The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has unveiled an online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders to convert their certification to Bachelor’s Degree through online top-up for one year, with foreign accredited universities. The board disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by its Head of Media Unit, Mrs Fatima Abubakar. Abubakar...
Nigerians have called for the stop of the use of the Jury system of eviction The shocking eviction of Uriel from the BBNaija All Stars show has sparked reactions online. Uriel and Seyi were the bottom two housemates with the least number of votes upon which the jury would save one and eject the other from the show. However, Uriel,...
The World Athletics has reacted to reports that Tobi Amusan has been cleared to participate in the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Punch reports. Tobi, whose name was previously barred by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria from competing in the forthcoming competition, set to take place from August 19 to August 27, 2023, as a consequence of a...
Miss Amaechina Chimbusonma Nwadiuto, a student of Regina Pacis Girls’ Secondary School, Garki, Abuja has scored A1 in all the nine subjects she sat for this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, WASSCE, conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC. With this remarkable feat, she is in contention for the National Merit Award as the overall best candidate....
To mark 2023 Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF advocates for exclusive breastfeeding. Exclusively breastfed babies are 14 times more likely to survive in the first six months of life than non-breastfed babies, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. It further revealed that breastfeeding, aside from being the first vaccine that a child receives to prevent infections, also gives the child at least...
Rihanna has reportedly welcomed her second child, a baby girl with ASAP Rocky. There hasn’t been any announcement from the couple so far. Mother and child are reportedly doing “well,” “resting,” “recovering,” and “bonding” in the couple’s Los Angeles residence, according to sources close to the singer. One of Rihanna’s pals described the newborn as “precious,” and “beautiful,” dishing on...
Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere Umeh, a Deeper Life High School student has again achieved outstanding grades in her West African Examination Council (WAEC) result scoring 8As and 1B. Recall that the West African Examination Council released the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates. This was made known by her father, Mr Umeh. In a recent chat...
Senator Ireti Kingibe has proposed that government officials only use locally assembled vehicles. She said this in regard to the high cost of governance as Nigerians grapple with economic hardship. The senator representing the FCT, who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today, argued that “we cannot continue like this” adding that she rides “a 1986 car”. Asked what she would do...
The death of popular pastor and televangelist, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya was received with a rude shock on Tuesday, August 8. According to reports, Odukoya who was the senior pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju passed on in the United States at age 67. The sad news of his demise was announced via the church’s Facebook page. However, the...
Blessing Adeniran, pays emotional tribute to daughter, Whitney Desola, a Chrisland student six months after her tragic death Mother of late Whitney Desola Adeniran, the Chrisland student who was electrocuted to death has written her a glowing tribute six months after her death. Whitney, a 12-year-old student of Chrisland International School, died on February 9, 2023, during the school’s inter-house...