July 10, 2023

The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for the fastest-growing consumer app.While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing…

July 6, 2023

The National Examinations Council, NECO,on Thursday, launched a result verification and confirmation portal, otherwise known as NECO e-Verify.The NECO e-Verify is an online result verification solution that guarantees instant authentication of academic and basic information about prospective candidates for admission and employment into academic institutions and workSpeaking at the launch of the portal in Abuja,NECO…

July 6, 2023

State governments have directed residents living around flood plains and erosion spots to vacate these danger zones before it is too late.The advisory is coming against the backdrop of the heavy rainfall predicted for July in some states even as the Federal Government also sounded a warning to the citizens living near natural waterways, flood…

July 4, 2023

The naira on Monday appreciated against the dollar, exchanging at N741.50 at the investors and exporters window.An exchange rate of N792 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N741.50.The naira sold for as low as N696.37 to the dollar within the day’s trading.On Monday, $88.68 million…

July 4, 2023

The Federal Fire Service says rescue operations at the site of the collapsed four-storey building at Dape in Life Camp, Abuja, will resume on Tuesday at 8. a.m.Mr. Emeribe David, a Superintendent of Fire, told the News Agency of Nigeria at the scene of the disaster, that all the agencies involved agreed to resume the…

July 3, 2023

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it will prosecute one Ejikeme Mmesoma for allegedly inflating her score from 249 to 362 in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, thus parading herself as the 2023 UTME top scorer.The examination body said it also uncovered one Atung Gerald from Kaduna State, who never sat the…

June 30, 2023

The first Neurosurgery Professor in Bauchi State, Abdu Ibrahim, is dead.He was said to have died on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, after a protracted illness.Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who is currently on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, commiserated with the family, friends and associates of the late professor.He also…