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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Nigerian foundation, the Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Sunday said that it had so far provided N60 million for the medical treatment of victims of Boko Haram insurgency in Borno. VSF Executive Director, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen while on a visit to Maiduguri. Ochoche said that N30 million each had been given to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) and Borno Specialists’ Hospital, Maiduguri. “So far, we have given the UMTH N30 million but with the recent happenings, especially the multiple bomb blasts, we are going to consider how much additional fund to be added. “We gave the Specialists Hospital N20 million and we just added an additional N10 million today,’’ he said. He said that the VSF had expanded the scope of treatment provided by the hospitals to include provision of free healthcare services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. “I think it is worthy of note to state that the fund...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) MB has not opened its portal for candidates in the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)  to effect change of course or correction of data, an official has said. The Head of Media and Information of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the Newsmen in Lagos on Thursday that many candidates bombarded the Lagos office of the organisation for these purposes. Benjamin said that reports reaching the headquarters of the board indicated that a large crowd of candidates on Wednesday besieged the board’s Lagos office. He said the development was creating unnecessary anxiety and chaos where there should be none. “This announcement became necessary following the crowd in our offices by candidates demanding for such services. “Affected candidates are urged to remain calm as we shall contact them when the time is right. “The request for correction of data is usually from candidates, who provided wrong informat...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Ebonyi chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the  immediate probe of the financial activities of  local government councils in the state. The acting Chairman of  the party in the state,  Mr Eze Nwachukwu, made the call  while  briefing newsmen at the end of  a  stakeholders meeting on Thursday in Abakaliki. The chairman, who accused the state government of  undermining the local government system through fund  diversion, called for  probe into how monies allocated to the councils were being  utilised. Nwachukwu said  the party met to review  the two years  administration of  the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under Gov.  Dave Umahi as well as deliberate on crucial issues affecting the party and the state. He said his party was of the view that the government had no clear  policy direction and was engaging in wasteful spending on  non sustai...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Seven secondary school students who were arrested for alleged hooliganism and criminal breach of public peace would on Wednesday appear before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Newsmen report that the students are from Iponri Senior High School, Akinto Senior High School, Surulere, Stadium High School and Oloye Comprehensive College, Orile. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Iponri Police Station, Mr Fesesan Ibrahim, told newsmen that the suspects were part of gangs terrorising and molesting innocent citizens after school hours. “We arrested the students on May 19 for always causing trouble every Friday at Costain, Alaka and Orile areas. “The last incident that led to their arrest was the attack of some innocent persons with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons. “They were released to their parents on bail, with a view to produce them at the station for prosecution due to their ages,’’ the DPO said. He said that the police was on the trail of one...

http://ift.tt/2qSiANC (FILES) This file photo taken on April 09, 2017 shows Paris Saint-Germain's Argentinian forward Angel Di Maria reacting during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Guingamp at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris. Searches were made in the morning, on May 23, 2017 at the PSG headquarters and at the houses of players Angel Di Maria and Javier Pastore as part of the investigation opened in France after the revelations on the "Football Leaks", according to close sources. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE Investigators raided the headquarters of Paris Saint-Germain and the homes of the club’s Argentinian stars Angel Di Maria and Javier Pastore on Tuesday in a tax fraud probe, legal sources said. French prosecutors launched the investigation in December following revelations by the “Football Leaks” website concerning financial transactions and other details involving top football players. Di Maria and Pastore are being investigated...

http://ift.tt/2rFmtpl Opposition activists clash with riot police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on May 20, 2017. Venezuelan protesters and supporters of embattled President Nicolas Maduro take to the streets Saturday as a deadly political crisis plays out in a divided country on the verge of paralysis.JUAN BARRETO / AFP A young demonstrator has died from a gunshot wound to the chest, raising to 48 the number of people killed in seven weeks of protests against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, officials said Sunday. The attorney general’s office said gunmen were alleged to have opened fire Saturday on an anti-government demonstration in the western city of Valera. “At that moment, (Edy Alejandro) Teran Aguilar received a bullet in the chest,” it said in a statement. Also wounded in the shootings were an 18-year-old male and a 50-year-old woman, it said. Teran was 23. The incident came amid massive demonstrations across th...

http://ift.tt/2psrIcF (FILES) This file photo taken on April 26, 2017 shows European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker (R) being greeted by British Prime Minister Theresa May outside 10 Downing Street in London on April 26, 2017.<br />British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy came under fresh scrutiny on May 2, 2017 following reports of a disastrous meeting with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker.<br />/ AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy came under fresh scrutiny Tuesday following reports of a disastrous meeting with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. May has dismissed as “Brussels gossip” accounts of tension at last week’s Downing Street dinner, but faces accusations of botching the first face-to-face talks with EU leaders since triggering Brexit. The report came just days after German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Britain that it should have no “illusions” that it could cont...