Nigerians Are 'Over-educated', Says JAMB Registrar   The Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has criticized the emphasis Nigerians lay on university education at the expense of talent development and skills acquisition. Speaking in an interactive session with senior...

Buhari Reaffirms Commitment to Achieving Improved Power Supply     President Muhammad has said his administration will work tirelessly to provide consistent power supply to make life easy for Nigerians. He made the commitment in an interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) at the State House Abuja. The...

Nigerians In Diaspora Spent $2.94bn To Send $34.8bn – Report   Nigerians in Diaspora spent $2.94bn to send $34.8bn to Nigerian between 2020 and 2021, World Bank reports have revealed. The reports showed that cost of sending remittance costs into Nigeria hit at least N1.22tn ($2.94bn) in...

Inflation May Push 91m Nigerians Below Poverty Line – W/Bank The World Bank says the general increase in food prices which occurred between June 2020 and June 2021 may have increased the percentage of Nigerians living below the national poverty line from 40.1 per cent...

Over 30m Nigerians Refuse To Pay Tax ― DG Budget, Akabueze   Over 30 million Nigerians who are generating taxable incomes are not paying tax, compounding the effort of government to broaden its revenue, the Director-General of Budget Office (DG), Dr Ben Akabueze, has lamented. Speaking at...

World Diabetes Day: Lions Club To Screen 13,000 Nigerians Today   The Abuja Metropolitan Lions Club has reeled out plans to screen and test about 13000 Nigerians nationwide today. The decision forms part of activities to mark the 2021 World Diabetes Day commemorated every November 14 to...