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President Buhari blamed the State Governments for Almajiri system of education while playing host to members of the Progressives in Academics at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Buhari, the Islamic education associated with begging on economic and religious grounds exists because the state governments are not doing their jobs.    “The problem of education, I hope when you are going to produce your paper you should be referring to the constitution – What the Centre (Federal Government) is supposed to do; what the state is supposed to do and what the local governments are supposed to do. “And that again, you reflect on the basis for revenue allocations from the centre which is being published by the Nigerian press every quarter – the amount of money earned and how it is divided by the three tiers of government. “The people are deliberately criticising the government – when I say the government of course I mean the Federal Government, for ...

Big Brother Naija, a reality show in which contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize at the end of the show by avoiding being evicted has definitely become one of the most-watched and followed in Africa. However, it’s amazing that many viewers hardly miss a thing despite that the TV show runs for 24 hours for at least 3 months. Millions of Naira are splashed from committed viewers and voters on their favourite housemate or housemates – including sponsors from different quarters, but despite the high recognition of the show in Africa, there are things the public has decried about the show. Here are some of the things people hate about BB Naija: 1: Criteria for selection: Thousands of people churn out for auditioning into the Big Brother Naija house and only 24 are selected without clear criteria. Cee C, One of the housemates in the Double Wahala edition, claimed she met Ebuka before auditions but didn’t give details of their conversation whether he helped...

Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he misses his former club, Real Madrid and "hopes to return to Madrid soon" as he received the Marca Leyenda award.   The Portuguese superstar spent a decade at Real Madrid, where he won four of his five Ballons d’Or and four Champions Leagues, as well as two La Liga crowns and two Copa del Rey titles, scoring a whopping 450 goals in just 438 games for the club.   He moved to Italy to join Juventus last summer in search of a new challenge, but he admits that he misses the Spanish capital and felt sad to leave Los Blancos as he received the prestigious Marca Leyenda award in Madrid. Speaking at the awards ceremony, Ronaldo said; "I felt sorry when I left Real Madrid. I miss both [Manchester and Madrid] but because of life's circumstances I have lived more years in Madrid, my children and my girl were born here, so I miss Madrid more. "This trophy will be in a very nice place in my ...

Jason Njoku, 38, has been called out by Twitter users after he revealed that he and his kids cannot speak his native language but he's ensuring they learn French and then Mandarin. The iROKO TV founder tweeted: "My children are currently learning French. Mandarin will be up next. I intend for them to develop this over the next 10 years. They can't speak Igbo (neither can I). Its okay. The world won't shake from its foundations." His tweet began a conversation about appreciating our native language and heritage and ensuring that it doesn't go extint. Some Twitter users called him out for saying it's OK that his kids can't speak his native language yet he's making it compulsory for them to learn other people's languages. But some said they are his kids and he can raise them as he wants. Below are some reactions to his tweets.

Nicki Minaj, 36, and her boyfriend Kenneth Petty, 40, have taken a bold step in their relationship. The rapper has obtained a marriage license with her boyfriend, Kenneth, a manslaughter convict, and registered sex offender.   According to TMZ, the rapper and her boyfriend took a trip to the Beverly Hills Courthouse to get their marriage license on Monday, July 29), 2019/ Witnesses say they saw Nicki and Petty at the marriage license bureau window. The couple tried to keep a low profile inside the courthouse as they waited in line at a window that read, “Marriage licenses and ceremony Appts. ONLY.” Nicki was wearing a baseball cap over her knee-length bright red hair. Petty paid for the license before they left. During an episode of Queen Radio in June, Nicki said that she and Petty had already received their marriage license. 'We did get our marriage license,' Nicki said on the show, Queen Radio on the 20th of June. 'I think I have what I was striv...

Today, a certain person woke up just like every other day, but unknown to them something was gonna be different about this particular day. What was it? What is happening here?  Oh! You came to see a horror movie. No, wait, do you even know it's a horror movie?

One half of the now defunct P-Square, Peter Okoye took to social media to show the interior of his second home in Atlanta. See photos below

Not only for job seekers but also for any business/official meeting, other than the CV part. Take up these 14 notes before commencing a skype interview, zoom or which-soever that demands a live video interaction, ensure you get them covered and, you’re right at the top of the consideration list. This List was compiled from a professional HR. DON’T forget to: Test audio and camera. Elevate your laptop to avoid staring down into the camera. Dress professionally from at least the waist up. Position yourself at a desk or table, against a plain, neutral background( best to be recorded behind a white wall so the video won’t look cluttered). Check the lighting in the room. Close all other applications on your laptop. Silence your cell phone, and disable vibration alert. Have a copy of your CV/Resume at hand. (see how to prepare your CV below) Attach post - its around the laptop screen with prompts, and the questions you wish to ask the interviewer. Ban kids, pets and spouses fr...

Music Superstar, Akon, with his roasted corn, recently paid a surprise visit to the streets of Idumota, in Lagos. It doesn't look like he was expecting the sort of reaction he got from the people in the area. Watch the video; https://zenithnaija.com/akon-spotted-eating-roasted-corn-on-the-streets-of-lagos-video/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CteU5q81D54

The African Giant is indeed standing tall amongst the rest. Burna Boy’s recently released album, ‘African Giant’ has bagged the number one spot on Apple Music in more than ten countries in the world. The album which is less than a week old, released last Friday, 26th July, 2019, is doing good in numbers as it stands. It was one of the most anticipated albums from an African artiste. ‘African Giant’ has topped in countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Niger, Swaziland, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Dominica and more. Prior to the release of the album, Burna performed at one of America’s live shows, Jimmy Kimmel Live Show, a performance which was so iconic. credit:  creebhills

 Arsenal Fans are excited with the English side after reportedly agreeing to buy Lille winger Nicolas Pepe for €80 million. According to BBC Sport, the Gunners will pay in installments and an agreement over a five-year deal is expected to be reached in the next 48 hours between Arsenal and Pepe's representatives. This comes after the Ivorian winger met with Napoli during the week with the Serie A club leading the race to secure his signature amid significant interests. But their proposal has been rejected by Pepe's agent, who is pushing for a move to the Gunners. Nicolas Pepe, who signed for Lille from Angers in 2017, has scored 35 goals in 74 appearances.

Wizkid has just completed the signing of his deal with United Bank of Africa and during the event, threw a subtle shade at Naira Marley for promoting cyber crime popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo. In his own words while addressing the guests, Wizkid stated; "When i started music, i made just N250k and now we are talking about big numbers here just know that you're going to change nothing by singing about yahoo yahoo" Wizkid has since announced the endorsement deal via his IG handle with a picture of him in front of one of Africa's biggest banks. Watch the video

Ghanaian woman, who has been married for the past 20 years without a child, has been blessed with five babies (quintuplets). The 45-year-old known as Maame Cynthia welcomed her bundle of joy, two girls and three boys at Sam-J Specialist Hospital at Haatso, Accra in Ghana. The babies were conceived through in-vitro fertilisation. Maame Cynthia revealed how two of her impatient husbands divorced her due to her inability to conceive but that, she stressed, did not deter her from hoping to celebrate the fruit of her womb. So when she remarried and was still facing the problem, she trusted God for a breakthrough. credit: all-gist

Nollywood actor,  Junior Pope Odunwodo  and his beautiful wife,  Jennifer  are celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary, today, July 26, 2019.  The actor shared these new photos of his family posing in matching outfits and wrote on how he met his wife several years back. He wrote: Can't Stop Thanking Facebook For Assisting Me Find You, And Blessing The Name Of God That I Was In Asaba Filming............. As FATE May Have It You Were On Holiday From School.........One Thing Led To The Other, You Played Tough, Hard To Get And Was Not Ready To Let Your Guard Down......I Too Was Not Ready To Let Go And As A G That I Am, I Kept Changing Tactics And The Swag Was On.........Till You Said YES......... Thank You For Everything, Especially The Blessings You Came With....... I Used To Earn 20k Per Movie Nine Years Ago When I Met You....But Since You Came Into My Life Full Time, Its Been Hundreds Of Thousands ......HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US LOVE YOU ALWAYS.....

Immediate-past Minister of State, for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has warned against the continuous usage of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, over the deplorable state of the runway. Sirika served between November 2016 and May 2019 as Minister in charge of Aviation. He was re-nominated on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari. He was screened today by the Senate. Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, had while speaking on the floor of the Senate, urged Sirika to fix Akanu Ibiam Airport if he’s reassigned to the Aviation sector. Addressing Senate correspondents after his screening, he said the runaway needed immediate attention and should be closed down without delay. He said in his personal capacity, he would advise that the airport should be shutdown without delay. Like other geopolitical zones, he said the South East deserves something better. He said: “If you ask me I will close the Enugu airport today because the runway needs to be fixed. That’s m...

The new webometric ranking (July 2019 version 8.1.0 BETA), has ranked University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), as number one in Nigeria, 17 in Africa and 1,108 in the world. The ranking is based on quality of research output in the year under review. While Harvard University, Stanford University and University of California, Berkely in United States (U.S.), made the top three with 8,704,969; 7,702,739 and 6,431,594 citations respectively, UNN ranked 1,108th position with 108,209 citations. With the ranking, UNN became the only Nigerian university in the top 20 ranking in Africa, while University of Ibadan (UI) with 86,756 citations ranked number two; followed by University of Ilorin with 74,245 citations; Covenant University with 55,844 citations and University of Lagos (UNILAG) with 41,121 citations in the fifth position. While UI ranked 1,246 worldwide; University of Ilorin ranked 1,328; Covenant University 1, 511 and UNILAG ranked 1,726 on the global table.University of Cape Town toppe...

According to a report by TheSun.co.Uk, Beyonce’s Lion King album has flopped after being downloaded just 949 times in the UK since Friday. Read the full report by The Sun below; “BEYONCE may have a starring role in The Lion King movie, but she is struggling to keep her claws in to her title as Queen Bey. The singer curated and produced an album to go alongside the new Disney film but it has flopped being downloaded just 949 times in the UK in the first five days. I can reveal Bey, who voices Nala in the film, was paid £25million for the movie, official soundtrack and this accompanying album, but it has failed to strike a chord with fans. She sings on 13 tracks on The Lion King: The Gift, with guests including her husband Jay Z, Pharrell Williams and Kendrick Lamar. But in a massive blow to Disney, she is now being outsold four to one on downloads by Brit newcomer Freya Ridings. Freya’s self-titled debut, which came out on Friday with The Gift, had been downloaded 4,083 ti...

2019 waec result is out. Learn how to check 2019 waec result online with your phone. This is a step by step guide on how you can check your result. As you know, Waec has released it’s 2019 waec result and candidates are busy checking theirs. Note: Bookmark this page to always know about the latest news about waec. Many 2019 waec candidates have been calling and asking me if the result is out and they also want to know how to check 2019 waec result online with their Smartphone. Therefore, I decided to write out this step by step guide on how you can check your result from the comfort of your home without visiting a cyber café. As usual, Waec Info is your number one place to always come for legit and real waec information. This is to inform all the candidates that participated in the 2019 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) May/June. West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) that they can now check their results online even with a Smartphone. What do I need to che...

The University town of Nsukka witnesses massive infrastructural development in furtherance of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s promise during his first term’s inaugural address to equip and modernize the city (founded over half a century ago) to compete with other University towns in attracting technology and knowledge-based businesses and other industrial support ventures, bearing in mind that Nsukka is the second largest town in Enugu State. Some of the ongoing road projects surrounding the prestigious University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), which were awarded for construction/rehabilitation by the immediate past State Executive Council (EXCO) of Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration include: Amaeze Street/ Fide Okoro Road - St. Theresa’s Road/New Anglican Road; Aku Road; Justina Eze Street; New Market Road/ Aludele Road; Umanu Quarters/Onuiyi Road; Oloto Street; New Anglican Road, among others. It would be recalled that Gov. Ugwuanyi shortly before the end of the first term of his administratio...

A 25-year-old Port Harcourt based singer, Gagiyouwe ThankGod a.k.a Tuesday Cruise has bagged a six months jail sentence after being arraigned before Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a one count charge. The charge against the singer arrested by operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, reads; “That you, Gagiyouwe Pal Thankgod (alias Chris Henry) on or about the 11th day of July 2019, in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable Court, fraudulently impersonated one Chris Henry by using his email addresscchrishenry560@gmail.comwith the intent to obtain money, property or any advantage from one John Smith and other unsuspecting persons, the pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2 ) (b) (ii) & (iii) of Cyber Crimes (provision, prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) (iv) of the same Act.” Tuesd...

Varsity Lecturer Falls in Class, Smashes ‘Brand New’ Laptop To Demonstrate Impact of ICTs (Watch Video) A lecturer in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), formerly Anambra State University has played a trick on his students to show them how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) had stolen the soul of man. The unnamed lecturer in the department of Mass Communication set his laptop on a table in front of Masters Degree students to commence his lecture. One of the students later narrated what happened. He suddenly stood up and pretended to have missed his step while attempting to sit back on his seat. As he fell he used his hand to shove the laptop on his table to the floor. The laptop shattered as it fell. The lecturer knelt before the laptop, expressing worries to further make the act look real before his students. The students were shocked. Some of them screamed and stood up to assist the lecturer who suddenly started making mockery of them for expressing mor...

Speaking of the May/June WAEC Examination result, the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said it will release results today, Friday. This was however, revealed by its Head of Public Affairs, Demianus Ojijeogu on Thursday. See statement below; “This is to inform candidates and the general republic that the result of the WASSCE for school candidtaes in Nigeria will be released by the council on Friday. “Candidates who are not indebted to the council will be able to access and check their results online, using the result checker PIN on their smart identity cards used during the conducts of the examination.” Source:  sabibaze

Mesut Ozil and Kolasinac were in the limelight this evening. Both players were together in Ozil's car. The Arsenal FC player who recently got married to his stunning Turkish wife was driving, with his wife sitting in the front sit. Sead Kolasinac who got married few weeks after Ozil, was at the back sit. They got stopped by two men wielding knives, it was a moment of bravery, in the face of such terror. Kolasinac defended Ozil and tried fighting off the two men with his bare hands. Mesut Ozil later drove off to the nearest restaurant for safety after the men got away. Arsenal FC confirmed both players are safe and fine now. Kolasinac a.k.a The Hulk is known as one of the strongest footballers currently in terms of pure strength. I wonder why anyone would want to face the hulk tho. Get you a friend like Kolasinac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmxKnMpf4wg

There was heavy downpour in the early hours of today in the federal capital territory . some parts of the Fct including the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport witnessed flash flooding. Gwagwalada area. Council had her own share of the rain ☔ but this time with a devastating aftermath a filling station at old Kutunku was ravaged by the floods. See Photos