JAMB bans cybercafés as sales of UTME form begin Jan 10
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board on Thursday said that the registration for the (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) UTME would no longer be done at cybercafés but at accredited CBT centres.
The board also announced...
INEC warns ASUU strike may affect 2019 election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will have negative effect on its preparations for the 2019 general elections.
Festus Okoye, the chairman, Information...
2019: Rice farmers, fertilizer producers back Buhari, donate N1.7bn for presidential campaign
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) and Fertilizers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) have declared their support for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
The two groups also donated N1.77...
US defense chief resigns as Trump pulls from Syria, Afghanistan
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump who ordered a complete troop pullout from Syria and a significant withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Trump...
Minimum Wage: nationwide strike looms as labour threatens to down tools again
Leaders of the labour union have again threatened to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike if the Federal Government fails to transmit the new minimum wage structure to the National Assembly on or before...
Isabel dos Santos and the Economic Empowerment of African Women (By Haley Thompson)
She often encourages young women to leverage the world’s increased reliance on technology and artificial intelligence, which she refers to as “digitalization”
At a United Nations debate in New York, Isabel dos Santos, who is...
Pay Without CARD, AC’Gate Solution unveils Africa’s Gold Standard for payments
CoralPay has deployed the first interoperable USSD and mobile payment platform to Nigerians desirous of a seamless and secure payment solution. The solution, which fulfills the mantra of being Africa’s Gold Standard for payments,...
Bobby Brown, Bell Biv DeVoe storm Lagos for Flytime Music Festival
American singer, Bobby Brown, and the trio of Bell Biv DeVoe have arrived in Lagos ahead of the 2018 edition of the Flytime Music Festival.
Brown, the ex-husband of late Whitney Houston, is scheduled to...
Ogun 2019: Remo Traditional Council endorses ADC guber candidate, Gboyega Isiaka
Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka has been endorsed by the Remo Traditional Council led by the Akarigbo of Remo Kingdom, Oba Victor Babatunde Ajayi.
Isiaka who was last week...
Buhari inaugurates Abuja airport terminal
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated the new Terminal at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in line with his administration’s promise to complete the project before the end of December.
At the...