Five Nigerian Versities qualify for 1 Million dollar Hult prize semi final

Ten teams from five Nigerian Universities have made it to the semi final stage of the Hult prize competition. The competition which is organized in conjunction with the Clinton Global Initiative and the Hult International business school started in 2016.

Themed Reawakening human potential: The Refugee Opportunity. Hult prize aims to build sustainable, scalable social enterprises that restore the rights and dignity of 10 million refugees by year 2022. The semi finalists Nigeria are University of Ibadan, University of Ilorin, Lagos state University, Covenant University, and Federal University of technology Akure.

The teams will represent Nigeria in Boston, London, Dubai and Shanghai where the winners of the regional will be picked by expert judges.

The LASU team led by Ayeyemi and the UI team led by Abdulmojeed Amolegbe will be competition in the Boston region against 68 other teams from other selected universities. The CU team led by Deborah Elabor and the second UI team led by Iyanu Ajao will compete in Shanghai against 42 teams. The FUTA team led by Williams Bright Asima and UNILORIN team led by Amarachi Thaddy Oparaocha will compete in Dubai against 60 teams.

The second CU team led by Olekan Olowo , LASU team led by Rasaq Abiola, UNILORIN second team led by Daniel Odekunle will compete in the London region against 66 teams as well as the third CU team led by Timothy Mutfwang.

Winners at this stage will compete at the finals in New York in September, where a grand prize of one million dollar will be handed over to the winning team.

Arewa youths support Al-Mustapha's retrial

 

 

 

The Arewa youths under the umbrella of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum [AYCF] have thrown its weight behind the Government of Lagos state to contest the verdict of the appeal court that set former chief security officer [CSO] to the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, Maj. Gen. Hamza Al-Mustapha [rtd], free after he had been convicted for his alleged involvement in the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, the wife of the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election winner, Late M.K.O Abiola.

It would be recalled that Kudirat was gunned down in Lagos during the agitation to revalidate her husband's mandate. The protracted trial that lasted almost fifteen years sa Al-Mustapha convicted for murder before he was set free and acquitted by an Appeal Court. 

In expression of dissatisfaction, the Lagos state Government approached the supreme court to revisit the Appeal court verdict which the Apex court granted already.

 

The Arewa Youths, in a statement signed by their National president, Alhaji Yerima Usman Shettima said: "The outcome of the Lagos state appeal will settle the matter once and for all" He further stated that as it stands now, the fate of the accused still hang in the balance. He added that the final verdict would put the minds of all parties involved at rest for them to move on, having seen that justice has been done properly.

However, the group warned some unnamed people it suspected to be influencing some sections of the media to misrepresent the the pronouncement of the honourable court to desist from doing so, complaining the the tones of reports of the Apex court's pronouncement in Abuja from some media platforms gave cause for concern.

The group also pointed accusing fingers at  some unnamed northern elites who they believed were collaborating with their southern counterparts to malign a party to the case with a view to keep him out of circulation permanently for no just cause.

If they continue with their diabolic tactics, the time to expose them is now. ACYF warned, saying, "we are keen watching the body movements of some individuals and group of people who might attempt to pervert the cause of justice"

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Unlucky Jamaican thief gets caught and beaten by a mob

The young Jamaican Rudegboi  in the pics below snatched a woman's handbag and attempted to run away. However, it wasn't business as usual, luck deserted him this time and he was caught and disgraced in the street of Jamaica.

Skalite hits the Music scene with hot track Onye Egwu.

Guess what happens when rap collide with Ogene sound? Well, the reaction will be nothing but real fire. That's exactly what the latest song from the fast rising star, Skalite is all about. Skalite delves into Ogene music with this monstrous hit track simply titled Onye Egwu.

The talented Music act is under the umbrella of KMG Music, and the track was produced by the magic fingers of Mobass, another equally fast-rising producer. Just watch out for this great talent as he poises to take the Nigerian Music industry by storm.

You can download the song via this link http://jambaze.com/skallite-onye-egwu/

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Poor people are our priority, MMM Nigeria insists

The popular wonder bank, Mavrodi Mondial Money Box, otherwise called MMM, which is a Ponzi scheme that froze participants accounts for a month, returned at about 11:am , with a strong promise to pay the poor before the rich.

The scheme which was scheduled to make a return on January 14th, said it was setting a limit on daily withdrawals, this is in order to  control panic withdrawals. A statement issued by MMM founder Sergey Mavrodi, stated that: "The holidays are over and we are now open. Just as we promised. Actually as we also announced late last year that we will be back in business, we are now back and even better as we have worked on improving our services.

I want to believe that the members of the system will forgive us for whatever inconvenience we may have caused them by our short break. Its related to the hysteria raised by the authorities and the mass media around MMM. By joining forces, we have managed to nearly give the members of the system a heart attack and frightened them out of their wits.

Poor souls don't know what to expect. Will we open again or not? This is solely why we have decided, considering the situation, to reach out to the members, re assure and cheer them up by opening a little earlier. Citing panic withdrawals as a reason, the MMM said payments would take a few days. It called on the various media to leave the scheme alone.

As of this notice, MMM resumes its usual operation. Members of the system can now create their GH requests. However, its obvious that panic will reign supreme in the first few days after the reopening of the system. We are likely to be deluged by GH requests. Because of this, we are going to make a gradual paybacks by setting internal output limits. In other words, we will only pay a certain amount per day. Please be prepared to wait for a couple of days. We are certain things will calm down, and the system operation will return to normal.

We are the ones setting the limit, so it is completely under our control, and we are not expecting any emergencies in principle, Have no fear and go on about your normal business as usual.

Jos inland dry Port will be ready in June-Amaechi

The Federal Government has expressed its commitment towards the completion of the Jos inland dry port located in Heipang, Barki Ladi LGA Plateau state, in June this year. The honourable Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi gave the assurance in Jos after inspecting the ongoing work at the project site, which has a land mass of 33.7 hectares and a capacity to handle 20,000 containers.

He added that the Heiping Jos dry port was among the six gazetted projects granted approval by the Federal Executive Council in 2006, and the 20,000 facility was concessioned to Duncan Maritime Service being the proponent with most responsive bid.