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Pop star, Daniel Oyebanji (D’banj) with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and another artiste, Duncan Mighty at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Monday. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says the state government will work with ace musician, Daniel Oyebanjo known as D’banj to create opportunities for young musicians in the state.  Wike stated this on Monday while receiving D’banj at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital. “We as a government will not fail to partner with you in whichever form that will help to empower the youths in the state,” he said. According to the governor, musicians operating in the state are constrained with the opportunity to exhibit their talent at the international stage, reiterating his administration’s commitment to work with different international musicians and producers to resolve the challenge of opportunities. “Part of the problems we have in this part of the world is the opportunities that our you...

Okorogheye Orisheneye, a 15-year-old Nigerian teenager from Delta State has emerged victorious after an outstanding performance in WAEC and JAMB. The boy who has become a hot topic on social media reportedly got straight As in all the nine subjects he registered for in the 2018 West African Examination Council (WAEC), after sitting for the exam in Lagos state. He also aced his JAMB exam with a total score of 332.

Public primary and secondary school students in Cross River State, are appealing to the State Government and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to resolve their differences and call off the ongoing strike embarked upon, for them to return back to school. Speaking to Channels Television, the students are worried that, the strike action has hindered them from participating in the ongoing National Examinations being carried out across the country. But the NUT is accusing the State Government of being insensitive to the concerns of teachers and their welfare, the State government insists, the strike is uncalled for, following government concerns to issues bothering on their welfare but promises to meet with the Union within the week to resolve their differences. For over one week now and counting, public schools across the state have remained under lock and key, following directives by the Nigeria Union of Teachers that all public school teachers stay off academic activities until...

WAEC Web page This is to inform the general public and especially, candidates that participated in the 2018 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE for School Candidates that their results are now available online.   2018 WAEC SSCE Results have been successfully uploaded online and it is accessible from the WAEC official result checking website.   Candidates need to purchase the WAEC result checker which cost N500 (Five hundred Naira only) from authorized dealers or any WAEC office nearest to them to be able to access their results.   HOW TO CHECK WAEC SSCE RESULT ONLINE – 2018 MAY/JUNE.   - Go to WAEC result checking portal www.waecdirect.org.   - Enter your 10-digit WAEC Examination Number. (This is your 7-Digit centre number followed by your 3-digit candidate number eg. 4123456789)   - Enter the 4 digits of your Examination Year eg. 2018   - Select the Type of Examination i.e. SCHOOL CANDID...

A female black rhinoceros one of three about to the translocated, stands in a transport crate, in Nairobi National Park, on June 26, 2018. PHOTO: TONY KARUMBA / AFP Months after the death of Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino, scientists said on Wednesday that they have grown embryos containing DNA of his kind, hoping to save the subspecies from extinction. With only two northern white rhino (NWR) known to be alive today — both infertile females — the team hopes their breakthrough technique will lead to the re-establishment of a viable NWR breeding population. “Our goal is to have in three years the first NWR calf born,” Thomas Hildebrandt, head of reproduction management at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, told journalists of the work. “Taking into account 16 months (of) pregnancy, we have a little more than a year to have a successful implantation.” The team’s work, using a recently-patented, two-metre (6.6-foot) egg ex...

. The world’s two biggest smartphone makers reached a truce in their seven-year-old court battle a month after a federal court jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple some $539 million for copying patented iPhone features. That award was seen as a victory for Apple, which had argued in court that design was essential to the iPhone. Financial terms of the settlement were not revealed and neither company elaborated on the brief court order which dismissed the litigation dating back to 2011. “Whereas the court has been advised by the parties that the above-entitled action has been settled, all remaining claims and counterclaims in this case are hereby dismissed with prejudice,” US District Court Judge Lucy Koh wrote. When contacted by AFP for comment, Apple referred to a statement released last month after the jury announced the damages award. “This case has always been about more than money,” the statement read. “It is important that we continue to protect the hard work and innova...

  It’s not an uncommon fate for a pioneering scientist: languishing unrecognised in his time before dying in obscurity. But as his 200th birthday approaches, the life-saving work of a Hungarian obstetrician is finally getting its due. Decades before Louis Pasteur won widespread acceptance for the germ theory of disease, Ignac Semmelweis was battling his peers to accept what is today medical orthodoxy — doctors should thoroughly disinfect their hands before treating patients. Born on July 1, 1818, Semmelweis joined the obstetrics department of Vienna’s general hospital in 1846 and was immediately struck by the extremely high maternal mortality rate in the wing where student doctors trained: it stood at more than 10 percent, at times going up to almost 40 percent. By contrast, in the neighbouring wing where midwives trained, the rate stayed under the contemporary average of three percent. “This disparity troubled Semmelweis enormously and he started a thorough epidemiologi...

Meet Therese, she’s a business development manager living in Berlin, Germany. Last month, she managed to read over 100 nonfiction titles in psychology, politics and leadership. It started with a bet. A colleague challenged her to read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story Of Success in two hours. As determined as she was, she couldn’t meet the deadline. She got through the first few chapters relatively quickly but found it impossible to finish the book in the designated 2 hours. Although she lost the bet, she had an idea. “I want to read more nonfiction books—I find it really useful to read the key takeaways from lots of books to help me get a feeling for what’s an absolute must for my to-read list!” She found several websites, blogs and apps that transform books into ‘bite-sized’ content. In the end, she opted for the Blinkist app. As one of the first services to condense nonfiction books into quick reads, the Blinkist app has 2,000+ bestselling nonfiction titles in its library...

  Like car needs fuel to move, human's body needs energy to function properly.   When you eat, your digestive tract breaks down nutritive elements, converts them into glucose and sends it to the bloodstream.    At the same time, the pancreas releases hormone insulin in order to transport glucose from blood into the cells, which can use it as energy.   But this system may fail, and blood sugar levels may become elevated because of insufficient production of insulin or decreased cells' sensitivity to it.   This condition, commonly known as diabetes, affects nearly 422 million people in the world, some of whom don't even know about the problem.    In 90% of cases, diabetes appears when body cells become resistant to normally produced insulin.   Specialists say that those who are overweight or obese, don't manage high blood pressure, have high cholesterol levels and are physically inactive, have dramatically high ris...

D'banj's son - Daniel Oyebanjo III died after he drowned in a swimming pool at the family residence in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Here is a photo of D'banj posing beside the swimming pool in his house. The customized swimming pool has D'banj's signature logo, DB, engraved at the bottom. The music star had taken to his Instagram page on April 1st to post this photo of himself standing beside the pool. It can't be confirmed right now if this is the same swimming pool where his son's tragic death occurred. The singer was in the United States of America when he received the devastating news.

Nigerian pop star David Adeleke, better known as Davido, on Sunday won the 2018 BET Award for Best International Act. Davido, who was present to receive his plaque for Best International Act took time out to send condolences to Dbanj, who lost his 1-year-old son, Daniel on Sunday, June 24. Davido said: “Before I go on, I want to send condolences to my big brother, the actual artiste that paved the way for Nigerian artistes to be on this stage," he said. "D'banj, my condolences are with you, you’re my brother." Davido also used the opportunity to promote African culture, calling on Americans to “come to Africa, eat the food, wear the clothes”. Davido was nominated alongside fellow Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage, South African rapper Cassper Nyovest, British rappers Stormzy, J Hus and Stefflon Don, French-Congolese singer Dadju, and a host of others.