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JAMB To Reconfirm Biometrics Of All UTME Candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has resolved to reconfirm biometrics of all candidates that sat for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board made…
NBC Suspends Production Of Eva Water Following NAFDAC Order
The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) has suspended the production of Eva water and has recalled two batches of the 75cl produced from May 22 to 23, at…
NAFDAC Intercepts 21 Containers Of Rotten Frozen Fish In Lagos Port
National Agency for Food and Drugs Adminstration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted 21 containers of spoilt frozen fish at Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The Director General…
Newborn Nigerian baby dies during home circumcision in Italy
A newly-born baby from a family of Nigerian migrants in Italy has died following a botched home circumcision, the second such incident in little over a week,…
Nigeria Ranked Six Most Miserable Country of World
A report by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States, has listed Nigeria, Venezuela, Iran, Brazil and others among the first 10 miserable…
FG, ASUU Resume Re-Negotiation On 2009 Agreement
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have begun fresh re-negotiations on the 2009 agreement. Briefing the journalists after a meeting that…
Its Time: Lets End TB In Nigeria …we Need Your Help to Find and Treat TB cases
By Ngozi Onyeakusi .... As Nigeria joins the world to celebrate this year’s World TB Day on Sunday March 24, 2019, Development Communication calls on all Nigerians…
Faces at African Business Coalition for Health
Faces at African Business Coalition for HealthL-R: Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); His Excellency, Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti; His Excellency,…
Economic Cost of Violence against Nigerian Children Records $6.1bn
The economic impact of violence against children in Nigeria is estimated at $ billion, equivalent to about per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP),…
No Going Back On UTME Biometrics – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that it will never reverse its decision on the use of biometrics in the conduct of its…