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      PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told the Senate that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will act on his behalf as President for the 11 days he would be on medical vacation to the United Kingdom, UK. I n a letter to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, President Buhari said he was writing in line with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. According to the letter, which was read at plenary yesterday by Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided, the President said he would be away from June 6 to 16. The letter read: “In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, I wish to inform the distinguished Senate that I will be away on a short medical vacation from June 6 to 16, and while I am away, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, will perform the functions of my office. “Please, accept, as always assurances of my highest esteemed consideration.” It would be recalled that President Buhari had, last week

 Fulani Herdsmen return to Nimbo community. Takes over entire farmland. Threaten to unleash more terror Fulani herdsmen have returned to Nimbo to complete the invasion they started last month. No fewer than six women of the community have been raped by the rampaging hordes. As a result, the Nimbo community has once again become a ghost town, Daily Sun reports. The Traditional ruler of the community, Igwe John Ikemefuna Akoh  revealed this to Nsukka General Assembly when the group paid a visit to his palace before making a donation of over N1.4 million to the victims of the April 25 massacre in the community.

Former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi is dead! Keshi died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Benin City in southern Nigeria. He was planning to return to his base in the United States later that day.

Breaking! Avengers STRIKE again. Hits Chevron oil well at Dibi. "We are not NEGOTIATING with anyone" The Niger Delta Avengers have struck again. They hit an oil well belonging to the Chevron oil company.

Drop all corruption charges against our People - Imbecilic Niger Delta Governors demand Governors of the South-South region who met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House today called for a majority of the

POST UTME Scrapped By FG, NUC Announces New Screening Method (SHARE THIS) POST UTME Scrapped by FG is no longer news. A Former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Peter Okebukola, has disclosed that the scrapping of Post-UTME means that tertiary institutions will now go back to the agreement NUC had with Vice-Chancellors in 2004 when it introduced Post-UTME which is to screen candidates on oral interview and written essay. He pointed out that tertiary institutions were not suppose to conduct screening for candidates similar to that of JAMB as that was the part of the agreement guiding the introduction of Post-UTME. He lamented that tertiary institutions have since deviated from that agreement. According to him, admission seekers are supposed to attain minimum cognitive competence in the relevant subjects in the discipline they wished to study; which is the aspect JAMB examination covers and also attain competence in written and or