Новости за 18.07.2024

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday unveiled the list of 2024 top scorers of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The list was unveiled by the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede during the ongoing policy meeting of the Board in Abuja on Thursday. They are; 1.⁠ ⁠Olowu David – 367- Ondo state 2.⁠

Three candidates scored 367 during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and by that emerged as the highest scorers for the examination. This was revealed at the ongoing 2024 policy meeting by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday in Abuja. They are Olowu Joseph from Ondo State, Alayande David from Oyo State, and

A passenger train derailed Thursday in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh and medics were dispatched to the site, a local medical officer said, with footage of the accident showing several overturned carriages. The Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed in Gonda district, near the Hindu holy city of Ayodhya, at around 2:30 pm (0900 GMT), Indian media

In Nigeria and some other parts of the world – commercial road users, drivers, and, notably, celebrities and influential figures, have increasingly been found guilty of various traffic violations. PUNCH Online, following a check on the Federal Road Safety Corps website on Thursday, highlighted several significant road offences and their penalties. According to the FRSC,

Stakeholders at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions Matriculation Board’s policy meeting on Education holding in Abuja, have protested the new minimum admission age pegged at 18 years. Immediately after the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman,  made the announcement, the stakeholders who turned out their members from across tertiary institutions in the country, voiced a

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said on Thursday a new curriculum would be introduced for secondary schools nationwide by September 2024. Tahir made this known at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board policy meeting in Abuja. “We are working hard to ensure that a new curriculum is introduced for secondary schools

The athletes’ village for the Paris Olympics and Paralympics officially opened and welcomed its first inhabitants on Thursday. The village to the north of Paris will house nearly 14,500 people, including 9,000 athletes, at its peak. Eight days before the opening ceremony, the first team members to arrive were from Australia and Brazil. “We are

The Lagos State Government has issued an urgent call to action to address the rising threat of flooding, calling for robust flood defenses and a collective commitment to sustainable environmental practices, warning that the state is at a crossroads and faces a growing threat from rising sea levels and flooding. In a statement released on

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has expressed shock over a fire incident that killed the daughter, older sister and a close relative of the Commissioner for Higher Education, Yusuf Kofar-Mata. The governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, in a press statement released on Thursday, said the governor described the incident as “devastating”. “We received

French security forces began locking down large parts of central Paris on Thursday ahead of the hugely complex Olympics opening ceremony next week on the river Seine. The opening parade along six kilometres (four miles) of the river led to the closure of riverside central districts to most vehicles from 5:00 am (0300 GMT) on

An apartment building blaze early Thursday killed seven people in the southern French city of Nice and police were investigating the fire as a possible arson, authorities said. The dead include three children – 5, 7 and 10 years old – and a 17-year-old teenager who tried to escape by jumping from a window, they

The Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Ogun State, Mrs Olayinka Nasamu, on Wednesday, said that the agency knows nothing over a hit-and-run driver who crushed to death a student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, Aiyepe Annexe, Pelumi David Idowu, in front of NYSC Orientation Camp along Sagamu-Ikenne road last week Monday The fleeing

The Kano State Government has approved the release of N29bn to commence and complete various capital projects in different parts of the state. The approvals were given at the state Executive Council Meeting presided over by Governor Abba Yusuf in Kano. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director-General, Media and Publicity, Sanusi

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Thursday announced a ban on admissions for candidates under the age of 18 into tertiary institutions in the country. Mamman announced during the 2024 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. “JAMB is hereby notified that there is now a ban on underaged students, those

The Police in Lagos State have begun an investigation into the death of a 19-year-old boy allegedly beaten to death by his father. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Thursday. The spokesperson said that the Alagbado Police Division received a report of the alleged crime on Tuesday. He

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two suspected hoodlums over the death of a vigilante member in the Epe area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the Epe Police Division got a report on Monday

A bereaved mother identified as Blessing Onovo recalls the fond memories of her late 15-year-old son, Chidera, who died after his school building collapsed last Friday, July 12, 2024, in Jos, Plateau State. Chidera attended Saint Academy located in the Busa Buji community, Jos North Local Government Area of the state, with his younger sister,

Italy’s competition watchdog said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into Google and its parent company Alphabet over suspected “unfair commercial practices” linked to user data consent requests sent to consumers. “The request for consent that Google submits to its users to the linking of the services offered may constitute a misleading and aggressive

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has named the 12.5 kilometres Kemta-Idi Aba-Somorin road in Abeokuta, after the Noble Laureate, Wole Soyinka. Abiodun disclosed this at a reception organised by the state government to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Noble Laureate, in Abeokuta, on Wednesday. He said the naming of the road after the

The Management of Dangote Industries Limited has insisted that the international oil companies are still frustrating crude supply to its 650,000-capacity refinery. The management said this even as it commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission for its various interventions in the oil company’s crude supply requests from IOCs, and for publishing the Domestic Crude

PiggyVest, Africa’s leading online savings and investing platform, has been recognised as one of the top 250 fintech companies globally for 2024. The World’s Top 250 Fintech Companies 2024 report by CNBC, in collaboration with market research firm Statista, features companies whose products are shaping the future of finance across various market categories. PiggyVest was

The Ondo State Government, in collaboration Joint Tax Board, on Wednesday, began training for some staff of revenue service departments of the six states of the South West on tax audit, investigation, compliance and enforcement. The training was held in Akure, the state capital, and would take place for three days. Declaring the training open,

Hundreds of Disneyland Resort employees protested outside the world-famous California theme parks Wednesday, calling for better wages and denouncing alleged anti-union practices by the company ahead of a looming strike vote. Featuring workers in costumes from the parks’ “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” themed rides, among others, the rally was organized by unions representing some

In the middle of the busy afternoon of Monday, May 13, 2024, mail dropped in my box from an unfamiliar contact by the name Ramatu Ibrahim. Ordinarily, I should skip it to check later but I did open it. It read: Dear Oladimeji, Read a story you published in your paper on the 12th (of)

Over 600,000 Nigerians filed for asylum in other countries between 2016 and 2023, which were years under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was President from 2015 to 2023 and handed over to President Bola Tinubu who was sworn in on May 29, 2023, after winning in the general elections the same year.