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The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has promised that the state legislature will continue to support the fight against drug abuse and its effects on the youths and residents of the state. Obasa made the promise when he played host to top officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) led by its state commander, Ralph Igwenagu, on Thursday. The Speaker expressed hope that a collective fight against the societal challenge would help to further sustain a safe and well-protected Lagos. [Read More]

February2002 Calendar Historical Events Feb 2 52nd NHL All-Star Game, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA: World beats North America, 8-5; MVP: Éric Dazé, Chicago Blackhawks, RW "Plutonian Ode" Feb 2 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 6 (Plutonian Ode), for soprano and orchestra, based on the poem by Allen Ginsberg, premieres with the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, at Carnegie Hall, NYC Super Bowl XXXVI Feb 3 Super Bowl XXXVI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: New England Patriots beat St. [Read More]

Events in Sport 1893-02-22 1st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 32-22 in Birmingham 1893-11-30 2nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 40-16 in Montgomery 1894-11-29 3rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-0 in Montgomery 1895-11-23 4th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 48-0 in Tuscaloosa 1900-11-17 5th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 53-5 in Montgomery 1901-11-15 6th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-0 in Tuscaloosa 1902-10-18 7th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-0 in Birmingham 1903-10-23 8th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-6 in Montgomery 1904-11-12 9th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 29-5 in Birmingham 1905-11-18 10th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 30-0 in Birmingham 1906-11-17 11th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-0 in Birmingham 1907-11-16 12th Iron Bowl: Auburn and Alabama tie 6-6 in Birmingham 1948-12-04 13th Iron Bowl (first since 1907): Alabama beats Auburn 55-0 in Birmingham 1949-12-03 14th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 14-13 in Birmingham 1950-12-02 15th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-0 in Birmingham 1951-12-02 16th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 25-7 in Birmingham 1952-11-29 17th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-0 in Birmingham 1953-11-28 18th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-7 in Birmingham 1954-11-27 19th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-0 in Birmingham 1955-11-26 20th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 26-0 in Birmingham 1956-12-01 21st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 34-7 in Birmingham 1957-11-30 22nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 40-0 in Birmingham 1958-11-29 23rd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 14-8 in Birmingham 1959-11-28 24th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-0 in Birmingham, breaking a streak of five consecutive victories by Auburn in the series 1960-11-26 25th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 3-0 in Birmingham 1961-12-02 26th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-0 in Birmingham 1962-12-01 27th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 38-0 in Birmingham, their fourth straight shutout in the series 1963-11-30 28th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 10-8 in Birmingham, Auburn's first points in the series in five years 1964-11-26 29th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-14 in Birmingham 1965-11-27 30th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 30-3 in Birmingham 1966-12-03 31st Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-0 in Birmingham 1967-12-02 32nd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 7-3 in Birmingham 1968-11-30 33rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 24-16 in Birmingham 1969-11-29 34th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 49-26 in Birmingham 1970-11-28 35th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 33-28 in Birmingham 1971-11-27 36th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Birmingham 1972-12-02 37th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-16 in Birmingham, Alabama 1973-12-01 38th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 35-0 in Birmingham 1974-11-29 39th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-13 in Birmingham 1975-11-29 40th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-0 in Birmingham 1976-11-27 41st Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 38-7 in Birmingham 1977-11-26 42nd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 48-21 in Birmingham 1978-12-02 43rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-16 in Birmingham, Alabama 1979-12-01 44th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 25-18 in Birmingham 1980-11-29 45th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-18 in Birmingham 1981-11-28 46th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-17 in Birmingham 1982-11-27 47th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-22 in Birmingham, Auburn's first win in the series in 10 years 1983-12-03 48th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-20 in Birmingham 1984-12-01 49th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-15 in Birmingham 1985-11-30 50th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 25-23 in Birmingham 1986-11-29 51st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-17 in Birmingham 1987-11-27 52nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 10-0 in Birmingham 1988-11-25 53rd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 15-10 in Birmingham 1989-12-02 54th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 30-20 in Auburn 1990-12-01 55th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 16-7 in Birmingham 1991-11-30 56th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 13-6 in Birmingham, Alabama 1992-11-26 57th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-0 in Birmingham, Alabama 1993-11-20 58th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 22-14 in Auburn 1994-11-19 59th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-14 in Birmingham 1995-11-18 60th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 31-27 in Auburn 1996-11-23 61st Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 24-23 in Birmingham 1997-11-22 62nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 18-17 in Auburn 1998-11-21 63rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-17 in Birmingham 1999-11-20 64th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-17 in Auburn 2000-11-18 65th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 9-0 in Tuscaloosa 2001-11-17 66th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Auburn 2002-11-23 67th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-7 in Tuscaloosa 2003-11-22 68th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-23 in Auburn 2004-11-20 69th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-13 in Tuscaloosa 2005-11-19 70th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-18 in Auburn 2006-11-18 71st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 22-15 in Tuscaloosa 2007-11-24 72nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-10 in Auburn 2008-11-29 73rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 36-0 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama's first win in the series in seven years 2009-11-27 74th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 26-21 in Auburn 2010-11-26 75th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-27 in Tuscaloosa 2011-11-26 76th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 42-14 in Auburn 2012-11-24 77th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 49-0 in Tuscaloosa 2013-11-30 78th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 34-28 in Auburn 2014-11-29 79th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 55-44 in Tuscaloosa 2019-11-30 83rd Iron Bowl: #16 Auburn beats #5 Alabama, 48-45 Get Our Daily Email [Read More]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has released his campaign video for the 2023 general elections. The former vice president released the one-minute clip of his manifesto via his verified Twitter page on Wednesday morning. The opening message of the video reads: “Hello ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, welcome on board flight 2023 Atiku/Okowa 2023, I have my co-pilot here with me, Dr. [Read More]

Lifestyle expert who made a name for himself with the I Am Alpha M brand. His style-and-grooming YouTube channel has more than 6 million subscribers, and he released the e-book The Male Style Guide.  Before Fame He found a love of style as a child, taping up the cuffs of his jeans and giving ill-advised haircuts to his friends. Into his adult years, he ran his own fitness center for six years before establishing the Alpha M brand. [Read More]

Nigerian singer Wizkid has sparked massive reactions on social media with his recent engagements with his fansResponding to a fan's request for a new song, Wizkid shared a video alleged to be Davido's leaked tape, which showed OBO on his knees beggingThe video has since gone viral as Wizkid told his fans to beg him for a new song the way Davido did in the leaked clipRenowned Afrobeats artist Ayo Balogun, aka Wizkid, has created a massive storm on social media with a video of his colleague, Davido, posted on his page. [Read More]

In the final moments of the ‘All American’ mid-season finale, Willy Baker appears to die … or almost die. Does he really die, or will he be OK? Unfortunately, we now have to wait a few months until the next episode of All American. The midseason finale took place at the Beverly Hills prom, but a lot more besides a few dances and teen shenanigans went down. Now, it looks like Willy Baker is in danger, which would be a major blow to our favorite characters in All American. [Read More]

The continuous setback to African and Nigerian economic growth, trade opportunities, and social development has been linked to illicit financial inflows. The Chairman, IoD Centre For Corporate Governance, Alhaji Shuaibu Idris, observed a stakeholders meeting attended by financial experts, Naija News understands. While reiterating the need for all stakeholders to play positive roles in strengthening the continent’s financial growth, Idris observed that illicit financial flows contribute to terrorist activities and insecurity from the Lake Chad region, spanning through Nigeria. [Read More]

Gavin Leatherwood is a talented actor and a perfect example of the new crop of Hollywood stars who are taking the industry to the next level. His passion for acting is the true definition of persistence, as he started when he was young, but with focus, he eventually found his footing. Gavin Leatherwood, otherwise known as Nicholas Scratch on the Netflix fantasy series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, has had a reputation in the industry since getting his face in the limelight. [Read More]

An Instacart driver called out a restaurant that made a 200-item delivery order and didn't add a tip for the picker's trouble. TikToker and Instacart shopper Airica, who posts under the handle @iricanotafrica went viral after calling out a well-known and extremely profitable local restaurant that refused to offer a tip to drivers on a 246-item order they put on the platform. Article continues below advertisement Instacart users can "front-load" their shopping requests with a tip, which lets active drivers in the area decide whether it's worth their trouble to fulfill the order. [Read More]