How Nigerian Girl Won As The Best Graduating Student In Dillard University, New Orleans,

The United States First Lady Michelle Obama joins other dignitaries to celebrate Merrilyn Akpapuna, a Nigerian girl that emerged the best graduating student at the Dillard University, New Orleans,
Like a giant masquerade in the market place, all eyes were on 20-year-old Nigerian, Merrilyn Akpapuna, two Saturdays ago at the Dillard University, New Orleans, United States.
The Psychology graduate not only obtained the highest academic honourSumma Cum Laude (first class), she also emerged the best graduating student in the ivory tower. As the institution’s valedictorian, she was on the same podium with the wife of the President, Michelle Obama, during its convocation.

Over 500 Local Hunters Join In The Chibok Girls Search

TRADITIONAL hunters armed with homemade guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills and what they believe to be supernatural powers to help find the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram.

#BringBackOurGirls: Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Gibson, others held up signs

What do you get when you put tough guy stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Antonio Banderas and Mel Gibson together on the French Riviera, plonk them on a couple of tanks and send them out along the Cannes seafront? Answer: total mayhem.
FRANCE, Cannes : Members of the cast of "The Expendables 3", Spanish actor Antonio Banderas (2ndL) and US actor Kellan Lutz (2ndR) hold cardboards reading "# Bring back our girls", as a sign of support for the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, while posing on the red carpet during the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 18, 2014. AFP PHOTO /

Yoruba delegates split over proposed Ijebu State

DELEGATES from Oyo and Osun states have opposed submission by their counterparts in other South Western states for creation of Ijebu State out of the present Ogun State.

The delegates said if any state would be created from the region, it has to be from Oyo State, considering the population and the land mass of the state.

APC wins all seats in Kano council polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in Kano state.
This is contained in a statement signed by Chairman of Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Dr Sani Malumfashi, on Sunday in Kano.
“The election has been largely successful and peaceful and APC won all the 44 local government chairmanship and the 484 councillorship posts in the state as officially declared by returning officers at the various levels,” it disclosed.

Kanye-Kim party ‘not a wedding’ for Italy: spokesman

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian will not be tying the knot in Florence this weekend as they have not submitted official documents, a spokesman for the city council told AFP.
The celebrity pair have rented out the 16th-century Fort Belvedere for a celebration on Saturday with 200 guests, fuelling speculation that this could be their wedding.
“For the Italian state, this is not a wedding,” Marco Agnoletti said on Monday.
“To get married in Florence they would have to submit a lot of documents. They haven’t made an official request so it can’t officially be a marriage,” said Agnoletti, a spokesman for the city’s interim mayor, Dario Nardella.

Akande’s rendition and diatribe

A Cursory look into why the interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, addressed his world press conference recently gave an impression that he was a truly concerned elder who wanted to speak to the issue of the insurgency that has escalated in the last few weeks. At a point, he said that it was time for all to rally to save the country, as if some have stood idly by while the insurgency raged.

Oman court jails ex-minister 3 years over bribery

An Omani court has sentenced a former minister to three years in jail over graft charges, in a first for the Gulf sultanate which has vowed to combat corruption, newspapers reported Monday.

They said ex-commerce minister Mohammed bin Nasser al-Khusaibi was found guilty of bribing another official to award a contract linked to a Muscat airport expansion project to a company in which he was a shareholder.

Confab: 14 C’tees submit reports, 6 outstanding

The National Conference resumed plenary on Monday to receive reports of the 20 Standing Committees assigned to handle “critical national issues”.
14 committees submitted their reports, while six were outstanding and expected to submit them to the plenary on Tuesday.
The committees, which submitted their reports included National Security; Politics and Governance; Environment; Law, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Reforms; Social Sector; and Immigration, Citizenship and Related Matters.

Stealing Is Not Corruption, Says ICPC---Punch

Contrary to the popular thinking that Nigeria is corrupt due to the incessant stealing of public funds by a few persons, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission has said that stealing is not corruption.
According to the commission, most acts credited to corruption have no relationship with stealing.
The ICPC chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, said this when a delegation from the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria visited the commission in Abuja to forge inter-agency partnership against corruption.