John Mikel Obi starts record label with brother

Chelsea and Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel has made foray into music with the setting up of a label named Matured Money Minds. 

To prove his seriousness the Champions League winner with Chelsea last season, has signed on four acts, Splash, Kido, Edgar and Charass.

With the help of his younger brother Patrick Obi, the 25-year-old football star has set up his Matured Money Minds (MMM) entertainment label and has already signed a couple of music acts

Mikel who has a relationship with P-Square, is hoping to take music promotions in Nigeria to another level. Mikel was born in Jos, a City that has produce great acts like P-Square, MI and Ice Prince.

“Mikel had always showed his love for music. Setting up a label is just a confirmation of his desire to contribute to the growth of the industry in Nigeria,” said a source.

It was gathered that the artists on the label have already cut their album and full promotions are in the pipeline to promote and make then rub shoulders with the biggest artistes in the music industry in Nigeria. The acts include: Charass, Kido, Edgar, and Splash. Mikel’s younger brother, Patrick will be in full control of operations.

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President Goodluck Jonathan outraged over student massacre

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, ordered the security agencies to fish out and prosecute those responsible for the massacre of 40 students of Federal Polytechnic, Mubi; Adamawa State University and the School of Health Technology, Mubi last Monday in their hostel in Mubi.

The presidential order came as the Senate condemned the killing and charged the Federal Government to invoke the provision of capital punishment in our statute on perpetrators of the massacre and other terrorists to serve as deterrence to others.

Adamawa Police Command has also announced that some arrests have been made over the killings, which were condemned by Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF and the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC

Jonathan, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, described it as tragic, sad, barbaric and shocking.

According to the statement, "the President has directed security agencies to investigate the matter and get to the root because this kind of incident, where people are called out and shot is really shocking."


He further disclosed that the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'i, had briefed the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the killings.

Gunmen, last Monday, stormed the off campus hostel of the students of the higher institutions at Wuro Fatuje, in Mubi, Adamawa State, killing 40 students while many others sustained injuries. The gunmen who were said to be in army uniform reportedly called out the names of the students one after the other and slaughtered them.

While the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi lost 26 students, the other institutions lost 14.
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Four Nigerian UN peacekeepers killed in Sudan

Four Nigerian peacekeepers have been killed and eight others injured in Darfur UNAMID, the joint mission of the United Nations and African Union in this region of western Sudan announced yesterday.

The mission has been underway for over four years and involves about 22,000 men. A patrol by the Nigerian contingent (the largest) walked into an ambush near El-Geneina, the capital of Darfur, just two kilometres from mission headquarters. According to UN figures the conflict in Darfur has cost the lives of over 300,000 people

Thirty-eight UNAMID soldiers were been killed 'in hostile actions' since the mission began. The attackers struck late Tuesday in the West Darfur state capital El-Geneina, the peacekeeping force said.

"The incident, which involved a Nigerian military patrol, occurred approximately two kilometres (just over a mile) from the mission's regional headquarters," the force said. "UNAMID personnel, who were heavily fired upon from several directions, returned fire. UNAMID and local authorities are working at the scene of the incident."

UNAMID Force Commander Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba called on the Khartoum authorities to hunt down those responsible.

"The mission condemns in the strongest terms this criminal attack on our peacekeepers that are here in the service of Darfur's people. I call on the government of Sudan to bring the perpetrators to justice," he said.

Ethnic minority rebels rose against the Arab-dominated Khartoum government in 2003. In response, the government unleashed state-backed Janjaweed Arab militia in a conflict that shocked the world and led to allegations of genocide. The UN estimates at least 300,000 people died but the government puts the toll at 10,000. UNAMID has been in Darfur for more than four years with a mandate to protect civilians in the vast area the size of France.

Although violence is down on its peak, clashes between rebels and government troops, banditry and inter-ethnic fighting continues. Key rebel groups refused to sign a deal reached last year between the Khartoum regime and an alliance of smaller rebel splinter factions. With more than 22,000 international troops and police officers, UNAMID has a budget of about $1.4 billion for 2012-13.

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Survivor of student massacre in Nigeria recounts experience

More facts have emerged on how gunmen attacked students of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi on Monday night.

A student of the institution, who wanted his identity hidden, told Daily Trust in a telephone interview today how he crawled into the night amidst gunshots.

He said the attack, which lasted about two hours in the off-campus accommodation situated at Yelwan Tsamiya in Wuro Patuji area of Mubi North Local Government of Adamawa state, was carried out arbitrarily with the gunmen breaking into rooms and shooting victims after asking them questions relating to their identity.

The student said he could not identify the attackers because he was hiding in a room.

In an adjoining room, a victim was heard admitting to be an indigene of Taraba state moments before he was killed by the attackers, the student said.

The student said he could not identify the attackers because he was hiding in a room.



In an adjoining room, a victim was heard admitting to be an indigene of Taraba state moments before he was killed by the attackers, the student said.

A second victim was heard claiming to be a retired civil servant before he was shot, the survivor told Daily Trust.

He also said all those who tried to escape were shot in the pandemonium that followed the attack, adding that he had to crawl into the night for safety amidst gunshots.

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At least 25 students were killed in an attack on a university campus in Nigeria. Those responsible are on the loose.