Placement test into Public Junior Secondary Schools in Lagos State for the 2016/2017 academic session will hold on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 255 designated centres across the State by 9am prompt. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Director, Lagos State Examinations Board, Hassan Olufemi, disclosed that over one hundred and forty thousand (140,000)…
The Kwara State government has released its federal allocation figures for the month of July, 2016. According to a statement issued on Friday by the State Commissioner for Finance, Demola Banu, the State government received a total sum of N3, 117, 634, 155.58 from the federation account as allocation for July. Giving a breakdown, Banu…
An Acting Vice Chancellor has been named for the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. He is Professor Anthony Elujoba. Elujoba, 68, is a professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy. He defeated his colleague in the same department of the institution, Adebayo Lamikanra, to clinch the exalted position. Elujoba is an indigene of Ife.…
For those in the know, the animosity between star Yoruba actresses, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe and Alao, was not just a rumour. For some years, both movie stars avoided each other like a plague. In fact, those who were very observant, Lola and Bisi never greeted each other at public places and efforts by concerned colleagues to…
World’s largest encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, is has partnered with non-governmental organisations in Nigeria to bridge the current gender gap. The company noted that it is taking this step so as to highlight accomplishments of women in the society and that Nigerian women would be among the biggest beneficiaries of the partnership. According to Wikipedia, the new…
When Nigerians see lone female travellers, all sorts of thoughts flood into their mind. The most obvious question they ask themselves is why she is travelling alone? Oftentimes than not, they frown at solo female travellers. This disposition is often hinged on either ethnicity or religion. The advantages of travelling alone as a female either…
A lot of questions have been asked by Nigerians in the past in respect of recovered loot by the Commission; these questions were given some prominence under the administration of a former chairman, through a certain George Uboh who has a dubious history of being a serial convict, first in the United States and recently…
In this present 21st century, it will be irrational for anyone to abdicate social media. In fact, if you are not on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram among others, you are very archaic and still leaving in the stone age. Even with the internet penetration, people have increased access to the World Wide Web. But wait…
Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has commissioned a newly reconstructed Police Station in Ikosi-Isheri area of the state, saying that no investment in the protection of lives and properties of Lagosians is too great regardless of the resources spent in achieving such feat. The governor said the construction and delivery of the modern Police Station…
Nigerian government says it has already commenced discussions with militants in the Niger Delta region of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari, speaking at a farewell audience with Michael Zinner, the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria at the State House, Abuja, the talks are through oil companies and law enforcement agencies. The President pointed out…