EFCC Opens Money Laundering Case Against Suswan

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria has opened a money laundering case against the former Governor of Benue State.

At the hearing of the case on Monday, an operative of the EFCC told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the petition, which Mr Mr Gabriel Suswan was indicted for, was an anonymous petition.

While testifying in the trial of the former Benue State Governor, Mr Junaidu Saidu, informed the court that the petitioner could not be located and the address provided on the petition does not exist.

Under cross examination, counsel to Mr Suswan, Joseph Daudu, also admitted that the email sent by the anti-graft agency to the petitioner was not delivered because the address does not also exist.

Mr Daudu told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that the EFCC attempted to invite the petitioner through the address provided on the petition for clarification on the allegation, but could not trace the petitioner.

He said the petition, which was titled ‘Truth Shall Overcome Evil Minds’ could not be associated with any person or organisation.

However,  attempts by counsel to Mr Suswan to tender a Federal High Court judgment delivered in 2007 which held that the EFCC had no power to investigate the financial activities of a state government, was turned down by Justice Mohammed on the ground that it does not need to admit the judgment before taking a judicial notice of its content.

The EFCC had put Suswan on trial on the allegation that he sold off shares belonging to Benue State Investment and Property Limited worth nine billion Naira without the consent of the State House of Assembly and diverted the proceeds to personal use.

He was also tried for breach of trust and money laundering.

Borno To Establish State University

The Borno State government has awarded a contract of 3.4billion naira for the construction of a state university.



The State Governor, Kashim Shettima, said that this has become necessary to help get the state out of the educational backwardness it has suffered over the years.

Shettima blamed the Boko Haram menace the state is suffering on the absence of education among the youths.

An implementation committee with members extracted from the University of Maiduguri and other institutions of higher learning in the state are already nurturing the project.

The committee is chaired by Professor Abubakar Mustapha who has also expressed worry about the inability of indigenes to favourably compete with admission requirements with applicants from other parts of the country.

Equipping the state university and obtaining accreditation from the National University Commission is part of the Terms of Reference of the committee.

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YBNL In Search Of Female Act, Olamide Reveals

YBNL boss, Olamide has revealed the all-male music imprint which houses raves including Lil Kesh and Adekunle Gold is on the look out for a female act cum first lady.



Olamide, who made the revelation on social blogging site, Twitter, asked fans to nominate their candidates.

The YBNL boss added that the prospective artiste must be a combination of Nigerian songstress, Asa and American rapper, Dejiloaf.



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Apply for Chevron/NNPC Scholarship Awards – 2016

Chevron Nigeria Limited, in collaboration with its Joint Venture partner, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is offering a number of University Scholarship Awards to suitably qualified Nigerian students.

Chevron/NNPC Scholarship Awards Requirements / Eligibility .

In line with the NNPC/CHEVRON JV Scholarship Policies, current awardees who wish to be retained on the scheme MUST satisfy the following requirements throughout the duration of their degree programme.

1. Must be in a Nigerian University
2. Must remain within a course/program covered by the NNPC/CHEVRON JV Scholarship scheme.

How To Apply for NNPC/Chevron Scholarship Awards.

Registered existing awardees need not apply but refer to the steps outline in the invitation email.
Unregistered existing awardees should apply using the steps below:

1. Before you start this application, ensure you have clear scanned copies of the following documents.

Passport photograph with white background not more than 3 months old (450px by 450px not more than 200kb)
School ID card
Admission letter
Birth certificate
O’ Level result
JAMB Result
2. Ensure the documents are named according to what they represent to avoid mixing up documents during upload
3. Ensure you attach the appropriate documents when asked to upload

‡To apply, follow the steps below:

1.    Click on “Apply Now” tab.
2.    Click on “Register Now” to create an account.
3.    Proceed to your email box to activate your account
4.    Click on  www.scholastica.ng to return to Scholarship site
5.    Enter your registered email and password to upload your information.
6.    Enter your personal information, National Identification Number (if available), educational information, other information and upload required scanned documents.
7.    Ensure the name used in applications matches the names on all documentation in same order. Upload a sworn affidavit or certificate if otherwise.
8.    Ensure you view all documents after uploading, to eliminate errors during uploading.
9.    When asked to upload photo, upload a pass-port photograph with a white background.
10.  Recheck application information to avoid errors
11.  Click “Apply Now” on your corresponding award year to submit information i.e. 2012 Awardee to click “NNPC/CHEVRON JV / 2011” on www.scholastica.ng
12.  You will receive an email and a sms that confirms your application was successful.
13.  Return to www.scholastica.ng, enter your Email and Password to download your profile and proceed to have your Head of Department sign the document.
14.  Upload a scanned copy of the signed profile, this would be used for verification.
15.  If National Identification Number (NIN) number was not available in step 6, to obtain your National Identification Number (NIN)

Visit http://ninenrol.gov.ng to register and learn more about the National Identity Number  
Click “Create Account” and fill in the required  fields  
Login with Email and Password to complete the form  
After completion, schedule a date for photo and finger print capture  
Visit any of the 37 capture centres http://www.nimc.gov.ng/?q=nin-registration-centres to complete the registration process and obtain your National Identity Number  
You can also do your total registration at the NIMC office
16. Return to www.scholastica.ng and update application with National Identification Number (NIN) to ensure completion

Note: Multiple applications may attract a disqualification penalty from the Scholarship board.

Application Deadline Date
Deadline is strictly 24th January, 2016.

UNILAG Admits 8,602 out of 58,293 Admission Seekers

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Rahamon A. Bello FAEng has administered the Matriculation Oath on the 8,602 newly admitted students of University, for 2015/2016 academic session.

A total of 53,935 UTME applicants and 4, 358 Direct Entry applicants began the selection process. Out of that figure, 31, 955 scored 200 and above in UTME while 26, 497 sat for the post-UTME of our University. Those offered provisional admission were 6,256 in the UTME category and 2,459 in the direct entry category, making a total 8, 602.

Today, after a thorough screening exercise, there are 6, 644 students, representing about 11.5% of the total number of applicants, who have fully scaled the registration procedure, whom from this day would become bonafide students of the University of Lagos.

The Matriculation Ceremony which was held on Friday, January 15, 2016 in the Multi-purpose Hall, UNILAG, Akoka, was witnessed by Principal Officers of the University, Deputy Provost of College of Medicine, Professor Abayomi Okanlawon, and Deans of Faculties.

In his address at the event, the Vice-Chancellor congratulated and charged the new students to embrace the zeal to acquire academic excellence for which the University of Lagos is reputed. He also urged them to shun all vices and immoral behavior.

Iran Nuclear Deal: US Imposes New Sanctions Over Missiles

The US has imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian companies and individuals over a recent ballistic missile test.

The new sanctions prevent 11 entities and individuals linked to the missile programme from using the US banking system.

The fresh sanctions came after international nuclear sanctions on Iran were lifted as part of a deal hailed by President Barack Obama on Sunday as “smart”.

Four American-Iranians were also freed in a prisoner swap, as part of the deal.

Among them was Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian – whom President Obama described as “courageous”. A fifth American was freed separately.

The US said it had offered clemency to seven Iranians being held in the US for sanctions violations.

According to a BBC report, negotiations over the prisoner exchange delayed the US Treasury’s imposition of the latest sanctions – originally intended to be announced in December.

The fresh sanctions were triggered by Iran conducting a precision-guided ballistic missile test capable of delivering a nuclear warhead last October, violating a United Nations ban.

“Iran’s ballistic missile program poses a significant threat to regional and global security, and it will continue to be subject to international sanctions,” said Adam J Szubin, US acting under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

Moments later, President Obama hailed the nuclear deal, which is being implemented following verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Iran had restricted its sensitive nuclear activities.

“This is a good day because once again we’re seeing what’s possible with international diplomacy,” Mr Obama said.

“For decades,” he said, “our differences meant our governments hardly ever spoke – ultimately, that did not advance our interests.”

The deal meant “Iran will not get its hands on a nuclear bomb,” he said.

Earlier, Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani hailed a “new chapter” in its relations with the world.

But Israel, bristled on Sunday at the lifting of international sanctions on Iran, vowed to flag up any violations of its arch-foe’s nuclear restrictions while drawing on U.S. defence aid to prepare for a possible military face-off in the future.

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JAMB Extends UTME Registration Date

This is to inform the general public that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the year 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) registration closing date.


2016 UTME closing date that was initially slated for January 15, 2016, has been extended by another 16 days. So the new closing date for the 2016 UTME registration will be January 31, 2016 .

Yet to register? Kindly visit 2016 JAMB UTME registration guidelines .

Korede Bello begs school management to sit for upcoming exams

Everybody knows that Korede Bello is a student at Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) and It is no longer news that a lecturer had threatened to resign if the Mavin Records fast-rising act, is allowed to write the forthcoming examinations after failing to meet up with the compulsory 70% class attendance set by the school.


But what is news is that after the music act was informed of his ineligibility to take the exams he allegedly went to meet with top officials of the school to find a way out, using his star status as a leverage but it seems he has hit a stonewall as the lecturer on his case is hell-bent on making good his threats.

Report also has it that the singer came to school and was seen begging one of the school’s notable official to lean on the lecturer in question but Potpourri can tell you that his situation is not looking particularly good.

Periodic table gets four new elements

Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 to be named by scientists from Russia, U.S., Japan

Four new elements have been officially added to the periodic table, completing its seventh row.
Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have been penciled in on the table for years, and laboratories in Russia, the United States and Japan have made multiple claims to discover them. But official recognition had to wait until the end of 2015, when a group of independent experts agreed that the evidence was valid. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, announced the group’s conclusions on December 30, 2015.

All of the elements were created in the lab, by smashing lighter atomic nuclei together. The unstable agglomerations of protons and neutrons lost mere fractions of a second before they fall apart into smaller, more stable fragments.

The teams that have been given credit for the discoveries can now put forward proposals for the elements’ names and two-letter symbols. Elements can be named after one of their chemical or physical properties, a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or country, or a scientist.
Priority for discovering element 113 went to researchers in Japan, who are particularly delighted because it will become the first artificial element to be named in East Asia. When the element was first sighted 12 years ago, ‘Japonium’ was suggested as a name.

The team at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science in Wako, near Tokyo, made its first claim to have spotted element 113 in 2004, and followed it up with a more convincing sighting in 2012. By then, it had created three atoms of the element. “To scientists, this is of greater value than an Olympic gold medal,” said Ryoji Noyori, who received the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at a press conference about the IUPAC decision. (Noyori was not a member of the Japanese team, but is a former president of RIKEN).

Russian and US researchers made a rival claim to have discovered 113, but were not given priority by the expert group, drawn from IUPAC and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).

However, Russia and the United States did get the credit and naming rights for the other new elements. Elements 115 and 117 were first created by collaboration between the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, the IUPAC/IUPAP committee said. Work from other teams, such as a Swedish group using a German accelerator, helped to confirm element 115’s existence.
The credit for discovering element 118 — the heaviest ever created — has been assigned to the Dubna and Lawrence Livermore teams. The element has a chequered history: a 1999 claim to have made it was retracted two years later amid accusations that data had been falsified.

Physicists will now try to create elements 119 and 120, a feat that should be possible with current technology, says Rolf-Dietmar Herzberg, a nuclear physicist at the University of Liverpool, UK. No one has yet claimed a sighting, however: researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, tried for five months in 2012 without success. Beyond element 120, researchers agree, the chances of getting two nuclei to fuse are vanishingly small.

*Culled from Nature