Obama welcomes Buhari to the White House

                                 

President of the United States Barack Obama welcomes Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari to the White House. 

Read more after the cut...

Derenle's long and colourful hair.....

Derenle whose real name is Aderenle Oluwafemi Edun just loves to keep people talking. This time around its with his hair. He did something very long not his usual afro hair style we all see him with. 

Read more after the cut...

Jimi Agbaje Cries on TV

Jimi Agbaje, the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State during the last election shed tears on live television on Monday. The former governorship aspirant got emotional on the AIT show Lovely & Clair after one of the beneficiary of a scholarship he gave put to five orphans came to share her experience and thanked him.

Read more after the cut....

EFCC to probe ex-ministers and aides

The Punch reports that, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed plans to probe the former President, Goodluck Jonathan with investigation into the financial transactions of his Ministers and aides. 

Ibrahim Lamorde, EFCC chairman , has already directed that all petitions against former public officers at the federal level should be forwarded to him and acted upon. The source states that former ministers, special advisers and others will be invited in a few weeks from now.

Read more after the cut....

Sokoto State government to make education compulsory

The Sokoto State Governor has said the state government is trying to make education compulsory in the state. It will also punish parents who refuse to comply. He has forwarded a bill to the Sokoto  House of Assembly.

According to the governor, the move is aimed at boosting school enrollment and providing quality education to every child as required by local and international laws. To enhance the new policy, the state government will build and equip 240 primary and tertiary healthcare centres in the three senatorial zones of the state. Tambuwal said the policy is necessary in view of the high percentage of parents that deliberately frustrate the government efforts to educate children.

The governor made this known while addressing, traditional, religious and political leaders from the 11 local government areas of the state who paid him a sallah visit in Sokoto. He appealed to his visitors to support the new initiative. He said this will provide vocational training centres and employment opportunities for the youth and other vulnerable member of the society.

He said if the state gets its education priorities right many ills of the society will be taken care of and the government has made adequate arrangements to cater for the educational needs of its citizens and anyone caught flouting the new rule will not be spared.     

The Sokoto State Governor noted that the founders of Sokoto Caliphate made their marks in areas of education and scholarship, therefore there's no excuse if their successors failed to provide at least basic education to its future leaders.

source: premiumtimes