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A United States Academic report for The year 2015 has suggested that the Igbo people of South Eastern Nigeria are the most Brilliant black African Race. This doesn’t come as much of a shocker taking into account the Two Igbo students who broke records by gaining admissions into 8 Ivy League Schools. The students, Harold Ekeh scored 2270 out of 2400 on his SATs while Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna scored a 101.6 GPA. 17-year-old Harold Ekeh is a senior student at the Elmont Memorial High School in Long Island while Augusta Uwamanzu- Nna is a high-school student from Long Island, New York. The 8 schools offering the admissions include: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. The report reads: “A search through the promotional materials of school for a black student – all schools and colleges would always show some black faces in their promotional materials if ...

Lagos – ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G Long Term Evolution(LTE) Network on Friday announced the commencement of its phased and commercial operations. Mr Kumar Abass, the Chief Executive Officer of ntel, made the announcement during a news briefing held in Lagos. Abass said the operation will come with bumper offers for early bird pioneers and data users. “ntel, Nigeria’s 5th mobile network operator start of operation is the culmination of its journey from acquiring the old Nitel/Mtel assets. “The first 100,000 to redeem and activate their ntel SIMs will get free on-net calls for life, while data subscribers will get 3-months unlimited data usage.” He also said that ntel had established the Pioneers Club to reward early bird joiners to its network and those who had reserved their numbers, and who subsequently activated its SIM this month. The ntel chief executive said the company’s 4G/LTE-Advanced technology built on the 900/1800 MHz spectrum would deliver unbeatable and g...

We acknowledge the pains you face and are concerned about them. There are a multitude of things that require decisive action. We are taking action and in due course they will produce satisfying outcomes. Our determination is firm and unrelenting. Consequently, I am pleased to share President Muhammadu Buhari's strategic implementation plan for the 2016 budget. This Strategic Implementation Plan articulates 6 thematic Strategies and 33 priority actions which will constitute the short-term priority of the Federal Government over the next 12 months. 1. Lasting Changes in the Policies, National Security and Governance. ● Achieve an Appropriate Foreign Exchange Regime ● Increase low interest lending to the Real Sector. We will need to move toward a single digit interest rate. ● Maintain Capital Spending in the Budget at a minimum of 30%. Complement this with funds from the Infrastructure Fund for commercial projects ● Intensify the Implementation of Public Financial Managem...

WhatsApp has always prioritized making your data and communication as secure as possible. And today, we're proud to announce that we've completed a technological development that makes WhatsApp a leader in protecting your private communication: full end-to-end encryption. From now on when you and your contacts use the latest version of the app, every call you make, and every message, photo, video, file, and voice message you send, is end-to-end encrypted by default, including group chats. The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to. No one can see inside that message. Not cybercriminals. Not hackers. Not oppressive regimes. Not even us. End-to-end encryption helps make communication via WhatsApp private – sort of like a face-to-face conversation. If you're interested in learning more about how end-to-end encryption works, you can read about it here. But all you need to know is...

Michael Wetkas, a detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, narrated how Senate President Bukola Saraki allegedly used fictitious names to launder billions of naira. President of the Nigerian Senate Bukola Saraki Sahara Reporters Media Testifying against the senate president at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), the EFCC detective also claimed that Saraki’s personal account at GTB had an inflow of about N4 billion between 2005 and 2013. “When the defendant was governor of Kwara state between 2003 and 2011. The commission received several petitions from various groups. One of the petitioners was Kwara Freedom Network. They brought several petitions all bordering on abuse of office by the defendant, misappropriation of public fund and money laundering. “Sometime in 2014 the then executive chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde received intelligence reports of suspicious transactions involving the defendant. He set up a team of investigators. Our task...

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES that exposes hidden assets owned by his wife, Toyin Saraki, which he failed to declare to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as required by Nigerian laws. At least four assets belonging to the wealthy and famous Saraki family of Nigeria, all tucked away in secret offshore territories, were uncovered by the investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES. Last September the CCB slammed false asset declaration charges on Mr. Saraki, accusing the Senate President, among other things, of failure to declare his assets in full. Under the code of conduct law, a public office holder is required to declare his own assets, those of his wife as well as assets in the names of his children below the age of 18. In response to the PREMIUM TIMES’ story, Mr. Saraki insisted he fully complied with law on asset declaration. In the response sent in by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the...

Location: Nigeria Course(s) Offered: Any field Course Level: Undergraduate Provider: NWAG Country to Study in: Nigeria Scholarship Description Every year, the Nigerian Women Association of Georgia (NWAG) awards scholarships to female Nigerian undergraduate students in Nigerian universities. These NWAG scholarships are offered one per state of origin as well as one for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in the amount of fifty thousand Naira per applicant. Eligibility All applicants must be Nigerian females. All applicants must be undergraduate students of a recognized Nigerian University. Eligible groups: Citizens of Nigeria Participating Institutions: Any recognized Nigerian University / Institution of higher learning. Fields of Study All courses offered by the participating institution / school. Number of awards Thirty-seven (37) scholarships - one per state of origin as well as one for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Previous Essay Topics 2015: “What is the...