A Part-Time Student of the Polytechnic, Ibadan Commits Suicide:A part-time student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Timilehin Ayobami Ogundare, has been found dead in his room in Ilupeju area, Baasala, Asero, Abeokuta, Ogun State.He was believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself.According to PM News, the deceased was …
Yam Grows in the Air! IITA Comes Up with Soilless Yam Propagation:Researchers at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have come up with soilless yam propagation as they have successfully grown seed yams in the air using aeroponics technology.The fete is raising hopes and more options for the propagation of virus- and …
Students Win GTbank Car, Scholarship, TV, Phones, Fridges, Others:It was a welcome back party of sort from the five months old Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike for students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Wednesday evening when the roof of the university’s Sports Centre was nearly brought …
Soldier Shot Student Dead at Checkpoint:A soldier at a military checkpoint along Katsina-Dustin-Ma road, Batagarawa council area of Katsina State shot dead one Umar Ali Dodo, a 22-year-old student of the Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina, when the driver of a vehicle carrying the student tried to overtake a truck at …
Every once in a while, Nigerian public figures are saying things that become history, unfortunately, sometimes bad and shameful history.Here is the list of the worst 10 quotes of the year 2013 in the descending order10) “I am the best rapper in Nigeria. If you have an opposing opinion, now …
18-Year-Old Nigerian Emerges Best Model of the World Beauty Pageant:18 year-old, Onyinye Emeasoba, an indigene of Anambra State, has emerged winner, Best Model of The World Beauty Pageant, after defeating 43 other models representing different countries across the globe in a keenly contested battle.Emeasoba, who on Monday, December 9, returned …
5 Students Have Been Remanded Over Involvement in Riot:Five students of Ansar-ud-Deen High School Osogbo, who were involved in last week’s riot in Osogbo have been remanded in prison custody by an Osogbo Magistrate court.The students: Isaac Awuzie, (18) Sulaiman Amidu (18) Gafar Tijani (16) Akeem Jelili (17) and Badmus …
MTN Launches iLearning: A Free Online Education Service:Nigeria’s leading telecommunications company, has launched a free online education service in an effort to empower entrepreneurs and businessmen with first class business education.The iLearning initiative, a collaboration with South African based business school Regenesys, seek to provide business education on the move …
OOU Lecturer Shot Dead by Suspected Cultists:Tragedy struck, yesterday, at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, in Ijebu North area of Ogun State when a lecturer, Dr Segun Onabanjo, was shot dead by suspected cultists.Onabanjo who until his death was a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology in the …
Headmaster Arrested for Raping 9-Year-Old Pupil:The Bauchi State Police command has commenced investigation into the case of a 42-year-old man, Mr James Dantayi, who is an assistant headmaster of Jibril Aminu Primary School, Bauchi for allegedly raping a nine-year-old pupil of the school.The Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of …