Day: July 5, 2022

Ease of Doing Business: Nigeria Immigration Ranked Best Agency in June

Aliyu Aliyu

How NIS scored first, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) ranked second,  FCCPC third and CBN ranked last on the log among hundreds of government agencies in terms of ease of doing business – Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC)   The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has ranked the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) the best in enhancing the federal government’s policy on ease of doing business. The ranking, which is contained in the agency’s report for the month of June, said NIS treated promptly all the issues escalated to its…

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44th Miss Nigeria Demands End To Youth Unemployment, Poverty

Abibat Babalola

The 44th Miss Nigeria, Shatu Garko, has stressed the need for more initiatives to tackle unemployment, poverty and low self-esteem in Nigeria, especially among the youths and underprivileged members of society. Shatu made the appeal at the Leadership Agenda Summit organised by the Brian Reuben Organisation, an international leadership development organisation, concurrently taking place in Dubai, UAE, and Victoria Island, Lagos. The issue of inclusiveness and unemployment, its adverse effects on the country, and the need to raise young leaders to curtail this problem was the central focus of her…

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Nigerian Lady Bags 2 MScs With 5.0 CGPA, Wins UK Varsity Scholarship

ADEOLA YUSUF

A brilliant Nigerian Lady, Ayomide Mary Olukorede, has reportedly bagged two Master’s Degrees with a prefect record after scoring a CGPA of 5.00 out of the possible 5.00 points. The smart and brilliant lady bagged her Bachelor’s Degree in 2017 as the best graduating student of Leads Unversity, Nigeria where she studied Microbiology and scored a 5.00/5.00 grade point. Afterwards, she proceeded by earning her Master’s Degree in Industrial Microbiology also at Leads University. Ayomide also bagged an exceptional distinction in Master’s Degree, scoring a 5.00/5.00 grade point. READ ALSO:…

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3 Nigerian Students Beat 68,000 Applicants, Win N5m Microsoft Contest Prize

Abibat Babalola

The event which was recently conducted by Agro Tech Hackathon aimed to award a grant of N2.5 Million, N1.5million and N1 million for the top three best teams respectively. The event was held at the Microsoft African Transformation Office, Kings Tower, Ikoyi, Lagos State on the 28th of June, 2022. The Team Software Chasers is comprised of three students who are all from the Computer Science Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. The team was led by Muhammad Auwal Muktar, the current president of the National Association of Computing Students…

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NIPCO Urges Nigerian Government on 10m cylinders Procurement For Users

Abibat Babalola

Independent petroleum firm taps Into PIA To Deepen Petroleum Sector Investments Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) Plc, Suresh Kumar, has urged the Nigerian Government to make good its promise to procure 10 million gas cylinders for the benefit of users across the country. Platforms Africa reports that Mr. Kumar, who disclosed this at the 18th Annual General Meeting of the company, in Abuja, maintained that the government’s plan to procure the cylinders to marketers for onward distribution to end-users will tremendously help the promotion of cleaner…

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