ABU Zaria Team Wins The Shell Eco-marathon Competition In South Africa

Shell Eco-marathon challenges student teams around the world to design, build and drive the most energy-efficient cars.
After a successful launch in 2014, Shell Eco-marathon came back to South Africa in 2015 to see 12 teams from South Africa and Nigeria take to the track to battle for ultimate energy efficiency.

In 2016, the competition is hosted by the School of Electrical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg again, and took place at the Zwartkops Raceway.
 
 Shell Eco Marathon Result 2016

ABU Zaria Team won the Shell Eco Marathon as the result was released some few hours ago. Jubilation at Faculty of Engineering, ABU Zaria over the victory by the Team!

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PLSG assures of assisting University of Jos

THE Plateau State Government has promised to not only assist the University of Jos in bringing back its library that was gutted by fire, but would also liaise with Presidency for assistance to the university.
Governor Simon Bako Lalong said this last Thursday when he paid an on the spot visit to the gutted library complex which also houses other departments.
The governor said, what affects the university, also affects the state, stressing that, apart from the training of manpower for the state, it has also trained youths who are found all over the world.
He called on spirited individuals, alumnus and publishers to donate books to the University library, so that it would replace the lost books, journals and reference materials

Why Lalong is diversifying Plateau’s economy

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has since assumption of office been working tirelessly towards diversifying the state’s economy. In this interview with select journalists in Jos, Mark Longyen, the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, highlights the nitty-gritty of these efforts, his foreign trips to China, the US and South Africa, as well as some recent political developments in Plateau State.
GOVERNOR Lalong seems to have embraced economic diversification as the main solution to Plateau State’s weak economy and low income earnings, can you oblige us an insight into his efforts in this regard?

This was Aisha’s silent answer to the question: “Do you cook for your husband?”

As Nigeria’s First Lady embarks on a trip to Belgium to talk about women’s role in global security she’s made it a duty to let us know she hasn’t forgotten her role in the kitchen through her Twitter timeline.
Aisha Buhari tweeted about her duty as a wife taking us way back to a July 18, 2015 interview with the Vanguard.

Photos: Man beats his 10-year-old son to death in Ogun State

The police in Ogun have arrested a 37-year-old man, Rasak Adekoya for allegedly beating his son to death.

Accordinto to The Nation, Adekoya was apprehended by policemen at Ago-Iwoye after residents reported him for severely beating the deceased, Wariz Adekoya, 10.

See the requirements to get married at RCCG that's got people talking

The list below is reportedly a mandatory guideline for couples who want to get married in Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). Some of the requirements have got people murmuring...

See the complete list below...

NUC stops diplomas in universities

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has scrapped crapped sub-degree diploma programmes in the Nigerian University System (NUS). The Commission also called on universities to start winding up such programmes
The NUC said such programmes were no concern of the universities but that of polytechnics urging them to develop their research base while working assiduously to improve the quality of the graduates it produces.

A dose of common sense for Mr President

 

Common sense advocate, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has a few words for President Muhammadu Buhari, and every thought he’s shared is true to the title of the series. The issue now is, who will play this video to the President.

They’ve told us he doesn’t know more than half of his staff.
They’ve told us he’s a stubborn man who likes everything to be done his way, even when his way leads to Hades.

Bride dumped after husband saw her with no-make-up for the first time

Just days after her marriage, an Arab bride was dumped by her husband after he saw her with no make-up, said a psychologist who counselled the unidentified woman.

The 34-year-old Arab groom divorced his 28-year-old bride, said the doctor, because the husband believed she did not look as pretty as before the wedding and accused her of deceiving him by using so many cosmetics, including fake eyelashes.

Dr Abdul Aziz Asaf, consultant psychologist, said that his clinic received a request from the woman to help her overcome her psychological suffering after her divorce.

(MUST READ) Aisha Buhari And That BBC Interview ..

Public communication is one of the most delicate challenges that people in public life face, either in the corporate or the public sector.   

Many people suddenly find themselves in high places, and they become a source of news, a potential interview subject, and they get chased around by journalists and other media figures who want a story, in fact, not just a story, but a scoop. 

I used to explain in communication coaching classes and to the bosses whose media I managed, at one point or the other that they should never feel obliged to say things they do not want to say. No matter how aggressive the journalist may be, they should be careful what they say.  

Banned Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau gets Hollywood invite

 

It looks like actress Rahama Sadau’s ban from Kannywood has shot her into limelight as she has been invited to the set of a Hollywood movie.

Nigeria is walking in the wilderness – Gowon

Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon on Saturday said Nigeria is “walking in the wilderness.”
Gowon said this at the thanksgiving service to commemorate 20th anniversary of “Nigeria Prays”, a prayer movement for the country in Abuja.
Gowon, however said the country is only facing temporary challenges which will soon be forgotten.
He urged Nigerians to continue praying for the country.

A poem on President Buhari’s #TheOtherRoom

by Soyombo Ayomikun
The Other Room!
1. Where ambitions may be Quashed,

Where the gods of passion
Ravenously devour,
Where sweat
Drips and
Drops,
The Other
Room!