Notorious Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), the Ponzi scheme which dashed the hope of over three million Nigerians in 2017, is back.

The new version known as MMM Cooperation promises as much as 50 percent return on any amount invested in it — 20 percent more than what the extinct version offered.

Just like the previous version, participants are to register, invest a particular amount in the form of “providing help” and “get help” with their investment and interest back after 30 days.

And some Nigerians are falling for it yet again!

The scheme had announced a shut down in April 2018 following the death of Sergei Mavrodi, its founder.
“After much deliberation, we have made the conclusion that continuing the system operation, without our leader and ideological inspirer, is impossible and makes no sense,” a message on MMM Nigeria website had read.

In a surprising turn of events, however, the scheme announced it had re-launched globally since January “to make Mavrodi’s legacy worthwhile.”

“Like sunrise in the morning , MMM Cooperation set the pace on the 22nd of January 2019 all over the world.

“From negligence by many to fear of unknown by prospective participants at the beginning; we are were we are today being most populous platform all over the world with six million participants all in space of four months,” a message on its website read.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that one of the coordinators who gave his name as Guider Tee on Twitter, said the new MMM is in over 170 countries.

Great News……MMM is back and better!

What we have all been waiting for is back
supporting over 170 local different countries and is peer to peer
re-launched January 2019. Provide Help (PH) and Get Help (GH) Now!
For more info join our whatsapp group:https:///deC8ndNuKP

— Guider Tee (@TeeGuider) June 21, 2019
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/06/nigerians-excited-as-mmm-returns.html

Rapper, Nicki Minaj has confirmed she is set to marry Kenneth Petty after revealing they have obtained a marriage licence.
The rapper and Kenneth have been dating for over seven months, when they went official with their relationship on Instagram.
She has since spoken about the decision to get the licence with her ‘husband’, (which she called him) while talking about their evening routine on her Queen Radio show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio.
“We did get our marriage license. I think I have what I was striving for, just happiness

“It was so hard to get to a happy place. Now that I’m there, I don’t want to compromise that for anyone or anything,” she said, according to Metro.
Nicki referred to her other half as ‘husband’ when she said Kenneth gives her a loving foot rub every evening after her shower, but admitted that they were not yet legally married.

“Every night when I get out of the shower, my husband takes this really good lotion that we just bought, and he massages my feet, and rubs them, and he rubs each toe individually, and the heel, and the ball of my foot, and he does it all.

“It’s just so sexy,” she said.

The Chun Li rapper recently praised Kenneth for making her feel ’empowered’, and said she is in the ‘best place’ she’s been in a long time ‘spiritually’.
She said: “If I’m being honest, spiritually, I’m at the best place I’ve been in a long time.

“I think who you have in your life determines how you feel spiritually. I’m happy now with or without a man, but it just so happens the man in my life, he’s known me since I was 14,” she added.

“He knows the real me, I don’t have to pretend. We can be around each other all day and not get bored.
“There’s a different level of friendship and passion I’ve never had before. So nurturing and knows just what to say to make me feel empowered.”

The Trinidadian born rapper is the most awarded female rapper with lots of accolades to her credit.

In 2015 she won the award for Best Hip-Hop Video for “Anaconda”.
She won the BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist in 2010 and 2016.

Throughout 2011 to 2016, Minaj was nominated for a total of 10 Grammy Awards.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/06/nicki-minaj-to-wed-childhood-friend.html

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and higher institutions on Tuesday approved 160 and above as cut-off for admissions in 2019.

The decision was reached at the 19th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria.

JAMB and the school authorities also approved 140 for admission into private universities.

The meeting took place at the Bola Babalakin Auditorium, Gbongan, Osun State.

120 UTME score was approved for admission into public polytechnics while 110 is the minimum for admission into private polytechnics
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/06/breaking-jamb-schools-approve-160-as.html

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of 4,536 candidates earlier withheld by the board.

Details shortly…..
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/breaking-jamb-releases-4536-withheld.html

The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted a musician, Azeez Fashola (aka Naira Marley), N2millon bail with two sureties in the like sum.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo ruled that one of the sureties must be on Grade Level 10 in the federal or state employ.

The other surety must have a landed property within the court’s jurisdiction, he added.

The judge directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to verify the bail terms.

He adjourned till October 22 for trial.

EFCC arraigned Naira Marley on May 20 for alleged credit card fraud.

He was charged with 11 counts of violating the Cyber Crimes Act of 2015, to which he pleaded not guilty.

Also mentioned in the charge is Yad Isril, said to be at large.

The musician risks seven years in jail if found guilty.
Defence counsel Mr. Olalekan Ojo (SAN), who led no fewer than eight other lawyers, prayed the court to grant the musician bail on liberal terms.
He argued that as a celebrity, the defendant would not jump bail.

Ojo gave a Yoruba proverb that ‘’A person cannot steal the trumpet that belongs to the king because he has nowhere to blow it.”

Citing relevant authorities as well as a Supreme Court decision, Ojo urged the court to grant Naira Marley bail on liberal terms.

He said the law provided for a prison term of not more than seven years for the offence, adding that it was bailable.

But, EFCC counsel Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo opposed the bail application on the grounds that the defendant was a “flight risk” and that granting him bail would send a wrong signal to the public.
He said there was an upsurge in cybercrime popularly termed “yahoo yahoo” in Nigeria, which he noted had dented the country’s image.
The prosecutor added that as a celebrity, the defendant’s conduct had a multiplier effect on the youth who looked up to him as a role model.

Oyedepo prayed the court to deny the musician bail.

Ruling, Justice Oweibo said that the reasons adduced by prosecution were not strong enough to warrant denial of bail.

EFCC said the defendant committed the offence on November 26, 2018, December 11, 2018 and May 10.

The commission said he conspired with others to use access card numbered 42658840359191132 issued to other persons in a bid to obtain gain.

EFCC said Naira Marley, with intent to defraud, possessed a counterfeit card numbered 4921819410257431, on May 10.

The commission said he also used access card numbered 5264711020433662 issued to another person to obtain fraudulent financial gains.

The prosecution said some of the credit cards bore the names Nicole Louise Malyon and Timea Fedorne Tatar.

The alleged offence is contrary to Section 27(1)(b) and 33(9)of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 33(2) of the same Act.

The singer was arrested on May 10 following intelligence report which EFCC said it received about his involvement in Internet fraud.

The court premises were packed with supporters, as they hailed Naira Marley, who was brought by prison officials.
Some strained to catch a glimpse of the music star as he stood in the dock. He wore a black T-shirt and black trousers with his trademark dreadlocks.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/musician-naira-marley-gets-n2m-bail.html

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has released a new age classification in Nigeria

At the launch of the Revised National Youth Policy, 2019 which took place in Akure, Ondo State on May 24th, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, in a foreword presented at the launch, disclosed that the age bracket for the classification of youth in Nigeria has been reviewed downward from 18 – 35 years to 15 – 29 years.

Dalung in his foreword, stated that the age classification had to be reviewed downward so that every federal government intervention programmes designed for youths will get to the youths themselves and not adults masquerading as youth.

According to the Minimum Age Convention (1973), the general minimum age for admission to employment or work in Nigeria is 15 years. The United Nations defines ‘youth’ as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years, Igbere TV reports
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/fg-releases-new-age-classification-15.html

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has fixed the date for the computer-based test that shortlisted candidates ,must undergo for Saturday, June 1, 2019.

In a series of tweets via its verified Twitter handle @NNPCgroup, the organisation said the recruitment exercise which kicked off via nationwide adverts in the national dailies and online media on 13 March, 2019, followed by shortlisting of qualified candidates which commenced from about 27 March, 2019, has entered a third phase.

Referencing a Press release signed by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC stated that shortlisting of candidates for the exercise had been concluded, and that shortlisted candidates have been scheduled to sit for Computer Based Testing on Saturday, 1st June, 2019 across the country.

“Notification of progression to the next stage has been sent to all shortlisted candidates via text and e-mail, while other details such as test centre and time will be sent on or before the 27th of May, 2019,” the release stated.

Ughamadu relayed that validation of credentials of candidates would be a continuous process throughout the exercise, stressing that candidates discovered not to meet the requirements or who had presented false documents at any stage would be withdrawn from the exercise.

It added that the CBT would be administered in about 50 centres across the country, saying those who emerge successful in the test would subsequently be invited for oral interviews for final selection.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/breaking-nnpc-recruitment-2019-cbt-test.html

JAMB has finally begun the sales of change of course and institution forms, also called data correction form.
The JAMB data correction form costs N2500 to acquire through the JAMB portal. Below are the procedures to follow.
Login to your JAMB profile via the official JAMB portal – jamb.org.ng
Click on the drop down menu at the top of your right-hand side and a set of menus will be be displayed.
Click on “Registration (2019 Only)” and the menu will extend further.
Tap on “2019 UTME Data Correction” and proceed to make payment. Payments can be made using your debit card or through your bank using the generated Remita (RRR) code.
After payment, proceed to any accredited JAMB CBT center closest to you to effect the change.
Confirm the printout that will be given to you at the JAMB CBT center after making the change to make sure your corrections have reflected.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/utme-2019-jamb-commences-sale-of-change.html

Veteran Nigerian singer Daddy Showkey has again called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to leave Nigerian Singer Azeez Fashola better known as Naira Marley and go after individuals that have looted the country's money.

The singer had earlier begged the EFCC to have mercy and release Naira Marley.

However, his plea fell on deaf ears as the singer was arraigned yesterday at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos before Hon. Justice I. Nicholas Oweibo who ordered that the singer be remanded in prison till May 30, when is bail application will be heard.

At his arraignment yesterday, Naira Marley was guarded by security officials attached to the EFCC but the sight of the security operatives did not go down well with Daddy Showkey who took to his Instagram handle today to express his displeasure.

Speaking in a mix of Pidgin and English, he said: "Many things I saw yesterday made me laugh. What did Naira Marley do to warrant all the security? All the people wey be threats to our society, they never do them like this oh.

“This boy is a small boy, all of us know what we did while we were young. One day, your own will come. Don’t think because you are in power now, you will be using your position anyhow.

“I have talked and begged EFCC to give this boy another chance but you refused, they do like say na him thief Nigeria money.

“All the people that stole Nigeria money, what have you done to them? Yet you are treating Marley like a slave.

“Weytin this boy do self wey we never see before, na him kill people with Bomb? Na him thief Nigeria money? Yeye dey Smell.”
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/what-did-naira-marley-do-to-warrant-all.html

The Federal Government has increased the monthly allowance of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to 30,000.

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a press conference where she added that the total sum of N649.434 billion was verified by the ministry as the outstanding balance to be refunded to the state governments.”
She, however, noted that the Federal Government is still working out modalities before the implementation of the new allowance for corps members.

She said, “The other aspect that should be clear is that there is an increase for the NYSC as well because NYSC, by its Act, is designed that they earn the minimum wage.”

“So, NYSC allowance also has to increase to N30, 000. So, I cannot give you projections right now because the negotiations are not yet concluded.”
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/minimum-wage-nysc-allowance-rises-to.html

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said candidates can now access their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results for free online.

Fabian Benjamin, the JAMB's head, media and information, said this during an interview with NAN on Wednesday night in Lagos.

He said: “Candidates can now check their results on the portal.
http://www.jamb.org.ng/efacility

“They must first log in their profile and then, click on ‘check UTME Examination Results."

The development follows widespread complaints by candidates who could not access the result checker code 55019.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/update-candidates-can-now-access-utme.html

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, has fixed May 22 to hear an application seeking an order to restrain Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) or any other Justice from swearing-in Muhammadu Buhari as president on May 29.

Chief Ambrose Owuru, Candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and his party, who are before the tribunal challenging their alleged exclusion from the Feb.23 presidential election brought the application for consideration on Tuesday.

Justice Zainab Bulkachua, President of the Appeal Court, leading four other justices adjourned hearing on the application on account of non-proper service on the respondents.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and All Progressive Congress (APC) are respondents in the matter.

“The application filed by the appellants/applicants and all other interlocutory applications are hereby adjourned until May 22 for hearing.

“It is hereby ordered that all exchanges of processes and filing of respondents’ briefs are done within the period specified.

“The sitting on the petition filed by the Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru and the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) is hereby adjourned until May 22’’, Bulkachua held.

The applicants had brought the application pursuant to Sections 1 (2), 6 (6) 139, and 239 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

The applicants had also relied on Sections 26 (4) (5) and 138 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) and under the inherent jurisdiction of the court.

They are praying for an order restraining the first respondent (Buhari) from presenting himself on May 29 or any other date for swearing in or taking of oath of allegiance and oath of office as president.

Owuru and the HDP are also seeking an order restraining the CJN or any other justice in that stead from swearing-in or administering the oath of allegiance and oath of office on May 29 or any other date on Buhari.

They are praying the tribunal to activate those orders pending the determination of their petition contesting the alleged invalidity of the substituted and questioned presidential election of Feb.23.

The applicants predicated the application on the ground that they had filed a petition on March 3 challenging the validity of the election and the return of the first respondent as winner of the election.

They had raised the other ground to hinge in the fact that pleadings had been concluded among parties and petition fixed for pre-trial hearing session following services of hearing notice to all parties which commenced May 8.

The other ground of the application, according to the applicants, stems from the frantic ongoing preparation for the inauguration of the first respondent in spite of the pending petition.

“A restraining order by this court is appropriate to preserve the subject matter of this petition and prevent the first respondent foisting a fiat accompli and state of helplessness on the court and render the petition nugatory.

“The law is settled that once the question of the validity of Election of any person is challenged as to whether he is validly elected or not, the person is not competent to take office or assume the seat of power until the matter is dealt with’’, they claimed.

However, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Counsel for the president, informed the panel of his application seeking an order to dismiss the entire processes filed by the appellants, adding that their actions were laughable and incompetent.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/tribunal-fixes-may-22-to-hear.html

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has been urged to halt the May 29 planned swearing-in of President Muhammadu Buhari for his second term.

The request is contained in motion filed before the tribune by the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and Ambrose Owuru, identified as the party’s presidential candidate.

HDP and Owuru also seek to restrain the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad from administering the oath of office and allegiance on the president.

They want the tribunal to halt the planned inauguration pending the hearing and determination of their petition, challenging the outcome of the last presidential election.

The five-man tribunal, headed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has adjourned to My 22 for the respondents – Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) – to respond.

Details shortly…
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/breaking-election-tribunal-urged-to.html

The Chief Driver of Takoradi Flour Mills has committed suicide by hanging at his residence at Effiakuma in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis.

The deceased, John Kofi Adams, 55, is believed to have committed the act around 2:00am on Sunday, May 12 at the gate of the compound house where he lived with his family.

Kofi Prah, who is the landlord, tells host of Connect FM‘s OMANBAPA morning show, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, it was a lady tenant who woke up at dawn to sweep and bumped into the lifeless body of Mr Adams and raised an alarm.

According to the landlord, the wife of the deceased, Abena Mfantse, who is seriously traumatized, tells him the husband woke up around 2:00am and told her he was going to take his bath


“Least did the wife suspect the husband was going to commit that heinous crime only for his lifeless body to be seen dangling on a loose rope at the main gate of the yard,” the landlord recounted.

Mr Prah says the deceased, who has three kids with the wife, has been living in the house for over 15 years and been usually calm until the unfortunate incident on Sunday.

Neighbours and colleague workers who besieged the premises upon hearing the news appeared utterly shocked since the deceased didn’t show any sign of being troubled.

One question then was left on almost everybody’s lip: “Why would a father commit suicide on Mothers’ Day?”

The body has since been conveyed by the Effiakuma police to the Effia Nkwanta Hospital morgue while investigation continues.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/father-commits-suicide-on-mothers-day.html

Banks are institutions that help you keep your money and facilitate other financial transactions.

These transactions happen smoothly and with no issues. However, there are times when the bank fails in its service to you. It can be very annoying when bank customers experience such issues as unfair or unexplained charges, poor customer service by bank staff, unauthorised transactions on customer accounts through bank transfers or ATM withdrawals, etc.

It is even more frustrating when customers lodge complaint and nothing is done about it.

If you are having challenges sorting out one problem or the other with your bank or any financial institution, bellow are detailed steps you should follow as regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).


The first and most important step to take is to contact the bank through the quickest channels available. You can reach them on the customer care numbers available or on Social Media.

However, if the result is not satisfactory, you are advised to visit the bank yourself and lay the complaints.

It is also important to note the details of the communication e.g. if a phone call, take down details of when you called, who you spoke to, what you said, and the response you received. All phone calls are recorded so this can easily be reviewed if there are issues later.

Allow two weeks (it might be less in some banks) for the issue to be resolved.

If after lodging your complaint, your Bank still fails to engage you and resolve the complaint within two weeks as provided for in the ATM HELP DESK Circular, you have the right to escalate your complaint to the Consumer Protection Department (CPD) of the CBN.

You can only direct your Complaints to CPD upon the failure of your Bank/Financial Institution to resolve your complaint within the 2 weeks timeline given by the CBN.

You can contact the CPD through the following channels:
E-mail: cpd@cbn.gov.ng
Letter: Director, Consumer Protection Department
Central Business District, Abuja
Your letter of Complaint should be addressed to the Director, Consumer Protection Department. You can submit your letter at the CBN Head Office or at any of the Central Bank of Nigeria branches of nationwide.

The CBN deals with all financial related complaints so far as it is against Financial Institutions within its regulatory purview. How to Write an Effective Complaints Letter


How to write an effective complaints letter

Your complaint, according to the CBN, should be clear and concise to avoid ambiguity. The Complaint letter (petition) should contain amongst other things the following:
• Name, Address, Contact Phone Number & E-mail of the Complainant;
• Name of your Financial Institution;
• Personal banking details ( Do not include PIN & Passwords)
• History/Date of the transaction in dispute;
• Amount claimed (if any);
• Attach relevant documents to support your claim and;
• Evidence to show that you have first lodged the complaint at your bank.

The CBN noted that consumer protection was a critical requirement for financial system stability and an indispensable component for effective regulatory and supervisory framework.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/how-to-file-complaint-against-your-bank.html

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday took to the streets of Abuja to protest against the Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige over the attack on its members by persons suspected to be hired thugs when they picketed the residence of the Minister.

At a meeting of it’s Central Working Committee on Thursday, the Congress had decided to hold what it called a national day of protest against the Minister, whom they said was no longer fit to head the Ministry having invited thugs to attack them.

The Minister has since denied knowledge of the thugs, saying he never invited them.

NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the protest has nothing to do with the NSITF board but to protest against the action of the Minister.


Details shortly…
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/workers-protest-against-ngige.html

Here is a quick step for candidates who wrote the 2019 UTME examination to check their results.

Text RESULT to 55019 from your registered phone number(s).

There is no need to approach any CBT Centre or cyber café to check results.

Those who were ABSENT, got their Registration CANCELLED or have their results WITHHELD will be told.


The following are the responses to be expected:

1. If a candidate uses a phone number that was not used to register, a message will be sent to him thus: “This phone number was not used for registration.”


2. A candidate with a result will receive the message: “Dear Mr/Miss X, your result is as follows… (And the details will be provided)”.

3. If a result is withheld, a “Result Withheld” message will be sent to the candidate.

4. If a candidate belongs to the category being given the benefit of the doubt, the message to the person will be: “Result withheld pending the upload of clarifications/document required from you.”

5. If a candidate was absent, s/he would get “CANDIDATE ABSENT” as feedback.

6. A candidate that was ABSENT WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER also CANCELLED will be so informed.

7. “Invalid Entrance into the Exam Hall” will be sent to a candidate who gained unauthorized access to the examination hall.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/how-to-check-2019-utme-result-by-phone.html

JAMB Releases Result Of 2019 UTME
The results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) has started trickling in.

recalls the 2019 UTME commenced on Thursday, 11th April across various CBT centres scattered across the country.

To be able to check the results, candidates are expected to obtain a JAMB result checker card and have their Jamb registration number handy, then follow the instructions below:

Step 1. Go to JAMB UTME e-Registration Portal here: http://www.jamb.org.ng/efacility

Step 2. When the page loads up, Login and click on the box “Check 2019 UTME Examination Results”

Step 3. Your score will be displayed on your computer screen or it will display “You Do Not Have Any Result Yet“.

Some candidates will also be able to receive their results via the email and mobile phone numbers used during registrations for the exam.

For those who see the message “You do not have any result yet”, don’t be worried as it is only candidates who have written their examination 1 to 3 days before that are expected to see their results online. Just keep on checking.

Note: Avoid the use of wrong email address and password.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/04/jamb-how-to-check-2019-utme-results.html

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of 1,792,719 candidates who sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Similarly, the board had withheld the results of 34,120 for various infractions.

JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede broke the news to reporters on Saturday in Abuja, the nation’s Capital.

Details Later….
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/breaking-jamb-releases-results-of-17.html

The wife of Ghanaian actor Chris Attoh has been shot dead while leaving her office in Maryland in the United States of America.

She was shot in the head by the gunman on Friday evening around 5pm and was pronounced dead when police arrived at the scene of the crime.

Bettie Jenifer, according to the report left the office in the 6300 block of Ivy Lane and was walking to her car when a man armed with a handgun approached her.

When she tried to run away, the man followed her and fired at her multiple times, with at least one shot hitting her.

The gunman then fled in a vehicle and is still wanted by the Maryland Police.

Police described the suspect as “a black male with a think build and black hair, wearing a dark shirt and pants.”

Chris Attoh and Bettie Jenifer married at a ceremony in Accra October 2018. This was shortly after divorcing his first wife, Nigerian actor DamiloIa Adegbite, with whom he has a son.

Last week, Chris Attoh sparked speculation on social media that all was not well with his second marriage after he deleted all of Bettie’s pictures from his social media pages.

It was alleged that they had broken up but neither of the two has publicly confirmed or denied the story.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/chris-attohs-wife-shot-dead-in-maryland.html

Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, yesterday said the board would release the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board today.

He said the board would give details of the results to reporters on the same day.

The 2019 UTME was conducted between April 11 and 18 this year.

He said: “We had a meeting yesterday. And so, we are releasing our results tomorrow (today).”


Meanwhile, the board yesterday paraded one of its staff caught collecting N25, 000 from an admission seeker in 2018.

Adamu Martin, a JAMB worker attached to the Information Technology Service, was said to have promised an unnamed candidate and Oloyede said the board was conducting internal scrutiny of its staff, noting that any staff caught would be The registrar said: “He collected N25,000 for admission. So, we are not hiding anything. Even internally, we are doing scrutiny. Anybody caught will be dealt with according to the law.”

The culprit, Musa, confessed to the crime, adding that he had refunded N10,000 to the admission seeker when the admission did not come through.

He said: “The person came to me for admission and I told him that I knew people who would help. I collected N25,000 from him. But it did not work. So I refunded N10,000.

“He was the one who reported to the registrar. The person I contacted to assist the admission seeker said they had already closed the admission. So I had to refund part of the money.”

www.chrysora.com/2019/05/utme-results-ll-be-released-today-jamb.html?m=1

An Edo State High Court has sentenced one Pastor Udoka Ukachukwu and his mistress, Eniobong Isonguyo to death for the 2013 murder of a senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC, Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo.

Late Engr. Isonguyo was husband of Eniobong, who was killed by the convicted Pastor.

Isonguyo was killed and set ablaze while his body was found after some days.

Pastor Ukachukwu, who was having an affair with late Isonguyo’s wife, was arrested when the vehicle of the deceased was tracked to him.


He could not explain how he got burnt injuries in his hands.

Justice G. Imadegbelo heard the deceased was killed by a sharp object in his car by the said pastor and set ablaze in the car in agreement with his wife who was then pregnant for the pastor.

During trial, the court was informed how some millions of naira and landed properties belonging to the deceased were transferred to the said pastor.

Witnesses testified the murder was carried out by the convicts to cover up the pregnancy accusation by the deceased who insisted on knowing how his wife became pregnant while he was away.

Justice Imadegbelo sentenced the two persons to death by hanging.

Eniobong, who was four months pregnant at the time of the incident, was said to have given birth at the Benin prison.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/pastor-mistress-sentenced-to-death-for.html

Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, on Thursday, announced that henceforth, bishops would be accountable for sexual abuses or cover ups in their jurisdictions.

The pronouncement, which signalled a change in Catholic Church law makes reporting of sexual cases obligatory for clerics and allows anyone to complain directly to the Vatican if necessary.

The papal decree, which covers abuse of children and adults, also obliges every Catholic diocese in the world to set up simple and accessible reporting systems and encourages local churches to involve lay experts in investigations.

The decree, whose preparation was reported first by Reuters in April, is the second such papal provision since a summit on abuse by senior Church bishops at the Vatican in February.


It sets time limits for local investigations and the Vatican’s response to them and allows for retroactive reporting.

It also says bishops with conflicts of interest should recuse themselves from investigations and that they can also be held accountable for abuse of power in sexual relations with adults.

The 19-article decree called “Vos Estis Lux Mundi” (You Are the Light of the World), raises 16 to 18, the age of adulthood in cases of sexual abuse.

It also covers possession of child pornography.

The decree says local Church officials cannot order those, who report abuse to remain silent and that senior bishops should make provisions to prevent documents from being destroyed by subordinates if needed.

It directed that clerics should follow local law on whether they are obliged to report alleged sexual abuse to civil authorities.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/pope-announces-rule-holding-bishops.html

Anambra State Police command on Saturday said it has arrested a man and his wife for allegedly selling their three-day old baby boy at the rate of N300,000.

The Police spokesperson in the state, Haruna Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement.

He said the suspects Chinonso Anyanwu and Oluebube Anyawu were apprehended following intelligence report.

He said, “On the 30/4/2019 at about 2:pm following intelligence report, Police detectives attached to Area Command Ihiala arrested one Chinonso Anyanwu ‘m’ aged 32 years and Oluebube Anyawu ‘f’ aged 20 years of lbiasiegbe village, Imo State.


“Suspects conspired and sold their biological son (a baby boy of 3 days old) at rate of #300,000 to one Sandra Odimege ‘f’ of Umuezike, Amorka in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State.

“The three suspects have been arrested and the baby recovered in good condition.”

Mohammed said the case was under investigation, adding that the suspects would soon be charged to court.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/couple-nabbed-for-selling-three-day-old.html

Musa Umar, an in-law of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, has been kidnapped at his hometown in Daura.

Umar is married to the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari’s sister, and is also the father of Fatima Musa, wife of Mohammed Abubakar, Buhari’s aide de camp (ADC), according to reports.

It was gathered that some unidentified gunmen stormed the house of Umar around 7pm on Wednesday, and dragged him away.

According to eyewitnesses, Umar had just returned from the evening prayer and was sitting in front of his house when the gunmen drove in with a Peugeot 406 car.

They shot into the air to disperse the crowd before forcing Umar to enter the car.

Immediately the gunmen left, villagers trooped into Umar’s house to sympathise with the family.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/05/gunmen-kidnap-buharis-in-law-in-daura.html

The Police in Lagos have arrested a woman, in whose freezer Treasure Akinsohun, a six-year-old boy, was found dead hours after he was declared missing.

The freezer was normally used to sell water and soft drinks.

DSP Bala Elkana, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrest to NAN on Friday, saying the corpse had been deposited at the mortuary while investigation was ongoing.

Elkana said that at about 8.30pm on April 23, one Eunice Akinsohun of Oyedele Street, Alapere ketu, reported her six-year-old son Treasure missing since about 9am.

He said the corpse of the boy, was found in a freezer a day later inside the shop owned by Eunice’s neighbour, one Patience Odowo. Patience’s shop was at 12 Orisigun Street also in Alapere.

Odowo was promptly arrested.

Sources said Treasure and his mother lived in Ikorodu and had gone to Ketu to celebrate the Easter holidays with his maternal aunt.

It was gathered that Treasure and some children in his aunt’s compound were playing when he suddenly disappeared, but his body was later found inside the freezer at Orisigun Street, about five streets from where his mother’s younger sister resides.

Eunice Akinsohun, the bereaved mother, told journalists that she noticed her son was not among the other children playing in the compound.

She said when she asked for his whereabouts, the other children could not give an answer, forcing her to raise the alarm.

After a frenetic combing of the neigbhourhood for the child turned vain, Eunice decided to reported the case to the Police at Alapere Police Station.

“I also called my husband on the phone to inform him of the development," she said.

"Before I got back home, a crowd had gathered at my sister’s house at Alapere to help in the search for my son. Throughout that day we couldn’t locate the exact place where he was.

"When my husband eventually arrived, he also tried his best with my sister’s husband and some elders in the community. He was still not found. That was how we went back to Ikorodu that night in anguish."

The woman said she and her husband were on their way back to Alapere from Ikorodu when they received a phone call that her son had been found in a woman’s freezer at Orisigun Street.

“Immediately I saw the corpse of my son, I fainted," she said.

"I was later revived at the hospital. What surprised me was how my son got into a freezer on another street. I still don’t understand how he got into the freezer as I speak with you, but it is left for the police to investigate."

Ojo Akinsohun, the father of the boy, urged the Police to investigate the matter, saying: "I can’t allow my child to die in vain."
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/04/corpse-of-six-year-old-boy-declared.html

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured candidates of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that results would be ready from April 29.

The Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Bwari.

Benjamin said that screening of the results would soon be over and the result released.

“We are still screening but hopefully, anytime next week, the results will be ready,” he said.


Speaking also on the board’s readiness to screen results of UTME candidates from 2009 to 2018, Benjamin said this would begin after the release of the 2019 results.

He said this was part of the board’s effort to address the issues of malpractice in the system.

The board had stated that it would only release the 2019 UTME results after undergoing thorough screening to identify and apprehend examination cheats.

The process would identify those involved in multiple registration through biometric capturing and also address group registration by some elite schools, who end up mixing candidate’s data.

The board said: “Normally, results are expected to be out within 24 to 48 hours as obtained in previous examinations held in 2017 and 2018.

“However, the board does not want this to be business as usual.

“Hence the programmed delay, which is part of its deliberate effort to properly scrutinize, identify and address all forms of examination malpractice.

“The board will continue to act decisively with regards to any irregularity discovered even after results are released.


“However, the board has made it a point of duty to screen all activities at all centres via CCTV recordings, to ensure that it does not release results of compromised examinations.”

The board, while regretting all inconvenience caused in the process, reaffirmed its commitment to providing equal opportunity to all candidates in order to articulate their aspirations.

JAMB said that effective from when it would officially release the results, all candidates can simply send RESULT, via SMS, to 55019 using the same number that was used for registration.

The result, it said, would be replied as an SMS shortly after.

This process, the board explained, was simplified to eliminate exploitation by business centres and cyber cafés who often take advantage of candidates.

It also urged candidates to ignore all messages in circulation on how to check the results as they were all products of deceit.

The 2019 UTME was conducted from April 11 to April 18 and over 1.8 million candidates registered for it.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/04/jamb-to-release-2019-utme-results-from.html

The story of one Deji Adenuga, who burnt and killed eight family members of a lady simply known as Titi has sent shock waves across the nation.





Titi had called off the love relationship with him and the fleeing Adenuga thought to pay her back by pouring petrol in her family bedroom while they slept and set it on fire.





Eight members of her family were burnt beyond recognition.





According to the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Mr Femi Joseph, Titi is the only survivor of the unfortunate incident for now.



But she is in critical conditions in the hospital while Adenuga is on the run





This is one painful situation youths today find themselves. There is the possibility of being in love with someone that does reciprocate.





It is even possible for a young man to ask a lady for a relationship and she turns his request down.





There are ways to handle this situation to prevent a severe damage or committing a criminal offence. Some include:





1. Give yourself time to grieve: After the rejection, don’t be afraid to feel any emotions that come your way. Sadness, anger, fear, and similar feelings are all natural parts of rejection, and working through them now will make it far easier to move on in the future.





Don’t be afraid to cry or scream when you’re alone. If you can, talk through your feelings with a close friend, family member or therapist. Sharing your emotions with a supportive, understanding person can make a huge difference in your mental well-being.





2. Think about why she said no: Though returning to the rejection may hurt, doing so after grieving can help you better understand what happened and gain some closure. If you believe your crush said no because she dislikes something about you, think about whether it is something you should change or if it is a simple matter of preference.





3. Be kind to her afterwards: This is sometimes hard to do because if your crush is someone you see a lot, it is normal to experience some awkwardness after a rejection. But nerves will cool down in the long run, and then your normal friendship can resume. Until then, try to be as kind, friendly, and polite to her as you can.







4. Keep yourself busy: Try picking up a brand new hobby or an old job that you have not touched in a while. If that is not enough to take your mind off things, try setting a personal goal you want to achieve. The busier you are, the easier time you’ll have getting over the rejection.





5. Remember that rejection is not a personal attack: In most cases, romantic rejection is not a criticism of your character. If your crush decides she doesn’t want you, it doesn’t mean she dislikes you or even finds you unattractive. Though every instance of rejection is different, the common thread is that “you” are not rejected.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/04/how-to-overcome-rejection-by-crush.html

Deji Adenuga, a jealous lover, has set ablaze a family of nine in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo state, SaharaReporters has learnt.

Adenuga's evil action in setting ablaze the family followed a dispute between him and his girlfriend identified as Titi Sanumi, which forced the latter to quit their long-time relationship.

Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred on Adetuwo Street near a popular hotel in Ayeka/Igbodigo on Igbokoda Road, Okitipupa, at about 2:35 am on Tuesday.

SaharaReporters learnt that Adenuga, an ex-convit, brought a jerrycan laden with petroleum in the midnight, gained entrance into the building by breaking a window, and sprayed the family while they were asleep.

Two of the family members immediately died in the fire while the remaining seven were rushed to the Trauma Centre, Ondo, where they all gave up the ghost.

The dispute between the suspected arsonist and his estranged lady was said to have been reported earlier at the Okitipupa Divisional Police station, and settled.

However, dissatisfied with the settlement by the Police, the suspect was said to have stormed her family house to set it ablaze.

Sources who further confirmed the incident said the lovers had been in a relationship for four years, which is known to everyone on the street.

SaharaReporters exclusively learnt that Adenuga was angered that Titi decided to quit the relationship after he had invested heavily in her.
One of the sources, Femi Adeusi, narrated how the two lovers had been having disagreements.

Adeusi, a close friend to the lovers, said: "What really happened was that both of them had been having dissagrements in recent times and the guy always told us how he had invested in the lady.

"But things became bad when Titi told his boyfriend that she could not cope with the relationship again due to daily disagreements. They had to drag themselves to the police station for settlement. Also, we tried to make them come back and play mature but it's like there is a secret between them that is dark to us because not even Deji was willing to make peace.

"It was like a filmtrick when we were told that he went to set the family's house of Titi on fire and people who were sleeping in the building died in the inferno and few of them could only escaped.

"We gathered that he decided to set the house on fire to punish Titi and not even knowing that the lady had travelled outside town the previous day after their big fight. It is sad he killed innocent persons in the family house while he himself has run away from home after perpetrating the evil act. Police have visited the scene and promised to investigate it."

Femi Joseph, spokesman of the Ondo State Police Command, confirmed the case to SaharaReporters, saying: "One Victor Alade came to report the case to the Police... that seven of his family members were set ablaze in their sleep.

"He told us he suspected one Deji Adenuga but that he ran away from town after perpetrating the evil act. Investigation has already commenced. Our officers visited the scene and evacuated the corpses. So, I can assure you that our officers are already on the trail of the suspect, and in no distant time we shall apprehened him."
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/04/jealous-lover-sets-ex-girlfriends.html

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has described as fake, a trending report that scores of candidates who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are being reduced.

The board in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, said the report was false.

The report had claimed that scores of candidates who sat for the UTME and were found wanting by the board were being reduced by 100 marks.

JAMB said that an investigation carried out discovered that the fake news emanated from a gang who coordinated from a town called Igarra in Edo state with affiliates in Lagos and other states.


The board described the act as fraudulent and meant to extort parents and candidates.

“A gang being coordinated from a town called Igarra in Edo State with affiliates in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Abia, Anambra and Plateau states are circulating fake notice of impending reduction of UTME scores.

“This is with intent to extort and defraud parents and candidates.

“Candidates results would be received on their registered cell phones as soon as the ongoing scrutiny of the examination centers are completed and publicly announced.

“Only the fraudulent candidates or parents stand being defrauded on this matter,” the board said.

NAN recalls that Benjamin had in an interview on Sunday warned candidates not be carried away by rumours and misleading information in some sections of the media, especially the social media.

He also said that the board distances itself from such rumours about releasing results of candidates of the just concluded UTME and steps to check these results as being speculated.

NAN reports that the 2019 UTME was conducted nationwide from April 11 to 18.


More than 1.8 million candidates registered for the examination.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/04/jamb-dismisses-report-on-alleged.html

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it would ensure a smooth and successful conduct of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Head of Media and Publicity, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Bwari.

He said that as of April 13, over 1.2 million have successfully written the examination scheduled to end April 17.

NAN reports that over 1.8 million candidates are expected to sit for the board’s UTME that commenced nationwide on April 11.


Benjamin said the process of the examination has so far been successful, adding that the board was addressing some of the challenges that came up during the exercise.

He also said that the board was still investigating those who were unable to be verified through its biometric process and would come out with a stand on the matter.

Speaking also on the issue of results, Benjamin said that no results have been released yet.

He explained that the board was still screening the results as the examination was ongoing and also because more fraudulent activities were being identified in the process.

He said: “We have to keep screening these results because there are lots of issues we discovered like multiple registrations, impersonation and the likes, so we are still fishing them out.

“Some have been arrested and those yet to be arrested, we have their records, we will fish then out. However, candidates should expect their results very soon.”

He added that the board’s suspension of some Computer Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide has not affected the candidates.

Benjamin explained that adequate examination centres was provided to all who registered for the examination.


The board in its weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar for April 15 said that it uncovered and arrested ‘Professional Examination Writers’ who writes examination for candidates for a fee.

According to the bulletin, 50 of such fraudulent persons were apprehended in centres across the country as a result of various intelligence gathering.

The bulletin also said that the board suspended 49 CBT centres from participating in the ongoing exercise.

The suspended centres which are spread across the country were suspended for failing to live up to expectations in ensuring a seamless examination.

30 of the exam centres were suspended during the start of the exam on April 11, while the other 19 were blacklisted during the registration’s exercise; 10 of the centres are located in the FCT.
https://www.chrysora.com/2019/04/jamb-gives-update-on-2019-utme-exams.html