Category: NEWS

2019: Nigeria should automate all processes to tackle corruption — ISPON
December 24, 2018 No Responses

2019: Nigeria should automate all processes to tackle corruption — ISPON

The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) has urged governments at all levels to adopt Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a way to tackle corruption. The President, ISPON, Dr Yele Okeremi, in an interview with the News Agency...
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MTN Appoints Funso Aina S/Manager, External Relations
December 22, 2018 No Responses

MTN Appoints Funso Aina S/Manager, External Relations

Funso Aina, who before now has served at MTN Nigeria as Public Relations Manager, has been appointed as Senior Manager, External Relations by the telecommunications firm. Aina’s appointment for the External Relations role came after over 22 years of work...
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Fire guts Abakaliki rice mill
December 21, 2018 No Responses

Fire guts Abakaliki rice mill

 A fire outbreak last night at the Abakaliki Rice Mill Company premises located at Onuebonyi has destroyed over N50m worth of machinery and Rice products. The fire which affected one shop was however put out by the Ebonyi State fire service...
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Glaucoma a health challenge to professionals – Optometrists
December 20, 2018 No Responses

Glaucoma a health challenge to professionals – Optometrists

Dr Angela Ewunonu, an optometrist, on Thursday said glaucoma had remained a major challenged to health professionals and called for proper management of the disease. Fielding questions with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Ewunonu said that early tr...
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2019 UTME: JAMB stops use of cyber cafes for registration of candidates
December 20, 2018 No Responses

2019 UTME: JAMB stops use of cyber cafes for registration of candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will no longer use cyber cafes for registration of candidates, beginning from the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said this on Thur...
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Scholarship: Nigerian students in Russia send SOS to FG
December 20, 2018 No Responses

Scholarship: Nigerian students in Russia send SOS to FG

Scholarship Nigerians studying in Russia under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) say that they are finding it increasingly difficult to continue with their scholarship in that country. Under the BEA scholarship, the Russian Government takes care of the s...
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December 20, 2018 No Responses

600m people worldwide will start 2019 living in extreme poverty – UNECA

The United Nations Commission for Africa (UNECA, says 600 million people globally will start 2019 living in extreme poverty and only 20 million will come out of this situation by the end of the year. This is contained in UNECA’s latest...
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Nigeria declares Dec 25, 26, Jan 1 public holidays
December 19, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria declares Dec 25, 26, Jan 1 public holidays

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday 25th,  Wednesday  26th  December 2018 and Tuesday Jan. 1, 2019, as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Lt. General (Retd.) Abdulrahman Dam...
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MTN Joins Fight against Drug Addiction in Nigeria
December 19, 2018 No Responses

MTN Joins Fight against Drug Addiction in Nigeria

Launches ASAP L-R: Dennis Okoro, Director, MTN Foundation; Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, Chairman, MTN Foundation and Samuel Adesola, National Chairman, Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria at the launch of the MTN Foundation Multi-Stakeholder Anti...
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UNILAG hosting to win 26th NUGA competition in 2019 — VC
December 17, 2018 No Responses

UNILAG hosting to win 26th NUGA competition in 2019 — VC

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, during a visit to the Lagos Directorate of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.   Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice-Chanllcelor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), on Mond...
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