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How Tems Stunned At 2023 Oscars

March 13, 2023 Abibat Babalola

Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi aka Tems, attended the 2023 Oscars in a stunning white dress. Tems was nominated for the 2023 edition of the Oscars in the category of Best Original Song courtesy of a collaboration she had on the song, “Lift Me Up” with popular singer, Rihanna; music producer, Ludwig Göransson; and Black Panther’s director, Ryan Coogler. READ ALSO: BREAKING: CBN Breaks Silence, Says Old N1000, N500 Legal Tender Meet Kolade Owolabi, FUTA Lecturer Who Is Nigeria’s Best Maths Scientist I’m Surprised I Didn’t Get 100% Votes in Anambra…

BREAKING: CBN Breaks Silence, Says Old N1000, N500 Legal Tender

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Ganiyu Amodu

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes remain legal tender until December 31, 2023. Isa Abdulmumin, CBN spokesperson, announced the development in a statement on Monday. READ ALSO I’m Not Challenging Tinubu, But Election Process In Court- Obi Naira Notes: Govs Give Malami, Emefiele Tuesday Ultimatum To Obey S’Court Order Malaria: KASU Lecturer, Others Develop Mosquito-Repellent Fabric Meet Kolade Owolabi, FUTA Lecturer Who Is Nigeria’s Best Maths Scientist “In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court orders and sustenance of the…

Meet Kolade Owolabi, FUTA Lecturer Who Is Nigeria’s Best Maths Scientist

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Gbenga Adeoti

Kolade Owolabi and another professor of the African Institute of Science and Technology, Charles Chidume, who was ranked in the second position, are the only two Nigerians on the current global ranking. An associate professor with the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Kolade Owolabi, has been named the best Mathematics scientist in Nigeria in the Ranking of Research.com for 2022. Mr Owolabi and another professor of the African Institute of Science and Technology, Charles Chidume, who was ranked in the second position, are the only two Nigerians on…

I’m Surprised I Didn’t Get 100% Votes in Anambra – Obi

March 13, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, said that he is surprised he didn’t get 100% votes in Anambra State. The former state governor stated this while speaking in an interwiew on Arise TV on Monday. He said, “If you want to know whether I got 95% in Anambra State, come and go to Anambra state with me. I don’t need police. READ ALSO: BREAKING: JAMB Postpones Mock Exam Dates I’m Not Challenging Tinubu, But Election Process In Court- Obi Malaria: KASU Lecturer, Others Develop Mosquito-Repellent Fabric Death…

BREAKING: JAMB Postpones Mock Exam Dates

March 13, 2023 Abibat Babalola

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the 2023 Mock-UTME earlier scheduled for Thursday,16th March, 2023, to Thursday, 30th March 2023. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol disclosed this in a communique issued on Monday afternoon. Fabian said the shift in date is partly owing to the change in the date for the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly Elections earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday,11th March, 2023 but now moved to 18th March, 2023. READ ALSO: I’m Not Challenging Tinubu, But Election Process…

I’m Not Challenging Tinubu, But Election Process In Court- Obi

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Precious Ibekwe

“What Church leaders (who say election result is wish of God) are actually preaching is the problem of Nigeria. A problem of Nigeria is accepting wrong doing, accepting what is unacceptable. That is using God’s name in vain. That is not what God says” The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, Peter Obi, has said that he is challenging the process leading to the declaration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the…

Malaria: KASU Lecturer, Others Develop Mosquito-Repellent Fabric

March 13, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

Prof. Zakari Ladan of the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Kaduna State University (KASU), and other co-researchers have developed a mosquito-repellent fabric. The KASU Public Relations Officer, Adamu Bargo, who made this known via a statement issued on Sunday, said the development was part of efforts aimed at ending the malaria scourge. Bargo said the product was the outcome of a more than N27 million Research Grant under the 2020 National Research Fund (NRF) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). “This is the first NRF/TETFund grant won by…

Naira Notes: Govs Give Malami, Emefiele Tuesday Ultimatum To Obey S’Court Order

March 13, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

State governments, which sued the Federal Government (FG) on the naira redesign policy, have given the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, till Tuesday to comply with the Supreme Court order extending the validity of the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes to December 31, 2023. The state governments threatened to file contempt charges against Malami and Emefiele on Tuesday if they fail to obey the Supreme Court order. READ ALSO: Death Toll…

Death Toll Rises To 17 In Southern Kaduna Attack

March 13, 2023 Abibat Babalola

The death toll from last night’s attack on Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 17. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the attack counted 14 corpses recovered this morning, aside from the one person killed yesterday and the two people that died in the hospital. The PUNCH gathered from the military on the ground that aside from the pockets of complaints of cow poisoning and destruction of farm produce by the locals and Fulani, which they have been resolving, the recent attack…

How Earthquakes Killed 48,000, Injured 115,000 In Turkey – Erdogan

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Ganiyu Amodu

Turkish President Recep Erdogan, on Sunday, said the number of people killed by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey’s SouthEast has reached 48,000, with over 115,000 people injured “The death toll has reached 48,000 and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Erdogan said in a televised address to the nation from the Samandag district of Hatay province. READ ALSO: In The Absence Of Mr. Right, By Funke Egbemode Mohamed Salah’s House In Egypt Burgled As Thieves Make Off With Satellite Receivers PHOTOS: Corps Member Who Died In Lagos Train Accident…