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Nigeria: EIU Democracy Index 2015

Nigeria’s rating in global democracy and governance has recorded a boost from 121 positions in 2014 to 108 last year according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s, EIU Democracy Index 2015.

The EIU is an independent business within the UK based The Economist Group. The EIU Democracy Index measures the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are UN member states.

The index is also based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories measuring pluralism, civil liberties, and political culture.

The report said the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) made scant democratic progress since the Democracy Index debut in 2006, with the indicators of democracy improving from around 20 per decade in 1960–2000, the number of successful “coups from within” dropping dramatically in the 2000s, and regular elections becoming commonplace.

Harrison Chinedu Enters Guinness Book Of World Records As The Man With The Farthest Distance Who Travelled With Football Balance

Harrison Chinedu has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the man with the farthest distance who travelled with football balance.

Harrison Chinedu, after walking the distance of 48.04 km with a ball on his head from the Redemption Camp, Mowe, Ogun State to the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos in six hours, 15 minutes, broke the previous record set by an Indian soldier, Naib Subedar Azad Singh, who in 2014 travelled a distance of 45.64 km to erase the record set by Abdul Halim of Bangladesh, who travelled a distance of 15.2 km on October 22, 2011.

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Winners Of 2016 Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards

Television Continental (TVC) emerges Best TV Station of the Year at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards (NBMA).

News anchor, Azeezat Olaoluwa won the Best Female Broadcaster award while Godwin Nwachukwu won the Best Cameraman at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards.

TVC won the Best TV On the Street and the Most Watched Television; it also won the Best TV station of the Year.

Best Video Editor award went to Solomon Oladimeji.

In the radio category, Mary Alimi won of Radio Continental won the Outstanding Presenter; Honeypot while Kubanji Direct, a programme on Radio Continental won the the Best Community Radio Show.

Daniel Emeka-Ilozor Wins 2016 The Ultimate Mathematics Ambassador (TUMA) Competition

Daniel Emeka-Ilozor, a 10-year-old pupil of Grace Children School, Gbagada, Lagos State wins the 2016 The Ultimate Mathematics Ambassador competition (TUMA).

Daniel Emeka-Ilozor, a grade five pupil, emerged winner after scoring 93.5 percent. He contested with 347 pupils from different private primary schools in Ogun and Lagos states. He went home with ₦125,000 and a plaque, while his mathematics teacher got ₦50,000 and a plaque and his school was given a laptop, printer, textbooks and a plaque.

The event was sponsored by The Ambassadors  Schools, Ota, Ogun State, which also hosted the event that produced 10 winners in all.

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2016 NUC Latest University Ranking As UI Listed As Number 1

National Universities Commission (NUC) declares University of Ibadan (UI) as the best university in Nigeria (2016).

The University governing body on academic and performance known as National University Commission NUC, has released (recently in 2016) the universities in Nigeria and rank the first 100 ranking of Nigerian universities.

The ranking who see the University of Ibadan (UI) topping the list and the University of Lagos emerging 2nd place and while the University of Benin UNIBEN came in 3rd place.

The bottom three universities are Federal University Lokoja, Lokoja at the 98th position and at 99th position is the Federal University Kashere, Kashere and the 100th position is Rhema University Obeama-Asa.

The list of the 2016 NUC Latest University Ranking in Nigeria are as follows:

  1. University of Ibadan, UI, Oyo State.
  2. University of Lagos, Unilag, Lagos, Lagos State
  3. University of Benin, Uniben, Benin City, Edo State
  4. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Osun State
  5. Ahmadu Bello University, Abu, Zaria, Kaduna State
  6. University of Ilorin, Unilorin, Ilorin Kwara State
  7. University of Jos, Unijos, Jos, Plateau State Nigeria