This year's International Youth Day (IYD) themed 'Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World' celebrated on Saturday, 12th August, has brought to the fore the issue of talent discovery and nurturing among young Nigerians for developmental ...
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Thursday, 17 August 2023
Harnessing Talent, Rite Foods at Forefront as the World Celebrates Youths Day
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Access Holdings raises funds to secure brighter future for African children at UK Polo Day
Access Holdings, a leading African finance institution committed to making a difference, has once again demonstrated its dedication to ensuring children have the chance to access quality education. Through its recent Polo Day, held at the esteemed ...
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Customers accuse Wema Bank of using their data to open illegal accounts via ALAT app
Wema Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s struggling financial institutions is in the news again for the wrong reasons as some customers of the bank have accused the lender of conducting illegal banking practice in the country.They said they discovered that...
Sunday, 14 November 2021
BREAKING: Aliko Dangote’s brother, Sani, is dead
Sani Dangote, the vice president of Dangote Group and owner of Dansa Agro-allied Limited, has reportedly died in a United States hospital.He was a younger brother to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote.According to a report by Daily Nigerian, Mr Da...
Saturday, 8 May 2021
OLUBADAN OF IBADAN AND K1 DE ULTIMATE
Today I'm reminded of a Nigerian music mogul, Saliu Adetunji. Born in Ibadan, Western Nigeria in 1928, he was the first of 17 children- a modest number by those days standards as his father was quite influential.Anyway, he trained as a cloth weave...
Thursday, 22 April 2021
VP Osinbajo lauds Value4Dairy Consortium set to accelerate Nigeria’s dairy sector
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has welcomed the strategic partnership of FrieslandCampina WAMCO, URUS, Barenbrug and Agrifirm tagged Value4Dairy Consortium in their commitment to increase self-sufficiency in Nigeria’s dairy sector.Osinbajo made this ...
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
FG Names John Momoh as UNILAG Council Chairman
The Federal Government has appointed veteran broadcaster and Chairman of Channels TV, John Momoh as the Chairman ad Interim of the University of Lagos Governing Council.Momoh is also the President of the University of Lagos Alumni Association World...
Monday, 24 August 2020
BREAKING: Ogunsola emerges UNILAG acting VC
Professor Folasade Ogunsola has been elected as the acting vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).Ogunsola secured the highest number of votes in the election held on Monday during a senate meeting attended by 167 professors.She was t...
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
BREAKING: Nigerian govt says students won’t participate in 2020 WAEC
Final year secondary school students in Nigeria won’t participate in the forthcoming West African Examination Council(WAEC) examinations, the Federal Government has declared.The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to State...
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
2020 admission: JAMB announces cut-off marks for varsities, others
The 20th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria has approved 160 and above as the national minimum benchmark for admission for the year 2020 into public universities.The meeting held virtually, on Tuesday, also approved 14...
Thursday, 26 March 2020
COVID 19: FIRSTBANK CHOOSES TO SOLVE EDUCATION CHALLENGES FACING PARENTS
The CEO of FirstBank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, has announced that the Bank in partnership with government and other stakeholders is extending its attention to immediate needs in our society in the face of the widespread COVID-19 by putting in plac...
Friday, 14 February 2020
Kwara State Govt. Lauds Fedpoffa ' No-To-Sex-For Grade Campaign
The Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State has been commended by Kwara State Government on No-To-Sex-For-Grade campaign staged at Nigeria Polytechnics Games' opening ceremony held in Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. The ceremony which was declar...
Saturday, 25 January 2020
Men must ejaculate 21 times monthly to avoid prostate cancer - Medical Expert
Men have been advised to ejaculate for not less than 21 times in every month and five times each week if they want to avoid prostate cancer. A twitter video circulating online shows the female herbal practitioner, Dr. Ebenezar of Amuzu Hospital e...
Monday, 20 January 2020
Lawmaker representing Lagos Constituency II visits Araromi Baptist school, Ereko Methodist school And Gives Pep Talk To Young Students
Prince Kayode Akiolu MHR visited Araromi Baptist nursery and primary school, and Ereko Methodist school Lagos island today. Prince Akiolu who was kick starting the governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s snack 4 thought initiative, meet...
Thursday, 12 December 2019
IBB Varsity Gets New VC
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has approved the appointment of Adamu Kasim, a professor, as the new Vice Chancellor of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL). A statement by the Secretary to the Government of Niger State, A...
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Shock as WAEC withdraws 1992,1993 Candidate' certificate over examination malpractices
The West African Examinations Council has released the list of impounded certificates of candidates, who were believed to have engaged in malpractices during its examinations held as far back as December 1992 and 1993. The council released the ex...
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Sanwo-Olu Discontinue Privatization/PPP In Lagos Water Sector
The Our Water Our Right Coalition as you already know, is a network of civil society organisations, labour unions, community activists and faith-based groups, all unified in the belief that our water is our common heritage and therefore it must ...
Friday, 18 October 2019
SOYINKA SALUTES KEITH RICHARDS’ COURAGE FOR WRITING “NEVER QUITE THE INSIDER”
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has commended the candour, courage and confidence displayed by Chief Keith Richards in his latest book, Never Quite the Insider: a Nigerian Memoir”. Soyinka who reviewed the book at its public presentati...
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Cracks in Labour unions over minimum wage strike
Joe Ajaero, ULC President: planned strike on minimum wage dead on arrival There is a crack in the ranks of labour union leaders as the date for their planned strike over the Federal Government implementation of the minimum wage looms. The pres...
Monday, 14 October 2019
23-year-old Graduating Female Student Breaks LASU Medical College’s Record
Twenty-three-year-old Oluwasanmi Abigail Arowolo has broken the Lagos State University College of Medicine’s record of over 17 years by finishing with MBBS Honours from the MBBS programme, just as the college inducted the 14th set of medical doct...