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Apr

16

2023

Meet Emmanuel Njoku, 21-year old drop out and founder of Lazerpay

Business, Economy, Education, LifestyleEconomy, Education, Lifestyle, Metro

One of the hottest topics among netizens in recent weeks is the shutdown of Lazerpay, a web3 and crypto payment company, that was transforming crypto payment experiences for individuals and businesses across the world. The CEO and co-founder of Lazerpay is Emmanuel Njoku, an audacious young man, who dropped out of school at age 19 to fund the startup. Emmanuel Njoku was born and raised in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria. He would recount that his family was pretty competitive and so, he always put extra effort into his studies. Born to an engineer father and a school teacher mother,…

Apr

09

2023

By Kalu Odinakachi

JAMB fixes new date for 2023 UTME

Education, NewsEducation, JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a new date for the commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. The board disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday. Benjamin said the UTME which was earlier scheduled to commence on April 29, would now start on April 25, 2023. He also said the board would hold its rescheduled mock-UTME on April 18, 2023. ”JAMB had earlier conducted its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday, March 30, in 725 centres across the country. ”However, the exercise ran into…

Mar

24

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Have you read the Electoral Act 2022?

Education, News, PoliticsElectoral Amendment Bill, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Politics

After the February 2023 Presidential Election, many theories concerning the procedure of transmission of the elections arose. There were insinuations and conspiracy theories therefrom. Two of the theories deserve our interest. The first theory was that by Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who challenged the conduct of the elections at the National Collation Centre, the International Conference Centre, and the ICC in Abuja. Citing Section 50(2) of the Electoral Act 2022. According to Senator Melaye, that section of the Act says that voting at an election and the transmission of results shall be in accordance with…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

DJ Cuppy bags third degree, graduates from Oxford [PHOTOS]

Education, Entertainment, LifestyleDJ Cuppy, Education, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Nigeria, Personality

A famous Nigerian disc jockey, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, known as DJ Cuppy, has bagged a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford, England, in the United Kingdom. The disc jockey disclosed this while sharing pictures she took with her parents, Femi and Nana Otedola; including her fiancé, Ryan Taylor, at the graduation ceremony. In the post on her Instagram account on Thursday morning, Cuppy wrote, “I’m a Third Degree HOTTER! Oxford University MSc done!!! #CuppyOnAMission” The disc jockey had, in December 2022, flaunted her diamond engagement ring on her social media handles. The daughter of billionaire businessman, Otedola is engaged…

Mar

13

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Another 25 Nigerian nurses face forgery charges in the US

Education, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAmerica, Education, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, Nurses

Following high-end investigations, the Texas Board of Nursing, United States, has announced that it has charged no fewer than 75 nurses to court over issues bordering on falsification of certificates. On the list posted on the website of the board, 43 of the names were identified as nurses of Nigerian origin. The PUNCH had in February reported that 18 Nigerian nurses in the US were charged with certificate forgery. The US authorities had said that list would be updated continuously as the board received additional information about “the fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme.” Checks by our correspondent revealed that the list had grown…