Former Super Eagles midfielder, Etim Esin, has encouraged the Nigerian national football team to secure a victory against Angola in the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarter-final match in Ivory Coast. Esin said the match is of particular significance ...
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Feed SubscriptionWAEC Begins Computer-based Examination Tomorrow, Wednesday
West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed that it is set to conduct its first computer based examination, West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) from Wednesday, January 31 and will end on Saturday, February 17, 2024. This was disclosed ...
Read More »Bayelsa Urged To Rethink Planned Chinese Language In Schools
Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has called on the Douye Diri-led administration in the state to review its plan to introduce Chinese language in the school curriculum. While acknowledging that there was nothing wrong ...
Read More »Blinken’s Visit And Challenges Facing Nigeria
The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited Nigeria on Tuesday as part of a four-nation diplomatic shuttle, including Cape Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola, to discuss diverse issues and strengthen bilateral ties. Discussions with President Bola Tinubu ...
Read More »NGX Records N138 Billion Growth On Buy Interest
The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) recorded a N138 billion growth on Friday, driven by continued investors’ buy interest in stocks of Tier-one banks. Specifically, the market capitalization, which opened at N55.900 trillion, rose by N138 billion or 0.25 per cent ...
Read More »NMC, UBEC Train Teachers Students In Mental Arithmetic
The National Mathematical Centre (NMC), in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), trained about 140 teachers and students in mental arithmetic to enhance their cognitive abilities. The Director/Chief Executive of NMC, Prof. Promise Mebine, made this known at ...
Read More »CBN Says Naira Undervalued, Partners Finance, NNPC On Forex Repatriation
…Works on price discovery for local currency The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Olayemi Cardoso has said the apex bank is collaborating with the ministry of finance and the NNPC to ensure that all forex inflows are returned ...
Read More »NiMet Signs MoU With Tomorrow.IO On Digital Weather, Climate Intelligence
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has signed a memorandum of understanding with a leading weather intelligence company, Tomorrow.io. The MoU with Tomorrow.io, a leading weather intelligence company based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with footprints across Africa and the Middle East, will ...
Read More »Relocate NNPCL, NIMASA, NPA To Niger Delta, Nabena Urges Tinubu
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Yekini Nabena, has asked President Bola Tinubu to approve the relocation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to the Niger Delta region. He also urged ...
Read More »Nigeria Must Fix Corruption, Investment Issues — Blinken
United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, on Tuesday, pressed Nigeria to tackle barriers like corruption and difficulty repatriating profits that have dampened the business climate for American companies looking to invest in Africa’s largest economy. He disclosed this to ...
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