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A thank you message from Mercy Johnson Okojie to her fans. Read below... ‘I want to say thank you to the fans, friends, colleagues and producers who were there for me. Many of them proved to be friends on and off work. Many adjusted their schedules for me and sent in their greetings during the child dedication. I resumed work this week with grateful heart and understanding that I am here because God through the help of people made it possible. Or how could I explain the overwhelming votes I got at AMVCA despite been away and inactivity on social media? How could I explain the numbers of producers and scripts waiting for my return? How could I explain the overwhelming love and gifts while I was away? I am very grateful and here to say a big thank you to everyone who played a role and those who as much as had good wishes in their hearts. Thank you and God bless you’ Mercy officially resumed work this week, she is back on location with director and producer, El...

After 21 years of playing football, David Beckham has announced his retirement at the age of 38. The footballer who is worth about $220million, captained 115 games for England, and played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, AC Milan and PSG. He's the only English player to win a league title in four different countries. In a statement Beckham said: "I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level. I want to thank all my team-mates, the great managers that I had the pleasure of learning from. I also want to thank the fans who have all supported me and given me the strength to succeed. Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.' He will now work as a sports ambass...

Blackberry services could be at risk of being banned in the country as a new regulation by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, will run counter to the technical operating standards of the phone's distinct network. National Mirror exclusively gathered yesterday that the telecoms regulator was working on a regulation, which would make it mandatory for any licensee in the nation's telecoms market to provide access to its communications facilities for necessary interception by the law enforcement agencies. To be called 'Lawful interception of communications regulations", the regulation, which is currently at the draft stage, is based on the need to provide a legal and regulatory framework for the lawful interception of communications in Nigeria and the collection and disclosure of intercepted communication. It will also specify the nature and types of communications to be intercepted; prescribe penalties for noncompliance with ...

Manchester United manager,Sir Alex Ferguson, has announced his decision to retire at the end of the season. The 71 year old who became Man U manager in 1986, will bow out after Man U meets West Bromwich Albion on May 19th and will join the football club board as director & ambassador. Sir Alex is the most successful manager in English football history. He won 38 tropphies, including two Champions League and 13 Premier League. Sir Alex Ferguson told United’s website: “The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time. It was important to me to leave an organisation in the strongest possible shape and I believe I have done so. The quality of this league winning squad, and the balance of ages within it, bodes well for continued success at the highest level whilst the structure of the youth set-up will ensure that the long-term future of the club remains a bright one. “Our training fac...

Manchester United manager,Sir Alex Ferguson, has announced his decision to retire at the end of the season. The 71 year old who became Man U manager in 1986, will bow out after Man U meets West Bromwich Albion on May 19th and will join the football club board as director & ambassador. Sir Alex is the most successful manager in English football history. He won 38 tropphies, including two Champions League and 13 Premier League. Sir Alex Ferguson told United’s website: “The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time. It was important to me to leave an organisation in the strongest possible shape and I believe I have done so. The quality of this league winning squad, and the balance of ages within it, bodes well for continued success at the highest level whilst the structure of the youth set-up will ensure that the long-term future of the club remains a bright one. “Our training fac...

Former Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Timipre Sylva was arrested today Wednesday May 8th and interrogated in connection with fraud charges, according to a statement released by the anti- graft agency today. EFCC said in the statement that the former governor "was found hiding in a dingy corner in the upper chamber of his expansive mansion," in Abuja after his staff told them he was not in town when they went to make the arrest. Find a statement issued by the commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, after the cut... “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, May 8, 2013, arrested the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva. “He was picked up at his No. 3, Niger Street, Maitama, Abuja home. On arrival at the facility at about 10.00 am, the Commission’s operatives were told that the ex-governor was not in town but they insisted on conducting a search ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The board, however, withheld 12,110 results for possible disciplinary action. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, announced this at a news conference on the release of the results in Bwari, FCT, today Friday May 3rd. The registrar said after thorough processing of answer scripts of the candidates who sat for the examination, the board discovered some forms of malpractice perpetuated during the conduct of the examination. “However, the results of 68,309 candidates from various centres are undergoing further screening to ascertain the culpability of 12,110 candidates’ results. A total of 1,629,102 candidates applied to sit for the Paper Pencil Test (PPT), while 15,008 candidates applied for the Dual Based Test, bringing the number of candidates to 1,644,110. “The general performance of candidates in this year’s examinati...

For stealing a N50,000 Sony Ericsson phone belonging to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, a 31- year-old Kelvin Ighodalo has been sentenced to 45-year imprisonment by an Osogbo High Court. Ighodalo stole the phone from the pocket of Aregbesola on November 27, 2010, when the governor was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo. Justice Oyejide Falola, who heard the case, found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included conspiracy, stealing and fraud. He was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for the first three counts and five years for each of the last three which included impersonation, obtaining property by falsehood and collusion. Falola, who ruled that Ighodalo deserved the jail term, held that the convict used the phone to obtain N500, 000 from the Owa of Ilesa, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, while he obtained N200, 000 from Mr Shengen Rahman, an associate of the governor. The jail term, which Falola pronounced will run concurrently, means tha...

Although the both parties mentioned do not enjoy the best of relationship for some years now, no one knew it would degenerate into a rofo rofo fight years after, until they finally engaged each other in a severe boxing match recently that finally earned AY a serious head but from ‘Terry the Ginja’ . For the purpose of those who may not have understood the whole story, let us revert to the beginning of the matter. In 2009, AY Dot come launched an attack on Terry G and warned him to stop performing his song, “Pass Me Your Love” in shows. The song which featured Terry and was also produced by him turned out to be a monster hit single later became the subject of a misunderstanding between the two parties over the years. While Terry on his part claims he has the right of performing the song since it was a duet that featured him, AY Dot Come maintained it was never going to happen while he lives. Meanwhile, AY on several occasions lamented of how Terry G went about collec...

The New 9 Federal Universities as Announced by President Goodluck Jonathan. These Universities are: 1] Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. ---North Central. 2] Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. -------North Central. 3] Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.-- North East. 4] Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. ----North East. 5] Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.-North West. 6] Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.-------North West. 7] Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. ---South South. 8] Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State.-South East. 9] Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.-------South West. President Goodluck Jonathan also on Thursday advised Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) to approve the upgrade of six Federal universities to Mega tertiary institutions with absorptive capacity of 150,000 students to 200,000 students each. The will Affected Universities are yet to be named by the Preside...

Abuja – The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, has warned polytechnics undertaking the post-graduate diploma programmes to stop, saying it is not part of their mandate. Rufa’i gave the warning on Monday in Abuja at the inauguration of the governing councils for the National Teachers Institute, National Educational Research Development Council, 15 federal polytechnics and 19 federal colleges of education. She directed that henceforth, no polytechnic convocation would hold without issuance of certificates to graduating students. The minister also ordered that the provosts and registrars of colleges of education must sign NCE certificates as obtained in polytechnics and universities. “The provosts and registrars of colleges of education should sign NCE certificates as obtained in polytechnics and universities. “Issuance of certificates to graduating students is a prerequisite for approval for holding convocations; thus no certificate, no conv...

There are two people that most Chelsea fans want to see at Stamford Bridge next season. One of them is Jose Mourinho to return to take over the club and start the second coming of the Abramovich era and the other is Radamel Falcao!. According to the written press this morning, Mourinho has all but sealed his return and has instructed Roman Abramovich to do whatever it takes to go out and sign Falcao. There are differing reports in the media over the fee for the Colombian striker but the general consensus is that a fee of around £45-£50m will persuade Atletico to sell him. One report even states that the buyout clause in his contract is around £51m. If Atletico refuse to budge, Roman will activate the clause by paying the money and then it comes down to the player negotiations. One paper has reported that Falcao could earn as much as £200,000 per week if he were to come to Stamford Bridge but as I said yesterday, the stumbling block could be his partner who is...

Lionel Messi has described Tuesday’s 4-0 humiliation Barcelona suffered in the hands of Bayern Munich as “a disgrace”. The Argentine forward and his team mates were completely outclassed and outmuscled by the Bavarians and have a huge task at the Camp Nou to salvage anything from the tie. “It’s 4-0 and it will be difficult because they are a great team,” Messi told reporters. “They were a lot stronger than us – physically superior in fact. It’s a disgrace what happened, but we have to go on. “We’ll try to score at home and do our best. We must go on. Now we must win La Liga soon.” Messi has not played for the Spanish giants, since he came off the bench to help them oust Paris Saint-Germaine, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but waved aside talk that his fitness was key. “It was some days since I played and I didn’t feel 100% comfortable but I was not injured, so I could play,” the 25- year-old insisted. @LastßornNews(07060428346)

Recently, Bright Okpocha “the world famous Nigerian comedian” popularly known as Basketmouth was interviewed by the guys at YES International! Basketmouth was asked to state what comedy has done for him and he has this to say: Oh! There’s nothing! There’s nothing, man! Comedy has done everything for me. Comedy has given me a reason to be a better person, a reason to work hard, because making people laugh is my dream; it’s an accomplishment for me, and comedy has given me a reason to do all these things. Comedy has given me a career, comedy has put food on my table at the same time. So, comedy is my life, comedy is what I do, and comedy is me. I didn’t choose to be a comedian, comedy chose me and that’s the reason I cannot disengage myself from comedy. It’s done everything. It’s done every single thing that I want. It’s even done more things than it’s done for a banker (Laughs). – Basketmouth @LastßornNews(07060428346)

**they have chased away govt officials and civil servants from some LGAs. **the sect members control most villages and openly organize public preaching in village market. Many local governments areas in northern Borno and other parts of the state are gradually coming under the control of members of the Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnah Lid Da'awati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, Weekly Trust heard yesterday. The Northern part of Borno shares international borders with Cameroon, Niger and Chad republics and comprises Marte, Magumeri, Mobbar, Gubio, Guzamala, Abadam, Kukawa, Kaga, Nganzai and Monguno Local Government Areas. Few attacks take place in Damboa, Chibok, Biu and Gwoza Local Government Areas in the southern part of the state while Hawul, Bayo, Kwaya Kusar, Askira/Uba and Shani have remained relatively peaceful. Most government officials and civil servants had fled most of these areas except Damasak. Bama and some parts of Konduga Local Government Ar...