Covenant University expels 200 students for not attending Church service

 

About 200 students may have been expelled by the authorities of Covenant University, Cannanland, Ota, Ogun State, recently for what was described as “disregard of paramount core values.”

Frustrated and angered by the development, some of the affected students who gave account of what happened battled emotions while narrating their situations to Saturday Vanguard recently. They however pleaded with the school authorities to tamper justice with mercy in order to save their future.

Kogi State Governor involved in auto crash

The Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada and his aides were involved in a fatal car accident this afternoon along the bad Abuja - Lokoja expressway. His ADC, Idris Mohammed and a driver died instantly while the governor was rushed to the Emergency Ward of the Kogi State Specialist Hospital in Lokoja. He was later moved to the Government House Hospital where he's said to be in a coma.

The governor and his convoy were returning from an official assignment and were close to Lokoja when the accident occurred.

Mr Tourism 2012

29 year old Delta State born Michael Enumah won the 2012 Mr Tourism Nigeria contest which held December 8th in Lagos. The chemical engineer is also a fitness trainer and has been modeling for many years. Think he's hot? I think so!

2012 Calabar Carnival

Yep, this is all happening in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The carnival started Wednesday December 26th. Foreigners were invited to join the carnival and add spice to it. That's why you see a lot of half naked women on the streets Calabar...

Eight Ways To Prepare For A Job Search In The New Year.

1, Create a vision.
What are you looking for in a job? Take some time to do what I call your Inner Job Search , until you have a vision of what you want in your next job. You can make lists, draw pictures or cut photos from magazines, but think big and make it feel as real as you can.

Massive explosion at Jankara market

A fireworks storage facility located at Oko Awo in the Jankara market area of Lagos exploded this morning around 9am, injuring several people and destroying several cars.

Witnesses said the fire broke after someone mistakenly threw firecracker into the building which hit some unsold fireworks kept there. At least eight other buildings in the area were affected by the fire.

Fire fighters and other rescue agencies deployed to the area have managed to calm the situation

Yobo family release Christmas Card

Lovely family

Christmas Bonus.

Today is Christmas, everybody is happy, eating, drinking and giving out gifts to friends and family. I have some question for our honest readers about Christmas.
1. what is Christmas? 
2. why are we celebrating it?  
3. is the celebration biblical?

We will appreciate a your answers as correct answers will attract a recharge card from any network.......... stay blessed.

Gunmen Attacked A Church In Yobe

Gunmen attacked a church in northern Nigeria during a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, killing six people including the pastor, before setting the building ablaze, residents and police said Tuesday.
“A group of gunmen came into the village at midnight and went straight to the church,” said Usman Mansir, a resident of Peri village near Potiskum, the economic capital of Yobe state

News: Over 1.03M Youths Are Searching For Job In Nigeria

No fewer than 1.03 million youths have applied for 448,043 job training slots under the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in the last five years, according to a study.
A report of the study, conducted by the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, indicated that the job training was conducted under the National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS) of the directorate.

News: Abia Discover 1727 Ghost Workers

ABIA State governmenthas discovered 1727 ghost workers on the pay roll of its 17 local government councils. The ghost workers were fished out by the biometric data implementation committee set upby the state government to find out why the council’s wage bill had steadily been on the increase. Worried by the whopping wage bill in the local government system, the government introduced biometric method of identifying the genuine workers with the aim of fishing out the ghost names that appeared on the wage bill. *Gov Theodore Orji The committee that handled this was headed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Cosmos Ndukwe. A break down of the figure showed that Aba South council hasthe highest number of ghost workers with 245, followed by Isiala Ngwa South with 153 ghost workers, while Ugwunagbo with 28 ghost workers had the least number. Submitting its preliminary report, Chairman of the committee, Cosmos Ndukwe, explained that the committee visited the 17 councils and took physical count ofthe genuine workers during the exercise. “We were able to identify 1727 ghost workers who could not be accounted for, which include thosewho did not appear before us and they have to get in touch with the governor to explain themselves,” Ndukwe said. The committee called on the government to pay the salary, including arrears of the identified workers, as captured by the biometric data capturing machines. Receiving the report from the committee, Governor Theodore Orji frowned on the high rate of financial rot that had been existing in the local government system, saying his administration was determined to put a stop to it. The governor regretted the attitude of workers who instead of working for their pay “are busy under-mining the efforts of the state”.

2face and Annie Idibia's PDA at Chris Brown concert last night

13 years together and still going strong. So happy for them.

I Go Dye gives out BMW Z3 convertible to film editor

Ace comedian Francis Agoda a.k.a I Go Dye recently showed the compassionate side of him when he gave out a BMW Z3 convertible car (the comedian pictured left in the car) to film editor and event manager, Amuwa Oluseyi Asurf (pictured right with the car)

Music Meets Runway To Be Hosted By D'banj and Millen Magese

The Kokomaster himself, D'banj, will be hosting the 2012 edition of Music Meets Runway which will hold tomorrow night Monday 24th of December 2012 at Eko Hotel and Suites. He will be co-hosting with former miss Tanzania and International model, Millen Magese (model in the poster)

Omosexy

Chris Brown and Wizkid at Eko Hotel last night

Heard Wiz and Chris collaborated on stage at Chris Brown's concert at Eko Hotel last night. And I heard the show was dope! Did you go? Did you enjoy it?

News: 3 Suspect Robber Arrested

The police in Imo had arrested three men suspected to be part of the robbery gang which killed two policemen and one soldier in 2010. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Imo, Mr Vitalis Onugu,in Owerri on Saturday. It stated that the suspects were arrested following a tip off by an anonymous source who named the informant of the gang. “We were informed of the suspicious movement of one Chukwuma Nwanjoku and he was arrested. “When we questioned him, he disclosed that he was an informant of an armed robbery gang and has been providing information to the robbers preparatory for an attack. “From the information he gave us, we were able to arrest the rest of them and the man who supplied them with arms. “The suspects have admitted that they’re part of the gang responsible for killing two policemen and one soldier in Amaraku Junction in 2010,” the statement stated.