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http://ift.tt/2sNR8kD Lagos School The Nigerian Law School has released summary of the final examination results conducted from April 22 to 28. The Director-General, Nigerian Law School, Mr Olarewaju Onadeko, (SAN), made this known in a statement on Saturday in Bwari, FCT. He said that 2, 125 students participated at the examinations while 1,393 were successful. According to him, candidates with conditional Pass are 196 while 596 failed. A further breakdown of the results showed that candidates with Pass accounted for 65.6 per cent, those with conditional Pass represented 6. 4 per cent, while those who failed were 28 per cent. Onadeko said that the ‘Call to the Bar’ ceremony for the successful candidates will hold on July 13 in Abuja. Vía Nigeria News, Headlines and Opinions – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper http://ift.tt/2t6zzM4

http://ift.tt/2ssqFZD The Eiffel Tower lights will go off at 1245am to pay tribute to the victims of the London attack The lights at the Eiffel Tower will be switched off Sunday night to honour victims of the attack in the heart of London that killed seven people and injured 48, the company running the monument said on Twitter. “Tonight, at 1245 am, I will turn my lights off to pay tribute to the victims of the London attack,” the Eiffel Tower’s Twitter feed said. The Paris landmark has been switched off twice already this week, once for the victims of suicide blasts in Baghdad that killed at least 42 people and most recently to honour the 90 people killed in a huge truck bomb in Kabul. Vía Nigeria News, Headlines and Opinions – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper http://ift.tt/2rGg4wy

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Federal Government will improve its revenue by expanding its tax base in order to meet its obligation to the people. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made the pledge at the 10 th  African Finance Corporation (AFC), Summit in Abuja on Wednesday. Fashola said this had become imperative as government had a key role in the provision of infrastructure. Fashola said history proved that most of the infrastructure revolutions in the world were marshalled by the public sector. “Investments in Shiroro, Kainji and Jebba power plants, Third Mainland Bridge and the National Stadium, were built with public fund. “At some point in time, government can enable private sector to provide certain interventions in beneficial ways by opening up the room and scope of their activities”, he said. Fashola said it was for this reason that many countries including Nigeria were going into concessional agreements and public-private partnerships. Th...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J *says Ministers-designate “ll be sworn in due course By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-Even with Professor Yemi Osinbajo in the saddle as Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency is still confused about who would assent to the 2017 budget. The same situation applies to the swearing-in of the two new Ministers-designate who had long been screened by the Senate. Fielding questions from State House correspondents at the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said that the decision on who signs the Appropriation Bill into law would be decided when the document is finally transmitted to the Presidency. “When it is transmitted to the Presidency, that decision will be taken‎”, he said. He however said that an advanced copy of the budget has been received by the Minister of Budget and National Plannin...

http://ift.tt/2qka6jx Immigration high command also directed all passport offices to extend their working hours to 2 p.m. on Saturdays in order to clear the backlog of passport applications. Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced massive issuance of international passports to intending travellers to clear the backlog of applications caused by non-availability of booklets. A competent immigration source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the NIS recently took delivery of new passport booklets which were distributed to all passport offices nationwide. NAN reports that many intending travellers had difficulties in obtaining international passports since the beginning of the year due to non-availability of passport booklets. NAN learnt that the immigration high command also directed all passport offices to extend their working hours to 2 p.m. on Saturdays in order to clear the backlog of passport applications. “Our working hours have been extended to ...

http://ift.tt/2pOS8Xp The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no Pacific-wide tsunami threat was expected from the 6.5-magnitude earthquake, and there was no specific threat to Hawaii (AFP Photo/Frederick Florin) A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The shallow tremor struck in waters near the sparsely populated New Britain island, 450 kilometres (280 miles) northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the agency reported. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a widespread tsunami warning. New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, is east of mainland New Guinea and has a population of around 500,000. It lies on the 4,000-kilometre Pacific-Australia plate, which forms part of the “Ring of Fire”, a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates. Vía The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper | Nigeria News and World News htt...

http://ift.tt/2r3NTUv Southampton's Japanese defender Maya Yoshida (L) and Arsenal's German defender Shkodran Mustafi clash heads during the English Premier League football match between Southampton and Arsenal at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, southern England on May 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS /  Shkodran Mustafi hopes Arsenal have not left it too late to book a place in next season’s Champions League. The Gunners won 2-0 away to Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday to move to within three points of fourth-placed Manchester City. Only the top four teams at the end of the season qualify and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger would love to secure a 20th successive Champions League season. The veteran French manager has never finished outside the Premier League’s top four in a full season in charge, having joined Arsenal in September 1996. Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud scored for Arsenal in Wednesday’s victory at St Mary’s. But it remains t...