LAGOS—GOVERNOR of Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi, said, yesterday, that the bank had received bids for four of the nine banks it rescued in a N 620 billion bailout last year. Lamido who spoke in an interview with CNBC Africa Television also said that he would be satisfied with 9.0_9.5 per cent inflation rate in the [...]
Apple now allowing developers to sell apps with an educational discount, choose when updates go live With iPhones and iPads becoming an exceedingly commonplace sighting on college campuses, it makes sense for App developers to try to pitch their wares to universities for bulk licensing deals. The only problem: due to the way App Store [...]
To say that Nigeria is a lucky country is an incontestable understatement. And I know that those invisible hands that have held Nigeria together since its creation will not slumber despite the vexatious strain Nigeria’s lack of patriotism has put on the union. It is unfortunate that Nigeria was created on a lopsided political tripod [...]
Opposition parties and civil society groups in Bayelsa State have demanded a probe into the alleged disappearance of over N400 million at the country home of the Chairman of the Environment Sanitation Authority, Mr. Reginald Dede. The robbery, which reportedly took place penultimate week at Kongo community, Akassa, Brass Local Government Area of the state [...]
A gang of suspected gun-toting kidnapers, who have been kidnapping people unchallenged, by merely shooting into the air and scaring both police and passersby alike, received a rude shock yesterday as their targeted victim, turned out to be a retired general, shot dead one of the gang members. JOJ Okoloagu, a retired general, was ambushed [...]
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) 2010/2011 Post UTME Results Released. The Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) 2010/2011 Post UTME Results have been released, candidates who sat for the screening examinations can access their results by following the procedure below. – Visit www.unizikcampusportal.com – Click on Post UTME Result Checker. – Enter your Jamb registration and click continue. [...]
Worried by the alarming rate at which “obscene” movies are gaining massive acceptance in Ghana, the country’s Ministry of Information working in collaboration with the censors board and the Movie Union has finally wielded the sledge hammer on the film producers by banning the sell of x-rated movies in Ghana. The ban, according to a [...]
IBADAN Former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake and two others are now in police custody in Oyo State over alleged shooting at the convoy of the former Assistant Inspector General of Police, Chief Tunji Alapinni on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olabisi Okuwobi, the incident [...]
if football’s world governing body decides there has been unacceptable government interference. Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan has suspended the national team for two years following a poor World Cup. “Fifa has a very clear position on political interference but it is premature to speak further. “The worst sanction available is that a national association can [...]
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Blues boss endured final furlong agony with Juventus ten years ago. Perhaps owing to his reputation today as one of the world’s best managers, many people tend to forget that Carlo Ancelotti had been regarded as something of a loser in football management until seven years ago, when Milan defeated Juventus on penalties at Old [...]
The National Examinations Council has released the results of the November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations, with 98 per cent of the 234,682 failing to clinch five credits, including English and Mathematics. But NECO stated that 4,223 candidates got five credits, including English and Mathematics. The 4,223 candidates formed about 1.80 per cent of those that [...]
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has denied reports that they have concluded arrangement to meet with Republic of Ireland manager, Giovanni Trapattoni, Guus Hiddink as well as the other coaches in London Thursday next week. Chairman of the NFF technical committee, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, said there was no iota of truth in the report just as [...]
Federal University Of Technology Minna (FUT Minna) Admission List 2009/2010 Released The Federal University Of Technology Minna has released its 2009/2010 admission list, Candidates who applied for admission into the Federal University Of Technology Minna and sat for the screening exercise can now check their admission status using the instructions provided below:
The University Of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has released its supplementary List. The List of students admitted on the supplementary list of the University Of Port Harcourt can be downloaded below. Click on Your Faculty to Download the corresponding supplementary List. The results are also available on uniport’s website www.uniport.edu.ng
Many Christmas Holidays has come and gone, yet out of all the christmas holidays we have spent one or two stands out. Something made those days special, it could be either you recieved a remarkable gift, made a friend, ate some delicious stuff, visited/ spent time at a wonderful place etc. The Fact remains that [...]
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Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) releases First Choice Admission List The list of students who have been offered provisional admission into the Rivers State University of Science and Technology after the 2009 Post UME examination has been released. All students who sat the 2009/2010 RSUST First Choice Post UME examination have been [...]
THOUGH still being implemented, the proposed Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) designed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) may take off on a shaky note. Reason: A key stakeholder in the scheme, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday questioned the timing of its implementation.
