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Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:00:53 +0000
UTME 2021: JAMB delists 25 CBT centres
By Kofoworola Belo-Osagie The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted 25 Computer Based Testing (CBT) Centres that failed to conduct examinations on Saturday – the first day of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examin...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:58:30 +0000
‘My neighbours denied me access to my home for 15 years’
By Robert Egbe A businessman, Martins Egbunine, has accused his neighbours of blocking him from driving into his premises in Lagos for over 15 years. Egbunine, of 45, Nureni Agbolagbade Avenue, (now No 45, Alhaji Kareem Paku,) off Alhaji Ede Bus-Stop...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:50:26 +0000
These disabled athletes break barriers to conquer
Though unsung for raising the stakes in track and field competitions, the exploits of these athletes with disabilities speak volumes nonetheless, writes Gbenga Ogundare. Can you imagine the audacity of a blind sprinter? The tenacity of a one-legged j...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:40:50 +0000
How Niger women farmers help each other when banks fail them
As smallholder women farmers in Niger State face difficulties in accessing loans from banks and approved agricultural institutions, they have learnt to lean on each other for financial assistance. Justina Asishana reports on the creative ways the wom...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 07:44:53 +0000
KAMARU USMAN: Why I chose ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ as nickname
Returning to feel Nigeria’s energy is motivating Twenty-six years after leaving fatherland Nigeria for the United States of America (USA) the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title champion Kamaru Usman is returning home to a h...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 07:43:14 +0000
KAYODE OLARENWAJU: If not for football, I’ll be in Ibadan selling fufu
Turkish Super Lig Sivasspor goal poacher Kayode Olarenwaju considered the just ended season as one of his best in recent times after finishing with a total of 11 goals and helping his team secure a Europa League ticket. The Nigerian international lit...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 07:02:39 +0000
World Blood Donor Day: firm partners LUTH, donates blood
By Justice Ilevbare To commemorate this year’s World Blood Donor Day, staff of Advans Nigeria, led by their MD/CEO, Mr. Gaetan Debuchy participated in a Blood Donation Drive at their Head Office Annex in Lagos. The World Blood Donor Day is an i...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 06:51:58 +0000
BOMA OBUROH: How Oprah inspires my health events
BomaTonye Oburoh is a clinical pharmacist with special interest in diabetes and hypertension. In this interview with Yetunde Oladeinde she talks about how inadequate management led to her mother’s death, how this inspired and fired her passion,...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 06:43:33 +0000
UCHE ELENDU: Why some people can’t deal with fame
Uche Elendu is one of the consistent faces in Nollywood. Happily she goes down memory lane to talk about her driving force, how it started from school, life as a model, entrepreneur and moving into the digital space because of COVID-19 in this interv...

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 06:32:14 +0000
Buhari supporters don’t get it
By Idowu Akinlotan ARISE Television anchor and This Day newspaper columnist, Reuben Abati, should have let bad enough alone when, in his column last week, he needlessly sought to defend the interview President Muhammadu Buhari gave the news channel t...



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