Today, we concluded another partnership with Sterling Bank to launch the Sterling Bank National Mathematics Quiz. A nationwide competition designed to discover, reward, and celebrate Nigeria’s brightest young minds.
Starting Saturday, June 20, 2026, students from Primary 1 to SS3 across Nigeria will compete online every two weeks for the prizes.
1st Prize – ₦500,000
2nd Prize – ₦300,000
3rd Prize – ₦200,000
That’s ₦1,000,000 every two weeks and ₦24,000,000 every year dedicated solely to rewarding academic excellence among Nigerian children.
But this is not just about winning money.
It is about building a culture where intelligence is celebrated.
It is about giving every child, whether in Lagos, Enugu, Kano, Bayelsa, Maiduguri, Aba, or a remote village, an opportunity to compete on a national stage.
Competition Schedule
• Every two weeks
• Saturdays
• 6:00 PM – 6:20 PM
• Online nationwide
The top performers will then advance to a live championship session streamed online next day same time, where Nigerians can watch some of the country’s brightest students solve challenging mathematical problems in real time.
To ensure fairness and give more students the opportunity to benefit, every student can only win once.
And here’s what makes it even better:
Every participant will be able to review their questions after the competition, identify their weaknesses, learn from their mistakes, and prepare for the next challenge.
This means that even students who don’t win become better mathematicians.
Parents, teachers, school owners, and students should begin preparing immediately.
The questions will be tough and the competition will be fierce.
Registration is now open:
https://t.co/5dGxuzgLU1
Please share this with every child, parent, teacher, school owner, principal, and education stakeholder you know.
Let’s make academic excellence prestigious again.
If I wanted to maintain my current standard of living, but in Nigeria, it would cost too much to be realistic.
Nigerian prices are way too expensive in USD terms despite having such a devalued currency, and I don't understand how everyone is quiet.
That country is stupidly expensive for no reason at all🤷🏾
Alex Otti is currently speaking at the Invest Lagos 3.0 opening ceremony. Listen to him as he talks about the growth of Abia State, highlighting the progress, achievements, and upcoming projects his administration has delivered within just a few years in office.
I keep saying it, good governance is not rocket science.
Alex Otti is doing a remarkable job just in 3years.
Media Framing of Crime Along Ethnic Lines: Divisive.
As an Igbo man, I have endured stereotypes, judgment, and labelling solely based on my ethnic origins. This is not an isolated Igbo experience. Most Nigerians have, at some point, been reduced to their ethnicity rather than recognised for their true character.
I understand the pain of the ordinary Fulani man today, often unfairly judged by the actions of criminals he does not support, has never met, and who are not representative of his people.
Even in America, such unjust labelling fueled the civil rights movement and prompted Martin Luther King Jr. to declare that people should be judged by the content of their character, not the colour of their skin.
Every Nigerian ethnic group is known for its unique traditions, occupations, skills, and strengths. Crime, however, has no ethnicity. A thief is a thief. A terrorist is a terrorist. A kidnapper is a kidnapper. They are bad actors, not representatives of any people. They must be identified, arrested, and punished according to the law.
We must decisively abandon the dangerous practice of blaming entire ethnic groups for the actions of a few criminals. It is unjust, it breeds hatred, and it damages our national unity.
Let us proudly celebrate our diverse cultures, talents, and contributions, rather than falling prey to stereotypes and prejudices that politicians and divisive interests exploit for their gain.
A new Nigeria must emerge—one where no citizen is condemned because of tribe, religion, or birthplace. We can cherish our cultural roots while standing united by justice, mutual respect, and hope for a better future. We are capable of this.
A new Nigeria is within our reach. -PO
“During 2015 election, APC imported mercenaries into the country, who are now bandits and terrorists we have today in the country”
—APC’s chieftain, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, confesses on nat’l TV
Hear is @MaziNnamdiKanu The major reason insecurity is not too much today in southeast is because of this man but he warned our Yoruba brothers but the refuse to listen.
Ijaw and Urhobo leaders blows hot today to the extent they called Bola Tinubu a called " Chicken "
We are not scared of the wife of the president neither are we scared of DSS or NSA
Yesternight, the immigration office in Ogbomoso of Oyo State was attacked too and large cache of weapons were stolen from there.
Why are they not talking about this???
Kingsley Nebo, (the man on suit), who paid ₦1 million to assassins to murder 25-year-old student Sochima Onoh on July 12 last year, was arraigned in court in Enugu yesterday.
While the judge was about to hear the matter, the police prosecutor presented a letter from the IGP requesting that the case be withdrawn from the court.
A murderer who confessed on video to the crime is being withdrawn?
This sums up the current state of Nigeria.
Nigeria has happened to me.
Please release these children for the sake of our shared humanity
I am deeply shocked and heartbroken by the condition in which these abducted school children are, as seen from their flagellated bodies. It is a painful reminder of the depth of insecurity in our land.
I have always made it clear that the society we abuse today will take its revenge on our children tomorrow. When I first began making that statement, some of these children were not even born. This is a classic example of how the abuse of governance and society today can produce devastating consequences long after the abusers are gone.
It is on the same line that I argue that the loans our leaders take today will hurt our children in the future, as many of them will mature for repayment and consequences long after we are gone.
To those holding these children, I make a direct appeal to your conscience. Remember that these are innocent children - sons and daughters of people who have placed their hopes, dreams, and entire future in them. In every one of them, you will find reflections of your own children, your own family, and your own humanity.
No grievance, no hardship, no justification can ever outweigh the sanctity of a child’s life and innocence. Whatever path has led to this moment, there is still room for remorse, for humanity, and for a change of heart.
I therefore appeal to your sense of mercy: release these children immediately. Let them go. Return them safely to society to reunite with their families. -PO
The Dar es Salaam premiere of #WhatHappenedOnOctober29 was a roaring success!
Many thanks to the University of Dar es Salaam for hosting me, and for a lively interactive session afterwards with Dr. Joshua Maponga.
Asante na mungu ibariki🇹🇿🙏🏾
Nairobi🇰🇪 on Saturday here we come!
There are some very powerful people pulling the strings behind the scenes on this legal issue over airtime lending in Nigeria, trying to stick their straw into a market worth an estimated N400b annually. These people are close to the president, and are wielding tremendous power and distorting the entire economy in ways that would have embarrassed a post-Soviet Russian oligarch in 1994.
I’ve been actively aware of this matter for over two years now and the time may have come to tell the full story of how Idris Saliu Alubankudi, and his brother Shamsudeen Saliu 'Shamz' Alubankudi - both very close to Bola Tinubu and his family - have built one of the biggest and most powerful state corruption enterprises
in the entire history of Nigeria.
These men are attempting to capture the systemically important foundations of the entire Nigerian economy - specifically telecoms and ICT - and turn their 3 year-old corruption enterprise into a sort of Nigerian chaebol. You have never seen anything like it before.
You will be hearing the names 'Idris' and 'Shamz' a lot in the coming few days. Also don’t forget their family name 'Saliu Alubankudi.' It's an important part of the story.
EBOLA: Africa Is Not a Dumping Ground for Western Fears
America wants to protect itself from Ebola by moving its exposed citizens to Kenya, a country with no recorded cases of the disease. In plain language, the United States does not want the risk on its own soil, so it wants to move that risk to Africa.
Kenya’s High Court has now suspended the plan, blocking any Ebola-related quarantine, isolation, or treatment center tied to the US or any foreign government. The case, brought by the Katiba Institute, argued that the plan posed a threat to life if allowed to proceed without proper safeguards.
This is bigger than one facility. It is about how Africa is still treated as a convenient dumping ground for Western fears. When the risk is too dangerous for America, it suddenly becomes acceptable for Africans. Ruto’s government must answer a serious question: why should Africa carry a public health risk that America refuses to carry for itself?
"Kwankwaso believes in education. He believes in security and then we will work together to ensure that it happens."
After accepting the NDC presidential nomination, Peter Obi introduced Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso as his running mate and said they would work together to build a new Nigeria.
Pay attention to the part where he mentioned Wahhabism as a creation of Saudi Arabia at the orders of America. Yes! The CIA created Wahhabism.
Wahhabism is the brand of Islam carrying out terror across the West and central Africa.
You want to know another fact, Wahhabism is barely practised in Iran. Yet America has convinced you that Iran is sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria.
Dear @TonUP_io@OfficialAPCNg please, pay the terrorists you guys brought into Nigeria during 2014-15 election whatever you owe them so they can stop killing Nigerians and dashing the hope of so many families. As was confessed by Alhaji Kawu Baraje, you guys brought Fulani terrorists from sahel in 2014, to destabilize Nigeria and make it ungovernable for the then president, GEJ. Now that you're in power, please pay them whatever you owe them.
Nigerians can't be dying like fowls.