VICTIMS OF COLORADO BATMAN PREMIERE SHOOTING MOURNED

A candlelit vigil has been held in Aurora, Colorado, as the US begins to mourn the people killed by a gunman at a showing of the new Batman film, the Dark Knight Rises. US President Barack Obama ordered flags flown at half mast. A gunman wearing a full suit of tactical body armor, a helmet and a gas mask opened fire at a packed midnight showing of the Dark Knight Rises in a Denver suburb on Friday, killing 12 people after setting off two smoke bombs in the dark theater. Armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, the black-clad gunman wounded 58 others in the shooting rampage at at a mall in Aurora, turning the movie screening into a chaotic scene of dead or bleeding victims, horrified screams and pleas for help, witnesses said. Officers...

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MRI SCAN SHOCKING REVELATION

Eighteen members of the Nigerian U-17 team have failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test conducted to verify their ages. The affected players were screened out during the Grade 1 test ordered by FIFA for all the countries that will participate in CAF/FIFA age grade football competitions. The Media Officer of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) , Demola Olajire, confirmed the development on Friday, adding that the over-age players had been ordered out of the camp. "The NFF conducted MRI tests for the players presented to us by the coaches as U-17. The players failed our MRI test and they are out of the Golden Eaglets team," he said. "So, we are looking for new players now, but Nigerians should note that we are not the parents of these...

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Suspended Universities to Continue Operation but can't Admit New Students- NUC

The National University Commission (NUC) has claimed that the seven suspended private institutions will continue operations, but have been banned from admitting new students. The deputy executive secretary of the commission, Mr Akinbode Agbaoye made the clarification in reaction to a petition filed by Lead City University at the hearing called by House of Representatives on Wednesday. At the resumed public hearing of the House Committee on Public Petitions, Mr Agbaoye explained that the NUC has cleared two of the suspended universities after they produced the required documents. He added that the NUC will embark on forensic audit of the remaining institutions on the 19th of July. The body regulating the activities of tertiary institutions in Nigeria, suspended the operational licenses of seven...

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GOV FASHOLA APPREHENDS TWO MILITARY OFFICERS ON BRT LANE

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Tuesday arrested two top military officers who drove on the dedicated Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane, expressing dismay that those who should show the highest form of discipline and professionalism were the ones violating the BRT regulation. The two military officers, who were accosted on the BRT lane at the Outer Marina in Central Lagos, are Colonel Ki Yusuf who drove in an Army Green Peugeot 406 with registration number BO1 – 150 NA and Staff Sergeant Adeomi A.J. who drove in a black Toyota Camry. Realizing that the game was up, Colonel Yusuf came down from his car, saluted severally and kept muttering “I am sorry, very, very sorry”, with the Governor enquiring why, as a senior military officer,...

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MARRIED OLYMPIC COUPLE CANT STAY IN SAME ROOM

Marriage has its ups and its downs, but the downs don’t usually include being unable to sleep together.Sunday, Nick Green, chef de mission of the Australian Olympic Committee, told Australian Olympic shooters Russell and Lauryn Mark via email that they would not be able to room together in the Olympic Village during this month’s London Games.The husband and wife Olympians are calling the mandate stupid and believe it was set off by Russell’s pro-sleeping pill stance and Lauryn’s provocative photo shoot in the latest issue of The Zoo, an Australian magazine geared towards the fellows. Vangu...

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ARIK AIR LOSES WING!

Two days after Arik's Aircraft was involved in a near mishap on a flight from Enugu- Abuja, another incident involving one of the fleet's aircraft has occured in Jos, Plateau State. The aircraft with registration number 5NMJI on a routine flight to Lagos,Sunday, brushed the wing of a stationary Nigerian Air Force C-130 (NAF 917) at the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Heipang Jos. This was made known by Wing Commander A. Makun, who signed a release on behalf of the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Airforce, said the incident happened at about 1345hrs. "The accident occurred when the Arik aircraft was taxiing at the airport tarmac in preparation for take- off. The tank 1 wing tip of the NAF C-130 was damaged while the wing...

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ACN'S OSHIOMOLE TO BE DECLARED WINNER OF EDO GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION

As Nigerians await the announcement of the yesterday Edo State Governorship election result, there were indications that the incumbent Governor, Adams Oshiomhole may retain his seat. Previous results counted at various polling units shown that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate is leading with wide merging. Not only this, most of his opposition party chieftains were reported to have been floor at their various polling units by Oshimohole. For instance, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd) appeared to have lost not only overall, he was trounced in his senatorial district of Edo South – where Oshiomhole got a total of 1230 votes as against the paltry 158 for the...

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