Category: News

JAMB Candidates, Parents Decry Low Scores
June 29, 2021 No Responses

JAMB Candidates, Parents Decry Low Scores

Reactions have continued to follow the recently released results of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination ( UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).Some candidates and parents who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of...
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NRC Apologises To Passengers For Abuja-Kaduna Train Breakdown
June 29, 2021 No Responses

NRC Apologises To Passengers For Abuja-Kaduna Train Breakdown

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has apologised to the passengers on board the KA2 train that left Rigasa on Monday morning and failed at Dutse section due to mechanical issues.  The Manager, Abuja-Kaduna Train Service, Mr Paschal Nnorli, made the.....
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SON Confiscates N15M Substandard Rods In Lagos
June 28, 2021 No Responses

SON Confiscates N15M Substandard Rods In Lagos

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in collaboration with the Iron Rod Distributors Association of Nigeria (IRDAN) has seized substandard iron rods worth N15 million.  The President-General of IRDAN, Mr Gbenga Awoyale, disclosed this in an intervi...
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NDDC Recruits 12 Physically Impaired Youths
June 28, 2021 No Responses

NDDC Recruits 12 Physically Impaired Youths

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has recruited 12 physically challenged youths in compliance with the 2019 Disability Right Law.  The NDDC Director of New Media, Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, in a statement on Sunday explained that the NDDC Interim Adm...
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UNILAG Test-Runs Zero Emission Vehicle
June 28, 2021 No Responses

UNILAG Test-Runs Zero Emission Vehicle

The University of Lagos is test-running its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) it initiated in 2018.  The institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NA...
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Ajala Implores Students On Careers In Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
June 28, 2021 No Responses

Ajala Implores Students On Careers In Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

As part of activities to mark the 2021 Vivian Fowler Memorial College Girls Prefect Week , the Chief Executive Officer ofJBS Medicare Services, Dr. Olutoyin Ajala has urged the students to aspire for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathema...
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Vivian Fowler Memorial College Girls Shower Love On Vulnerable Elders
June 28, 2021 No Responses

Vivian Fowler Memorial College Girls Shower Love On Vulnerable Elders

In a demonstration of leadership, the students and newly elected prefects of Vivian Fowler Memorial College reached out to vulnerable elders in their community as they marked the 2021 Prefect Week. The young stars, their teachers and parents made a...
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Expert Tasks Parents On Sex Education For Adolescents
June 28, 2021 No Responses

Expert Tasks Parents On Sex Education For Adolescents

A child and adolescent mental health analyst, Dr Bunmi Oluwagbami, has advised parents to educate their adolescents about sexual reproductive health to prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).  Oluwagbami, also a consultant psychiatrist at the Osho...
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Nigeria Seeks New Pharmaceutical Firms
June 27, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Seeks New Pharmaceutical Firms

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonaya Onu, has called for the establishment of new pharmaceutical firms in Nigeria.  A press statement issued on Saturday, by Josephine Ademu, Press and Public Relations Officer in the ministry, stated that On...
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JAMB Directs Candidates To Check Result Through Portal
June 27, 2021 No Responses

JAMB Directs Candidates To Check Result Through Portal

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), to check their results through its portal as the USSD code 55019 has some challenges.  Dr Fabian Benjamin,...
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Obaseki: Ologbo Modular Refinery Ready For Production
June 27, 2021 No Responses

Obaseki: Ologbo Modular Refinery Ready For Production

Edo State Governor,  Godwin Obaseki says the modular refinery in Ologbo, Ikpoba – Okha Local Government Area (LGA) of the state was ready for production.  Obaseki stated this shortly after he was conducted round the facility by the Managi...
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Outcry Over South Africa’s Multiple Husbands Proposal
June 27, 2021 No Responses

Outcry Over South Africa’s Multiple Husbands Proposal

A proposal by the South African government to legalise polyandry – when a woman has more than one husband at the same time – has led to howls of protest from conservative quarters.  This does not surprise Professor Collis Machoko,...
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Danbatta Urges Digitisation of Knowledge Resources, Improved Reading Culture
June 26, 2021 No Responses

Danbatta Urges Digitisation of Knowledge Resources, Improved Reading Culture

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NCC, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, has called on private and public institutions to leverage Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to digitise their hard copy knowledge materials to...
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Buhari Appoints Jime Shippers’ Council Boss
June 25, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Appoints Jime Shippers’ Council Boss

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com   — President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Emmanuel-Lyambee Jime as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC).  Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicit...
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