine nine years after first being charged, ending a legal wrangle over a piece of fruit worth pennies that cost taxpayers thousands.

The man, then aged 49, had the incriminating aubergine in his bucket when police caught him trying to escape through a privately owned field near Lecce, in the southern region of Puglia, in 2009.

While being taken away, he pleaded with the police that he had tried to steal the nightshade because he was unemployed and desperate to feed his child.

The man’s legal counsel was still not satifised and took the case to the Court of Cassation in Rome, Italy’s highest appeals court, where the defendant was acquitted nearly a decade after he was first arrested.However, the courts initially showed no mercy, sentencing him to five months in prison and ordering him to pay 500 euros ($620) fine. That punishment was reduced on appeal to two months’ jail and 120 euros.

The Court of Cassation criticised the lower courts in Lecce for not taking into account the extreme weakness of the prosecution’s case, given the man’s financial situation.

The La Repubblica newspaper quoted the ruling as saying that the man “was definitely acting to satisfy the hunger of his family… there are grounds for justification (of the theft).”

The court also lamented the amount of public money spent on the case, with 7,000-8,000 euros going towards legal fees as the man was too poor to pay for his own defence, La Repubblica reported.

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Buhari Shocks Oyegun, Others, Withdraws Support For Tenure Extension Of All Progressives Congress Excos

President Muhammadu Buhari today withdrew his support to the decision of the National Executive Council of the All Progressives Congress  ( APC ) to extend the tenure of  National Working Committee (NWC)  of the party saying it contravenes the party's constitution and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  

He disclosed this at the National Executive Committee meeting of the party in Abuja on Tuesday. 

"In particular I think it is important to talk about the contentious issues of the tenure of our National and State Executive Officers. As we all know,  the motion was moved in the last NEC meeting  February 2,7 2018, to the effect that when the tenure of the current executive expires in June this year they should be allowed to continue for one year.  This motion was moved by a majority of members present at the last NEC meeting.  Even though some of our party members have since spoken very vehemently against it,  others have even taken the matter to court.

"On my own part I have taken some time to review and seek advice on the resolution and what I have found is that it contravenes our party constitution and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  

While the APC constitution article 17, in bracket 1 and 13 on two bracket b,  limits the tenure of elected officers to four years,  renewable once by another election.  The 1999 constitution of Nigeria as amended,  in section 223, also prescribes periodic election for party executives at regular intervals which must not exceed four years. 

"Further more,  article 31 of our party constitution provides that any principal officer wishing to re-contest or contest for another election must resign from his current post at least one month before the election.  In this circumstance what is expected of us is to conduct fresh election once the tenure of the current executives approaches its end. 

The caretaker committee cannot remedy the situation and cannot currently act in place of electing officer. Furthermore, I think if we the constitutional provisions we might be endangering the fortunes of our party. 

If the tenure of our party executive  can be legally faulted then it means that any nomination and primary election can also be faulted.  This is not to talk of the issues that will arise and is already arising within the party when some of our members felt that they are being denied the right to aspire to executive positions,  internal democracy is not explained within the party.  

I am therefore of the firm believe that it is better to follow strictly the dictates of our party and national constitution  rather than put APC and its activities at grave risk.  

Fortunately, we have already approved a timetable for the holding of congresses and elections.  I think this should be allowed to go forward and all efforts should now be geared towards making them a great success"  President Buhari ststed.

Buhari cautioned the NEC members  not to allow the party to be divided and vulnerable to the opposition as a result of court actions which may arise aftermath. 

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Breaking: Serbia beat Nigeria 2-0

The Super Eagles of Nigeria were on Tuesday beaten 2-0 by Serbia at Hive Stadium in London in a 2018 FIFA World Cup warm-up match.

Goals from Aleksandar Mitrović, who plies his trade at Newcastle, in the 68th and 81st minutes ensured Mladen Krstajic’s men flew over the Super Eagles.

Serbia booked their spot in Russia for the first time since 2010 after a remarkable run of form in the qualifying stages.

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#BBNaija: Check out the voting results that brought back Anto and Knloe

Moments ago, Anto and Khloe were announced as the housemates returning to the Big Brother Naija house to compete for the prize money!

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Peter Okoye die yesterday evening because of they malice between his brother Paul Okoye

Last month singer and entertainer Peter Okoye, 34, revealed to his millions of fans that he was having health issues. The Psquare singershared photos of him undergoing a CT scanand asked his fans to pray for him.

While he is now abroad, his brother Paul Okoyehas revealed what led Peter Okoye to the hospital.

I don’t know how he managed but it was good that he pulled through. And he came back December period we were playing concerts, rushing back no rest.

“Usually for Psquare we don’t do concerts in January. January was supposed to be our holiday period, anybody can travel. We always go to America, Atlanta chill, get to Miami but this time I’m using that opportunity to work with Muno in the studio” Paul Okoye further said.

Paul Okoye also allayed the fears of Psquare fans that nothing is wrong with his brother.

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