WAEC fee: Osun protesting pupils attack radio station, vandalise vehicles

Rampaging secondary school pupils in Osun State  on Thursday staged a public protest against the decision of the state government to stop payment of the WAEC fees of some SS3 students.

Hundreds of students trooped out in Ile Ife to protest  the new policy and some of them reportedly attacked  some motorists  while some of them vandalised Orisun FM, a radio station owned by the state government located in the town.

ThisDay publisher returns N350m Share In Dasuki Gate $2.1bn Arms Deal

Yet to be confirmed information has it that the publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, may have returned his own share of N350 Million of the Dasuki Gate 2.1 Billion naira arms deal to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

A top operative of the commission, who confided in our correspondent on Wednesday, said Obaigbena returned the money to the commission on Tuesday.

Onitsha CD Executives Call For Operation Kpochapu Sack As Robbers On Rampage

CRIMINAL INVASION OF UPPER IWEKA ONITSHA:CD URGE OBIANO TO DISBAND OPERATION NKPOCHAPU.THE CAMPAIGN FOR DEMOCRACY CD RAISES ALARM OVER D INVASION OF THE CITY OF ONITSHA BY SUSPECTED HOODLUMS WHO NOW TERRORISES INNOCENT CITIZENS WHO DO THEIR NORMAL BUSINESSES. RECALL THAT THE GOV HAD SETUP A COMBINED TASK FORCE WHICH INCLUDES THE

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It was a German Poet, Playwright, and theatre director of the 20th century, Eugen Bertolt Friedrich Brecht, who said that the worst illiterate is the political illiterate. According to him, 'The political illiterate hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines, all, depend on political decisions. The political illiterate doesn't know that from his political non participation comes the prostitute, the abandoned child, the robber and, worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys of exploitative multinational companies.'

Supreme Court sacks Oduah,Ubah, Ekwunife & 8 Others

Unconfirmed report reaching ashiwaju.org disclosed that the Nigeria Supreme Court has sacked the the elected National Assembly members from Anambra state produced by other group not connected with Chirs Uba led faction of the  People Democratic Party.

The Apex court ruled in its unanimous judgement Friday, averred that the members of the Chirs Uba led faction were duly nominated and conducted their primates in accordance with the electoral act guidelines.

Musonda trouble for Gunners

CHELSEA manager, Guus Hiddink may be unleashing 19-year-old Belgian striker, Charly Musonda on Arsenal when the two EPL giants clash tomorrow at the Emir­ates.Musonda was a delight to watch on Tuesday when Chel­sea U-21 recorded a massive 5-0 win over QPR at Cobham. Hiddink watched the game and was impressed with the five star performance of the teenager.Daily Mail reports that Hid­dink

The World's Highest-Paid YouTube Stars 2015

Ask just about any stranger on the street who Felix Kjellberg is and you’ll likely get a blank stare. Identify him as PewDiePie, his name on YouTube—where he’s got almost 40 million subscribers—and you’ll get a few more positive responses.

The 25-year-old Swede is the top-earning YouTube star on the planet, pulling in $12 million pretax over the past year, all for providing expletive-heavy commentary as he plays videogames. Thanks to the millions of fans who make up his “bro army,” advertisers are willing to pay a pretty penny to have their products featured in his videos.

CHAN Eagles opener: Chikatara woke me up from sleep –Bassey

VETERAN sports journalist, Paul Bassey, is one of the few Nigerian soccer buffs working as technical officials for Confedera­tion of African Football (CAF) at the on going CHAN soccer tournament in Rwanda.

Bassey, a member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical committee was obviously praying for the Super Eagles to do Nigeria proud in Kigali.

Fr. Mbaka: The making of a fiery priest

FROM childhood, Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, the spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), showed traces of one that would be unique.
Born into a poor family of a palm wine tapper of a father, Fr. Mbaka was not discouraged as he helped out his fa­ther in his vocation with which the fam­ily was sustained.
A search into the humble beginning and make-up of the stature of Fr. Mbaka took Saturday Sun to his ancestral home in Amata, Ituku, in Awgu Local Govern­ment Area of Enugu State.

Anambra stands still as Ngige buries father

Anambra State Friday stood still for late Pa Pius Okonkwo Ngige, father of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, as the crème de la crème of Nigerian politics stormed Alor in Idemili South Local Government Area to pay last respects to him. He died at 105.