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WAEC assures candidates’ safety as 2023 WASSCE begins

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has put adequate measures in place for the safe conduct of its 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. The Council’s Head of National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the assurance during interaction with newsmen, on Thursday, in Lagos. Areghan said the examination […]

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Agriculture Education Foreign News

AfDB plans $25b world’s largest solar zone

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has started a $25 billion solar power project to provide electricity to no fewer than 250 million people. President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, announced this in an address delivered to the Class of 2023 at Calvin University, Michigan, USA. Adesina titled the address “Be God’s Instrument of […]

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Education Tertiary Education

JAMB creates centres for PWDs

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has created 11 centres for Persons With Disability (PWDs) for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). Prof. Sunday Ododo, Chairman, JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) for the Abuja Centre, announced this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Ododo commended the leadership of JAMB headed […]

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National NGO's

Southwest Youth Parliament honours NYSC Director

The South West Youth Parliament (SWYP) has conferred an award of ‘Excellent Leadership’ to Mr Omotade Ayodele Folorunsho, the Director, Corps Welfare and Health Services of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The SWYP is the apex body governing the youth of South West region in Nigeria. The award presentation took place at the NYSC National […]

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General NGO's

IWS reiterates commitment to empowering women

The International Women’s Society (IWS) has pledged to continue empowering the disadvantaged in the country, particularly women and children. The President of IWS, Mrs Izabella Abia-Okon, said this during the association’s April meeting and cultural exchange programme, on Tuesday in Lagos. IWS held the meeting in collaboration with the Nigerian-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce. Abia-Okon recalled […]

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Education Science & Technology Tertiary Education

FUTA Don wins International Society of Neurochemistry grant

From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure …..To train 27 young Africans in Akure The International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) has approved a grant award for Dr Stephen Adeniyi Adefegha, an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA, to host 27 young aspiring neuroscientists.   This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations […]

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Education Tertiary Education

Al-Hikmah Varsity gets NUC accreditation in 9 programmes

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given full accreditation to nine academic programmes of the Al-Hikman University, Ilorin, Kwara State. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Noah Yusuf, announced this at a news conference on Friday in Ilorin. Yusuf said the university had in 2020, secured accreditation for 22 of its academic programmes and 11 others in 2021. […]

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Education General Tertiary Education

NYSC: 2 die, 3 to repeat service year in Sokoto

Two National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have died, while three others will repeat their service year for allegedly absconding from duty in Sokoto state. The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Alhaji Usman Yakubu-Yaro, announced this at the presentation of certificates to 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream II Corps members in Sokoto on Friday. Yakubu-Yaro said that […]

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Education Health

NAFDAC, Ondo Varsity collaborate on research, others

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Medical Science University (UniMed), Ondo State, are collaborating to boost research. NAFDAC resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, announced the collaboration in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement, received by The NewsZenith on Thursday, said the collaboration would formally commit […]

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Education Tertiary Education

JAMB suspends 2023 direct entry registration

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended, until further notice, the ongoing 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise, which started on Monday, Feb. 20. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB stated this in a statement in Abuja. The suspension, according to the statement, is to enable the deployment […]

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