Education

Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Saturday emphasised the need to strengthen efforts over the coming years to stimulate growth and create jobs in critical sectors to insulate the economy from global shocks.

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Nobody is safe from air pollution, with nine out of 10 people on the planet now breathing polluted air, the United Nations (UN), has warned on World Environment Day (WED).

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In light of the increasing difficulty that needy women and girls face in handling their monthly periods due to lack of access to sanitary products, an NGO has called on the Nigerian government to provide free sanitary pads for such women. The Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), an NGO that works with vulnerable children especially girls, …

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The Federal Government has revealed that the N1.2billion hostel donated by the Aliko Dangote Foundation to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is the single largest donation by an individual in the history of Universities in Nigeria.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and the National Pensions Commission, Pencom have pledged to work together to ensure more Nigerians are brought into the financial literacy net. This was part of the resolutions at a meeting between the Technical Committee on Financial Literacy and Pencom in Abuja, weekend. Head Market Development Department of the SEC, who led the FLTC …

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United Bank for Africa (UBA) has rewarded another 20 customers who emerged winners in the second quarterly draw of the UBA Wise Savers Promo with N1.5 million each, bringing the total amount won by 40 customers so far to N60 million.

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The Bayelsa state Governorship candidate of the Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN), Mr. Jones Okiah says if elected as Governor come November 2019 that the hinterlands of the state would be linked with roads.

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By Dayo Emmanuel It was intercession time in church on Sunday 10th March and as usual, the church maintained its tradition of interceding for two countries each week. Coincidentally it was time to intercede for Ethiopia and Djibouti; two countries from the region called the horn of Africa. The map of each country was displayed by the projector. Ethiopia was …

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Chief Executive Officer of a tech oriented reality show tagged STREETCEOs, Charles Idonije, has told the media that the reality show is billed for airing on Startimes and other global broadcasting network for two months in Nairobi, Kenya. Idonije who made the revelation to National Wire on Monday said, the show is the world’s first 24 hours reality show for …

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…1.8 million candidates registered The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has registered over 1.8 million candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. NAN reports that registration of candidates for the Computer …

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