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> In order to grow, a seed needs to be dropped in dirt, covered in soil and struggle to reach light. That is the only way it can grow and be a great tree. The painful experiences you are going through is because you are being buried to become great!    > A drowning man goes for every floating object. You are floating in success. Your enemies are drowning in failure. Of course, they will go for you. It is to be expected. Just shift when they clutch at you. Let them drown on their own. Keep floating. > Success and failure are like the common cold. They are very contagious. You can easily catch them from your friends. So, learn to walk with the successful and you yourself will become successful. Walk with failures and you will remain a failure!  > Make yourself relevant before asking to be introduced to relevant men. You can’t be irrelevant and want meet relevant men. That is not a balanced equation. Joseph made himself relevant to Pharaoh’s butler before he was ...

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu had on Wednesday said that schools in Nigeria will remain close until the safety of Nigerian students are guaranteed. This decison came after the West African Examination Council (W.A.E.C) said the examination will still hold this year and Ghana have already released their examination timetable. But the truth is that if this year ends, it will lead to a drawback in the educational sector in Nigeria and below are the reasons why students should be allowed to write WAEC this year.   1. They have paid for enrollment fee: This payment was done a month before the COVID-19 lockdown and the truth of the matter is that if the examination is not written this year, it will lead to chaos in the various schools where they registered as the school owners may not have the money for refund. 2. If this year passes, then every student will have to repeat their current session in 2021 which is would cause a delay. 3. To prevent students from dropping out of sch...

The CNN has given awareness concerning a new virus which is already killed more than 1,700 people this year, has already been discovered in Asian's Central Country. According to the CNN, the warning was given by the Chinese Authorities, and they reported that the virus is an unknown pneumonia and is potentially deadly than the novel Coronavirus which broke our last year. According to CNN, the Chinese made an awareness of the virus to it citizens, after it was alleged that the virus have started spreading rapidly among people, especially people residing in Kazakhstan. It was also made known that the virus killed more than six hundred and twenty eight (628) people last month, which includes some Chinese nationals. It was revealed that it is only Atyrau, Aktobe and Shymkent regions that have been affects by the outbreak. Investigation conducted concerning the virus revealed that the death rate of the virus is much higher than that of the novel Coronavirus.  

Kiki had on Friday denied ownership of the property while disclosing her landlord’s name for members of the public to verify.  Kiki The PUNCH reports that Ayuba Musa, the landlord of the property housing GLAM’D Africa, the company of Kiki Osinbajo located in Abuja, has dismissed claims by a blogger, Jackson Ude, concerning the ownership of the property. The Publisher of the online medium, Pointblank News, had claimed the vice-president’s daughter owned the property on Durban Street, Wuse 2 which he said worth N800m. Kiki had on Friday denied ownership of the property while disclosing her landlord’s name for members of the public to verify. “For me, it is completely unbelievable that a grown man will sit in his home and lie about me, a grown man who possibly has children my age! “Like many young women in Nigeria I work hard, it may be difficult for people like him to understand that a young woman can work hard and succeed on her own steam,”  the VP’s daughter wrote on Instagram...

A Nigerian teenager from Edo state has attained an academic height making her the envy of her mates as 11 universities offer her scholarship.  The brilliant 18-year-old Nigerian, Uwade Helen Akhere   An eighteen year old Nigerian, Uwade Helen Akhere, has made history to becoming  the cynosure of all eyes in faraway United State of America, as she won 11 Scholarships  to American Universities to study after emerging tops in her academic pursuit at the Charlotte Catholic High School, according to a report by LeadersNG.   The young Nigerian who hails from Edo State, was the President of the Student Council of the prestigious Charlotte Catholic  High School Charlotte NC, USA. The  2017 Signet II , Volume XXII, graduating compendium of the school shows her coming tops in debate, speech  and Theology,  among others.   Other awards include, National merit Scholarship commendation, the achievement awards for Charlotte Civitan Citizen and Charlot...

The commissioners made this known in a communique issued in Kaduna State on Saturday.  The Commissioners of Education in 19 Northern States have supported the suspension of school reopening amid the pandemic by the Federal Government, The PUNCH reports. The commissioners made this known in a communique issued in Kaduna State on Saturday, after a virtual meeting to consider school reopening and other issues to strengthen the education sector. The communique was signed by the Commissioner of Education, Kaduna, Dr Shehu Makarfi, who is also the Chairman of the Northern States School Exchange Programme. The meeting was attended by commissioners of 13 of the 19 northern states namely, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Taraba, Kogi, Kwara, Katsina, Kano, Borno and Jigawa. The commissioners applauded the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, for taking a decisive stand against school reopening and pledged their full support. According to them, keeping schools closed consideri...

It was gathered on Saturday that Abimbola, a native of Ibadan, the state capital died in a road accident on Friday.  File photo used only for illustrative purpose A former Commissioner in Oyo State, Honorable Fatai Abimbola is dead, Daily Post reports. It was gathered on Saturday that Abimbola, a native of Ibadan, the state capital died in a road accident on Friday. Abimbola who is fondly known as Abogun served as a commissioner under the government of the immediate past Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. A source said that Abimbola died in a road accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday. A former Special Assistant (Students Matters) to Ajimobi, Mr. Afeez Mobolaji, confirmed the death of the former Commissioner in a post on his Facebook page Friday night. Mobolaji said,  “Rest in peace, Mogaji Abogun”. Another aide of the immediate past Governor, Mr. Wale Sadeeq also confirmed the death of the former Commissioner.

Lekan Amos sheds more lights on his father's mysterious disappearance, while also mourning his mother who died and was buried on his matriculation day.  Lekan Amos Gospel artiste, Lekan Remilekun Amos, can’t stop dreaming about his dad who got missing while on a missionary journey in 2000.  In this interview, he shed more lights on the man’s mysterious disappearance, while also mourning his mother who died and was buried on his matriculation day. Tell us about yourself I am Lekan Remilekun Amos, an anointed gospel music minister. I am a son of the Ilaje, Ondo State-born gospel legend, Dr. Remilekun Amos of blessed memory. I’m the second in a family of five. I’m currently the president of Remilekun Amos International Gospel Ministry. I schooled at Muslim Mission Primary School, Oworonsoki, Lagos. I then attended Orisigun High School, Ketu, Lagos before proceeding to Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) where I studied Physics/Electronics. You love talking about your mi...

These are ten prominent politicians who died after contacting the novel coronavirus which is ravaging the world.  A number of prominent politicians are among 689 Nigerians who lost their lives to COVID-19, Daily Trust Saturday report shows.   Almost five months after the country confirmed its first case of the pandemic on February 27, 2020, a total of 30,748 cases have been recorded while 12,546 persons who had contracted the virus have been discharged and 689 deaths recorded, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCNC) daily update. Confirmed cases have been on the increase despite the war waged against the pandemic by both federal and state governments. The country’s index, an Italian who returned from Milan, Italy, through the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos survived the virus. In line with medical ethics, the identities of persons who had contracted the virus and those who lost their lives to it are not made public by the NCDC. Daily Trust Satu...

A Nigerian university student who was reportedly kidnapped by suspected cultists on June 24, but found five days later in Jos, has told her story.  A 100-level undergraduate of the Bauchi State University, Gadau, who was reportedly kidnapped by suspected cultists on June 24, but found five days later in Jos, Plateau State, shares her story with ARMSTRONG BAKAM Your parents reported you missing after suspected cultists kidnapped you. What exactly happened to you? On Wednesday, June 24,  around 2pm, I left my uncle’s house in Rafin Zurfi, where I was staying with the intention of coming to see my parents at their house at Kafin Tafawa. When I took a tricycle, I told the driver I would stop at the junction leading to my father’s house and buy some cement because my sister and I had agreed to buy it and do some repairs in the house. I think something happened along the way and I lost my mind. When I woke up, I found myself in a strange place in the bush and I saw a hunter sitting ...

Hushpuppi is facing multimillion-dollar fraud and money laundering charges in Los Angeles.  Gal Pissetzky and Hushpuppi Gal Pissetzky, legal representative to Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas Olorunwa widely known as Hushpuppi, has claimed that his client was “kidnapped” from Dubai by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. Hushpuppi is facing multimillion-dollar fraud and money laundering charges in Los Angeles. The Chicago-based lawyer argued that the Dubai Police should have extradited Abbas to Nigeria as a citizen of the country and not to the US, adding that the UAE had no extradition treaty with the US.  He said on Friday,  “In my opinion, the FBI and the government here acted illegally when they kidnapped him (Hushpuppi) from Dubai without any legal process to do so. “There was no extradition, there were no legal steps taken, there were no court documents filed, it was simply a call to the FBI. He is not a citizen of the United States, the US ha...