The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday warned the public not to fall prey to fraudsters and rumour mongers. The board who gave the advice a weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar , said that it has yet to begin the sale of the 2021 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) Read More…
Day: 5 January 2021
OPEC+ resumes talks after February split on oil output
OPEC+ resumes debate on Tuesday after talks stumbled over February policy, as Russia led calls for higher output while others suggested holding or even cutting production due to new lockdowns. Debate resumes at 1430 GMT after the group, which combines OPEC and other producers including Russia, failed to find a compromise on Monday. OPEC+ sources Read More…
NSE resumes 2021 with N459bn growth, index crosses 41,000 mark
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed trading in 2021 on a bullish trend with the All-Share Index surpassing the 41,000 mark, as investors continued to position ahead of full year results and dividiend declaration. Specifically, the All-Share Index inched higher by 876.67 points or 2.18 per cent to close at 41,147.39 from 40,270.72 achieved on Read More…
Rowan Atkinson retires Mr Bean as he doesn’t like playing him
Rowan Atkinson has said he will not appear as Mr Bean again because he doesn’t like playing the comic character. The 65-year-old actor will continue to voice the hit role as a cartoon – with a new animated movie in the pipeline – but confessed he found playing Mr Bean in person very stressful. Atkinson Read More…
Netflix Is Kicking Off The New Year With A Documentary About Death
Judging by the insane popularity of true crime series and teen murder shows, it’s pretty clear that we’re all kind of obsessed with death (especially the mysterious kind). So why not explore what comes after it? Netflix’s upcoming docuseries, Surviving Death, explores just that: The fundamental questions that humans have always held about the meaning Read More…
From goalfeast to famine: Manchester sides smell blood as Liverpool blow Premier League points advantage
Poor performances were evident all over the pitch as the Reds surrendered their cushion at the top of the English top flight If 2019 and 2020 were Liverpool’s, then 2021 has started with a warning. Improvement is needed, and fast, if the Reds are to be celebrating again come May. Here they are at the Read More…
Hoffenheim’s Akpoguma set for spell on sidelines after muscle injury
The Nigerian international will be out of action for a couple of weeks following the injury he suffered against the Breisgau Brazilians Hoffenheim have confirmed Kevin Akpoguma will spend time on the sidelines after suffering a muscle injury against Freiburg. The 25-year-old only featured for 17 minutes in their 3-1 victory over the Breisgau Brazilians Read More…
It’s a surge as Lagos records highest single day COVID-19 incidence of 654
…records over 20 deaths in one week Lagos has recorded yet its highest single day incidence of COVID-19 infections of 654. According to the latest report from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on the same day, there were 1204 new confirmed cases across Nigeria while seven deaths were recorded. Warning earlier about the Read More…