Month: August 2023

NBTE Unveils Online Top-up Programmes For HND Holders

ADEOLA YUSUF

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has unveiled an online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma (HND) holders, and a portal to ease mobilisation for the NYSC programme. 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 said one of the portals was for HND holders who wish to acquire Bachelor’s Degree through online top-up for one year, with foreign accredited universities. READ ALSO: NCDMB Partners ACAN On Zero-Tolerance For Corruption In Workplace…

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NCDMB Partners ACAN On Zero-Tolerance For Corruption In Workplace

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Anti-Corruption Agency of Nigeria (ACAN) recently concluded a three-day sensitisation workshop on “Achieving Zero-tolerance for Corruption in the Workplace,” with staff educated on the types and potential consequences of corruption as well as appropriate safeguards. Declaring the workshop open on Day 1, the Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, commended ACAN and its parent body, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for extending the anti-corruption campaign to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). He said…

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Blood, Bruises On Lagos Roads; Soldiers Vs LASTMA Attacks’ Videos Go Viral

ADEOLA YUSUF

Why Gov Sanwo-Olu must act fast, Lagos residents react + VIRAL VIDEOS    Some residents of Iyana-Iba, LASU, and Ojo areas of Lagos have called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to intervene as videos where soldiers and LASTMA officers were attacking one another on Lagos streets and roads have gone viral. Platforms Africa reports that some LASTMA officers who work around the military barracks in these areas no longer wear uniforms to work. READ ALSO: The More You Hang Out With Your Mom, The Longer She’ll Live – Study Wear Pants,…

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Your Honeymoon Over, Probe Fuel Subsidy Thieves, Bakare Tells Tinubu

ADEOLA YUSUF

Tunde Bakare, the overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has asked President Bola Tinubu to go after organisations and individuals who plundered “trillions of naira” for petrol subsidy. On July 31, Tinubu, in a national broadcast, said trillions of naira meant for petrol subsidy have over the years been “funnelled into the deep pockets and lavish bank accounts of a select group of individuals”. In his Sunday sermon, Bakare urged the president to ensure that indicted private organisations and individuals are made to face the full wrath of justice for siphoning public…

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The More You Hang Out With Your Mom, The Longer She’ll Live – Study

ADEOLA YUSUF

You actually want to read details of findings by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and why loneliness is a dreaded “killer” of the aged . Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that loneliness plays a large role in the decline so often associated with old age. The study followed 1,600 adults, with an average age of 71-despite controlling for socioeconomic status and health, the lonely consistently held higher mortality rates. Nearly 23% of lonely participants died within six years of the study, as opposed…

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Death Toll In Hawaii Wildfire Hits 93

ADEOLA YUSUF

  + Full details of the deadliest US wildfire in 100 years   People in the Hawaiian resort town ravaged by a horrific inferno have expressed anger as the death toll from the wildfires rose to 93 on Saturday, making it officially the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years. Officials said the death toll might go up further as search teams continued sifting through the ruins of Lahaina town located on Maui island. The resort town of more than 12,000 people has been reduced to ruins, its lively…

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We’re Ready For Dialogue With ECOWAS – Niger Junta

ADEOLA YUSUF

The coupists have earlier threatened to kill ousted president Bazoum if ECOWAS Sends military to Niger   The leader of the Niger Junta, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, has agreed to explore diplomatic dialogue to resolve the political impasse in the country. Tchiani spoke on Saturday during a meeting with Nigeria’s intervention team comprising Islamic scholars led by the national chairman of Jamatul Izalatu Bida Waikamatu Sunnah, Bala Lau. READ ALSO: Anthony Joshua Defeats Hellenius, Secures First Knockout In Three Years We’ll Kill Bazoum If ECOWAS Sends Troops To Niger – Coup…

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Anthony Joshua Defeats Hellenius, Secures First Knockout In Three Years

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“He finds the measure of his right hand and he delivers one of the knockouts of the year on Robert Helenius”, Joshua promoter, Eddie Hearn boastfully gives details of how it happened    Anthony Joshua, the British boxer of Nigerian heritage, defeated Robert Helenius, his opponent, via knockout in their heavyweight boxing bout at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night. The former heavyweight champion won the fight after he handed his opponent from Finland a brutal punch in the seventh round. READ ALSO: Wear Pants, Bra Or Face…

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Wear Pants, Bra Or Face Suspension, Ilaro Poly SRC To Students

ADEOLA YUSUF

Polytechnic SRC heightens campaign against female students dressing without bra, pants on campus   The Student Representative Council,Federal Polytechnic Ilaro has reminded students to wear pants and bra on campus always. This was sighted in a media release by our correspondent from the office of the speaker. READ ALSO: Nigerian Poly Turns Back Female Students With No Pants, Bras Do Not Wear Pant, Bra for More than 24 hrs — Expert Warns Women I Broke My Leg From First Action On Jagun Jagun Set – Lateef Adedimeji UI Set To…

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Insurance: NCAA Demands Compliance With Civil Aviation Regulations

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has demanded compliance with Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. CARs) 2022 on insurance cover to be maintained by all allied aviation services providers. This directive contained in an All 0perator Letter referenced NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/369 dated 11th August, 2023 addressed to all airlines and allied aviation services providers and personally signed by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Captain Musa Nuhu. READ ALSO: I Broke My Leg From First Action On Jagun Jagun Set – Lateef Adedimeji UI Set To Increase Fees For Fresh, Returning…

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