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September 22, 2023 No Responses

JAMB Registrar, Prof Oloyede To Chair 2023 GOCOP Conference

The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, will serve as the Chairman of the 2023 Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). This was disclosed by the chairman of 2023 Conference Planning...

September 12, 2023 No Responses

Ecobank Announces Back-To-School Packages For Customers

Ecobank Nigeria is offering special loan packages for parents and guardians to enable them pay school fees for their children and wards ahead of resumption for the 2023/2024 school year. The Bank is also making special infrastructure loans avai...

September 2, 2023 No Responses

Nigerian Pupil Wins Global Toyota Art Contest, Gets $5,000, School $10,000

A Nigerian pupil Oluwademilade Odumuboni has emerged as the global grand prize winner of the 2022/23 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest.The 10-year-old pupil of Corona School, Gbagada, Lagos, won the coveted prize after beating 782,852 other contestants from 90 coun...

August 29, 2023 No Responses

Akubuiro, Gomba, Ojomu make 2023 Shortlist of Three for The Nigeria Prize for Literature

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the finalists for the 2023 edition of the Prize. The shortlisted plays in alphabetical order of their titles are: The Nigeria Prize for Literature is sponsored by Nigeria LNG...

August 23, 2023 No Responses

NCDMB Partners Stoilic Shipping On Sea-Time, GOC Scholarship For 10 Cadets

The Executive Secretary of Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote has commended the Management of Stoilic Shipping Limited for its commitment to growing indigenous Capacity for the Nigerian maritime sector. Wabote, &...

August 20, 2023 No Responses

Customs College Graduates 50 Officers

As part of measures to boost efficiency of the Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service through training and re-training, the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, on 18 August 2023 in Gwagwalada Abuja, graduates 50 Officers of Junior...

July 29, 2023 No Responses

UBA Explains Summer Treat With Exclusive Benefits, Discounts

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured customers of a memorable summer treat with the launch of exclusive benefits and discounts tied to its cards during this period. Tagged, the #FunSummer campaign, customers are set to enjoy a wide...

July 21, 2023 No Responses

Eleven Jostle For $100,000 Nigeria Prize For Literature

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature on Thursday announced the longlist of 11 drawn from 143 plays in the running for the 2023 edition of the prize. The genre in focus is Drama.The literature prize is sponsored...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

ASUU Rejects NUC’s Curriculum

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). In a statement on Friday, ASUU’s national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the curric...

June 30, 2023 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Reject National Council For Christian Education Bill

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has rejected a bill seeking to establish National Council of Christian Education, pointing out that the proposal violates sections 10 and 42(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. Rath...

June 25, 2023 No Responses

Prof. Lai Oso: Sudden Departure Of An Erudite Communicator

The Bible alludes in Ecclesiastes chapter 3and verses 1 and 2 that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to...

June 10, 2023 No Responses

Private Universities Hit 147 As NUC Issues 37 Provisional Licenses

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Friday presented provisional licenses to 37 newly approved private universities in Nigeria. The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on May 15, approved the establishment of...

May 28, 2023 No Responses

Wesley Girls To Represent Nigeria At Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition

The Wesley Girls Senior Secondary School, Yaba, which falls under Education District IV of Lagos State, will be representing Nigeria at the 2023 Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) competition in Sweden.The competition brings together the world’s brighte...

May 28, 2023 No Responses

Niger Delta Science School Wins 2023 NLNG Science Quiz Competition

The annual Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG)-sponsored science quiz competition in Rivers State ended on Saturday, 27th May 2023 with Niger Delta Science School, Rumuola, Port Harcourt emerging as the winner in the senior secondary school S.S. 2 category. ...