BOMB EXPLOSION IN BENIN CITY

 

THERE was tension in Benin City, Tuesday, after five houses were destroyed in a bomb blast.

The incident which occurred at about 3pm caused pandemonium  in the City, as it was rumored that the dreaded Boko Haram sect

TODAY IN NIGERIA HISTORY: JANUARY 30

On this day in 2010, Nigeria’s main rebel group called off a truce in the oil-rich Niger Delta, threatening an “all-out onslaught” against the oil industry, thereby adding to the country’s political and economic woes…

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claims

CEO OF KONGA NIGERIA RESIGNS

 

Sim Shagaya, founder of Konga, one of Nigeria’s leading online store, has resigned his position as CEO of the e-commerce store.
This follows his appointment as the new chairman by the Board of Directors.
In a mail sent to Konga staff, Shagaya said the development came following a visit to the company’s investors in Amsterdam.
For now, Shola Adekoya, Chief Operating Officer at Konga, will take over as the interim CEO, until the board appoints completes its search and appoints a new CEO.
In his new role, Shagaya will become less involved in the day-to-day running of the company and focus more on the long term vision and strategy of the company.



 source: naija247 news

GOOD NEWS FOR COFFEE DRINKERS: STUDY FINDS COFFEE DOESN’T SPEED UP YOUR HEART

COFFEE and tea drinkers can, and should, sip worry — free — regular caffeine consumption doesn’t cause heart palpitations, and likely has cardiovascular benefits, according to a new study.

“In general, consuming caffeinated products every day is not associated with having increased … arrhythmia but cannot specify a particular amount per day,” lead researcher Dr. Gregory Marcus wrote in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Their findings go against the conventional clinical knowledge in

SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED THE NEWEST AND WIDEST SOLAR SYSTEM

An artist's impression of 2MASS J2126. (University of Hertfordshire / Neil Cook)

Scientists have found a planet that is about 600 billion miles from its star or about 7,000 times the distance – or about 7,000 astronomical units - from the Earth to the Sun. That distance between planet and star means this would be

Today In Nigerian History: 27th January

– On this day in 2000, Zamfara state became the first state to enact the Shari’a Penal Code in Northern Nigeria…

The governor at the time, Ahmed Sani, was the first to introduce Shari’a for criminal law. This happened within a year of the 1999 elections which brought President Olusegun Obasanjo and new state governors to power. 

The Shari’a Establishment Law was introduced in Zamfara State on October 27, 1999, and came into force on January 27, 2000. The introduction of Shari’a in Zamfara State attracted a huge amount of attention, and Ahmed Sani became the self-appointed champion of Shari’a in Nigeria.
– Also on this day in 2009, Governor of Yobe State, Senator Mamman Bello Ali, died of leukaemia in a USA hospital and was eventually succeeded by his deputy, Mallam Ibrahim Gaidam, who was sworn in within 12 hours.
source: information nigeria

GOOGLE'S ALPHABET HAS A NEW UNIT FOR LIFE SCIENCES(VERILY)

Alphabet Inc has a division called Google X, which was responsible for such futuristic feats such as driverless cars and balloons that beam internet all over the world.
One of the projects under Google X called Google Life Sciences now has a brand new name -- Verily, which, writes TechCrunch, meaning “in truth; really; indeed”.