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Forbes has just drop a report that, Michael Jackson is the top earning dead celebrity, earning an astonishing $115million this year. In his more 30 years solo career, the King of Pop made an impressive over $1.1 billion. But it seems he has proved even more lucrative since his death, making a further $999 billion since 2009. The impressive sum comes from two Cirque du Soleil shows, his own music and publishing revenues, and his half of the Sony/ATV publishing catalogue. Michael Jackson’s latest annual income has seen him top a list of the highest earning dead celebrities, complied by financial magazine Forbes. In second place is Elvis Presley, who has made £36million, Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz comes in third with £26million, while fourth place, with £14million, goes to Bob Marley. Elizabeth Taylor rounds off the top five with £13million.

Candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions will have to abide by new rules from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), The Punch reports. This is because the examination body has modified its procedure for students seeking admission for the 2016-2017 academic session with the introduction of the “preferred choice” platform in its portal. This new addition will enable candidates have wider opportunities of securing admission as sales of form for the session commenced on September 30 to end on January 30, 2016. According to Dr Fabian Benjamin, the chief information officer of the board, who spoke during an exclusive interview with The Punch on Monday, the modification, will lessen competition among candidates seeking placement to the nation’s “oversubscribed” universities. “What we did initially was that you only have one choice. Now, we have made it in such a way that if you miss the University of Lagos; University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Obafemi Awolowo Universi...

Abuja - The Lagos State Government has called for more security vigilance in churches and mosques to prevent attacks by terrorists. The state government said the measure was necessary amid renewed attacks by the Boko Haram sect on religious institutions. The State Commissioner for Ministry of Home Affairs, Abudul Hakeem Abdul Lateef, made the call during a meeting with religious leaders. The event was part of efforts by the present administration to improve security consciousness of all residents.

A genius, Fatima Bombom Sani, made history on Wednesday, 21 October 2015 when she was honoured with standing ovation by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, other members of the Body of Benchers (BOB) and the Council of Legal Education (CLE), other dignitaries and the new wigs (her colleagues just called to Bar). Fatima broke existing record in the Nigeria Law School by bagging nine separate awards compared to existing record of seven awards ever received at the Call to Bar of Nigerian Law School. The awards include the “Best Student of the Year (1st Prize)’’ donated by Sir Adetokunbo Ademola , Dr. Taslim Elias and Justice Atanda Fatayi-Williams; the ‘’Council of Education Star Award’’; Corporate Law Practice donated by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo SAN; Best Overall Female Student of the year award donated by National Association of Women Judges; and Best Female Student in Criminal Litigation award donated by Mrs. Oluwatoyin Doherty. The rest are Best Student in C...

Abuja – A Rivers-based lawyer, Mr Abdulkareem Dauda, has said that an amendment to the law governing corruption to impose death penalty on convicted corrupt government officials and others was justifiable and desirable. Dauda said this in an interview with , Tuesday, in Abuja. The legal practitioner said death sentence for those found guilty of corruption was justifiable, considering the multiplier effects of corruption, which destroyed every sector of the society. He added that “if an armed robber who kills one or two persons or robbed at gunpoint gets a death sentence, what of a corrupt government official whose action destroys many lives?.’’ He said corruption was a more dangerous offence than armed robbery and should, therefore, attract stiffer punishment in order to deter others. “In my opinion, corruption should attract death penalty. People who are saying that corruption should attract death penalty are justified when you look at the many consequences of corruption on the ...

3 months after the death of Oba Okunade Sijuwade who died on July 28, 2015 in a London hospital, Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of the Giesi ruling house has been confirmed as the 51st Ooni of Ile-Ife . His selection was announced by Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola in a press statement.   The Governor revealed that the kingmakers of Ife had completed the required process and communicated the choice of Prince Ogunwusi to his office for approval. Since the announcement early this morning, social media has been awash with comments on the new King’s good looks.

25 year old woman, Chiwendu Nwobodo who was bathed with hot groundnut oil by a neighbour in Surulere Lagos over puff-puff supposedly worth N900 has lost her two-month-old pregnancy. According to PUNCH Metro, Her husband, Chigozie, said   that his wife had also developed complications as her left ear was now oozing pus and that Iya Daniel has been re-arrested and detained at the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba. This whole incident reportedly happened because Chiwendu and Iya Daniel, who were neighbours and lived on Ogbomosho Street, Ijesha, in the Surulere area had had a disagreement which made Pregnant Chiwendu kick some puff-puff that belonged to Iya Daniel. Iya Daniel demanded the replacement of her Puff-puff which she said was worth N900. Chinwe's Husband, Chigozie promised to reimburse Iya Daniel of her damaged puff-puff. However, after Chinwe returned from work on the evening of the fat...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday named Professor Mahmood Yakubu from Bauchi State as the new Chairman of the In­dependent National Electoral Com­mission (INEC). The appointment which followed an emergency meeting of the Na­tional Council of State (NCS) which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, put to rest speculations that non- appointment of a substantive INEC Chairman may stall elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States. The NCS meeting which was the first to be presided over by President Buhari was attended by General Yaku- bu Gowon, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Chief Ernest Shonekan and General Abdusalami Abubakar. Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Shagari were how­ever absent from the meeting. Former President Goodluck Jona­than who is currently head of Com­monwealth election monitoring group to Tanzania, was also absent President Buhari also named new federal electoral commissioners to fill the vacancy created by the expiration of the...

The full list of winners at The Golden Icon Academy Awards (GIAMA 2015) held over the weekend in Houston, Texas, USA. Below is the full list of winners BEST MOTION PICTURE – BLACK NOVEMBER BEST FILM (DRAMA) – STALKER BEST FILM (COMEDY) – HEAD GONE BEST SHORT FILM – VERDICT BEST FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) – MADE IN AGEGE BEST ACTOR – JIM IYKE – STALKER BEST ACTRESS – NSE IKPE ETIM – STALKER BEST SUPPORTING MALE – O.C UKEJE – BLACK NOVEMBER BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE – KIKI OMELI – STING BEST COMEDIC ACT – AKPORORO & ENIOLA BADMUS – HEAD GONE BEST NEW ACTOR – GBENGA TITILOYE – LOVE REGARDLESS BEST NEW ACTRESS – AISHA KAMARA – REFLECTIONS BEST ON-SCREEN DUO – YVONNE JEGEDE AND UCHE JOMBO – OGE’S SISTER BEST EDITING – C.J OBASI – OJUJU BEST SOUND – STANLEE OHIKHUARE – KPIANS BEST MAKEUP/COSTUME – INVASION 1897 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – BLACK NOVEMBER BEST SCREENPLAY – TRIALS OF IGHO BEST PRODUCER- JETA AMATA – BLACK NOVEMBER BEST DIRECTOR – JETA AMATA – BLACK NOVEMBER 201...

Lagos State Government has appealed to the Senate to hasten deliberations on the motion moved by the Senator representing the Lagos Central District, Oluremi Tinubu, on the gridlock in the Apapa area. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, who stated this in Alausa on Tuesday, also commended the Senate for approving the motion. Ayorinde said the development had shown that the state government’s effort at providing solution to the traffic congestion in the area had caught the attention of the Senate. Ayorinde, who hailed Senator Tinubu for moving the motion, said, “We hope that the Senate will give it priority attention in view of the hardship it has continued to cause residents of the state. “The intervention from the Senate will go a long way to complement the various moves by the state government to finding a lasting solution to the gridlock.” The commissioner explained that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had visited the area and had give...

Following the huge success of ’30 Days In Atlanta’, Ace comedian and award winning movie producer, AY has announced on his Instagram page that shooting for his new movie titled ‘A Trip To Jamaica’ has began. The Comedian posted the photo (above) and captioned: “Let the shoot began…#anothermovie #@giama #Houston #atlanta #AtripToJamaica”

L AGOS— Two planes belonging to Arik Air, yesterday, brushed each other while manoeuvring out of the apron at the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The two planes had their wing tips damaged and have been grounded to allow further investigation into the incident. Reacting to the incidence, spokesman of the airline, Mr. Adebanji Ola, said in a statement: “Two of our aircraft, Boeing 737-800NG were this afternoon (yesterday) involved in a wing-tip brush at the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. “One of the aircraft, 5N-MJP, was marshalled out of the ramp for a scheduled flight, when its wing brushed that of another aircraft, 5N-MJQ, parked on the ramp. “There were no incidences as the safety of passengers was not jeopardized. We have grounded the two aircraft and are looking into the incident.” A similar incidence happened recently at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, MMA2, in Lagos, when ther...

6 people unfortunately died this morning after a terrible accident along the Lekki-Ajah road in Lagos this morning. …..see photo below.

Many people were killed on Sunday in multiple bomb attacks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. A member of the youth vigilance group, Kaka Mustapha, told our correspondent on the telephone that their group had been called up to assist in evacuating the corpses of the victims of explosions at Ajilari cross. Mustapha said the area was attacked by multiple bombs on Sunday evening at about 7.30pm. According to him, the first two explosions were targeted at a mosque in Ajilari cross. He said the bombs were planted in a mosque in the area and perhaps timed to coincide with the time of the late evening prayers. He also revealed that another bomb exploded at a mini business district where people were shopping for dinner. Mustapha said the third site where the explosion occurred was a game centre in the area where young people pay to play computer games and get their mobile phones charged. He however said the number of casualties could not yet be ascertained at the time of res...

The youngest daughter of the late HID Awolowo, Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, said her mother breathed her last in her arms on Saturday. She disclosed this on Sunday while talking to journalists at the Ikenne, country home of the Awolowos. She said her mother’s death was unexpected, stressing that the family was planning her centenary birthday celebration. Awolowo-Dosunmu told reporters at the family home in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State, that the late business woman was devoted to God until her death. Awolowo-Dosunmu, a former Ambassador of Nigeria to Holland, said that the family was happy over the accolades her late mother had been receiving following her passage on Saturday afternoon. She said her mother impacted positively on the lives of both the high and the low, promising that her legacy would be kept by the family. “She was in high spirits before she left us and didn’t give us room to suspect the contrary as she kept praying for us. “Whether she had a...

PRINCE Peter Adetola Ogunleye, from the Giesi Ruling House, Ile Ife de­clared at the weekend that the Ooni’s stool is not for sale. Ogunleye, an octogenar­ian, who also contested the reverred stool in 1980 with the late Oba Okunade Si­juwade also warned stake­holders and other intrested parties against bribery in the appointment of a new Ooni. He spoke against the backdrop of alleged plans by some individuals, who were said not to be bonafide members of the Giesi dy­nasty to contest the stool. According to him, the family had commenced se­rious scrutiny to determine the rightful prince from the ruling house who are eli­gible for the throne. While urging the state government and other rel­evant stakeholders to expe­dite action on the selection process, Pa Ogunleye , as­sured that the royal house would not sell its its right to non member of the family. A lawyer by profession, Ogunleye said the rotational system introduced in 1957 by the late Ooni, Oba Ad­esoji Aderemi amon...

The 10th edition of the annual Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) was held yesterday, September 6, 2015, in New York City. Check out the full list of winners below…… ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR – TobiSanniDaniel Best Indigenous Artist of the year – PASUMA FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR – YEMI ALADE WINNER: ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (NOLLYWOOD) – RUTH KADIRI WINNER: MOST PROMISING ACT TO WATCH – SIMI BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR – DI’JA AFRICAN ARTIST OF YEAR –EDDY KENZO WINNER: BEST NEW ACT TO WATCH – KISS DANIEL WINNER: ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (AFRICA) – SONIA IBRAHIM BEST RnB Artist of the year – PRAIZ BEST MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – UNLIMITED LA Entertainment Personality of the year – JIMMIE BEST FEMALE DJ OF THE YEAR – DJ CUPPY Diaspora Artist Of The Year – YEMI

An official of the ikeja Distribution Company (IKDC) was found in a electric police after been electrocuted yesterday. According to the source, she said the PHCN official was noticed when he was not not moving after about 15 minutes. The electric pole is just right in front of the police college in Ikeja, Lagos. Policemen came to the rescue and he was moved to a nearby hospital before he was confirmed dead.

No fewer than three people were killed on Wednesday after a container on a 40-feet trailer fell off the Ojuelegba Bridge onto the road below. Learnt that the container, which was not latched to the trailer, crushed two private vehicles which were in motion. The vehicles, a white Toyota and a black jeep, were reportedly mangled under the weight of the container. A crowd of residents and motorists was said to have converged on the scene as there was apprehension on the number of casualties involved in the incident. The situation was said to have caused traffic snarl in the area as traffic officials had a tough time controlling the number of people trooping the scene and redirecting the traffic. The driver of the trailer reportedly attempted to escape the scene. He was, however, apprehended by the angry mob. A witness, who identified himself as Sir J, said the accident happened around 4.50pm. He said, “It happened around 4.50pm, as we were all in the park doing our busi...

Real Madrid have pointed the finger at Manchester United following the collapse of the deal to take David de Gea to the Bernabeu, Skysports reports. De Gea will be staying at United after Real Madrid decided not to appeal to La Liga – and then issued a statement in which they laid out their version of events, blaming United for the breakdown of the move. A £29.5m deal – with Real keeper Keylor Navas moving in the opposite direction – was agreed on Sunday only to founder at the last minute due to an administrative hitch. It initially seemed the deal had simply stalled after documents were received 28 minutes after the Spanish transfer deadline at midnight on Monday. But Skysports consequently learned from Spanish league officials that they did not receive any paperwork from Real over the transfer. United insisted they signed and sent all relevant documentation on time and that they have the evidence to prove it but Real have now released a 10-point statement which seeks to cl...

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney knew nothing of Anthony Martial when the Monaco forward was linked with a move to Old Trafford, according to team-mate Morgan Schneiderlin. Martial has returned to France after completing a medical ahead of his proposed move and Sky sources understand United will pay Monaco an initial £36m for the 19-year-old – making him the most expensive teenager in football history. News of United’s interest broke as the squad were flying back to Manchester after their 2-1 defeat to Swansea on Sunday and the England captain approached Schneiderlin to get the low-down on the potential new recruit. Schneiderlin told the Manchester Evening News, “On the plane, Wayne Rooney came to speak to me and asked me who Martial was, because the English press had started to speak. “I told him he’s a great player with great potential, who has played some good matches with Monaco last season and the beginning of this. “I told him he is technical and powerful. A litt...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday warned that with the fall in oil prices, Nigeria risked economic decline, if it failed to manage its resources prudently. Buhari gave the warning during a meeting with members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari urged accountants to take their audit reports seriously. He urged them to support his administration’s efforts to restore probity, prudence and transparency. Buhari said with declining prices of oil exports, Nigeria must begin to properly manage its available resources or face developmental stagnation and decline. The President stated that accountants should help the government “to go back to the days of real accountability in the management of public funds. “The annual audits of government ministries, agencies and departments, which your members undertake must be taken more serio...

In a display of absurd mannerism, an unidentified commercial vehicle driver on Tuesday removed his cloths and started behaving strangely when officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps stopped his car and demanded for his vehicle particulars. The incident happened along the busy Marian Road in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. According to an eyewitness, the naked driver, whose vehicle registration number was Edo AUC 901 XS, came out of his vehicle and started behaving funny by removing his cloths. The eyewitness, who identified himself as Raheem Bayoor, said officials of the FRSC were stunned by the behaviour of the driver and did not attempt to struggle with him as he resisted arrest. Bayoor said, “The man just came out when the FRSC officials requested for his particulars and started pulling off his cloths. It is obvious that he was abnormal; a mad man behind the wheel. The FRSC officials were stunned and did not attempt to create any scene as it was ob...

The reality who is holidaying at St Barts decided to put her baby bump on display. More photos below

A police officer attached to Orile Division died in a motor accident opposite Fatgbems Filling Station, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at about 9a.m., yesterday. It was learned that the deceased, while attempting to apprehend a commercial bus (Danfo) driver, who was picking up passengers along the road, jumped into the moving bus with number plates KJA305XL. The bus sped off, while trying to escape, and hit another car with number plates LND340DF. The sudden stop made the policeman, who was hanging on the bus, to fall. An eyewitness told Vanguard that as the cop fell, a trailer ran over him, killing him instantly, as the commercial bus driver and his conductor took to their heels, abandoning the vehicle. Vanguard gathered that the driver of the car, which the bus driver hit, was travelling for his father’s burial when he incident occurred. Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, and policemen from Trinity and Or...

An unconscious man (some say a corpse) was found on Ikeja Along this morning at about past 8am. Eye-witnesses say the man was run down by a vehicle as he tried to cross the express way. He is still there unattended to .

Olamide told Andre Blaze in a recent interview that his biggest fear is not making heaven. In his words “my major fear is not making Heaven; the second one is failure. Nobody thought it was going to be this big for me…or for someone coming from Bariga, and you’re not even doing like Pop, RnB or something. You’re rapping, like rap doesn’t even really sell like that in Nigeria. And now you’re coming from the ghetto, and you’re not doing English rap. But glory be to God, I did a lot of hard work and it has paid for me. The grace of God has really helped me as well.” On his baby mama, the rapper said “We’re very cool. We’ve been cool from way back and we’ve been together for almost 5 years now. It’s not just some random chic that came around from nowhere. That’s just it. But the question of marrying her, that one is very hard to answer because Olamide is not God. Only God knows tomorrow.”

Six people, including two suspected suicide bombers, have died in two bomb explosions that occurred on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. Yobe Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Toyin Gbadegeshin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria. Gbadegeshin said three others were in critical condition, while 40 others, who sustained various degrees of injury, had been taken to hospitals in the area. He said one of the explosions involving a female suicide bomber of about 12 years of age, happened at the entrance of the Damaturu main motor park. “The girl detonated the explosive at the screening centre of the motor park gate, killing herself and four others, including a pregnant woman and a baby. “The other explosive went off at about the same time with the first one at Pompomari, when a suspected male suicide bomber, sensing he will be apprehended, ran into a nearby bush and the explosive went off, killing him alone,” the police spokesman said. Meanwhi...

Usain Bolt, this afternoon hit hat-trick by winning his third World Championship 100 metres gold medal in a time of 9.79 at the ongoing World Athletics Championship holding in Beijing, China. Bolt has now won three 100m world title which draws him level with Carl Lewis and Maurice Greene. The Jamaican produced perhaps his greatest performance of all as he put a troubled build-up behind him to beat two-time doper and clear favourite Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title.

Award-winning Nollywood actress, Ini Edo, during an edition of a weekly TV programme “Rubbin Minds Show”, hosted by media personality Ebuka Uchendu addressed the issue of her failed marriage. During the show, Ini disclosed why she got married early and how her husband’s family contributed to the reasons her marriage fell apart. Ini said: “I got married early because I wanted a family. I think my marriage was an experience which I don’t regret. He was the last child, so his family members kind of interfered in the marriage, which is naturally normal. He was okay with the kind of work I did and he kind of interfered as a good husband. We couldn’t find common grounds and agree on certain things so we fell out.  My husband and I were far apart from each other, maybe being together would have helped. My marriage fell out because of differences. For now I just want to fix my life, no marriage in the picture.” When asked about how many friends she had in the industry, Ini mention...

Ace comedian, Mr Moses Adejumo popularly called ‘Baba Sala’ has been discharged from the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, after eight days of treatment. The veteran actor’s son, Mr Emmanuel Adejumo, revealed that his father was discharged Monday afternoon around 3.47 p.m. Baba Sala, 80, was rushed to the hospital on August 17 after he complained of discomfort which Emmanuel said was confirmed to be old-age related symptom. “To the glory of God my daddy has been discharged from the hospital today (Monday). “I want to use this opportunity to thank all friends and fans of my daddy for the love, care and concerns. “I actually thank everyone for all their comments and love,” he said. Remarkably, the Chief Medical Director of the UCH, Prof. Temitope Alonge, said the hospital would be responsible for Baba Sala’s hospital bill.

The National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has set up an investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and ammunition in the Armed Forces from 2007 till now. This action was taken in obedience to an order by President Muhammadu Buhari that all arms’ procurement deals since 2007 should be investigated. The late President Umar Yar’Adua was in charge from 2007 to 2010 while former President Goodluck Jonathan presided over the affairs of the country between 2010 and 2015. According to a statement on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President directed the NSA to set up the committee with the mandate of identifying irregularities and making recommendations for streamlining the procurement process in the Armed Forces. Adesina said based on the presidential directive, the NSA had constituted the committee, which has AVM J.O.N. Ode (retd.) as President. Other members of the committee are R/Adm. J...

The Lagos State Government has removed the list of contracts awarded under the administration of former Governor Babatunde Fashola. The list which was published on the website of the state’s Public Procurement Agency, www.lagosppa.gov.ng, stated that Fashola’s administration spent N78.3m on his personal website, www.tundefashola.com, in 2014. The list further stated that Fashola spent N139m on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja. However, checks by our correspondent on Monday showed that the section which lists all the contracts awarded under Fashola’s administration between 2013 and 2014 could no longer be accessed. The website of the PPA was inaugurated by Fashola on July 15, 2013. According to Fashola, the website is aimed at enhancing transparency, efficiency, accountability and value for money in the area of public procurement and asset disposal through the enactment of the Public Procurement Law, 2011, and the establishment of the req...