Nigeria musical icon, Tuface Idibia, Tuesday was turbaned Tafidan Kudenda in Kaduna state.Tuface was turbaned at the palace of the traditional ruler of the Kudenda community, Gabriel Galadima, in Chikum local government area.According to the... Read More
Chiamaka Nwajiaku Emerges Winner of Nigeria Stock Exchange essay competition
A student of Sacred Heart College in Apapa, Lagos, Chiamaka Nwajiaku, Apapa, has won the first prize at the Nigerian Stock Exchange 2015 Essay Competition for Senior Secondary School Students.She emerged winner ahead of more than 4,000 students across... Read More
Gambia bans female genital mutilation
The Gambian government has introduced a ban on Female Genital Mutilation.Information Minister, Sheriff Bojang, on Tuesday in Banjul announced the order by President Yahya Jammeh, which came into force immediately.He said 158 females who carry out... Read More
Central Bank Nigeria reduces lending rate to 11 percent
The Central Bank of Nigeria ended its Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday with a resolution to reduce Monetary Policy Ratio, popularly called lending rate, from 13 per cent to 11 per cent.The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, who... Read More
Male and female Alcohol drinking patterns becoming more alike
In the United States, and throughout the world, men drink more alcohol than women. But a recent analysis by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, indicates that... Read More
Men eat more food when they are trying to impress women
There are many ways that men try to impress women – be that with their wallets or their wit. New study shows that men eat more food when they are trying to impress women. However, eating massive quantities of food is an unusual way that men... Read More
LG Honors 64-year-old Widow Who Dressed as a Man For 43 Years To Fend For Her Family
64-year-old widowed Egyptian mother, Abu Daooh was honored by a Local government in Egypt with the “woman breadwinner” award after it was discovered she disguised as a man for 43 years so she could operate as a shoemaker and fend for her... Read More
NLNG inaugurates N340 million laboratory at Ahmadu Bello University
The Managing Director, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Babs Omotowa, on Saturday inaugurated a N340 million multi-user laboratory built by the firm at the Faculty of Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria. Mr. Omotowa, who spoke at the... Read More
Ex-Namibia president, Hifikepunye Pohamba awarded $5m Mo Ibrahim prize
Former Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Saturday accepted the $5 million Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. The prize committee chairman and former secretary general of the defunct Organisation for African Unity, Salim Ahmed Salim, said... Read More