Tertiary institutions have been allowed to determine the deadline for the 2022 admissions due to the status of 2021 admissions. The decision was reached at the end the 2022 Policy meeting and 2020 National Tertiary Admissions Performance-Merit Award programme organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja. Speaking in an interview, some […]
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The love story of Boluwatife Bamidele and his fiancee, Ifeoluwa was, ordinarily, meant to blossom and bring forth offsprings. However, the nine years old love tale ended in tragedy as the two love birds succumbed to death over infidelity. The two young lovers were engaged to one another on October 4, 2021 with a view […]
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NAFDAC’s insistence on clinical trials for traditional medicines before approval divides researchers Herbal medicine regulation deserves separate, independent agency, say practitioners The lack of encouragement for local herbal cures and remedies for diseases by the Federal Government (FG) and its agencies, especially the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has raised […]
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Airline begins operational audit Dana: We will come out stronger It was a chaotic scene at Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal 2 (MMA2), Lagos, yesterday, as scores of Dana Air’s customers went irate over the abrupt closure of the airline. The travelers that had arrived early for check-in lamented that the Dana section was deserted for […]
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A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Olufemi Samuel, has said that women who give birth through caesarean section can safely get pregnant six months after delivery. Samuel, who is also the Executive Secretary of the Ondo State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, dismissed the notion that women who gave birth through CS must wait […]
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has reportedly rescued a total of 200 trafficked children in Plateau State. Chairman of the state Council of Chiefs and Emirs, Jacob Bubba, disclosed this on Thursday after the state Commandant of NAPTIP, Adole Alexander, visited him at his palace in Jos, the state capital. […]
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Amid a projection by the Federal Government to spend a whopping sum of N6.7tn on fuel subsidy next year and a major shortfall in government oil revenue this year, economic and energy experts have predicted tougher days ahead for the economy, states and Nigerians. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, had on Thursday released the […]
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Four months after the National Assembly transmitted the 44 constitution amendment bills to the 36 state Houses of Assembly for concurrence, 31 states have yet to vote on the proposed reforms. The Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, Abubakar Suleiman, disclosed to our correspondent in Bauchi on Thursday, that only Kogi, Edo, […]
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National power grid The Federal Government has commenced “a full-scale investigation” to establish the cause of the national electricity grid collapse which occurred on Wednesday and caused blackouts nationwide. Although engineers from the Federal Government’s Transmission Company of Nigeria started grid restoration after the incident, industry figures seen on Thursday showed that power generation on […]
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By Femi Adesina Let me start with some clarifications. I’m from Osun State, and my homestead is Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government Area. And I am not Osun in Diaspora. I was born in Osogbo, capital of the State, when my father was Principal of St Charles Grammar School in the 1960s. When he […]
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