Soldier, Widower Killed As Gunmen Abduct Monarch In Rivers

A soldier was, Sunday night, shot dead along with a widower by unknown armed men who kidnapped Chief Emmanuel Obisike Eche, Eze Ochialiri II, the paramount ruler of  Rumuji community in Emohua Local Government of Rivers State.

The army officer, Chikodi Onu, a native of  the community, who has just been posted to Lagos was in his Rumuoji home to visit his extended family when he met his untimely death.
He and Sampson Ihunwo, a widower with eight children, were said to have confronted the gunmen while they were taking the monarch away.
Eche Kenneth, one of Eze Eche’s sons said his father’s abductors struck at about 9 p.m, using a Toyota Camry car.
He said: “They could not identify my father the first time. One of them, however, got to know him through a photograph in the palace. Then, they went outside where my father was sitting and dragged him into the vehicle’s trunk.
“The soldier who thought they were policemen confronted them and they shot him dead on the spot while Ihunwo who pointed a torch light at them was also  killed.”
The monarch’s family said it was yet to get any contact about his whereabouts. While the remains of the soldier had been deposited at Military Hospital, Port Harcourt that of Ihunwo in an unknown mortuary.
The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Ben Ugwuegbulam, could not be reached for confirmation of the incident at press time.

PHOTOS: Comedienne Princess Weds

Popular Nigerian comedienne and occasional actress Princess Damilola Adekoya is officially a married woman.
Princess and her lover Ade some moments ago today, Monday, April 22, 2013 made it official at the Federal Marriage Registry, Ikoyi, Lagos.
‘He’s a very quiet and private person, and someone who loves and understands what I do. He loves entertainment too, I won’t say more than that for now…‘ Princess said in a recent interview.
The couple will still be having a traditional marriage ceremony slated for May 8, 2013. This will be preceded by her ’Shades of Comedy’ show coming up on Worker’s Day, May 1.

Tanker Fire: 70 Houses Burnt In Ibadan, 25 Houses and 45 Shops Gutted So far

A gasoline tanker traveling on narrow road in a residential area in Ibadan caught fire from a local cooking fire place leading to fire explosions that have now gutted 25 houses and 45 shops in Omitowoju area of Ibadan city in Oyo state.National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said they are working to stop the raging inferno before looking into the number of casualty caused by the fire.

185 Killed, 2000 Houses Razed in Borno Town, Baga, as Soldiers, Boko Haram Fight

At least 185 persons including women and children were reported to have been killed by either gunshots  or fire after suspected Boko Haram gunmen engaged soldiers of the Joint Task Force in a deadly shootout that left the commercial border town of Baga in Borno State completely burnt down.
Local government officials, who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES, said 185 persons died, at least 2000 houses, 64 motorcycles and 40 cars were burnt in the wake of the attack.
The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, visited the town on Sunday and was told by residents that soldiers were responsible for the torching of houses that led to the death of many.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that scores of others are currently hospitalised with various shades of burnt injuries.
Residents said most casualties, especially the aged ones and children, died as a result of the conflagration that engulfed the entire town.
Governor Kashim Shettima, who visited the town on Sunday, became emotionally drenched at the sight of charred houses,vehicles and how homeless residents took refuge in the bush.
The Commander of the Task Force, Brigadier General Austin Edokpaye, explained that the fire that consumed the town and resultant deaths should be blamed on the Boko Haram terrorists who opened fire on soldiers while  hiding in the mix of civilians.
A local trader in Baga told PREMIUM TIMES that the attack started at about 8 p.m. on Friday and was continued the next day.
"Only God can understand what we have done to deserve this. But the soldiers were mindless that night in their approach; they killed and burnt our houses, chased everyone into the bush including women and children. So far we have buried 185 corpses. – some were burnt beyond recognition; others are hospitalised with various degrees of burnt," said the resident who begged to remain anonymous.
Governor Shettima who drove through the burnt town amidst heavy motorcade of security personnel condemned the incident which he said was a 'nasty occurrence'.
At the town's hospital, the governor had to  commiserate with women, children and aged men receiving treatment for various degrees of burnt caused by the fire.
Bashir Isa, a grocery merchant,  told PREMIUM TIMES that "everyone has been in the bush since Friday night; we started returning back to town because the governor came to town today.
"To get food to eat in the town now is a problem because even the markets are burnt. We are still picking corpses of women and children in the bush and creeks."
Brigadier General Edokpaye denied allegations by residents that the shootout was unprovoked.
"We lost an officer during the attack on our men on patrol. We've received an intelligence that some suspected Boko Haram members usually pray and hide arms at a particular mosque in town. It was around that mosque that our men were attacked with several of them injured and an officer died.
"When we reinforced and returned to the scene, the terrorists came out with heavy firepower including RPGs which usually has a conflagration effect," the army chief said.
Governor Shettima pleaded with fleeing residents to return to their burnt homes as a committee had been empannelled to provide a palliative compensation for the loss they suffered.
He also called on the commander to "take full charge" of his operation and ensure he personally supervises his field officers from time to time "in order to avert such nasty incidences in the future."

2015: Jonathan’s Aides Negotiate With Niger Delta Ex-Militants Over Insecurity In Region

Aides of President Goodluck Jonathan are scheduling a series of meetings with ex-militant leaders from the Niger Delta states to smooth the way for Mr. Jonathan’s plans to run again in 2015.
Earlier, Lawrence Pepple, who works with Kingsley Kuku, the presidential adviser on Niger Delta Affairs and chairman of the amnesty implementation committee, held one of the meetings with some former militants. A source told SaharaReporters that Mr. Pepple discussed an alleged plot by anti-Jonathan forces to break the ranks of ex-militants and provoke insecurity in the region ahead of the 2015 elections.
Mr. Pepple, the head of Reintegration Department for the amnesty committee, stood in for Mr. Kuku at today’s talk. The meeting took place at the official opening of the office of a peace advocacy group called the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative (LPCDI). The group’s founder, Reuben Wilson, was an ex-militant leader.
Mr. Pepple warned that anti-Goodluck Jonathan forces had infiltrated everywhere, including the fold of ex-militants and the leadership of major oil producing countries. Mr. Kuku’s emissary disclosed that the primary reason for today’s meeting was to inform ex-militants of the amnesty committee’s efforts and plans to improve their welfare. He added, however, that worrisome reports on the activities of anti-Jonathan forces were linked to a recent spike in violence in the region, including the killing of 12 police officers in Bayelsa State.
Reading Mr. Kuku’s speech, Mr. Pepple reportedly described the murder of 12 police officers as a “tip of the iceberg.” He added: “More will happen. People are all out to create a sense of insecurity, not only in the North, but in the house of Jonathan so as to make him not sellable. Jonathan has value and he is better than those we don't know.” He then pleaded with the ex-militants: “They (anti-Jonathan forces) will come to you, please take their money and do not execute the destruction they want you to do."
The speech continued: “They have ganged up and will come in different clouts. This year, 2013, is the determining year on whether Goodluck will run or not. 2014 is the Passover year and we must make him marketable. They have penetrated many nations including the United States of America. This is why I am going to address the Congress on the Niger Delta issue. We need to tell the US Congress that if they support these anti-Jonathan forces, we cannot guarantee internal security in the Niger Delta." In his own speech, the leader of the newly formed group, Mr. Wilson, noted that the formation of the group was to serve as a catalyst for sustainable peace in the region.
“For some time now, the existing sustainable peace in the region has led to many positive developments,” he said. Mr. Wilson claimed that Nigeria’s oil wealth had risen and added that the benefits could be seen in new developmental strides under the administration of President Jonathan. Mr. Wilson described peace as golden, and then accused unidentified interests with “trying to puncture our testimony of total peace and tranquility entered into through the Federal Government’s amnesty program in the region." He blamed the killing of 12 police officers on “anti-peace agents.”
He condemned the killing and called on law enforcement agents to “go after these enemies of peace and development in the south-south. We will not allow them [to] drag the region back to the forgotten dark days.” Mr. Wilson pledged his group’s readiness “to assist the security agencies in bringing these evil agents to book to serve as a deterrent to others plotting to engage in violent crime,” adding, “Violence does not pay in resolving personal issues."

Jay Z Linked To Satanic Sex Cult

There's a new claim that Jay Z is a devotee of the satanic sex cult, Ordo Templi Orientis, founded by Aleister Crowley (pictured right below).

Ordo Templi Orientis founding 'prophet' Aleister Crowley, who was born into an upper-class British family in 1875, styled himself as 'the Great Beast 666'. He was an unabashed occultist who, prior to his death in 1947, reveled in his infamy as 'the wickedest man in the world'.
His form of worship involved sadomasochistic sex rituals with men and women, spells which he claimed could raise malevolent gods and the use of hard drugs, including opium, cocaine, heroin and mescaline. Crowley’s motto — perpetuated by OTO — was 'do what thou wilt'. And it is this individualistic approach that has led to a lasting fascination among artists and celebrities.
Celebrities linked to OTO include the rapper Jay-Z, who has repeatedly purloined imagery and quotations from Aleister Crowley.
Whether wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with 'Do what thou wilt' or hiring Rihanna to hold aloft a flaming torch in his music videos (a reference to the Illuminati, an outlawed secret society whose name supposedly derives from Lucifer, or 'light bringer'), he has given the sect priceless publicity.
His clothing line, Rocawear, is shot through with OTO imagery such as the 'all seeing eye' in a triangle, the 'eye of Horus' (an ancient Egyptian symbol frequently referenced in occult texts) and the head of Baphomet (the horned, androgynous idol of Western occultism).
Some conspiracy theorists have seized on this as evidence that he is a member of a secret Masonic movement which they believe permeates the highest levels of business and government.
Others take a more pragmatic view: that it is commercial opportunism, cashing in on impressionable teens’ attraction to the 'edginess' of occult symbolism.

INEC Headquarters On Fire Again

A fire incident occurred on Monday at the Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja.

The minor fire incident occurred in the office of the former director in charge of Alternative Dispute Resolution located in the Information, Communications and Technology, ICT, building of the headquarters.
Kayode Idowu, the commission’s spokesperson, confirmed the fire incident.
The incident occurs less than four months after another fire incident at the headquarters. The January 7 incident occurred at the office of the Director of Voter Registry at the same ICT building.

President Jonathan Quiet More Than 48 Hours After 185 Civilians Massacred In Borno

More than 48 hours after Nigerian soldiers hunting for Boko Haram insurgents allegedly leveled Baga town in Borno State, killing 185 civilians and wounding several others, President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to comment on the tragedy.
The president’s silence is a sharp contrast with the way his United States counterpart, Barack Obama, acts whenever even a single American is killed.
Immediately news of the Boston bombing, which killed three and injured more than 170 reached him last Monday, President Obama spoke up, condole with the victims and their families, described the incident as an act of terrorism and stressed the determination of the American authorities to bring perpetrators to book.
But there has been no word from the Nigerian government since news of the massacre broke in the local and international press.
Presidential spokespersons, Reuben Abati and Doyin Okupe did not answer or return calls seeking comments on why the president is still quiet about the killings. They also did not respond to text messages sent to them.
The president’s silence has however sparked outrage among some Nigerians.
“A competent and sensible president should have visited Borno immediately to see things for himself,” says Segun Onabanjo, a sociology lecturer at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye. “That he is still holed up there in Aso Rock, keeping mum when his troops are alleged to have extrajudicially killed 185 is an indication of how much this president values the lives of the people he governs.”
Olu Akerele, a chieftain of the opposition Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, said it is sad that Nigerians have no one to look up to for leadership in the face of this kind  of tragedy.
“Our expectation is that the president would immediately review the intelligence he received from Borno and then take action to lessen the pains of the people of the town. This president has carried his ineptitude too far,” Mr. Akerele said. “It is an indication that even if all of us are killed, this president just might not care.”
At least 185 persons including women and children were reportedly killed by either gunshots  or fire after  soldiers of the Joint Task Force tried to hunt down Boko Haram insurgents in the commercial border town of Baga in Borno State, completely burning down the community in the process.
Local government officials who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES said 185 persons died, at least 2000 houses, 64 motorcycles and 40 cars were burnt in the wake of the attack.
The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, visited the town on Sunday and was told by residents that soldiers were responsible for the torching of houses that led to the death of many.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that scores of others are currently hospitalised with various shades of burnt injuries.
Residents said most casualties especially the aged ones and children died as a result of the conflagration that engulfed the entire town.
Governor Kashim Shettima who visited the town on Sunday became emotionally drenched at the sight of charred houses,vehicles and how homeless residents took refuge in the bushes.
The Commander of the Task Force, Brigadier General Austin Edokpaye, explained that the fire that consumed the town and resultant deaths should be blamed on the Boko Haram terrorists who opened fire on soldiers while  hiding in the mix of civilians.
A local trader in Baga told PREMIUM TIMES that the attack started at about 8 p.m on Friday and was continued the next day.
“Only God can understand what we have done to deserve this. But the soldiers were mindless that night in their approach; they killed and burnt our houses, chased everyone into the bush including women and children. So far we have buried 185 corpses. – some were burnt beyond recognition; others are hospitalised with various degrees of burnt,” said the resident who begged to remain anonymous.
Governor Shettima who drove through the burnt town amidst heavy motorcade of security personnel condemned the incident which he said was a ‘nasty occurrence’.
At the town’s hospital, the governor had to  commiserate with women, children and aged men receiving treatment for various degrees of burnt caused by the fire.
Bashir Isa, a grocery merchant,  told PREMIUM TIMES that “everyone has been in the bush since Friday night; we started returning back to town because the governor came to town today.
“To get food to eat in the town now is a problem because even the markets are burnt. We are still picking corpses of women and children in the bush and creeks.”
Brigadier General Edokpaye denied residents allegations that the shootout was unprovoked.
“We lost an officer during the attack on our men on patrol. We’ve received an intelligence that some suspected Boko Haram members usually pray and hide arms at a particular mosque in town. It was around that mosque that our men were attacked with several of them injured and an officer died.
“When we reinforced and returned to the scene the terrorists came out with heavy firepower including RPGs which usually has a conflagration effect,” the army chief said.
Governor Shettima pleaded with fleeing residents to return back to their burnt homes as a committee has been empannelled to provide a palliative compensation for the loss they suffered. He also called on the commander to “take full charge” of his operation and ensure he personally supervises his field officers from time to time “in order to avert such nasty incidences in the future.”

List Of Top 100 Best Universities In Nigeria 2013 – NUC

 

Every year the National University Commission, NUC, ranks universities in Nigeria due to the performance and meeting the requirement of a standard school.

This body monitor the universities in Nigeria to know those schools who’s equipment is not updated or valid, also notice those who’s equipment is standard in other for the schools to produce qualified graduates.

Below is the 2013 Top 100 NUC University Ranking in Nigeria.

2013 TOP 100 University In Nigeria by NUC
1. University of Ibadan, UI
2. University of Lagos, Unilag
3. University of Benin, Uniben
4. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU
5. Ahmadu Bello University, Abu
6. University of Ilorin, Unilorin
7. University of Jos, Unijos
8. University of Port Harcourt, Uniport
9. University of Maiduguri, Unimaid
10. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta,
11. Lagos State University, Lasu
12. Federal University of Technology, Futo
13. Covenant University, CU
14. University of Nigeria, UNN
15. Federal University of Technology, Futa
16. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Unizik
17. Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Esut
18. Pan African University
19. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. lautech
20. Modibbo Adama University of Technology
21. African University of Science and Technology
22. University of Uyo, Uniuyo
23. Bayero University Kano, Buk
24. Ambrose Alli University, AAU
25. Redeemer’s University,
26. Babcock University
27. Federal University of Technology,
28. University of Calabar, Unical
29. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,
30. Ajayi Crowther University
31. Bowen University
32. Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Rsust
33. Lead City University
34. Crawford University
35. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU
36. Abia State University, Absu
37. Usmanu Danfodio University,
38. Igbinedion University
39. Imo State University, Imsu
40. Niger Delta University
41. Bells University of Technology
42. Kwara State University
43. Nasarawa State University
44. Caleb University
45. Obong University Obong
46. Adekunle Ajasin University
47. Ekiti State University,
48. American University of Nigeria
49. Joseph Ayo Babalola University
50. Veritas University Abuja
51. Afe Babalola University
52. Kaduna State University Kaduna
53. Osun State University Oshogbo …
54. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University Katsina
55. Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ndufu-Alike
56. Salem University Lokoja
57. Novena University Ogume
58. Achievers University, Owo Owo
59. Benson Idahosa University Benin City
60. Ebonyi State University Abakaliki
61. University of Abuja Abuja
62. University of Mkar Mkar
63. Madonna University Okija
64. Bingham University Auta Balifi
65. Plateau State University Bokkos
66. Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun
67. Federal University, Dutse Dutse
68. Nigerian Turkish Nile University Abuja
69. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai
70. Landmark University Omu-Aran
71. Delta State University, Abraka Abraka
72. University of Agriculture, Makurdi Makurdi
73. Renaissance University Enugu
74. Federal University, Otuoke Otuoke
75. Tai Solarin University of Education Ijebu-Ode …
76. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Oye …
77. Kano State University of Technology Wudil
78. Tansian University Umunya …
79. Akwa Ibom State University Uyo
80. Baze University Abuja
81. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero
82. Benue State University Makurdi
83. Adeleke University Ede
84. Ondo State University of Science & Technology Okitipupa
85. Kogi State University Anyigba
86. Western Delta University Oghara
87. Federal University, Wukari Wukari
88. Paul University Awka
89. Caritas University Enugu
90. Federal University, Lafia Lafia
91. Cross River University of Science & Technology Calabar …
92. Fountain University Oshogbo
93. Al-Hikmah University Ilorin
94. Godfrey Okoye University Ugwuomu-Nike
95. Oduduwa University Ile Ife
96. Anambra State University Uli
97. Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye …
98. Federal University, Lokoja Lokoja
99. Federal University, Kashere Kashere
100. Rhema University Obeama-Asa

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