Champions League Draw In Full As Arsenal To Face Bayern Munich And More

Group A: Paris, Real Madrid, Shakhtar, Malmö. Group B: PSV, Man. United, CSKA, Wolfsburg. Group C: Benfica, Atlético, Galatasaray, Astana. Group D: Juventus, Man. City, Sevilla, Mönchengladbach. Group E: Barcelona, Leverkusen, Roma, BATE Group F: Bayern, Arsenal, Olympiacos Dinamo Zagreb. Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kyiv, M. Tel-Aviv. Group E: Barcelona, Leverkusen, Roma, Gent

Lionel Messi Named The 2014/15 UEFA Best Player In Europe

UEFA has named Lionel Messi as the best player in Europe for the past season as he led Barcelona to a historic second treble. Messi was nominated alongside fellow Barcelona teammate, Luis Suarez and Real Madrid rival Lionel Messi. Earlier in the day, Messi second goal in the semi-final against Bayern Munich was named best goal while Marc Ter-Stegen’s double save in the same match was awarded best save. Meanwhile Célia Šašić (forward, FFC Frankfurt/GER/retired), 27 years old was named the female UEFA player of the year.

Drunk Naval Officer Shoots 3 Innocent People In Lagos

A drunk naval officer, yesterday shot 3 people in Ikorodu, Lagos yesterday leaving them in a critical condition. The incident happened in the afternoon after the suspected drunk naval officer left his duty post to chill. He began to play with his gun which went off and injured the three persons, who were innocently going about their businesses at the park. The gunshot caused pandemonium as business activities there were grounded for hours, while the victims were rushed to the hospital. The victims were then referred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. The suspected naval officer who is one of the personnel mounting surveillance in the area to prevent pipeline vandalism was arrested immediately and being detained at Naval Base, Ikorodu, while investigations into the matter continue.

4 Dead & Dozens Injured As 12 Year Old Female Suicide Bomber Strikes In Yobe

Six people, including two suspected suicide bombers, have died in two bomb explosions that occurred on Tuesday in Damaturu. DSP Toyin Gbadegeshin, the Yobe Police Command Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident to theNews Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Gbadegeshin said that three others were in critical condition, while 40 others who sustained various degrees of injury had been evacuated to hospitals in the area. He said one of the explosions involving a female suicide bomber of about 12 years of age, happened at the entrance of the Damaturu main motor park. “The girl detonated the explosive at the screening centre of the motor park gate, killing herself and four others, including a pregnant woman and a baby. The other explosive which went off at about the same time with the first one at Pompomari when a suspected male suicide bomber sensing he will be apprehended, ran into a nearby bush and the explosive went off killing him alone,’’ the police spokesman said. Meanwhile,Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, Director of Press to Yobe Governor, described the incident as “sad and unfortunate.” NAN reports that officials of the State Emergency Management Agency and hospital staff were providing emergency support to the victims

JAMB UTME 2016 Sales Of Form Begins August 31st (See Important Guidelines)

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has perfected plans to begin the 2016 sales of UTME form by August 31st, 2015. This was made known by the board’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin in statement today in Lagos It was gathered that the decision of the board to make the form available now is to prepare candidates early for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The scratch cards will be made available from August 31st, 2015 and can be purchased from the following banks; Zenith Bank, Sky Bank and First Bank. ”The registration fee for the UTME is N5,000 and candidates are also to pay N500 to obtain the textbook, The Last Days at Forcados High School’. ”Candidates will, however, be issued the book at the point of registration after showing evidence of payment,” the statement stated. Prospective candidates are advised to ensure they obtained the application forms early as well as fill their personal data correctly to avoid any mix-up. The deadline for sales of form is January 15, 2016. While the registration website will close January 19th, 2015. The 2016 UTME examination is expected to begin Feb.29 and end on March 14, 2016. Note: The UTME will be 100% Computer Based Test (CBT)..

Jonathan Fought Corruption In More Civilized Way Than Buhari – Falana

Femi Falana, a famous Lagos lawyer, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption strategy. The Lagos lawyer while speaking on Channels TV programme said that “contrary to the general belief that former President closed his eyes to corruption, Goodluck Jonathan did so much in the fight against corruption including the sack of three of his ministers for alleged graft.” Falana added that Jonathan carried out the most positive loot recovery without making noise about it. It should be noted that during the Jonathan’s tenure, the administration presented the Single Bank account for the country, saving billions. Their electronic payroll payment system and the Bio-metric registration of federal personnel recognized 68,000 ghost workers and over 50,000 ghost pensioners. The previous government also introduced the Single Contract Requisition system with a legislative oversight. The cashless economy was the cause that “Ghana-Must-Go” vanished in the National Assembly and around the corridors of his government.

Lagos Police Command Smashes Notorious Cult Gang, 14 Members Arrested

The Lagos State Police Command has recorded yet another success in its fight against Cultism and Armed Robbery in the State. In a bid to make good its promise to chase out armed robbers and cultists from the State, the Command has smashed a notorious robbery/cultist group that has continually unleashed a reign of terror on the residents of Mushin and Idi-Oro Areas of Lagos. Acting on diligently sourced and managed intelligence, the Command swooped in on the gang and a total of fourteen of the gang members have so far been arrested. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni while appealing to Lagosians to remain calm and to continue to furnish the Command with vibrant and actionable intelligence, hereby warns all cultists and armed robbers that the Command will employ all legal means within his disposal to decisively deal with them and their sponsors c*m benefactors, adding that unless and until they desist from such nefarious activities, there shall be no hiding place for them.

4 Nigerians Emerge best Graduating Students at Dillard

Nigerians making Nigeria proud everywhere they go: 4 Nigerians Emerge Best graduating Students at Dillard University, U.SOne Nigerian lady and three men were named as best graduating students at the Dillard University, New Orleans, and the U.S.A. The ceremony for 226 graduates was held at the University Auditorium and had the First Lady, Michelle Obama, in attendance. On that evening all eyes were on 20-year-old Merrilyn Akpapuna.The Delta-State-born bright mind has obtained the highest distinction, Summa c*m Laude, in Psychology. The topic of her research project was sexual harassment. Moreover, Akpapuna won an award for highest academic achievements for the College of Arts and Sciences and another one for College of General Studies. She plans her postgraduate study at Western Michigan University this autumn. The graduate, who was also the valedictorian, a student who delivers farewell speech at the ceremony, shared the stage with Michelle Obama.

Lagos State House Of Assembly Chief Matron found dead in Office

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The Chief Matron of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline Oriola, who had been missing since Saturday has been found dead in her office.
Oriola was found dead this morning by a cleaner who had resumed work to clean the clinic found her corpse.
It was learnt that the Chief Matron had told her Husband that she was going to her office on Saturday to pick up some drugs.
She allegedly drove her car to the Assembly complex, parked at the lawmakers’ car park, before proceeding to her office.
She was also said to have turned on the air conditioner in her office and locked the door from inside.
The cause of her death is currently unknown.
There have been lots of crying and wailing at the Assembly by staff members.

Radio Biafra Back on Air

After struggling to jam the transmission signals of Radio Biafra, the Federal Government seems to have lost the battle as the station is back on air. The Federal Government had on July 14 announced that it jammed the transmission signals of the radio station, which was operating illegally from an unknown location. The radio station however stopped broadcasting in July, but all indications showed yesterday that the radio was back on air, when it transmitted live yesterday on the same frequency it was before closing down in July.

Former President Jonathan Is Not A Drunkard – Reuben Abati

Former Spokesperson to former President Jonathan, Reuben Abati, says contrary to what many believe, Jonathan is not a drunkard. He said for all the years he worked as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the former president, he only saw him drink wine during government functions. Abati cleared the air during a recent interview with Rockcity 101.9 FM, Abeokuta, Ogun State. “President Jonathan does not drink. You see, that’s one of the myths about that administration and you must understand how this thing is, it’s all about perception, communication, it’s all about what goes out and it’s about stereotyping. People just stereotype people from a particular part of the country as drunkards, and they look for justification for one type of behaviour or the other. But I can tell you that in my 4 years of working for President Jonathan, I never found him in a bibulous situation. If he ever tasted any drink, maybe a glass of wine during special occasions. All those stories about him drinking, about President Jonathan always being berated, about bibulous situations inside the Villa, those things did not exist. The people must find justifications to say this is why we think this situation is this way it is. I tell you and Nigerians will remember that he is a very humble man; he is a very committed person to the Nigerian project. If you look at the results of the elections, you’ll see that he lost the elections with about 2.5 million votes or thereabout, which means that a large number of Nigerians still believed in him and also believed in his ability and his capability of his administration to move Nigeria forward. We were dealing with a democracy; the people have a right to make a choice, when the people make a choice, we respect that choice. And our commitment as Nigerians, whoever we may be, whatever we maybe our station, is to remain committed to Nigeria, and to support whoever has emerged and to respect the choice and the decision of Nigerians. This is not about witch-hunt, it’s not about criticising people, the Nigerian people have spoken and we stand by the decision of the Nigerian people. And we all support whoever is there to move Nigeria forward. So this backward looking, can we just look forward? Can we all just work together to move Nigeria forward? For me, that is where the emphasis should be, because we are all Nigerians and at the end of the day the country is more important than all of us”he said.