Over 66,000 dependants accompanied Nigerian UK students in one year – Report
Data from the Home Office of the United Kingdom on Thursday revealed that 66,796 dependant visas were issued to families of Nigerian students who obtained study visas from March 2022 to March 2023. This is a 146.1 per cent increase from the 27,137 dependants who migrated to the UK from March 2021 to March 2022. […]
Be good ambassadors, Obasanjo tells US-based Nigerians
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed worry that Nigerians relate as friends while outside the country but act like enemies when in the country. He noted that Nigerians in the diaspora are making the country proud in their different areas of endeavour. The former president spoke at an evening reception held in New Brunswick, New […]
Traditionalists want May 29 swearing-in done with native deity
Traditional religion adherents, on Thursday, called for the adoption of Ogun, the god of iron, to swear in all elective and appointed office holders in Nigeria rather than Bible and Qur’an in order to curb the misappropriation of public funds. They made this call during a press conference held at Osemeji Temple in Ibadan, Oyo […]
Lagos takes ‘Read Aloud’ to pry schools
The Lagos State Government, on Thursday, took its “Read Aloud Lagos” campaign to the Lagos State Model Nursery/Primary School, Ikeja. “Read Aloud Lagos,” an initiative of the Office of Education Quality Assurance, is one of the state government’s efforts to inculcate the habit of reading into students and children. The Thursday campaign was part of […]
How to fix your laptop
Laptop users may have experienced a glitch using the device at one time or the other. Surprisingly, when it is taken to the repairer, it is often a simple issue that could have been resolved at home in just one or two steps. It is quite stressful having to visit the repairer’s shop anytime your […]
PMI dismisses AI threat to jobs
A leading management consultant in Africa, Project Management Institute has assuaged the swirling anxiety among young people in the continent as a result of the invention and usage of Artificial Intelligent (AI) otherwise known as CHATGPT by organisations. This was contained in a statement signed by Joanna Baidu, Youth Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa, Project Management Institute […]
Buhari years: Education, health take severe bashing
TO gauge the impact (or lack of it) of the departing regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on the health and education sectors, consider the exodus of Nigerian doctors and nurses for better prospects abroad, the endless strikes, and shortage of medical specialists and dons. Resident doctors have just suspended a five-day […]
Ghana speaker, Bagbin succeeds Gbajabiamila as head of CoSAP
The Speaker of Ghana parliament, Alban Bagbin has succeeded Nigeria’s House of Representative speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila as the new head of the Conference of Speakers and Heads of African Parliaments. Gbajabiamila disclosed in Abuja that the task shouldered by lawmakers in Africa remained a duty to seek problem-solving partnerships and adoption of continuous best practices […]
FGN savings bond hits N5bn in five months – NGX
Nigerian Exchange Limited has revealed that the total allotments for FGN Savings Bonds have risen to N5.06bn within the first five months of 2023. The Divisional Head, Capital Markets at NGX, Jude Chiemeka, made this known during the NGX Savings Bond webinar 2023 organised in collaboration with the fintech platform, Optimus by Afrinvest, supported by […]
‘Governments’ compliance with best practices will drive growth’
Some stakeholders in the compliance industry in Nigeria have urged the incoming administration of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, to comply with governance best practices to drive development. This was revealed at the May edition of the Association of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria’s stakeholders meeting which was hosted by a compliance consulting firm, […]