TOBI ODUKOYA, LATE PST BIMBO ODUKOYA’S DAUGHTER, BAGS PhD AT AGE 27
Oluwatobi Deborah Odukoya, the last daughter of Late Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, has become one of the youngest PhD holders in Nigeria. Her lovely sister, Tolu, shared this news on one of her social media page.
FASHOLA: POWER SECTOR PRIVATISATION WON’T BE REVOKED
The minister of power, works and housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has given assurance to the power sector operators as regard the privatisation that took placed in the sector in the last regime. He said “Cancellation of the exercise will only send a negative message to prospective investors in the country’s power sector. If we revoke it, investors will leave the country and would even tell others that Nigeria is not a reliable destination for investment.” This statement was said at the policy dialogue on the power sector, organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
INEC ANNOUNCES 2019 PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION DATE
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, February 16, 2019 as the date for the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja recently, also said that the gubernatorial and state assembly elections and the Federal Capital will hold on March 2, 2019.
HIERARCHY IN THE ANIMAL FARM
George Orwell wrote the book Animal Farm and he satirically created an Animal Farm Hierarchy in the book. He used the hierarchy to distinguish and showcase POWER. He opined that Animal Farm Hierarchy represents a Class System, Differentiation and Discrimination in the society. He further classified the hierarchy into four:
The Napoleon,
The Pigs,
The Dogs and
The Other Animals.
Telcoms Satellite Television (TSTV) will enter the Nigeria market on 1st October, 2017. TSTV is owned by ABS (ABS is majority owned by the Permira funds).
TSTV promises to offer Nigerians complementary internet capacity, smart home, ability to pause subscriptions for a record seven days every month, video calls and in-built 500GB hard drive inside the Set Top Box (STB) for content storage, Video on Demand services as well as the regular uninterrupted clean world class contents available 24 hours every day. It has over 200 channels and you can watch live matches like UEFA Champions League, Europa League and more.