THREATE: LASU students threaten govt over high fees

LAGOS—STUDENTS of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, yesterday threatened violent protest should Governor Babatunde Fashola of the state fail to reduce the institution’s tuition fees from N348, 750 to N65, 500. At a briefing, the students’ union President, Nurudeen Yusuf, flanked by other leaders of the students, said the union had in its proposal to Governor Fashola on April 27, proposed N65, 500 and N46, 500 to be paid by new and returning students respectively. He insisted that the students were ready to engage the government and management in a showdown, if their demands were not met promptly.

OMG!!!!!Husband remanded for killing wife over bush meat

JALINGO — A 30-year-old man, Ambrose Anthony, yesterday appeared before a Jalingo chief magistrates’ court for allegedly killing his wife, Helen, after a disagreement over bush meat. The accused from Yorro area in Taraba State was charged with culpable homicide in line with Section 221 of the Penal Code. Prosecutor Mela Joseph said the incident occurred on April 7. Joseph told the court that the accused hit his wife’s abdomen with firewood over her alleged failure to account for the bush meat he bought from a village market. He said the injuries sustained by Helen led to her death while on admission at the General Hospital, Zing. He pleaded with the court to adjourn the case to enable the police conclude investigation on the case. No plea was taken. The magistrate, Victoria Barnabas, adjourned the case till May 20 and remanded the accused in prison custody.

DIVORCE:Mother of 2 seeks divorce over frequent beatings

OKUTA (KWARA)—A mother of two, Jemilat Duro, in Okuta, Kwara State, has sought the dissolution of her six year-old marriage to her husband, Mohammed Duro, over frequent beatings. The plaintiff, yesterday, pleaded with an Okuta Area Court to separate the union that produced two children. In his reaction, Duro urged the court not to grant the relief sought by the plaintiff, saying: “I still love my wife and I do not want to divorce her.” In his ruling, the presiding judge, Malam Ahmed Yahaya, adjourned the case till May 15 for reconciliation between the two parties.

DAVIDO ON IT AGAIN: ‘Aye’ most watched video on YouTube

The music video ‘Áye’ by popular Nigeria artiste, Davido tops the list of the most watched video on video-sharing website, Youtube for the first quarter of 2014. The video, directed by top Nigerian video director Clarence Peters, generated over 300, 000 views in the first week alone- proof that Nigerians still love music as much as ever. Also on the list are the videos of Tuface Idibia’s 2012 single ‘Rainbow’ and Flavour N’abania ‘Ikwokrikwo’ video, which featured 2013 Big Brother Africa winner, Dilish Matthews. However, while music remains a big passion for many, Comedy skits are gradually finding their place into Nigerians’ playlists. For the first time since YouTube was officially launched in Nigeria, the top 10 most-viewed list has more comedy-skits than musical videos. Topping the list of most watched comedy videos is the Deliverance skit featuring AY and Helen Paul. The video, which generated almost 300, 000 views in the first month, was published by AY’s AYTV. Other comedy videos that made it to the list include ‘Maga don Pay’ and ‘The Affair’ (both by Bovi) and the hilarious phone conversation between Uche the Etisalat Customer Care executive and the wife of a customer. Globally, some of the biggest stars on YouTube are animals and pets. From hilarious videos of cats pretending to be dead, to those of dogs taking care of babies and elephants overturning cars, YouTubers around the world cannot have enough of the wonders of the animal kingdom. Nigerians seem to be catching this bug. An incredible video of a snake devouring a crocodile after a 5 hour battle generated over 24 Million views in its first 30 days with significant views from Nigeria included! The list wouldn’t have been complete without the occasional national interest-type videos that many seem to love. The Boko Haram Confession & Deliverance shared by Synagogue of All Nation’s Emmanuel TV is one of these. The over 200 comments shows how much interest this video is generating. Take a look at the top 10 lists for the first quarter of 2014 (January – March) below: Top 10 most watched in Nigeria – Q1 ( Overall) Jan – March 2014 Davido – Aye (Official Video) Helen Paul Gets Her Deliverance After Jim Iyke Caught On Camera: Snake Devours Crocodile After 5 Hour Battle Maga Don Pay (Starring Bovi, Adunni & Odogwu) 2Face – Rainbow ft T-pain [Official Video] Flavour – Ikwokrikwo [Official Video] BOKO HARAM | Full Confession & Deliverance!!! PRANKING MY AFRICAN DAD | @EmansBlogs Hilarious phone call: Etisalat customer care The Affair Ft Bovi & Kate Henshaw Top 10 most watched videos – MUSIC – Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2014 Davido – Aye (Official Video) 2Face – Rainbow (Official Video) ft T-pain Flavour – Ikwokrikwo [Official Video] Dr SID ft Don Jazzy- SURULERE (Official Video) Tiwa Savage Ft. Don Jazzy – Eminado [Official Video] Timaya – Ukwu [Official Video] Shakira ft. Rihanna- Can’t Remember to Forget You KCEE FT WIZKID – PULL OVER (OFFICIAL VIDEO) D’Prince ft Davido and Don Jazzy- Gentleman (Official Video) Skuki – SILIFA [Official Video] Top 10 most watched videos – COMEDY – Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2014 Helen Paul Gets Her Deliverance After Jim Iyke Maga Don Pay (Starring Bovi, Adunni & Odogwu) PRANKING MY AFRICAN DAD | @EmansBlogs Hilarious phone call: Etisalat customer care The Affair Ft Bovi & Kate Henshaw Can You Hear Me ? DATE GONE BAD Basketmouth And Bovi Can Shake It Too I Go Dye’s Performance at AY Live Lagos Ay’s Crib Episode 2: House Girl Wanted Top 10 most watched videos in Nigeria- REALITY – Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2014 Caught On Camera: Snake Devours Crocodile After 5 Hour Battle Kenyans ridicule Pres Jonathan over PRESIDENTIAL FLEET Exclusive Interview With ousted CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Confused Baby Girl Meet Her Fathers Twin Brother For The First Time! Yanomami People Live Very Hard At Amazon RCCG 2014 Fasting guidelines Overcoming the fear of vested interest: Sanusi Lamido at TEDxYouth@Maitama HOW MKO ABIOLA WAS KILLED (Complete Nigeria Story) CONFESSION OF A FORMER BOKO HARAM MEMBER Mystery Lake in Nigeria

Malala: abducted Nigerian girls are my sisters

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, said Wednesday she sees the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria as her sisters. Malala Yousafzai Speaking on CNN, Malala said the extremist group Boko Haram behind the mass abduction does not understand Islam and has not studied the Koran. “They are actually misusing the name of Islam because they have forgotten that the word islam means ‘peace,’” Malala said. She added: “When I heard about the girls in Nigeria being abducted I felt very sad and I thought that my sisters are in prison and I thought that I should speak up for them.” Malala was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012 over her outspoken views on education for girls in her home region of northwest Pakistan. After undergoing extensive medical treatment, she now lives in Britain. Malala told CNN that Boko Haram’s acts were appalling. “How can one imprison his own sisters and treat them in such a bad way?” she said, referring to the group’s threats to sell the girls into slavery. “They have not studied Islam yet, they have not studied the Koran yet and they should go and learn Islam,” she said. Several countries have offered their help to Nigeria to find the girls, whose abduction has prompted an international outcry.

DISCOVERY:Egypt discovers tomb of Pharaonic-foreign minister

The tomb of a Pharaonic official, whose role was similar to that of a foreign minister, has been found in Egypt, Antiquities Minister, Mohammed Ibrahim said on Thursday. The tomb, discovered by Cairo University’s archaeologists in the Saqqara archaeological zone south of the Giza pyramids, belonged to a man called Paser. Paser was head of the Army Archives and Royal Messenger to foreign countries, the ministry said. It includes painted scenes of the afterlife of the deceased, showing his funeral, the tribunal of the underworld presided over by the god Osiris and the goddess of the west welcoming the deceased. The tomb is thought to date to ancient Egypt’s 20th Dynasty, which reigned in the 12th and 11th centuries BC. (dpa/NAN)

Schoolgirls abduction: Northern Governors’ Forum welcomes U.S. offer of military assistance

The Northern Governors’ Forum on Wednesday welcomed the U.S. government’s offer of military assistance to Nigeria to help locate and rescue the over 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Niger, Dr Babangida Aliyu, expressed the forum’s position at a meeting on Wednesday night in Abuja between some select Northern governors and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajah Shah. The visiting top U.S. envoy hosted the governors at the residence of the Mission Director of USAID in Nigeria, Michael Harvey, in Maitama, Abuja. Aliyu told the U.S. official that the April 14 abduction happened in a part of the country “where up till today we still beg parents to bring their children to school”. ‘`For the abduction to happen in a school environment means that if we do not do anything, we will be taken fifty years back, because many parents would be discouraged to send their children to school. “So we welcome the participation and assistance of the American government to ensure that we are able to get this children back alive and for us to have more secure environment.’’ The forum’s chairman thanked USAID for concentrating many of its programmes in the north, especially in the health sector and girl-child education. He said the meeting was a follow-up to the meeting held in March in Washington D.C. between U.S. officials and the governors, which centered on security issues and development of the region. “People should understand that when we talk about security, it is not normally about the bullet and the guns; security is about the welfare of people,” Aliyu said. Earlier, Shah expressed deep sympathy for the families of the kidnapped girls and reiterated President Barrack Obama’s commitment to help find the missing girls. Boko Haram, through its leader Abubakar Shekau, had claimed responsibility for taking the girls. According to the Nigeria police, 53 of the girls have managed to escape from the captors while 223 of them are still missing. Meanwhile, the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, had later told reporters that he held discussions earlier on Wednesday afternoon with some Nigeria security officials on what the “U.S. team might look like”. “Obviously I cannot share out those details but we are in the process of putting together a team that we think will respond to what your security officials had told me you need,’’ he said. The ambassador said the team would be in Nigeria shortly and did not provide further details on the composition of the inter-agency team offered by the U.S. government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Governors Umaru Tanko Al-mukara (Nasarawa), Idris Wada (Kogi), Mukhtar Yero (Kaduna) , Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and Acting governor of Taraba Garba Umar attended the meeting. Others are the Deputy Governors of Jigawa, Kano and Benue, Ahmed Gumel, Dr Umar Ganduje and Stephen Lawani, respectively as well as the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Tijani Kaura. Prof Ade Adefuye, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., also attended the meeting which went into closed-door by 9.00 p.m. (NAN)