The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it will adopt “pin vending” for the 2017 UTME test in place of the scratch card formerly used. The board’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said on Wednesday in Lagos…
THE Group General Manager (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, on Monday, said about $51 billion investment opportunity still exists in gas processing and transmission and general infrastructure development in Nigeria. Dr. Baru also added that plan…
Dr Titus Okunronmu, a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Director, on Monday commended the Federal Government for its plan to borrow $29.9 billion to finance infrastructure development in the country. Okunronmu, an ex-staff of the CBN’s Budgetary Department, told…
To mark this year’s World Savings Day, Wema Bank held financial education sessions with students in five secondary schools in various locations in the country. More than 500 students participated. In a data that was released earlier this year, the…
Government officials and other authorities in Nigeria have raped and sexually exploited women and girls displaced by the conflict with Boko Haram. The government is not doing enough to protect displaced women and girls and ensure that they have access…
American Singer T-PAIN has showered accolades on Nigeria’s Celebrity Pencil Portrait Artist, Alesh Akeem saying his works are dynamic. The Nigeria’s leading Pencil Artist once again wowed the country at the grand finale of the just concluded Lagos Fashion Week…
Despite the relative stability in the international price of crude oil in recent times, oil exporting countries’ revenue will not break even soon, as the commodity’s prices will continue to face headwinds. At the weekend, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested some directors of insurance companies for swindling their underwriting firms of millions of naira. Some other directors were also picked by the EFCC for illegally acquiring huge shares in the underwriting…
The Lagos state Ministry of Transportation in conjunction with the Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN) plans to employ 1,000 graduates from different universities as bus conductors. Comrade Israel Ade Adeshola, the National President of BCAN said that the new…
For effort and contribution to the development of Ghana, Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga has been awarded with “The Companion of the Star of Ghana” Ghana’s highest honour at the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday, 29 October. President of…
