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By Associated Press

Boston Bombing news

BOSTON — Sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: He’d just been read his constitutional rights.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (pictured right) immediately stopped talking after a magistrate judge and a representative from the U.S. Attorney’s office entered his hospital room and gave him his Miranda warning, according to a U.S. law enforcement source and four officials of both political parties briefed on the interrogation. They insisted on anonymity because the briefing was private.

Before being advised of his rights, the 19-year-old suspect told authorities that his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, only recently had recruited him to be part of the attack that detonated pressure-cooker bombs at the marathon finish line, two U.S. officials said.

The CIA, however, had named Tamerlan to a terrorist database 18 months ago, said officials close to the investigation who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case with reporters.

The new disclosure that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was included within a huge, classified database of known and suspected terrorists before the attacks was expected to drive congressional inquiries in coming weeks about whether the Obama administration adequately investigated tips from Russia that Tsarnaev had posed a security threat.

Shortly after the bombings, U.S. officials said the intelligence community had no information about threats to the marathon before the April 15th explosions that killed three people and injured more than 260.

Tsarnaev died Friday in a police shootout hours before Dzhokhar was discovered hiding in a boat in a suburban back yard.

Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis had said earlier that shots were fired from inside the boat, but two U.S. officials told the AP that no gun was found inside, raising questions about how he was injured. The homeowner who called police initially said he saw a good amount of blood in the boat.

Asked Wednesday whether Dzhokhar had a gun in the boat, Davis said, “I’m not going to talk about that.”

Washington is piecing together what happened and whether there were any unconnected dots buried in U.S. government files that, if connected, could have prevented the bombings.

Lawmakers who were briefed by the FBI said they have more questions than answers about the investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said lawmakers intend to pursue whether there was a breakdown in information-sharing, though Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, said he “hasn’t seen any red flags thus far.”

U.S. officials were expected to brief the Senate on the investigation Thursday. That same day, the suspects’ parents, Anzor Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, plan to fly to the United States from Russia, the Father was quoted as telling the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. The family has said it wants to take Tamerlan’s body back to Russia.

It is unclear whether the issue of their younger son’s constitutional rights will matter since the FBI say he confessed to a witness. U.S. officials also said Wednesday that physical evidence, including a 9 mm handgun and pieces of a remote-control device commonly used in toys, was recovered from the bombing scene.

But the debate over whether suspected terrorists should be read their Miranda rights has become a major sticking point in the debate over how best to fight terrorism. Many Republicans, in particular, believe Miranda warnings are designed to build court cases, and only hinder intelligence gathering.

Christina DiIorio Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, said in an e-mail late Wednesday, “This remains an ongoing investigation and we don’t have any further comment.”

Investigators have said the brothers appeared to have been radicalized through jihadist materials on the Internet and have found no evidence tying them to a terrorist group.

U.S. investigators traveled to the predominantly Muslim province of Dagestan in Russia and were in contact with the brothers’ parents, hoping to gain more information.

They are looking into whether Tamerlan, who spent six months in Russia’s turbulent Caucasus region in 2012, was influenced by the religious extremists who have waged an insurgency against Russian forces in the area for years. The brothers have roots in Dagestan and neighboring Chechnya but had lived in the U.S. for about a decade

Dzhokhar told the FBI that they were angry about the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the killing of Muslims there, officials said.

Dzhokhar’s public defender had no comment on the matter Wednesday. His father has called him a “true angel,” and an aunt has insisted he’s not guilty.

Investigators have found pieces of remote-control equipment among the debris and were analyzing them, officials said. One official described the detonator as “close-controlled,” meaning it had to be triggered within several blocks of the bombs.

That evidence could be key to the court case. And an FBI affidavit said one of the brothers told a carjacking victim during their getaway attempt, “Did you hear about the Boston explosion? I did that.”

Officials also recovered a 9 mm handgun believed to have been used by Tamerlan from the site of an April 18th gunbattle that injured a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer, two U.S. officials said.

- Vice President Joe Biden condemned the bombing suspects as “two twisted, perverted, cowardly, knockoff jihadis” while speaking at a memorial service Wednesday for Sean Collier, a campus police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was ambushed in his cruiser three days after the bombing. More than 4,000 mourners paid tribute to the officer.

- The Office of Health and Human Services in Massachusetts confirmed a Boston Herald report Wednesday that Tamerlan, his wife, and toddler daughter had received welfare benefits up until last year, when he became ineligible based on family income. The state also says Tamerlan and his brother received welfare benefits as children through their parents while the family lived in Massachusetts.

- The area around the marathon finish line was reopened to the public.

President Barack Obama and family at DNCWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has a strategy to discourage his daughters from rebelling, perhaps by getting a tattoo himself.

Obama says he and his wife, Michelle, have told 14-year-old Malia and 11-year-old Sasha that if they ever decide to get a tattoo then “mommy and me” will get the same tattoo in the same place on their bodies and show it off on YouTube as a “family tattoo.”

Obama commented in an interview taped last week and broadcast Wednesday on NBC’s “Today.”

The president also dismissed the first lady’s recent reference to herself as a single mom during a separate television interview.

Obama suggested the comment was a slip of the tongue. But he also acknowledged there have been times in his political career when she probably did feel like a single parent.

Nelson Mandela is feeling "good" and "recovering well" following his release from hospital early this month where he was treated for pneumonia, his daughter said Friday.

"He is good for a 94-year-old," Makaziwe Mandela told AFP. "He is recovering well."

The ailing anti-apartheid hero was released from hospital on April 6 after a 10-day stay. He has since been convalescing at his Johannesburg home.

Asked if the family was happy with her father's current condition, Mandela's oldest surviving child replied "yes".

South Africa's first black president was rushed to hospital before midnight on March 27, suffering from a recurrence of a lung infection.

As part of the treatment, doctors drained a build-up of fluid, known as a pleural effusion or "water on the lungs", that had developed.

His hospitalisation sparked widespread concern about the increasingly frail health of a man who is seen as the father of modern South Africa.

It was the third time in five months that the Nobel Peace Prize winner had been hospitalised.

In March he was admitted for a day for a scheduled check-up and in December he was hospitalised for 18 days for a lung infection and for gallstones surgery.

That stint was his longest since he walked free from 27 years in jail in 1990.

While Mandela's health is a topic of national conversation, many South Africans have come to accept the ageing icon's mortality.

Nearly 20 years after he came to power he remains the unifying symbol in a country still riven by racial tensions and deep inequality.

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iREP Uniport.... no 13 dis year, and no 1 nxt year

Every year the National University Commission, NUC, ranks universities in Nigeria due to the performance and meeting the requirement of a standard school.

This body monitor the universities in Nigeria to know those schools who's equipment is not updated or valid, also notice those who's equipment is standard in other for the schools to produce qualified graduates.

Below is the 2013 Top 100 NUC University Ranking in Nigeria.

2013 TOP 100 University In Nigeria by NUC
1. University of Ibadan, UI
2. University of Lagos, Unilag
3. University of Benin, Uniben
4. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU
5. Ahmadu Bello University, Abu
6. University of Ilorin, Unilorin
7. University of Jos, Unijos
8. University of Port Harcourt, Uniport
9. University of Maiduguri, Unimaid
10. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta,
11. Lagos State University, Lasu
12. Federal University of Technology, Futo
13. Covenant University, CU
14. University of Nigeria, UNN
15. Federal University of Technology, Futa
16. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Unizik
17. Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Esut
18. Pan African University
19. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. lautech
20. Modibbo Adama University of Technology
21. African University of Science and Technology
22. University of Uyo, Uniuyo
23. Bayero University Kano, Buk
24. Ambrose Alli University, AAU
25. Redeemer's University,
26. Babcock University
27. Federal University of Technology,
28. University of Calabar, Unical
29. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,
30. Ajayi Crowther University
31. Bowen University
32. Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Rsust
33. Lead City University
34. Crawford University
35. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU
36. Abia State University, Absu
37. Usmanu Danfodio University,
38. Igbinedion University
39. Imo State University, Imsu
40. Niger Delta University
41. Bells University of Technology
42. Kwara State University
43. Nasarawa State University
44. Caleb University
45. Obong University Obong
46. Adekunle Ajasin University
47. Ekiti State University,
48. American University of Nigeria
49. Joseph Ayo Babalola University
50. Veritas University Abuja
51. Afe Babalola University
52. Kaduna State University Kaduna
53. Osun State University Oshogbo …
54. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua University Katsina
55. Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ndufu-Alike
56. Salem University Lokoja
57. Novena University Ogume
58. Achievers University, Owo Owo
59. Benson Idahosa University Benin City
60. Ebonyi State University Abakaliki
61. University of Abuja Abuja
62. University of Mkar Mkar
63. Madonna University Okija
64. Bingham University Auta Balifi
65. Plateau State University Bokkos
66. Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun
67. Federal University, Dutse Dutse
68. Nigerian Turkish Nile University Abuja
69. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai
70. Landmark University Omu-Aran
71. Delta State University, Abraka Abraka
72. University of Agriculture, Makurdi Makurdi
73. Renaissance University Enugu
74. Federal University, Otuoke Otuoke
75. Tai Solarin University of Education Ijebu-Ode …
76. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Oye …
77. Kano State University of Technology Wudil
78. Tansian University Umunya …
79. Akwa Ibom State University Uyo
80. Baze University Abuja
81. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero
82. Benue State University Makurdi
83. Adeleke University Ede
84. Ondo State University of Science & Technology Okitipupa
85. Kogi State University Anyigba
86. Western Delta University Oghara
87. Federal University, Wukari Wukari
88. Paul University Awka
89. Caritas University Enugu
90. Federal University, Lafia Lafia
91. Cross River University of Science & Technology Calabar …
92. Fountain University Oshogbo
93. Al-Hikmah University Ilorin
94. Godfrey Okoye University Ugwuomu-Nike
95. Oduduwa University Ile Ife
96. Anambra State University Uli
97. Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye …
98. Federal University, Lokoja Lokoja
99. Federal University, Kashere Kashere
100. Rhema University Obeama-Asa

What is your University Ranking?

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To avoid being banned, please ensure that what u DO is not offensive to Islam. PLS FORGIVE THEM, maybe they didn't get the warning...

philips70: How funny are Nigerians with their criticisms when we have not seen a functional solution emanating from previous committees and panels set up by this same government? We don't even get to hear the outcomes. A serious government will first put some people on compulsory leave in this matter before setting up any committee. Last time I checked there's this iroko called Parry Osayande who has been in the headship of police service commission for years and as we speak he still remain unshaken. No balls No presidency!!!

Is dat ur solution? Gather evrybody and put them on compulsory leave? U obviously missd d part where they said decay is over 30years old..we are talking abt an underfunded nd neglectd police whch shouldn't be news to anyone. If that d college was built by dis administration and has been wreckd in this short while, i wud hv been calling for heads too...lets see how d panel pans out

pgiddy: U r much correct,bt d point is will u ask ur son's frnds,wth whom dey spent d moni together to help u find out aw he spent d moni,wen thieves r been made to probe a thief,den dere z a problem.And moresso,@ d end of d day,won't there b a punishement 4 dat ur Son,bt in dis country's case,errytin returns back to d status quo,no punishement 4 anybody found wanting @ all.

well,i'l hv to agree wit u a bit.. Asking the goats who ate d missing yam isn't gonna be much productive..bt u hv to appreciate the need for immediate action. D Committee was given a week, an independent body will take at least 4times d time. U can call it an internal audit or watever....bt lets nt throw away d baby wit d bath water, there's stil HOPE

Nigerians are funny with thier criticisms o....Question- so if u give ur child school fees for 4yrs in d university, nd it turns out dat he neva paid it even once, ur first instinct will be to pump more money to him, without finding out d status of d previous monies...The rot was evident, no one is denying dat, bt without identifying d systematic neglect dat brought it to dis level, injecting more money will be like pouring water into a basket...#my opinion

Same course Elect/Elect.....maybe a different uni...#iRepUniport

Its funny how muslims try to paint thier religion as 'peaceful'..but it gets pathetic wen the only evidence dey can present is from 600A.D, wel, if that document is original & true, good 4 him...his other actions seem to contradict this his statement....like d Bible says, ''a blessing and a curse is set b4 us'', choose d right one, JESUS, is the only way to GOD.

Poor..light is still being rationed in my area, one day on, one day off...currently i havn't seen phcn light since saturday..location- oyigbo, rivers state..

Its funny how all those that were banned were "unjustly" banned..the boss is always right abi...i laff in chinese..


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Sanusi made some good points there, bt sadly he's criticizing a style of government which he is part of, and it makes him look more like a saboteur...he's better as an activist than a government official..#just saying

Like someone above said, men are logical beings...
To answer the question, why fall in love when there are more flexible plans, like friends with benefits, pay as you chop, serve yourself?..etc

The embers of hate and mistrust which the JNI are faning is ill wind that will not blow good to anyone, they should stop bringing religious undertones to matters of security like this. If the soldiers can't trust themselves, how will they protect us?

@ topic....bad reputation indeed....make dem state thier real problem...make kanye west para
@ Berem; u're a lady, act it and ignore him...

bory09: I don't know for them o....?. This is to show how people hate our culture. They discard our culture and embrace another peoples culture that is why mass divorce is now the order of the day, contract marriage and so on. Lets go back to our formal let the yoruba wear aso-oke with dansiki style and the igbo wrapper and blouse and so the hausa. This will make marriage lovely and balance.

So in ur opinion, wearing traditional dresses 4 wedding is the solution to mass divorce??

Pre-emptive??..after d SARS headquarters has already been successfully attacked...or maybe they just want to calm the nerves of some very frightened legislooters

There's definitely more to this...lip sealed

All those clamoring 4 dis info abt d first lady, let me ask you this question..
Of what use is d information to you? Would it make ur life better? Or are you just looking 4 d next big gossip? She owes no one no explanation for her health, cos no one voted her to b d first lady...we should learn 2 respect d privacy of others...its in d constitution

D journey to d promised land for naija is dat of a 1000miles, d gud tin is dat we have started walking...i'm confident we would get there sumday, i just pray its sooner rather than never..

Its nt easy being an arsenal fan o..if the suspense doesn't kil u, the hearthbreak wil....blues4lyf

Information abt d state of health of d 1st last is strictly 'need to know'. If her immediate family has decided not to share dat info, i dnt see anytin wrong, afterall, they aren't breaking any laws by doing so..

almaliki: Just remembered another question....if a fast moving sports car and a bowling ball fell off a 100ft cliff at the same time, which would hit the ground first?

if they fell off the cliff at the same time, then they would hit ground at the same time because acceleration due to gravity is constant.

Classyzi: When my dad was interviewed, they asked him dis one- supposing u'r a master of a house nd u av night guards watching over ur house. It happened dat one of d guards came to u nd told u that he had a dream dat thieves came into ur house, burgled ur house nd threatened to kill u. How would u react to dis report?

i'll fire the guards for sleeping on duty, hw else would dey have dat dream?

dlex21: nice thread guys...i so love asking as well as answering questions on brain teasers...so here is mine:

A woman shoots her husband, holds him under water for 5mins and then hangs him...after 15mins, they both go out for dinner...how is this possible

simple, she shot a photograph of her husband, puts it under water to develop it, hung it to dry and 15mins later, she went out wit her husband for dinner.

I wish one day dis pastor would gather all our politicians and cast out d spirit of corruption from them....

[quote author=tpia@]where is this afam power plant?

any info on it?[/quote]afam power station is located at afam, oyigbo l.g.a, rivers state, south-south nigeria.

Uneasy lies d head dat wears d crown.....u r damned if u do, nd damned if u don't

Ozichim: Hello all, I want to make a complain here. It is true that like has improved in my area, but I still feel maginalised. My area is Obigbo Portharcourt rivers state, Obigbo is very close to Afam gas power generation " one of the bigest plant in the country. Obigbo has so many live oil wells. Do you know that many areas in Obigbo does't have like becouse PHCN don't want to put Electric pole their they want the inhabetants to pay them the money and again Rivers state Govt don't want to here anything Obigbo. Other areas around Afam are having 24hrs7 power, So why won't Obigbo be part of it.

Any PHCN staff in the forun should please tell PHC to correct the anomaly in this area. However we comend them for the improvement we have withnessed so far.

first, its oyigbo nt obigbo...i live there too, nd d lite situation is nothing 2 write home abt..my area is nt far frm afam, nd yet we've nt seen light since friday...nd there is fuel scarcity in ph nw...i just hope dis power sector reform is nt a joke...