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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...