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Over 1000 Primary and Secondary school students have been challenged and motivated to change the world with the use of Science and Technology at the 2017 Science Fair event for female students which held on Thursday in Lagos. The event, organised by the Science Ambassadors Foundation (SAF) in collaboration with the Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, sought to increase …

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Bolanle Emmanuel Members of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) chapter have elected new set of officers to run the affairs of the union. Delegates from various NEPC Zonal offices participated at the election which held at the headquarters in Abuja 13th June. Mr. Ayodele Sunday Emmanuel emerged the Chairman having won a …

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Dollar inflows into the economy through the newly introduced Investor and Exporter (I&E) Forex Window have hit $2.2 billion, the Bankers’ Committee said yesterday. The I&E FX window was introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on April 24 to enable portfolio investors sell dollars at rates of their choice, if they get buyers. Briefing  reporters at the end of the …

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From Left: Mr. Ugochukwu Harry; Dr. Allwell Umunnaehila; Prof. Rufus Akintoye and Mrs. Patience Umunnaehila during the 2017 convocation ceremony of Babcock University, where Dr. Allwell Umunnaehila, a financial analyst/senior stockbroker at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, graduated with a Ph.D in Business Administration.

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The World Bank Group is set to assist state governments improve their fiscal sustainability by strengthening and consolidating the Fiscal Sustainability Plan. The development was confirmed by a statement issued on Friday by the Director of Information in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Salisu Dambatta. The FSP was introduced by the Federal Government in 2016 as part of the measures …

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A retiree, Taofeek Giwa, on Friday prayed an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi-Ibadan, to dissolve the seven-year-old marriage with Abiodun Omotayo, on the grounds that the respondent beats him at will. Giwa who recently retired from the Nigerian Prisons Service, on June 9, filed a suit, seeking dissolution of the marriage. In his testimony, the petitioner said Omotayo had turned him …

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Folake Sokoya The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni on Wednesday urged Nigerians to speak out when they are feeling depressed to prevent suicide while urging academicians to educate the public on causes of suicide and other depressing associated ailments. Owoseni made the statement at the Ordinary Meeting and Scientific Conference organized by the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal …

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The group Managing Director FBN Holdings Plc, Mr. U.K Eke has assured that the bank’s five major none performing accounts would be dropped off the none performing loan book of the company soon. He disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos, during the bank’s presentation of its facts behind the figures on the events center of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, shortly …

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The funding of primary education by local government governments will affect learning and teaching at the foundational level of education, according to the Nigeria Union of Teachers. The National President of NUT, Mr Michael Olukoya, made the union’s view known at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. Olukoya said the union was not against local government autonomy but that …

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If you’ve noticed that your co-workers book out a meeting room for an unspecified chat on a regular basis, chances are that they are doing every other thing but official meeting! A new survey from Yellow Octopus has found that one in 10 people are having sex at work. Researchers surveyed over 1,000 people about their in-office behaviour, and found …

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