Photos:Pres Buhari receives Chief Imam of Medina Saudi Arabia at the state house

President Buhari, received the Chief Imam of Masjid Nabawy Medina Saudi Arabia, Sheik Abdul-Muhsin Ibn Muhammad Al-Kasimy, in Statehouse on 7th October, 2016. More photos after the cut…

Photo: SS3 student electrocuted to death in Benue State while trying to charge phone from naked wire

Godwin Ejeh, a senior secondary school student of Jesus College, Otukpo Benue State, was electrocuted to death in the school hostel on October 6th while trying to charge his mobile phone. According to the school principal Mr Ella Samuel, who spoke to Idoma Voice, the 18-year-old died while attempting to charge his phone directly from a naked wire.

Ministers now queue to buy fuel – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said members of the Buhari-led administration experienced change a “long time ago”.
Mohammed made the remark while speaking in Lagos when he unveiled the ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign to the corporate world.
He said public officials were no longer seen as demigods, as they now queue at petrol stations and airports.

Read Femi Fani-Kayode's piece on President Buhari's new book

 

In this piece, FFK alleges that the book's author, professor John Parden is a praise singer who wrote a similar hagiography for Ahmadu Bello in 1986. He also makes some weighty allegations on the source of president Buhari's campaign funds. Read below...

Professor John Paden, President Muhammadu Buhari’s official biographer, is a man that is very comfortable with distorting the truth and telling lies. He is also a man that has been doing so for virtually all his adult life.

Mark Zuckerberg Excited Over Game Built By 11 Year Old Nigeria Boy

The lad pictured above is Olatayo Sobomehin, an 11 years old who built Spike Rush, an infinite, side-scrolling game.
Named after needle spikerush (a plant), the game is set in a magical forest where spikes are everywhere.
Players have super powers to help them learn to survive in the forest. At random times, the gravity reverses and players must live upside down.
The players must ensure the spikes don’t defeat them. To do this, they must swipe up to jump over the spikes, swipe left and right to move back and forth, and double tap to activate special powers.
Mark Zuckerberg, who only just got back from visiting Lagos, Nairobi and Abuja, caught up with Tayo recently and was impressed with his game.

Woman sells 2-year-old daughter for N50000 in Lagos

A commercial sex worker simply identified as Grace Onome has been arrested by the police for allegedly selling her two-year-old daughter in the Badagry area of Lagos state, The Punch reports.
Onome was said to have sold her daughter, Zainab to another commercial sex worker, identified as Endurance for the sum of N50000.
A police source said it was trailing Endurance so as to rescue the girl.