In a dramatic encounter involving ten states last weekend at the on-going preliminary of the 2016 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show, Cross River State triumphed and picked two semi-final slots. In the junior category, Master Godswill Harold of Deeper Life High School, Calabar was locked in battle against Shukura Kamardeen of Federal Government College, Daura,…
No fewer than 12 houses have been shut down by the Lagos State Government on Friday shut over discovery of shallow oil wells built by landlords to illegally scoop diesel from pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. A statement issued on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Habib…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie Oyegun, on his 77th birthday on August 12, 2016. President Buhari, in a statement, said he “joins Oyegun’s family, friends and admirers in celebrating another year of good health and strength for a man who has shown uncommon dedication to…
There seems to be a cold war brewing between two important figures in Ogun State; Governor Ibikunle Amosun and Senator Solomon Adeola, fondly called Yayi. The lawmaker is presently at the Senate representing Lagos-West Senatorial district. The political war between these two politicians under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, if not quickly…
Some thugs suspected to be armed robbers on Thursday morning stormed office of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Jos, Plateau State. It was learnt that the suspected robbers attacked some members of staff they met at the office during the incident. However, we could not ascertain if any items were taken away or…
A leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has been remanded in prison on the order of the court over an alleged N40 million fraud. The suspect, Dr Taiwo Malumi, was arraigned before Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday. Dr Mulumi, who is a medical…
Lagos is Nigeria’s melting pot. It’s the dream destination for most people who reside in nearby cities and rural communities. Everyone believes Lagos is a city where dreams come true, regardless of your means of livelihood. That’s why you find almost everyone in this great cosmopolitan city that is home to over 20 million people,…
A militant group, which emerged recently, has blown up an oil facility in Delta State. The group had threatened to blow up oil installations in the Niger Delta region of the country. On Tuesday, the group named Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), vowed to bomb oil facilities in the region within the next 48…
Oluwatunmise Idowu, a 13-year-old student of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State last week, stunned the organisers of the on-going 2016 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show with her record-breaking performance in one of the preliminary rounds. Idowu, the daughter of a Mathematics teacher, slugged it out in Group B with Ayomide Nafisat Abdulwaheed, a…
Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has been lambasted for claiming budget padding is not a crime under the Nigerian law. The Speaker’s comment was faulted by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, in a statement released on Sunday. The group, through its executive director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, maintained that, “Budget padding in fact…