JAMB boss, Prof Ishaq Oloyede A don, Dr. Uchenna Uwakwe has lauded the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) innovation in changing the format of presenting candidates’ results. Uwakwe, an associate Professor at the Directorate of General Studies, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, gave the commendation in an interview in New York. Uwakwe spoke against […]
Continue ReadingDangote Refinery • Freight cost gulps N29.2b monthly, spikes pump price • Price fluctuations would persist until importation ceases – expert • ‘$15b monthly petrol import a toll on economy’ The dilly-dally by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and continuous shifting of the completion of the nation’s three refineries being rehabilitated with about […]
Continue Reading
NIESV President, Johnbull Amayaevbo The lucrative nature of the estate agency practice is attracting all manners of people into the profession, heightening fears that more Nigerians may fall prey to scams in the industry. Considering the importance of housing in man’s hierarchy of needs and the huge deficit that exists in the housing sector, estate […]
Continue Reading
NSE trading floor Photo: Femi Adebesin-Kuti Lingering foreign exchange crisis, inflation, insecurity, high cost of operations coupled with uncertainty, and fuel subsidy crisis have continued to take a toll on the operations of firms listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), triggering a gale of delisting. Indeed, since the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the Nigerian economy […]
Continue Reading
Coup leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani (middle) receiving cheers from supporters as thousands gather in Niger’s capital to say NO to foreign intervention aimed at toppling the country’s new military junta…yesterday. • Don’t embark on proxy war, pundits, ex-Generals warn FG Though the Nigerian Senate, at the weekend, rejected President Bola Tinubu‘s request to deploy Nigerian […]
Continue Reading
By Bolanle Bolawole A “wind of change” is blowing across Africa but this time around, it is not the same wind of change that erstwhile British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, spoke about – the positive wind of change blowing away colonial rule and ushering in Independence to the African colonies of Britain.M Macmillan made his […]
Continue Reading
From left: The Publisher, Mr. Ademola Akinbola; Renowned Professor of International Relations, Prof. Bola Akinterinwa; Proprietress of Impact Group of Schools, Dr. Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olawumi Unuigbe; Special Guest of Honour and Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa; Royal Father of the Day and the Jegun of Ile Oluji, Oba Olufaderin Adetimehin; Chairman of […]
Continue Reading
Elderstatesman and former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has cautioned against going to war with the military junta in Niger Republic, counseling that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should rather adopt a diplomatic approach which he sees as a better option. He gave this counsel in an open letter written […]
Continue Reading
By Owei Lakemfa The new military rulers in Niger Republic, the country that marked independence Day on Thursday, August 3, 2023, have a Sunday ultimatum from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. It is that they give up power and restore elected President Mohammed Bazoum to power or face serious measures, including possible […]
Continue Reading
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has rejected the request by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for permission to deploy Nigerian troops to Niger Republic as part of an ECOWAS force to reinstate the democratically elected president of that country, President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his […]
Continue Reading
