Category: NEWS

CSR: Airtel Continues ‘Touching Lives’ with Season 3
September 18, 2016 No Responses

CSR: Airtel Continues ‘Touching Lives’ with Season 3

Following the remarkable impact and success recorded in the Seasons 1 and 2 of its revolutionary CSR intervention tagged Touching Lives, leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, said it is truly commitment to making sustainable impact on the lives of...
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Nigeria to protest seizure of pilgrims’ e-wristband by Saudi Authority
September 17, 2016 No Responses

Nigeria to protest seizure of pilgrims’ e-wristband by Saudi Authority

Nigeria is to protest the seizure of electronic wristbands brought into Saudi Arabia for use of its pilgrims. The Consulate-General, Nigerians Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Muhammad Yunusa, said this at the post-Arafat meeting organised by the Nati...
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Nigeria’s Power Generation Improves to 4,285 Megawatts
September 16, 2016 No Responses

Nigeria’s Power Generation Improves to 4,285 Megawatts

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said that the country’s power generation has increased from 3,810 megawatts recorded on September 8, 2016 to 4,285.90 megawatts on Friday. The power generation record was reported in the website of “Nigerian El...
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JAMB: November 30 Admission Deadline Remains Sacrosanct
September 16, 2016 No Responses

JAMB: November 30 Admission Deadline Remains Sacrosanct

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Friday said the November 30 deadline for the conclusion of admissions into higher institutions for 2016 will not be extended.. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, reaffirmed the deadline in Abuja in his...
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BREAKING NEWS: NECO Releases June/July 2016 Results
September 16, 2016 No Responses

BREAKING NEWS: NECO Releases June/July 2016 Results

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2016 Senior Secondary Schools results. Registrar of the Council, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, while announcing the results at the Headquarters in Minna, said 88.51 percent of the candidates got at le...
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Nigerian, Trader, Shot Dead in South Africa
September 16, 2016 No Responses

Nigerian, Trader, Shot Dead in South Africa

Unknown assailants have shot and killed Monday Okorie, a Nigerian trader, based in Potchefstroom, North West Province of South Africa.   Ikechukwu Anyene, president of The Nigeria Union in South Africa, disclosed this to NAN on Thursday, saying the tragic...
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Online Degrees Still Not Accepted in Nigeria says NUC
September 16, 2016 No Responses

Online Degrees Still Not Accepted in Nigeria says NUC

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that online degrees remain unacceptable in Nigeria. This was made known as the federal government approved the e-Learning programme of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Besides NOUN, other insti...
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Why EFCC Declare Former Katsina Governor Wanted
September 15, 2016 No Responses

Why EFCC Declare Former Katsina Governor Wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared a former governor of Katsina state, Ibrahim Shema wanted. Shema, 59, hails from Dutsen-ma Local Government Area of Katsina and was the immediate past governor of the state. According to EFCC,...
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Dubai Jails Nigerian who Ingested 100 Capsules of Cocaine
September 14, 2016 No Responses

Dubai Jails Nigerian who Ingested 100 Capsules of Cocaine

Dubai has handed a 10-year jail sentence to a Nigerian caught with 100 capsules of cocaine in his stomach. According to Khaleej Times, Dubai’s largest newspaper, the suspect, 42, was caught at the Dubai International Airport on April 17. A...
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Gunmen Attack NTA Onitsha Office, Burn Down Building
September 14, 2016 No Responses

Gunmen Attack NTA Onitsha Office, Burn Down Building

Suspected gunmen on Wednesday attacked the Nigeria Television Authority office in Onitsha, Anambra State, torching some equipment and Star Times section in the premises. The Acting Manager of the station, Chris Nwigwe, told newsmen that the incident occurred a...
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