Edo Varsity refutes media reports Posted By: By CASSIUS LAMAI

Editorial It's taken the university for rich Edo / Nigeria people a month to react to statements credited to its acting Vice Chancellor. They either sent their rejoinder by pigeon or that's how long it takes their brain process to produce a late response to what and how the university sees itself. The management of …

Nigeria’s Senate has voted to reduced age limits for presidential and governorship candidates — Yomi Kazeem Quartz

Nigeria’s next general elections might still be two years away but there’s already a good reason for young citizens to be excited.In a session today (July 26), the Nigerian senate voted to lower the age limit for contesting for elections for the offices of state governors and president. The age limit for candidates for president …

Lagos has 4 billionaires, 360 multi-millionaires, 6,800 millionaires •Ranks 4th wealthiest in Africa: From The Tribune

Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria has been ranked the fourth wealthiest city in Africa.With no other Nigerian cities listed in the ten-city fortune club, the nation’s commercial nerve-centre automatically clinches the wealthiest spot among Nigerian major cities.In a report by AfrAsia Bank and New World Wealth, Lagos, considered to be home to US$120 billion …

Why? (Yam and Wood) by Feyi Fawehinmi

A couple of days ago, The Guardian Nigeria committed a serious act of journalism with an excellent multimedia story on the wood industry and market in Lagos. If you haven’t read it yet, leave what you’re doing and read it here now.It’s an example of what is not being done by the Nigerian media — bringing stories …