Author: Esther Aye

On Tuesday, April 23, 61 blind candidates took the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG)-sponsored 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Enugu center. The candidates are part of the 577 others who sit for the exams nationwide. Candidates selected from nine states in the southeast and south-south areas which include Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Anambra and Rivers held their exams at the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus(UNEC). Those with blindness, autism, down syndrome, and other challenges partake in the exams depending on their condition, they used…

Eazipay is seeking to alleviate the burden of 150,000 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Finance and employees by providing resources such as Rent Covers, Extra Salaries, & more to help them emerge stronger through its extensive relief program. The project is targeted at providing businesses and employees in need real support and assistance through grants, funding assistance and other forms of financial reliefs so they can get through the current economic slowdown as well as meet their essential needs especially businesses that struggle to stay afloat and employees face job insecurities in these challenging times. The program launched in 2022 is…

Literary Nobel laureate, Prof. Akinwande Oluwole ‘Wole’ Babatunde Soyinka, will be honored on 2024 World Book and Copyright Day by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC). This was revealed by Dr. John Asein, Director General of NCC, in a statement honoring this year’s World Book and Copyright Day, which is observed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to focus on books, honor authors, encourage reading, support non-discriminatory access to knowledge, and increase awareness of copyright. The Commission is happy to honor Soyinka with this year’s World Book and Copyright Day, as his works will be shown as…

Through the Emergency Operations Center, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) is coordinating response operations at all levels by means of a multi-partner, multi-sectoral Incident Management System. The NCDC indicated that 5,669 suspected cases of Lassa fever were recorded, with 152 deaths reported, translating to 18.3% Case Fatality Rate (CFR). From January to April 14, 832 cases has been confirmed across 27 states and 126 local Government Areas. The centre announced this on its website. There is an increase in suspected cases compared to last year including infections among health workers. Lassa fever, caused by the Lassa…

The management of Airtel Networks Limited has been asked by the victims of the Abaranje, Ikotun, Lagos explosion to fly them to the best burn center in the United States or the United Kingdom. The fire and explosion at the company’s base transceiver station (BTS Lag 767) caused severe injuries to all of the victims including a pet dog, Bella at no. 15/19, located at Abiodun Ibidapo Street, Asalu bus-stop, Lagos State, Abaranje, Ikotun, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Feranmi Nureni Oluwatoba, Saheed Adeleke, Franklin Obade and Saheed Raji are the survivors while the fifth victim died at the Gbagada…

Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, in a statement, disclosed that some problems in Nigeria universities are caused by underage students who have little or no idea about what university education entails. He said this after monitoring the ongoing UTME. He stated “As we know, this examination is going on throughout the country. It is being monitored everywhere seamlessly, and from the report I have heard, the malpractice level is very low, just 100 out of 1.2 million. I believe that the use of technology has made that happen, so this is very good.” He stated that 18 years should…

In order to improve efficiency, the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has advised the Federal Government to merger the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) with the police. Speaking at the House of Representatives dialogue organized on State Policing in Abuja, he urged those calling for state police to work towards merging the NCDSC and the FRSC with the police. Egbetokun also said that Nigeria was not ripe enough for state police. He bemoaned the fact that the police are struggling with both shortage of man power and poor training. He…

Following the sale of poisonous cow meat, Kwara State government has directed a temporary shutdown of the abattoir at Mandate Market in Ilorin, Ilorin West Local Government Area. The Kwara Monitoring Group(KMG) has called on the attention of the Commissioners for Environment and Health and the Kwara Environmental Protection Agency for immediate action on over 30 cows poisoned had been slaughtered at a site known as Atere road near the College of Arabic and Islamic Studies (CAILS) area in Ilorin and given to butchers for sale to the public. The Government team arrived the said market to promptly seized all…

The company behind Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram, Meta, has expand its Al service outside the United States to scores of other countries. Those countries include Ghana, South Africa, Australia, Zambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Jamaica, Canada, Pakistan, New Zealand, Singapore, Uganda. The goal is to strengthen user relationships while providing fresh expressive, creative, and productivity capabilities inside these well-known applications, according to Meta. Meta AI, which is based on Meta Llama 3 technology, enables users to easily complete activities, learn new things, be creative, and establish connections than ever before, we developed certain special creativity tools, such as the capacity to…

The National Library of Nigeria has opened a special section, named Green Library, exclusively for children and young adults between the ages of 4 and 17 in the country. The Green Library, which resides on the ground floor of the National Library in Yaba, Lagos, is aimed at setting the standard and creating a friendly environment in Nigeria and throughout Africa. The design will be replicated at library branches across the country, adorned with natural elements such as wooden logs used for tables and chairs, decorated with flowers, and equipped with lots of books and other reading materials. The deputy…