Education

Nigerian CEO Rewards JAMB Top Scorer Kamsiyochukwu Umeh With N2.5 Million

Erisco Foods Limited’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Eric Umeofia, has made an exciting announcement, offering a generous cash prize of N2.5 million to Kamsiyochukwu Umeh in recognition of her exceptional score of 360 in JAMB UTME 2023, Newspremises reports. Kamsiyochukwu, a student at Deeper Life High School, attained a remarkable score of 360, with impressive individual subject scores of…
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Brands & PeopleEducation

Indomie to honour the heroic children

Dufil Prima Foods Limited, makers of Indomie instant noodles, has called the call for entries for its flagship CSR initiative, Indomie Heroes Awards. A statement by the brand said the initiative, which kicked off in 2008, sought to identify and recognise the exceptional…
Education

NAPPS celebrates best UTME student in Ogun State

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Mowe Unit, Ogun State on Wednesday celebrated the top scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Kamisiochukwu Umeh of Deeper Life High School, Mowe. Umeh scored 360 in the 2023 UTME. Unit…
Fintech

Threads: Tinubu, 30 million others join, Zuckerberg projects billion

The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, and former vice president, Yemi Osinbajo have joined 30 million others on Meta’s (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) new platform, Threads. This is as Meta’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, noted that the company is setting its sight on one billion users soon. Threads, which launched on Thursday in over 100 countries now has 30 million…
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BlockchainEnergy

Shell appoints a new managing director for the gas arm

Shell has announced the appointment of Ralph Gbobo as the Managing Director of its gas distribution company, Shell Nigeria Gas Limited, with effect from July 1, 2023. Ralph succeeds Ed Ubong who has taken up a new position within the Shell group. Until this appointment, Ralph was the Manager, Commercial and Non-Operated Venture of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Shell…
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Market

Investors grab N441bn as the stock market rebounds

Nigeria’s equity market posted a strong rebound on Wednesday as investors gained N441bn at the close of the day’s trading session. The All-Share Index went up 1.33 per cent to 61,523.57 points by close of trading, a significant improvement to the previous day’s record…
Education

After having Said And Done, I Realized I Got 249 - Mmesoma Ejikeme 

The embattled Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, has admitted scoring 249. Mmesoma was reacting to claims that the feedback from JAMB showed she scored 249. The 19-year-old had claimed to have earned JAMB’s highest score after her UTME result slip showed 362. But, JAMB had faulted the result, stressing…
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