Akwash Psychological service centre at NSUK panacea to illicit drug use – Prof Akwash Professor Francis Akwash is the head of department (HOD) of Psychology at Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK). In this interview with Dominic Akpensuen, he explains the desire of staff and students to build a world-class psychological service centre that will address […]
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JAMB registrar: The duty and the moral
Oloyede JAMB registrar: The duty and the moral By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Background The joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in January invited some of its accredited agents in the 2020 Universities Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration process to its headquarters in Abuja to discuss some salient issues. UJI Abdullahi Iliyasu reports that when the JAMB […]
TETFund’s N359bn unaccounted for in Jonathan’s govt ― Bogoro
Bogoro TETFund’s N359bn unaccounted for in Jonathan’s govt ― Bogoro By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro has revealed that the sum of N359 billion was withdrawn in 2013 from the account of the Fund without due process. He spoke while responding to questions […]
Anthony Joshua labels Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury ‘gladiators’
Anthony Joshua labels Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury ‘gladiators’ Anthony Joshua hails duo of Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury after their heavyweight bout over the weekend – The Gypsy King clinched the WBC title after knocking the American boxer out in the seventh round with the former champion bleeding through his ears. Fury will now […]
Why Wilder lost to Fury
Why Wilder lost to Fury Deontay Wilder disclosed that his embarrassing first career defeat to Tyson Fury in a world heavy weight fight was because of his heavy and weighty costume. The former WBC champ was stripped of his belt via a seventh-round TKO. Wilder said the costume, which was made to celebrate Black History […]
Coronavirus ‘rapidly becoming’ disease X we have long feared, says WHO official
Coronavirus ‘rapidly becoming’ disease X we have long feared, says WHO official Coronavirus is “rapidly becoming” the world’s first true pandemic challenge, fitting the category of “disease X”, an advisor for the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. Covid-19 has killed nearly 2,600 people in mainland China, where the virus emerged last year, and infected […]
El-Zakzaky gets April 23 for trial
El-Zakzaky gets April 23 for trial The Kaduna State High Court Monday fixed April 23 and 24 for trial of the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also called the Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat. The court, presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada, was earlier informed by one of the […]
Hosni Mubarak (1928 –2020)
Mubarak Hosni Mubarak (1928 –2020) (Bloomberg) — Hosni Mubarak, who became Egypt’s longest-serving ruler in more than 150 years before being forced from office by a popular uprising, has died aged 91. His death was announced Tuesday by state TV. No cause was mentioned, although his family recently said he’d been hospitalised. Dubbed the “pharaoh” […]
Woman born in 1890 passed on in 2020
Woman born in 1890 passed on in 2020 An aged grandmother has passed on in Cross River state, Nigeria. According to reports, the woman identified as Mama Paulina Oma Ekum was 130-year-old. She was born in 1890 and was laid to rest on Saturday, February 22. Mama Paulina Oma Ekum lived a long and […]