SPECIAL ADVISER TO RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR WIKE RESIGNED TODAY.

GOVERNOR NYESOM WIKE OF RIVERS STATE

Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has resigned from his post.

FOUR GIRL NIGERIAN TEAM WIN TECH COMPETITION IN USA AND INSPIRE MAKING OF FILM

TEAM CHARIS AT THE 2015 TECHNOVATION CHALLENGE IN SAN FRANCISCO, USA

There are certainly many times when one is proud to be a Nigerian and this is one of such when one reads of the four young Nigerian girls who went to the United States of America without any fanfare to present an app (application) they built in the 2015 Technovation Challenge. The girls contested as Team Charis (TEAM Nigeria) and emerged winners in the competition which held in San Francisco, USA in July and had entries from all over the world.

The winning team is made of Praise David-Oku, Sonam Kumar, Nmesoma Ogbonna, and Grace Akpoiroro and their creation; a mobile app that can be used to solve the waste disposal challenge in Nigeria. They entered their winning app called Discardious in the competition.

NIGERIA KIDNAP CASE HELPED TO TRIGGER FINE ON MTN.

When Nigeria failed to trace owners of SIM cards used by kidnappers of a prominent politician in September, it was the final straw for the west African country after what it called a string of violations by telecoms firm MTN Group.

LAMAR ODOM CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY IN HOSPITAL

LAMAR ODOM

Former US professional basketballer, Lamar Odom who turns 35 years today, Friday, November 6, 2015 has every reason to thank his God for being alive.

It is an odd birthday in that he marks it in the hospital as the former basketball star is still recovering from his drug binge at the Love Ranch brothel in Nevada in October.

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA SUSPENDS PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMANT WHO SENT STUDENTS TO MANHANDLE LECTURER.

PROF. JONAH ONUOHA

BEN NWOSU

Professor Jonah Onuoha, Head of Department of Political Science of the University of Nigeria (UNN) has been suspended by the school authorities for sending two postgraduate students and an unidentified man to beat up a lecturer in the department, Ben Nwosu. Prof. Onuoha is also to receive half pay of his salary during the period of the suspension, which would last till the matter is fully investigated and a decision taken.

MISSING ALABAMA CHILD FOUND OVER TEN YEARS LATER.

MISSING CHILD JULIAN HERNANDEZ AND HOUSE HE LIVED IN CLEVELAND

BOBBY HERNANDEZ - FATHER

Julian Hernandez who was declared missing in Alabama, USA on August 28, 2002 at the age of 5 years on the report of his mother who had legal custody of him at the period. It was then believed that his father, Bobby Hernandez had abducted him.

OWNER OF HOUSE IN THE USA RETURNS TO FIND HOUSE HAS TOTALLY VANISHED.

DEMOLISHED HOUSE

GREEN GRASS FIELD

A resident of Long Island, Philip Williams, aged 69 years who travelled to Florida in December 2014 in fear of the winter cold and to have a knee surgery was shocked to the marrows when he returned to his West Hempstead home in August 2015 only to see that in his extended absence his home and all his possessions had all disappeared and all that was left was an empty plot covered with grass.

SINGER WAJE TO CARRY OUT PLASTIC SURGERY ON HER BREASTS.

WAJE

The popular Nigerian singer, Aituaje Iruobe, known as Waje (an acronym for "Words aren't just enough") recently appearing on a program called MTV Real Talk has stated that she would be having plastic surgery carried out on her breasts. She said the operation which would cost plenty of money was necessary to

KEN SARO WIWA MEMORIAL STEEL BUS SCULPTURE SEIZED AT LAGOS PORT

KEN SARO WIWA MEMORIAL BUS

Nigerian Customs officials have seized a bus sculpture made in London by Sokari Douglas Camp in memory of the late Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists. The steel bus was denied entry into the country when it arrived the Lagos port on September 8, 2015 intended to be a gift to mark the 20th anniversary of their execution by the Sani Abacha military government.