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             Boluwatife Awonaike, 22, is a first class graduate of the University of Lagos having finished with a 4.85/5.00 CGPA from the Department of Industrial Chemistry in the 2013/2014 academic session. She tells TUNDE AJAJA how she achieved such feat How easy was it having a first class? I would say I found it fairly easy because I had a genuine interest in my course of study. Chemistry is a course that even science students try to avoid. How  did you develop the interest? When I was in secondary school, I really enjoyed chemistry, and that chapter in Ababio textbook – titled ‘Industrial Chemistry’ was my favourite. I read it over and over, and soon enough, I knew I wanted to acquire more knowledge in that aspect. So, I have always had the interest and I have no regret. Though many people see Organic Chemistry as tedious, I agree because of the numerous chemical structures and formulas invol...

As the May 29 handover date draws near, fresh controversy over the election results has been ignited between the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. According to two online portals,  Premium Times  and  Sahara Reporters , the governorship elections in the two states were flawed. Both websites reported that the votes cast were more than the number of voters accredited by card readers in the states. While the PDP in Rivers State insisted that the online report was not true, the APC said the report was true and factual. The reports specifically indicated that while the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the PDP governorship candidate, Nyesom Wike, as the winner of the April 11, poll with 1,029,102 votes, only 292,878 voters were accredited for the election in the state. Speaking in separate interviews with  SUNDAY PUNCH  on Saturday, the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. ...