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Godstime Dim…Inset are Mr and Mrs. Emmanuel Dim Couple seeks $10,000 for corrective surgery in India  THE birth of Godstime Chioma Dim, a two-year-old girl with a hole in the heart to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Ifeanyi Dim on August 21, 2013 was celebrated with pomp and pageantry. For years, the couple, who already had two male children, prayed for a girl and when Godstime came, it was moment of joy for the family, who saw her as an angel sent by God. This, the couple told The Guardian informed the choice of her name, God'stime and Chioma, meaning Good God. However, while the family was still savouring this great visitation from God, the devil struck and what should have been a bundle of joy turned out to be a source of worry and sorrow for the family. Not only was the baby diagnosed of a multiple congenital anomalies; she was also diagnosed with a hole-in-the-heart. According to a medical report signed by the Head of Department of Pediatrics and Child Heart, L...

The Brazil winger believes that he can become the best player in the world and that PSG can be genuine contenders for the Champions League next term Paris Saint-Germain attacker Lucas Moura has revealed that Lionel Messi  is the player he most seeks to emulate, while he also believes that the French champions can conquer Europe. Lucas enjoyed a promising campaign with PSG during 2014-15 but saw the second half to his season hampered by injury problems. The Brazil international had been in exciting form, with his direct dribbling style of play similar to that of the Barcelona star, and he has admitted that he watches the Argentine a lot to try and learn from him. “He is the best player in the world. He can make the difference because of his speed and dribbling,” the winger, who celebrates his 23rd birthday on Monday, told L’Equipe . “I like that, because being quick with the ball is my principle strength. It’s important for me to watch other players with ...

Three Final Year students of the Federal University of Technology Akure are launching a Nigeria Open Data Access ( NODA ) portal, with the support of  Connected Development , Open Data for Development  and  School of Data . L-R: Ayodele Adeyemo (Remote Sensing and GIS); Eyitemi Egbejule (Electrical Electronics Engineering); Eyo Okon Eyo (Computer Science). The NODA project was unveiled yesterday 11th July 2015 at a launch event in Akure which was graced by local data experts including  BudgIT's Seun Onigbinde ,  Nkechi Nkwuone from the School of Data and Oludotun Babayemi from Connected Development. The Nigeria Open Data Access is a platform for making data in Nigeria available for Nigerians and the World, free of charge and without any restriction. The data will be available in the public domain, downloadable in Excel, XML and PDF formats. The portal will be launched with data on: All the schools in Nigeria All the hospitals in Nigeria All water point (boreholes) i...

The United States government has vowed to continue to press the Nigerian government to reverse its anti-gay law. The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said this during a live-web chat with journalists in Washington. Our correspondent monitored the web chat in Abuja. Thomas-Greenfield also said that America was not bothered that Chinese companies were fast taking over the African market from their US counterparts. President Goodluck Jonathan had on January 7, 2014  assented  to the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 which criminalises homosexuality in the country. On January 14 when it became public that the President had signed the bill into law, the US, Canada and the European Union openly expressed reservations over the law. Thomas-Greenfield, who said the US had adopted the  protection of the rights of same-sex people as part of its foreign policies, vowed that Washington would continue to mount and sustain pressure on N...

Wonders will never and shall never cease in this our dear country. Imagine the antibiotic drugs a guy purchased at a pharmacy store in Lagos recently. Today is the 10 of July 2015 but the the said drugd was manufactured in April 2016 (How is this possible?). Which time will it expire then? Maybe 2020..lol This is one of the Wuruwuru games Nigerian drug manufacturers are playing with people's health. How are we sure this drug hasn't passed its expiration date?

Dear Eksuites, Our student union has been through thick and thin in the past few years, at a point, we were recently subjected to the leadership of an inexperienced Student Union President who unfortunately could not record an achievement in the name of his administration. Mr Ibitoye Babatope failed us; we were forced to endure a year of unidirectional leadership. Thanks to Mr Kadri Olawale and others who gave all they can to ensure the administration didn't collapse. Student Union elections are here again, this is the decision making era. An era where our votes would not just stand to elect Student Union Leaders who would lead us for another year. It is a time to tell the world what part of history we want our union to stand; the good or bad. Over the last few weeks, we have all been drowning in a quicksand of aggressive campaigns, phone calls and text messages. The Temitope Awelewa-led EKSUSU PRESS also deemed it necessary to organise a manifesto/debate. All this were don...

Wednesday 8th July 2015 would rank amongst the days I would never forget in life. The day started brightly, by my timetable, I should have a lecture by 8:00 am, so I rushed to school so I won't miss the lecture. I got to class around 7:40am, sat in class and was expecting the lecturer. Around 9:46 am, when it was certain that the lecturer won't show up, I left class with a few other colleagues and headed towards the Microbiology Laboratory. On my way to the Laboratory, I heard someone call my name. Lo and behold, it was my big cousin, I rushed to meet him, hoping to disturb him a bit, to my disappointment he wasn't really in a good mood. When I got closer to him, he said to me softly, "Lawal's dad is dead".  I will forever remember my shock and consternation on hearing such disheartening news. I was traumatized, fighting really hard to hold back tears. I couldn't even say a word. I just walked away.... My uncle AbdulRazaq Zubair  belongs to the heavens n...

Following the legalization of g*y marriage across America by the Supreme Court last week, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, who is known for his extreme anti-g*y views has been making headlines. Earlier this week was a marriage proposal to president Obama and yesterday, he allegedly said what you see below during another interview; He said, as quoted below: "Even satan wasn't G*y, he chose to approach n*ked Eve instead of n*ked Adam." - end of quote.

The Ekiti State High Court complex in Ado- Ekiti, the state capital, was in chaos yesterday as suspected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hoodlums beat up witnesses, who testified before the Election Petitions Tribunal. The three-man panel was hearing a petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate in Ekiti Central, Gbenga Olofin, who is challenging the return of Senator Fatimat Rasaki of the PDP. Also beaten up were Olofin's supporters who were in court to witness the proceedings. Olofin closed his case after calling eight witnesses. Mrs. Rasaki opened her defence by testifying. A lengthy argument ensued between lawyers of both parties on the admissibility of the voter register used for the election. Counsel to the petitioner Yemi George argued in favour of the admissibility of the voter register but the respondent's counsel, Jude Ogodi, opposed the motion on the grounds that it was not initially listed as an evidence. The Tribunal Chairman, Justic...

THE on-going exercise that requires Deposit Money Banks (DMB)- that is, banks that accepts deposit from the public- to compulsorily enrol the biometrics of their customers to create a unique Bank Verification Number (BVN) for each customer is one of the best things that has happened in the Nigerian financial system today. Apart from the issue of right to privacy under the constitution, it is a huge step towards dealing with fraud and identity theft in the Nigeria financial system. It will also be a viable tool in the fight against the scourge of money laundering, both in Nigeria and in the global economy by cutting funds to drug cartels and terrorist in Nigeria and around the world. With global banks like HSBC, Barclays, etc falling prey to criminal drug syndicates, the importance of a BVN cannot be over-emphasised. Notwithstanding the noble idea behind the BVN, it is unfortunate that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has imposed a deadline of June 2015 for all customers to enrol into...