The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi & his Olori, Wuraola Zynab Otiti stepped out today for the very first time since their Wedding & Thanksgiving ceremony.

The Royal Couple attended the first matriculation ceremony of the Kings University, Ode-Omu, Osun state

Around the world, people are beginning to turn their backs on religion.  A new study has revealed that with each passing generation, Americans too are steadily becoming less religious. The number of people in the US who claim religious affiliations or attend Church has dropped.

And, the belief in God is dropping as well.

The study published in the American Journal of Sociology examined US data from the General Social
Survey, which is conducted every two years.
Comparisons with data from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand revealed an overall drop in religious belief over time.

In one example, the team found that 41 percent of people aged 70 and older reported they attend church services at least once a month.

For people just under that age bracket, 60 and younger, only 18 percent attend church at this frequency.

And, just 45 percent of people ages 18-30 reported they have 'no doubt God exists,' compared with 68 percent of those 65 and older who said the same.

The researchers say the data remains consistent over time, reflecting the trend seen elsewhere in the world.

Eighty students were expelled from the University of Ibadan at the end of the last academic session for poor academic performance.Vice Chancellor of Nigeria’s premier University, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, disclosed this today at the matriculation of 4008 students for the 2015/ 2016 session.

The event which was postponed last week held at the university’s International Conference Centre.
Twenty-eight of the expelled students came from the sciences, while 20 came from Agriculture and Forestry department. Arts produced 13 of them, Basic Medical Sciences 1, Public Health 1, Social Sciences 6, Education 4, Technology 5, and Veterinary Medicine 2.

Olayinka told the freshmen that other reasons students could lose their studentship include: examination misconduct, unruly behavior, indecent behavior, vandalism, miscellaneous hall offences, unauthorized use/displacement/damage to university property, pilfering, insubordination, direct sale of bed space/squatting in halls of residence, membership of secret cult(s) on campus, illegal participation in the National Youth Service Programme, illegal registration as full-time student, and infringement of other university regulations.

“Any of the under-listed is a criminal offence which must be referred to the Police: fraud, theft, burglary, assault occasioning bodily harm, murder, membership of a secret cult inside or outside campus, possession of fire-arms, arson, rape, possession and/or use of hard drug and drug trafficking and other criminal offences”.

Olayinka advised the new students tasting freedom for the first time that freedom is not absolute.

“Those of you who are leaving home for the first time would realize that you are now exposed to enjoy a measure of freedom, which you may not have enjoyed before, as you are no longer under the watchful eyes of your parents.

This freedom, however, has its limitations. In other words, your freedom ends at the point where you trample on the fundamental human right of others, or when you infringe on the rules and regulations of the University”.

He urged the new students to be studious.

“Let me inform you that at the University of Ibadan, we do not tell students what to think. You have to learn to think for yourselves. Our teaching is designed to produce intellectual self-reliance-to teach you how to learn and how to take charge of your thinking.

We encourage you to be independent in your judgment and critical in your analysis. We work to help you develop these skills here at UI, and we hope you will retain them for life. They will continue to serve you as you experience a world that is constantly and rapidly changing.

I, therefore, want to charge you not to restrict yourselves to your field of study alone so as to profit maximally from the numerous activities that will be presented to you throughout the duration of your course in the university”.

He warned the students to comport themselves in a manner that is befitting of an undergraduate student and or new postgraduate student of this premier institution, as the university would not tolerate any act of hooliganism and wanton destruction of properties – all in the name of students’ demonstration, indecent dressing, prostitution and or any other social vices”.

Olayinka also warned students against cultism and segxwal harassment.

“Cultism by all estimation is evil and those who associate themselves with it are also evil. For this reason, you should not go into any relationship without thorough investigation.

The approach employed is that the cultists camouflage in different colors to recruit members. You should live a modest life and avoid flaunting your financial disposition in public, as this is a veritable attraction to the hoodlums who engage in cultism”.

The 4008 students admitted by the university this year rank the highest in recent times as admission was pegged at 3000.

The Vice Chancellor disclosed that out of 23,219 students that made 200 and above that were invited for Post-UTME, 19,292 sat for the exam out of which 3,225 were given admissions adding additional 783 admitted were from 2,512 applicants received from Direct entry.

“Those that make the institution first and second choice with score 180 and above were 32,587. Those that make it first and second choice with score 200 and above invited for Post-UTME were 23,219.

Candidates who sat for the Post-UTME were 19,292 and candidates that were cleared for admission were 3,225. 2,512 applied through Direct entry and those offered admission were 783”.

“A breakdown of the undergraduate admission on a faculty-by-faculty basis are: Agriculture and Forestry 408, Arts 618, Medicine 550, Education 784, Law 147, Pharmacy 90, Science 571, Technology 369, The Social Sciences 351, and Veterinary Medicine 120, totalling, 4,008”.

Unknown number of female students of the Obafemi Awolowo University’s pre-degree program got injured as the new Bva hostel collapsed.



The heavy downpour in Osun State on Wednesday , did not drop well on the pre-degree foundation students of the OAU, as many of them were hospitalized, while others were made to sleep in the cold lecture theater.

Osun State, especially Ife North, where region the OAU pre-degree campus is located witnessed an heavy downpour, which started at about 6:15pm on 16th February 2016.

Halimat, who spoke to our correspondent said that the heavy rain and the ravaging wind took away roof of their hostel and made them sleep in the cold.



“The rain alongside the heavy wind took away our roof and made us sleep wet in one of our lecture theatre”

She added that many of her colleagues were rushed to the health center for treatment, after sustaining different grades of injuries .

“Some of us have been taking to the pre-degree clinic, after the ceiling fell on them, while some got cut by the pan ” she said.

Meanwhile, the OAU Pre-degree management have declared a two week break for the students, to allow for the reconstruction of the collapsed hostel.

A man in Asokore community in the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua, Ghana suspected to be involved in money rituals has been found dead in a well.



The body of Eric Boakye was discovered in the well after several hours of manhunt. The deceased, 22, was alleged to have used his late son for money rituals but failed. According to residents, he was subsequently struck by a strange ailment that saw his body peeling off and decomposing. His family reportedly abandoned him.



Starr News’ Kojo Ansah reports that hundreds trooped to the community on Thursday morning, March 17 to watch the body of the deceased brought out of the well, after news of his demise went viral.

Controversial Nigerian actress, Cossy Ojiakor seems to have turned a new leaf as she completely puts on a decent look almost for the first time since she attained stardom.





Cossy Ojiakor totally covered up her massive Bosom s on set of a movie. According to her, people say she should retain this look.
 
The photo was shared today, 17th of March on her Instagram page. She wrote: "Madam Mirian.... They all say how beautiful I look on set. So cute and matured. Biko... Are they lying. Or is it true. Should I start dressing like this"

The new appearance is currently being trailed by encouraging comments from her fans who appear tired of seeing her 'watermelons'.

Controversial Nigerian actress, Cossy Ojiakor seems to have turned a new leaf as she completely puts on a decent look almost for the first time since she attained stardom.





Cossy Ojiakor totally covered up her massive Bosom s on set of a movie. According to her, people say she should retain this look.
 
The photo was shared today, 17th of March on her Instagram page. She wrote: "Madam Mirian.... They all say how beautiful I look on set. So cute and matured. Biko... Are they lying. Or is it true. Should I start dressing like this"

The new appearance is currently being trailed by encouraging comments from her fans who appear tired of seeing her 'watermelons'.

A big Python capable of causing human death on attack was killed in the South-south part of Nigeria.
A social media user based in Port Harcourt, Rivers state today dropped hints of how a massive python snake was killed within the vicinity of his working place.

Spurs, who are second in the Premier League, trail 3-0 after the first leg.

A much-changed Spurs side were outclassed by the German giants, who took a commanding lead through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marco Reus's brace.



It was the heaviest defeat of the season for Pochettino's side and leaves them needing to win by a four-goal margin to reach the quarter-finals inside 90 minutes.
Tottenham are unbeaten in nine European home games, winning seven and drawing two
Spurs have won both of their most recent Europa League home matches by three-goal margins, beating Monaco 4-1 and Fiorentina 3-0
Dortmund have not lost by three goals in Europe since a 3-0 defeat by Real Madrid in the 2013-14 Champions League quarter-finals
Dortmund are bidding to become the fifth club to win all three major Uefa trophies (European Cup/Champions League, Europa League/Uefa Cup and Cup Winners' Cup) after Ajax, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Chelsea

Oluwadamilare Okulaja popularly called the King of the Zanga and also known as Durella has reacted to the torrents of criticism trailing a picture he posted of him drinking garri.
 
In an interview with Encomium Magazine on Wednesday, Durella revealed that he is not broke. He said: “I came back from a long journey and wanted something to quench my thirst.
 
"The only thing that can do it is to drink garri. I love drinking garri. That is why I tagged it and wrote never forget those things you fed on during the time of hustle,cause they are real food meant for the body. It doesn’t mean I am broke”.
 
The picture made news headlines as bloggers and mainstream media suggested that the 'Shayo' master must have become broke necessitating him to now manage his life drinking garri, groundnut and sugar.
 
However, it is now known that the King of Zanga is not broke as speculated.

This tragic multiple accident involving a trailer and a commercial bus happened today, 17th of March on Iyana Oworo bridge towards Ogudu/Third Mainland expressway in Lagos.
 
Both the trailer and bus nearly fell of the bridge after the crash as seen in the pictures. The number of casualties was yet to be ascertained at the time of making the report.
 
The incident caused a traffic gridlock in the area, but traffic officials have made an effort to ease the traffic flow

Members of the National Assembly have reportedly discovered 25 fresh errors in the 2016 budget while making last-minute checks in preparation for the passage into law of the appropriation bill. The items involved are allocated about N37, 025, 238, 407 in total.



The Nation reports that of the amount, about N21,623,323,649 was voted for office repairs which has now been classified as “avoidable” by the Senate and House of Representatives committees on Appropriation.



The committees were also said to have drawn the attention of the ministry of Budget and National Planning to the fresh errors.

Chairman of the senate committee on appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje, and the chairman of the house committee on appropriation, Hon Jibrin Abdulmumin, were making frantic efforts Wednesday night to meet next Tuesday’s deadline for the passage of the budget.

The errors identified have to do with duplication of budget line items; budget items with quantities not specified; budget items with no location; large amount of money being appropriated for rehabilitation/repairs of office /residential buildings and purchase of office furniture and fittings; budget items repeated over the past four years; curious budget line items; non-priority budget items; and wrongly classified budget items.

A document obtained from the National Assembly lists the breakdown of the errors, including curious budget line items (N6, 411,661, 956); duplication of projects(N3,567,605, 395); non-priority project items (N5, 422, 647,407); office repairs/rehabilitation(N21, 623, 323, 649).

“From the budget, we have discovered that the vote for the generation of 700 MW from Zungeru hydropower project was duplicated seven times and titled MOPWH161021632-40. For the same project, the amounts voted are as follows N750m, N113, 465, 000, N139, 426, 180, N126, 624, 383, N93, 767, 500 and N160, 000, 000.

“The National Bureau of Statistics projected to spend N256, 920,000 and N230, 705, 000 in the same budget on procurement of equipment, vehicles and furniture. At our session, we were amazed that we could still be having two estimates for the same project. Also, the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) is planning to execute Integration of Road Reference System with N150, 940,000 (FERMA 18015998) and N15,000, 000 (FERMA 18021621) respectively,” the document stated.

The document added “With due respect to SGF Babachir Lawal, we have realised that those in charge of the budget of OSGF might have committed blunders. For 2016, the OSGF has budgeted N1, 710, 322, 610 for procurement and installation of security system. The same office budgetted the following amounts in the last three years on the same item: N527, 000,000(2013); N1, 161, 356, 582(20140 and N316, 420, 274(2015)

Ghana based Gambian actress, Princess Shingle has been rated as one of the curviest women in Africa in several publications but from a new photo that has surfaced on the internet, it appears the actress who has been answering questions about her body since she came into the limelight, has not always been the  living African barbie doll.

So what’s responsible for the miraculous body recontouring? In September 2015, the young actress attributed her figure to rigorous exercising and healthy dieting.



“My figure is real; it is not fake, no surgery, nothing. I gym a lot and I use waist trainers or I practice waist training as well,” she reportedly told KOD in an interview on Live 91.9 FM’s 360Live.

Waist training is a gradual process of waist reduction using a waist-cinching corset. 24 years old Princess Shyngle was born in Gambia, she is a former student of the Gambian Business College and she has worked with beverage giants, Coca-Cola. She is currently in the news over kidney infection.

Denmark has reclaimed its position as the World happiest country while Burundi was ranked as the most miserable country in the world. The report which is prepared by the Sustainable Solutions Network was based on individual responses to a global poll conducted by Gallup. The poll included a question known as the 'Cantrill Ladder': It asks the respondents to think of a ladder with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the Ladder would you say you personally feel you stand t this time? Nigeria ranked 103 while the USA came in at 13. Also China was ranked 83 and Brazil no 17.

The top 10

1. Denmark
2. Switzerland
3. Iceland
4. Norway
5. Finland
6. Canada
7. Netherlands
8. New Zealand
9. Australia
10. Sweden

The bottom 10

1. Madagascar
2. Tanzania
3. Liberia
4. Guinea
5. Rwanda
6. Benin
7. Afghanistan
8. Togo
9. Syria
10. Burundi

On his birthday, Olamide’s manager Alexander Okeke threw a surprise birthday party at Oriental Hotel which was well attended by his close friends such as Yaw, Ushbebe, Phyno, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Kcee, Lil Kesh, Tosyn Bucknor, Falz, Pheelz, Ycee among others.


Olamide five years ago

Born Olamide Adedeji in Bariga, Lagos state, Olamide attended both Primary and secondary school in Lagos while he had his University degree at Tai Solarin University of Education where he studied Mass Communication.



The talented music artist in 2010, released his first hit single Eni Duro under Coded Tunes record label and has ever since remained relevant in the music industry. From 2011 till date, Olamide has dropped several albums such as Rapsodi (2011), YBNL (2012), Baddest Guy Ever Liveth (2013), Street OT (2014) and Eyan Mayweather (2015).

The award winning music artist has bagged many awards in his nominations from Rap artist of the year to Best Street-Hop Artiste, Best Pop Single, Artiste of The Year, Certified Banger of The Year, Video Wonder of The Year, Most Gifted West, Musician of The Year, Most Popular Artiste of The year to mention a few.

He has released several hit singles such as Eni Duro, Ilefo Illuminati, First of All, Durosoke, stup*d Love, Shakiti Bobo, Story for the gods, Lagos Boys, Melo Melo to mention a few.


Olamide with brother Dj Enimoney

On July 17, 2013, Olamide became the first Nigerian to an endorsement deal with Cîroc and on October 24, he signed a multi-million naira deal with Guinness. Still counting his success in 2013, he became Etisalat ambassador alongside his colleague, Ice Prince.




The music star during his Bariga days


Baddo with his childhood friends






Baddo Sneh at a show in Ilorin


Baddo taking a ride in a BRT

Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, nicknamed Nigeria's male barbie doll went from being as dark as night to being white as snow. He is a bleaching expert. His “surulere” picture emerged online along with new pictures of his fierce makeup, eyelashes and long nails. Boom, this guy went viral.

Nigerians who were really dazed at his new lifestyle and couldn't handle the transformation, of course had lots of stuff to say but Idris is firing back. In a new post he made on his Facebook page, Idris says he doesn't care about what's being written about him  cos as far as he's counting his millions and helping people, and also paying his tithes to God, he's fine!





Idris wrote:
Just dis week alone I saw myself on three blogs, bloggers are busying making their money while some jobless fool will sit down and type rubbish....as far as am concern I don't give a phyuk about any shit written about me.As far as am counting my millions and helping people d little way I can and also paying my tight to God. phyuk humans let God judge me not humans we are all created from d same sand so no humans should judge anyone. We are all sinners no one is Perfect so no one should sit down and say shit about anyone. And if u are looking for someone to advice am sure he or she should have a relations.There is always an adages dat say mind your turn cloth were is turn and stay away from other.morning to u all.

The Federal Government has given authorization to Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to imprison dealers who sell substandard products. They said SON has the authorization to jail defectors for ten years. SON has since started with Tyre dealers. They have given a 24 hours ultimatum to tyre dealers all over the country to destroy every fake tyre in their stock or face 10 years imprisonment without any option of a fine.
Acting Director General of SON, Dr. Paul Angya, gave the ultimatum at a stakeholder’s forum for tyre dealers in Lagos, stating. He said fake tyres have been the leading cause of several deaths in the country based on a recent report by the Road Safety Commission. Adding that out of 8,986 accidents recorded in 2015, 722 were due to tyre bursts, which has led to the death of 446 persons
He said:

“Our new Act 2015 empowered us to jail promoters of sub-standard product up to 10 years and we will not relent to jail any culprit. ‘’We are going to stamp out corruption among the tyre dealers, “we are going to set up a taskforce and we will not sleep until we confirm that accidents in the country are not traced to substandard tyres again.”

“We are ready to eliminate importation of sub-standard products into Nigeria, because of this we have reached out to other government agencies to ensure that we work together and stop smugglers of fake products into the country.

“If you have fake tyre in your shop make sure you disposed them in the next 24 hours, thereafter our team will visit you and we will charge you for murderer. “To eliminate corruption from SON, we are going to introduce e-payment, e-invoice and e-receipt to stamp out corruption from the system,”

He said the organization is also working on improving the standard of products that are sold to consumers.
Adding:

“To ease our work and improve quality of goods and products in Nigeria, we are working to improve expansion of SON facilities across the country so that people in Sokoto will not travel to Maiduguri to text their products”

“What many of our farmers do before they can take their products to abroad is to first take it to Ghana laboratory for text, once the goods pass through text in Ghana the products will send to abroad in the name of Ghana and Ghana government will take the glory.”

The young man and woman pictured above have been robbing innocent passengers in and around Jos and Bukuru axis. They were arrested along ECWA staff close to Farin Gada yesterday. For their modus operandi, they pretend to have just one chance left in this red Golf, once you get in, they cause pandemonium in the car ;sometimes, they say the door is not locked, once your attention is diverted, you are silently robbed.

The wife of the governor of Kebbi State, Dr. Zainab Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, yesterday Wednesday, March 15, adopted the daughter of a mentally challenged woman who roamed the streets of Birnin Kebbi.

The girl identified as Siddiqa Bako has since been renamed Siddiqa Abubakar Atiku Bagudu. Her mentally unstable mother also taken to the hospital. More photos below;

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has gone tough with a final warning to top officials implicated in the stealing of huge sums of public funds to come out of their hiding and face its interrogating teams once and for all. The warning, Vanguard gathered, was borne out of the refusal by many of the key players of the Jonathan’s administration to honour several invitations extended to them by the commission to clear their names against huge sums of money traced to them and their cronies ahead of the last general elections.

Top on the list of those on the run, who are being expected by the EFCC to return and account for huge sums of money traced to them are two former ministers of finance and justice, a former northern governor and PDP chieftain and a one-time Comptroller General of Customs. Apart from the former customs officer, who is said to have made away with funds belonging to the agency, the rest have been fingered in the mismanagement of the $2.1billion cash meant for the procurement of arms to fight insurgents in the Northeast.

 Vanguard learnt that one of the former ministers is hiding away in Dubai while two others are believed to be holing away in the Scandinavian region under the guise of studying in order to evade prosecution for depriving the federal government of a huge sum of oil-related funds. One of the former ministers, who reportedly coordinated the sharing of a huge sum of N3.1 billion ahead of the last election, sneaked out of Nigeria at the weekend apparently to avoid being arrested and questioned for her role in the looting.

The EFCC, Vanguard learnt, was working round the clock to secure the arrest of the fleeing suspects through the involvement of Interpol and the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.