His teacher told him he'd fail maths - and guess what he did...

What the young guy shared on twitter as he graduated with a First Class degree in Mathematics. Believe in yourself! 

UNIPORT makes list of top 10 African Universities

The University of Port Harcourt , Rivers state is among the list of top 10 African Universities as rated by the Times Higher Education journal. No other Nigerian University made the entire top 30-list.

Ondo State To Host BON 2015 In December.

This year, the Best of Nollywood Awards holds December 12^th in Akure, Ondo State. The governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, made this announcement Thursday morning at a meeting with the organisers of BON and select Nollywood stars inside his stately country home in Ondo town, Ondo State.

He said “On behalf of the good people of Ondo State and me, we are set to host the Best of Nollywood Awards this year. We will give spirit and soul to the awards ceremony because it would be held in the best and only international events centre in Nigeria. Our new Dome would make the Expo Centre in Lagos look like a village kitchen,” he boasted.

Adducing reasons for consenting to host BON Awards, Governor Mimiko said, “My first reaction when the executive producer mentioned hosting BON Awards to me was that these are not the best of times for any state financially but he assured me that it would not cost the state so much. And I agreed essentially because growing up, we were all victims of cultural imperialism by the West. Of course, at that time, we still had contending views of the East because of the deep rooted culture in their (Indian and Chinese) films.” 

As time went by however, he said the Nigerian film began to show great promises.

Though a successful medical doctor before political adventurism took over, Dr Mimiko’s robust knowledge of the global film industry was not in doubt; which was why he said if there is one area Nigeria has shown the world that she is capable of excelling especially in the last two decades, it is in the creative industry especially the film industry. “So, for me, the celebration of Nollywood is within the context of the cultural, if you like, imperialistic possibilities of Nigeria and why not? So long we talk about our potentials; we could also make Nigerian films a global commodity.

 If we want to be a dominant country in Africa and a global player, we need to deliberately create our Nollywood narrative by creating a theme around which other sub-themes would be created to sell our country,” he posited.

This is because, he continued, “Even in Hollywood, there is a constant narrative, whether subtle or otherwise, in all their cinematic outputs. We have to discover our own narrative. It is amazing the possibilities therein.

 There is no home in Africa where Nollywood is not celebrated and I think this creates finite possibilities for us to recreate and identify ourselves before the world. For us, celebrating Nollywood stars is part of our patriotic drive to ensure that this industry actually helps to actualize the Nigerian dream. I don’t think there is any nation that has a product and does not package how to sell it.”

The executive producer, Seun Oloketuyi, thanked the governor for his understanding, love and support for the entertainment industry, and importantly, for agreeing to host the event. Oloketuyi further expressed his appreciation to Governor Mimiko. While urging other governors to take a cue from Governor Mimiko and help the industry grow, Oloketuyi presented him a certificate to symbolize the hosting right. 

Present at the event were Nollywood stars like Segun Arinze, Yomi Fash Lanso, Fathia Balogun, Ngozi Nwosu, Alex Ekubo, Ebube Nwagbo, Toyosi Adesanya and Amanda Ebeye among others. 

Buhari - ''No Country Can Succeed In The War Against Terror Alone''

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to protect the territorial integrity of the Nigerian nation and stressed the need for collective efforts in the fight against terror.

‎The President, who made the remarks late on Wednesday during a state dinner at the Unity Palace in Yaounde during his two-day working visit to Cameroon, however, stated that Nigeria was going to team up with Cameroon in the fight against Boko Haram.

He said: “We recognize that none of us can succeed alone. In order to win this war, we need the collective efforts of each one of us, standing together as a formidable force for good, to defeat and end these acts of terror against our people.

“Let me assure all of my relentless pursuit of all possible means to safeguard Nigeria’s territorial integrity, protect the lives and property of our citizens as well as my commitment to continue to collaborate with Cameroon and our neighbours, within the framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.

“The Federal Government of Nigeria is committed to respecting international norms to resolve this matter and to restore normalcy to all the affected areas as soon as possible.”

-Vanguard extract

EU Bans Food Exports From Nigeria

The European Union has banned some food exports from Nigeria. Among the food items banned includes beans, sesame seeds, melon seeds, dried fish and meat, peanut chips and palm oil.

A statement from the European Food Safety Authority says the food substances were banned because they contained ‘a high level of unauthorized pesticide.’

Nigerian beans was banned because it contained between 0.03mg per kg to 4.6mg/kg of dichlorvos pesticide when the acceptable maximum residue limit is 0.01mg/kg. The ban on the food substances will expire in 2016.

culled from Nigerian.org

Today's News Headlines - 27/7/2015

Good Morning...

DAILY TRUST

*Polio eradication: Nigeria makes history

*Looted Fund: How Buhari Arrived At $150bn ' Garba Shehu

*I'm the musician I am because I studied Vet medicine -Beautiful Nubia

*Bloomberg Media, Ford Foundation, launch second round of training for financial journalists

*Nigeria's representatives shine at the United Nations Pageant 2015

*Akingbade wows Lagos with solo exhibition

*Berlin's Memorial Wall as Germany's Monuments of Shame

*How el-Rufa'i's demolition notice jolts Zaria residents

*Bailout: Governors Now Speak In Diverse Tongues

*Unpaid salaries: States urgently need fiscal reform ' Gashinbaki

*APC, Gbajabiamila should accept Dogara's peace offer

*Exposed: How top civil servant returned to duty post after failed governorship ambition

*Senate: Saraki's camp jittery over EFCC hammer

*Reps crisis: Gbajabiamila's henchmen align with Dogara

*Youth beef up security as 15 killed in Borno village attack

*Reps tackle EFCC over invitation to Saraki wife

*Couple welcomes quadruplet after years of anxiety

*BSU medical students protest colleague's death

*China to partner Yobe on agric, infrastructure

*101 persons hospitalised from chlorine exposure

*Kenya: Trials would aid fight against corruption - Obama

*N350m collateral for agric loan too much - LCCI

*Obama: African Entrepreneurs can deliver growth

*N50m goods lost as floods hit Onitsha market

*Benue Govt. spends N10 bn on salaries, grants

*Jos Chemical Explosion: 8 confirmed dead

THE NATION

*Emenike's new status gives Oliseh headache

*Keshi claims N1billion compensation from NFF

*Moses scores as Chelsea beat PSG

*Ighalo wants Nigerians to be patient with Oliseh

*N300b CBN workers' pay bailout for 27 states ready

*Presidency, Boko Haram begin talks

*19 dead, 47 injured in suicide attack

*Troops kill terrorists on Dikwa-Maiduguri road

*5m Alamieyeseigha looted fund given to Bayelsa govt

*House crisis: Buhari meets APC lawmakers ahead of resumption

*Kwara PDP: we 're behind ordeal of Saraki's wife

*6,000 South Africa jobs at risk in proposed restructuring, says Lonmin

*U.S. plans investor roadshow for Africa to boost investment

*Second half of 2015 begins on shaky note

*BA stops flights to Uganda airport

*Rivers State is back in the grip of cultists

CNN

*Daughter of Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown dies, aged 22

*The short, public life of singing legends' only child

*Florida teens missing at sea

*Police, youths clash in Jerusalem

*Mourning 'Cosby Show,' not Bill Cosby

*12 dead in attack at Mogadishu hotel

*Garissa's Christians told 'worship here and you'll die

*Obama delivers powerful speech to Kenyans

*Female bomber kills 15 in Nigeria

*Trinidad on 'high alert' after prison escape and deadly shootout

*Obama: We're all part of one tribe

*Al-Shabaab threat to Christians

*Teen girl bomber kills 20 in Cameroon

*I mourn 'The Cosby Show,' but not Bill Cosby

*Comedy Central's 'Key and Peele' to end after current season

*Perry: Let us take guns to movies

VANGUARD

*APC, PDP fight over Buhari's policies

*Baale, son, 9 others arrested over Lagos hotelier's death

*Alleged forgery of Senate Rules: Controversy as Police seek political solution

*Pneumonia kills 195,000 Nigerian children annually

*How far can Buhari go, managing a tough economy

*No room for incompetent contractors ' Okowa

*Oyo workers to be paid this week ' NLC

*15 killed, 47 injured in fresh Damaturu market blast

*How Tinubu lured five govs out of PDP ' Tony Momoh

*Controversy trails N1.3bn BVN fee for BDC transactions

*Nigerian economy needs thriving retail businesses ' Amuka, Wigwe

*Real estate, ICT, fastest growing sectors in Nigeria ' UN

*No age limit for accessing micro finance loans

*Finance experts laud FG over World Bank's $2.1bn pledge

*W/Cup without Eagles unthinkable ' NFF

*Walcott close to signing new Arsenal deal

*Breaking news: Big Brother Africa 2015 cancelled

*Snoop Dogg arrested by Swedish police on suspicion of illegal drugs use

*#ChildNotBride Campaign Paying off as NHRC Stops a Child Marriage in Abuja

BBC

*Huckabee Israel comments spark row

*India rebels attack police station

*Taiwan president rues lack of progress with China

*UK to secure 750m Asian trade deals

*Osborne in Paris for EU reform talks

*Child bomber hits Nigerian city

*Ferrari serve up win for Bianchi

*Man United sign goalkeeper Romero

*Walcott 'close' to signing new deal

*Turkey calls Nato talks on IS and PKK

*Iraq forces attack IS base in Ramadi.

Big Brother 2015 Cancelled!

Big brother Africa. Africa’s biggest reality TV show has been cancelled!

  

The organizers, Africa Magic and Endemol were ALLEGEDLY unable to get sponsorship for this year’s edition of the controversial show.

The Manager of Multichoice Ghana, Anne Sackey confirmed on Sunday that they at Multichoice Ghana had received notice from MNET that this year’s edition of Big Brother Africa would not hold.

She explained that MNET did not give them any reasons as why they would not be holding the Big Brother this year, but then, “she personally thinks it’s due to sponsorship constraints”.

Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend Nick Gordon on suicide watch

Now that Bobbi Kristina Brown has passed away, her longtime boyfriend and rumored husband, Nick Gordon, is inconsolable. It's been reported that he’s “out of control” and those closest to him fear he’ll take his own life.

“Nick is on suicide watch. He is out of control with regret and sadness. He keeps saying that if only Bobbi Kristina had heard his voice, things would have been different. She may have lived,” a source said.

Nick, who was recently served with a $10 million lawsuit by Bobbi Kristina Brown’s conservators is inconsolable over the death of the 22-year-old daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.



Source: Hollywood Life

Bobbi Kristina Brown dies

 Bobbi Kristina Brown has died aged 22 - six months after she was found unconscious in a bathtub.

 

The aspiring singer was rushed to hospital and placed in a medically-induced coma on January 31 after she was discovered face-down in the water-filled tub at her townhouse in Roswell, Georgia.

She passed away, surrounded by her family, at the hospice on Sunday - just 3 years after her famous mother, singer Whitney Houston, died aged 48 in a bathtub at a hotel in Beverly Hills.

Officials are planning to treat the death of Bobbi Kristina, who was found in the tub with bruises on her face and body, swollen lips and a missing tooth, as a murder investigation.
 

The person of interest in the case will reportedly be her boyfriend, Nick Gordon.
 

The Houston family said on Sunday night that Bobbi Kristina 'is finally at peace in the arms of God.' 

In a statement via a representative, they said: 'Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family. She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months.' 

May her soul rest in peace...Amen!

Checkout Phyno’s New Look.. His New Haircut

Indigenous rapper, Phyno has dumped his sporting long hair and dreads for low haircut and we are so in love with it.

What do you think of his new look?

News Headlines, Sunday Edition - 26/7/2015

DAILY TIMES

*Sylva's Tenure in Bayelsa Was a Failure ' Alameiseigha

*Obama Lays Wreath at US Embassy Bombing Memorial

*Electoral Process: The Reforms Are Here to Stay, Says INEC Boss

*Obama Pleads for Gay Rights in Africa

*Boko Haram: Dialogue May End

Insurgency, Says APC Stalwart

*Terrorism: Ambassadors Calls for Unity

*Benue Gov. Spends N10bn on Salaries, Grants, Says Ortom

Why I Can'T Pay Workers' Salaries ' Aregbesola

*Eight Feared Dead as Water Treatment Plant Explodes in Jos

*Odusile Is New NUJ President

*Allies of Dogara, Gbajabiamila Form New Group

*Boko Haram Attacks Borno Villages, 15 Killed, Many Injured

*50 Injured, Five Killed in a Chemical Explosion in Jos

PUNCH

*Higher cut-off marks to raise standards ' JAMB

*IYC kicks as soldiers invade ex-militants' meeting venue

*Poverty preventing subsidy removal ' Oil marketers

*Otti's assassination attempt claims, a hoax ' Ikpeazu

*Diver killed by shark in Australia as daughter watches

*W'Cup: Super Eagles draw winners of Djibouti/Swaziland clash

*Saraki vs Lawan: A Senates shaky start

*Rice imports drop by 53% as prices rise

*Buhari: From Washington with dignity

*Nigeria earns N472bn from cocoa, others

*New JAMB cut-off mark against the poor ' Oludotun

*Making Iran's nuclear deal work

*I have access to my husband's bank account -Dj Atte's wife

*I don't regret marrying a Nigerian ' Oyinbo Princess

*Police confirm Senate forgery

*FG queries Perm Sec over NIMASA leadership tussle

*Benue varsity students dump colleagues corpse at VCs office

*Buhari used financial creativity to save debtor states Osinbajo

*Plan to negotiate with Boko Haram laudable Ex-General

*Tinubu behind Toyin Sarakis EFCC ordeal Sen. Waku

*Probe: Dont humiliate Jonathan, Igbo group warns Buhari

*Theres no perfect govt in the world Alamieyeseigha

*My father goes to farm at dawn daily ' Ahmed Joda's son

*Jonathan was unserious about fighting corruption ' Akanbi

BBC

*Colombia halts air strikes on Farc

*Petition as Saudis shut French beach

*Yemen truce after civilian deaths

*US college ends Cosby professorship

*Cameron to discuss IS threat in Asia

* US defends Ukraine military exercises

*Huge blaze destroys Vegas hotel roof

*The dangerous health legacy of war

*Van Gaal confirms Di Maria absence

*Hundreds attend Sandra Bland funeral

*Ozil can have best season - Wenger

*F1 not as exciting as past - Alonso

VANGUARD

*We don't need foreign aid ' Buhari

*Trigger happy policeman shoots dead taxi driver, sick passenger

*Expelled medical student kills self, one other in auto crash

*Outrage over alleged DSS interference in Rivers election petition

*Reps' Leadership Crisis: Dogara to compensate Gbajabiamila, others

*EDO 2016: The people, not political leaders, will decide their next governor ' Edebiri

The phones no longer ring By Reuben Abati

*Buhari promise on Chibok girls' rescue: FG should not negotiate with Boko Haram ' Ejiofor,

*Raising Entrepreneurs is Governor Okowa's Passion ' Kingsley Emu

*Nigeria can get $15bn yearly investment from America ' Prof. Ekpo

*Financial experts laud Oteh's appointment by World Bank

*$2bn Bailout Fallout: Buhari didn't dash us money, says Gov. Dave Umahi

*2018 W/Cup: Eagles won't underrate any team ' Oliseh

*Messi's foundation stone in Gabon stolen

*Goal spree shows Wenger doesn't need to spend big

*I want to score goals, win trophies ' Costa

*Whoever says acting is not lucrative is lying ' Bukky Fagbuyi

*I have no qualms with sex roles ' Regina Chukwu

*I went three days without bathing to record a song ' Adasounds

*Veteran Actress, Sola Sobowale, showers Reagan students with gift items

*There's sexiness in all I do because I exude confidence ' Shaffy Bello

*16 year old Nigerian designer, tumisola ladega wins Jimmy Choo bursary prize

*Sexual Abuse: I didn't rape her, we had sex ' Timaya

*Kehinde Bankole delves into music

*New Hollywood-Nollywood movie

*Our pregnant women are dying mysteriously ' Lagos, Ogun boundary community

CNN

*Clinton denies sending classified emails on private server

*Trump fans shrug off McCain drama

*Al-Shabaab kills Somali MP

*College pulls Cosby professorship

*Bomber kills 20 in Cameroon

*Watch: Massive fire engulfs Vegas hotel pool deck

*Obama: 'Bad things happen' when you treat people differently

*Obama, Kenyatta's fathers were political adversaries

*Obama lectures Kenyan president on gay rights

*Blatter and Putin put on united front at 2018 draw

*Nearly 600 terror suspects arrested, more airstrikes on ISIS

*U.S. drones aim at Al-Shabaab

*Trump bars newspaper from event over editorial

*UK outlines plan against ISIS

*Handyman charged with murder