JAMB suspends worker over N36m swallowed by snake

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Sunday that it had suspended its employee, Philomina Chieshe, on account of N36m which was reported to have been swallowed by a snake in the board’s office in Makurdi, Benue State.
The JAMB Head of Information, Fabian Benjamin, told our correspondent on Sunday that the board was taking her through other disciplinary measures while security agencies were investigating the matter.
Benjamin said, “She has been suspended and she is going through all other disciplinary procedures while investigation is ongoing on the matter. Her claim was that a snake came into the office and swallowed the N36m proceeds.”

2019 Presidency: Restructuring, condition for alliance, southern groups tell northern elders

    

Southern groups, including the Ohanaeze Ndigbo; the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, and the Ijaw Youth Council, on Sunday said restrucuring must be central to the plan by the North to form an alliance with zones in the South for presidency in 2019.
The Afenifere and the IYC said they had interest in any group that truly believed in restructuring, but the Ohanaeze Ndigbo also said the proposal by the northern leaders was because of 2019 elections only.
On its part, the Middle Belt Youth Council said the main agenda of the North was to dominate the South and the North-Central (Middle Belt).
Northern elders and stakeholders had, at a meeting in Abuja on Saturday, said they were exploring ways to form an alliance with the South.

I’ll support my son-in-law’s governorship ambition —Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Monday said despite perceived opposition across the state, he would support his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, to be governor in 2019 if he decides to contest.
Nwosu, who is currently the governor’s chief of staff, is married to Okorocha’s first daughter, Ulomma.
A press statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, quoted Okorocha to have spoken when leaders of the All Progressives Congress from Owerri Municipal Council visited him on Monday.
The APC leaders’ visit, Onwuemeodo said, was to urge Okorocha to encourage Nwosu to be the next governor.

Non Teaching Staff Attmept To Distrup NAU Matriculation Foiled BY Police

PRESIDENT BUHARI WELCOMES THE RELEASE OF UNIMAID LECTURERS, 10 POLICE WIVES

 The Department of State Services, DSS  Saturday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the release, through negotiations, of three University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) lecturers abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Magumeri, Borno State. 

Also released from the Boko Haram terrorists are 10 women, kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa road, near Maiduguri. 

ASUU,SSANU, NAAT Attempt to Disrupt NAU Matriculation Foiled by Joint Security Operatives

The three striking unions of the Nigeria Universities in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka have alleged that the school authorities have assigned their responsibilities to Corps members to carry out their duties.

They lamented that the school authorities are insensitive to their plight by engaging ad-hoc staff to carry out their duties.

Buhari sends his best wishes to Team Nigeria at PyeongChang Winter Olympics

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday extended his best wishes to Team Nigeria as it begins its historic appearance at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. (L-R): Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, and Akuoma Omeoga attend a social social event in Lagos, Nigeria on February 2, 2018. The lady bobsledders will be the first ever Nigerian team at the Winter Olympics when the compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Fans to celebrate Ayinde Barrister’s 70th birthday

The essence of legendary fuji musician, Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, will come alive on Saturday, when his fans will celebrate his 70th posthumous birthday in Lagos.
The event holding at Shodex Garden, in the Anthony Village area of Ikorodu Road, is being organised by the Ayinde Barrister Legacy Club.
Apart from an anticipated rain of tributes, a fuji artiste, said to be propagating Barrister’s style, Taju System, will perform.

I’ve lived a fulfilled life –Yinka Ayefele

In spite of the huge success recorded in the music industry, Yinka Ayefele has revealed that he never thought of becoming a musician at a time.
Ayefele, who is now a highly sought-after musician, said he dumped his quest to become a banker when he couldn’t get a job.
 He told Saturday Beats, “Growing up, I loved music but I didn’t know it would become my profession. My late father wanted me to be a banker and I worked towards it too. After my degree, my brothers made efforts to get me a job at the cooperative banks but nothing worked out. My life changed a day we went to a Christmas event at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria. They found out that I had a good voice, and immediately, they gave me some programmes to handle.”

We are tired of foreigners, coming to win Lagos City Marathon – Ambode

Buratai, Dalung, Pinnick, A-List Artistes, Celebrities, Others To Participate Ahead of Saturday’s Lagos City Marathon, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said the State Government has set a target to get the event listed in the annual calendar of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) that would make the Marathon earn a Gold Label award within the next two years.
Akinwunmi Ambode Governor Ambode, who spoke during an interview with Kwese TV, said it was gratifying that the Lagos City Marathon had, within three years, earned a Bronze Label rating, saying that the past two editions have put Lagos on the international map as the hub for sports development in Africa and that efforts are in top gear to make this year’s edition bigger and better. “For Lagos, this is an exciting moment for us. We believe strongly that we are the capital of sports in Nigeria and we need to showcase all the infrastructure and facilities that we have in