Photos: LASTMA official allegedly beats motorist to convulsion

A LASTMA official by the name Asorona stopped a car he claimed had violated traffic rules, removed the man from the car and allegedly assaulted him around 7.30 am this morning in front of BRT yard at Ketu bus stop. He and his colleagues also seized the man's car. And before anyone knew what was happening, the young man fell down on the road into convulsion, shaking, according to eye witnesses, like an epileptic patient. As the LASTMA official tried to leave the scene, he was surrounded by passersby who insisted he must stay there to see what happens to the man. See more photos after the cut...

Boko Haram reportedly recaptures 45 out of 63 that escaped from them

They escaped last week and they've already been recaptured? Makes no sense to me but according to new reports, 45 out of the 63 women and children who reportedly escaped from Boko Haram men on Saturday July 5th have been re-abducted by the sect men.

Vanguard reports that a member of the Chibok Vigilante Group, Abbas Gaya in a telephone interview confirmed the recapturing of the women who fled the Boko Haram camp when the men attacked a military base at Damboa village in Borno state

“It is very unfortunate and shocking to tell you today (yesterday) that 45 of the 63 escaped women and children were kidnapped again on Sunday night, leaving only 18 that ran into this forests.” he said

Nah, nah, nah! Not buying this...sounds too weird.

KCee Wants You Guys To See His Beautiful Kitchen

The popular musician can't stop flaunting. He captioned it: "Team meeting in da kitchen with @iamharrysong @sososoberekon @skiibii , what's in for breakfast,? #fivestarmansion". See his favourite food below...

...abi na eating competition? lol!

PHOTOS: Paul Okoye Marries Anita Isama In Port Harcourt

P'Sqaure's Paul Okoye and his baby mama Anita sealed the deal traditionally. Continue to see more photos..

Congratulations to the couple!

Post-UTME Screening Exercise 2013/2014

The university of Benin (UNIBEN) POST-UTME screening exercise for 2013/2014 academic session will take place on Saturday 13th July 2013 in designated centres within Ugbowo Campus at the university. All candidates are expected to be seated one hour before stipulated time for the screening exercise.
NOTE: Only candidates who applied through JAMB for UTME Admission and chose university of Benin as first choice and scored 200 and above are eligible for the screening exercise.

METHOD OF APPLICATION
All applications should be done between June 24th 2013 and 7:00am of 8th July, 2013
The procedure for the 2013/2014 PUTME entry screening application is as follows:

1. Visit www.uniben.edu
2. Candidates are advised to have a valid e-mail account before starting the application process.
3. Click on POST-UTME screening Test 2013/2014
4. Click on Register for application at the top left of the displayed page to proceed.
5. Enter your first name as written on the JAMB registration slip and your JAMB registration number.
6. Immediately, your ID and Password will be displayed on the browser.
7. On the http://uniben.waeup.org click on ‘Login’ (top right of front page)
8. Enter the user name and password to login.
9. To start the application process, please click on ‘application record’ provide all required information and upload your passport photograph.
10. Upload a RECENT and CLEAR 1”x1” COLOUR passport photograph with red background in JPEG format only. NOTE that the photograph uploaded will be the only valid ID for all admitted candidates throughout their stay in the University of Benin. FAILURE TO UPLOAD THE SPECIFIC PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH WILL LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION.
11. To pay for the application, click on “Add online payment ticket” at the bottom of the page, then click on “College Pay” on the top left corner of the page, follow the instruction to pay the application fee of N2,000.00; the PUTME past question for N1,000.00; the Interswitch and portal services for N550.00 with an ATM-Enabled Verve or Master Card from any commercial Bank.
12. A link is displayed “download past question to practice”
13. Preview and confirm your information before submitting your application on-line. (No correction will be accepted after the closing date)
14. Print out an acknowledgement slip that contains the screening schedule.

The grouping of courses and time of screening are as indicated below:
S/N
GROUP
TIME
1
Social Sciences
Management Sciences
Education – Social Sciences
Education – Management Science

10:00am-11:00am
2
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Education – Physical Sciences
Technical Education

10:00am-11:00am
3
Medicine
Dentistry
Basic Medical Sciences
Pharmacy
Life Sciences
Education Life Sciences
Agriculture

1:00pm-2:00pm
4
Law
Arts
Education Arts

1:00pm-2:00pm

Candidates are to come to the screening centres with the following:

• a) Acknowledgement slip that contains the screening schedule
• b) Four Figure Table (where applicable)
• c) Writing materials (HB pencils and Eraser)

NOTE that GSM and calculators are not allowed.

Application website closes by 7:00am on 8th July 2013 (i.e. all applications must be concluded on-line not later than 7:00am 8th July 2013). Candidates who pay after the deadline will not sit for the examination.

With CWG 2.0, Computer Warehouse Group can be the next Google - Austin Okere

Founder and Chief Executive officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc, Mr. Austin Okere has noted that the company has the potential to become the next Google, given the business prospects of her new business model, CWG 2.0.

The CWG boss made this point while addressing the company’s shareholders at the 9^th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Thursday, 19^th of June, in Lagos. Continue...

The event had in attendance the company’s chairman, Chief Willie Belonwu, Executive Directors: Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Austin Okere, Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Phillip Obioha, Chief Technology Officer, Mr. James Agada; Non-Executive Directors, Mr. AbiodunFawunmi and Mr. Ravi Sharma, represented by Alternate Director, Mr. kunleAyodeji; company Secretary, Barrister OkeyEjibe, shareholders, the media and other stakeholders.

In his opening statement, the company’s Chairman, Chief Willie Belonwu observed that “CWG Plc has been able to record strong top line financial figures in the past year, against a volatile backdrop of increments in commodity prices, tariffs and a steady depreciation of the local currency (at the interbank market), coupled with steady decrease in the margins of products and services. The results which showed strong and positive performances across all financial indices also confirmed the company’s position as the foremost Pan African ICT services Provider”

In reference to the future of the company, Chief Belonwu noted that CWG Plc plans to further tap into the growth potentials of emerging African Economies, through the provision of cloud based IT solutions, in the bid to attain her vision to be the number 1 IT utility enabler in Africa.

The Company’s financial scorecard revealed that her revenues grew by 10% while Profit After Tax (PAT) increased by a whopping 81% showing strong efficiency of operations. The result revealed a Return on Equity of 13% in 2013, as against 11% in 2012 and Returns on Capital Employed (ROCE) of 13% against 7% in 2012.    The Company’s Asset increased by N2bn to N13.4bn as at 2013 year end, while Shareholders’ equity increased by a remarkable 66% to N5.0bn in the same period. The Company finished with a strong cash position of over N1.1bn at the year end, with a 38% increase in cash from operation over 2012.

Shareholders at the event were informed of the payment of their 8 kobo dividends per unit share, the same day.

According to Mr. Okere, CWG 2.0 is a subscription business model and driven by the quest to help Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) grow and make notable social impact. This includes Openshopen, a website that affords shop owners open their own virtual store online and SMERP, an enterprise resource planning solution that will help business owners manage their business inventories on a subscription basis.

According to him, Openshopen will allow business owners to open their own online virtual stores which will give their businesses visibility leverages. “If a buyer searches for a shop that sells spare parts in your location online, for example, he can get to see your store address and get to buy from you without any stress, if you have registered your presence online” he said. Moreover, the solution will democratize domain possession and give Micro, Small and Medium business owners the platform to compete with known online stores at cheaper rates.

Mr. Okere also pointed out that these solutions will have significant social impacts on the society. According to him, there are about 17.7 million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in Nigeria. “With their own online stores and with the aid of enterprise resource planning, we will empower SMEs to be able to keep their own records. Then, they can present their records to get credits from the banks. With these loans, they can be able to expand their businesses. If they are able to expand their businesses, each of them can employ one more person. If each of them employs one more person, we will end up creating 17.7 million more jobs. The unemployment rate in Nigeria is about 23%, which amounts to about 16 million jobless youths. With this development, we will eradicate unemployment and have more jobs to spare” he added.

The advent of CWG 2.0 has positioned us to be next Google or Facebook and make significant global impact. And this vision is attainable because our solutions are not only profitable but they are repeatable, scalable and sustainable. He concluded.

The event also witnessed the election of Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere to the board of directors as a Non-Executive Director. Mr. Ijewere is an astute accountant, who had served as president to various notable organizations, such as the institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Red Cross Society, Institute of Directors and others. In the same vein, three other shareholders were also elected as members of the audit committee, while Ernst and Young was appointed as the company’s auditor for another year.

Ladies, imagine Peter Okoye on stage like this

Now, that's a concert I'd like to watch...hehe. On another note, was this guy high on codeine? Lol.