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Mother arrested after car stolen with daughter while at ATM

A mother in New Jersey has been charged with endangering the welfare of her child after leaving the girl alone in a car that ended up getting stolen. According to WABC news, the police say 28-year-old...

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NCE teachers didn’t pass our assessment –Educationist

Folashade Adebayo The co-founder, Bridge International Academies, Dr. Shannon May, has said that many Nigerian Certificate of Education holders failed the institution’s teaching assessment tests. This...

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Council boss presents free UTME forms to youths

Folashade Adebayo The Executive Secretary, Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area, Mr. Rasaq Ajala, has urged well-meaning Nigerians to assist less-privileged pupils in their respective...

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Katsina pupils protest non-payment of NECO/WASSCE fees

Shola James, Katsina Hundreds of pupils in Katsina State, on Thursday, protested against the plan by the state government to scrap the payment of the West African Examinations Council and National...

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Shining lights from public schools

Public school pupils are giving their counterparts in private schools a run for their money, FOLASHADE ADEBAYO writes He is a Senior Secondary School 2 pupil, but Joseph Samuel of the Abibat Mogaji...

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‘Teacher quality, most important factor in learning’

In this interview with Folashade Adebayo, the President, Performance Fact Nigeria Limited, Mr. Mutiu Fagbayi, speaks on how to improve learning outcomes in schools The Federal Government says it will...

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Nigeria lacks monetary policy strategy —Rewane

’Femi Asu The Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, on Thursday said the monetary policy strategy needed to reinforce and complement fiscal policy at a time when oil...

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Expand e-Dividend campaign across Nigeria, shareholders tell SEC

Stanley Opara Shareholders in the country’s capital market have stressed the need for the Securities and Exchange Commission to take its electronic dividend campaign to the six geopolitical zones of...

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AfDB invests $12.5m in women-owned SMEs

Sola Abe The Africa Development Bank said it had approved the sum of $12.5m equity investment in Alitheia Identity Fund to invest in Small and Medium Enterprises being driven by women. AIF is a private...

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NSE capitalisation drops by N297bn

Stanley Opara Trading on Thursday on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange ended on a negative note with losses in the shares of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited, Oando Plc, Guaranty...

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Nigeria, Ghana listed as football cheats

Pius Ayinor A report by the Switzerland-based Football Observatory has traced the usual under performance by many African senior teams to massive cheatings carried out at their youth levels. The CIES...

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Eight Nigerian athletes fail drug test

Pius Ayinor Eight Nigerian athletes have tested positive to banned drugs. The affected athletes whose names were released in Abuja on Thursday are Deborah Odeyemi, Chinazom Amadi, Samson Idiata...

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Pinnick seeks support for Okowa

The immediate past executive chairman of Delta State Sports Commission and President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has hailed his replacement, Chief Tony Okowa, as the right man...

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Creativity and the power to teach, orient and inspire

As a high school student in Ibadan during the civil war years, travelling theatre, from those led by Hubert Ogunde and Moses Olaiya, came calling on campus. They made us laugh and they made us learn....

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Obama has just said he’ll be a ‘bull’

President Barack Obama will vacate the White House in about 12 months. Some people have therefore queued up, helping him to count days. His former Secretary of State, Mrs Hillary Clinton, is one. The...

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Two groups protest against, for Buhari in Lagos

Sesan Olufowobi Some protesters, under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society Groups, on Thursday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest against alleged refusal of President Muhammadu...

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Police rescue Ondo ex-speaker

Adelani Adepegba The police have rescued the ex-speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Victor Olabintan, from his abductors. Three suspected kidnappers were also arrested in connection with the...

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Fire guts Christ Embassy, Alaba market

Samson Folarin A section of the Christ Embassy Church on Oregun Road, Ikeja, Lagos, was gutted by fire on Wednesday, destroying some property of the church. This is just as goods estimated at millions...

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Ogun warns against selling govt land

Samson Folarin The Ogun State Government has warned community leaders residing within the government forest reserve areas to stop allocating government land to farmers, individuals or corporate bodies....

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Celine Dion’s husband dies of cancer at 73

Celine Dion’s husband and manager, Rene Angelil, has died at his suburban Las Vegas home, authorities said Thursday. He was 73 and had battled throat cancer. Angelil died in Henderson under the care of...

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