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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has reviewed guidelines for its examination officials. According to the bulletin published on Monday by the examination board, the training, which was held virtually on Saturday, 4th March 2023, said there was the need for all examination officials to comport themselves professionally at all times, particularly when addressing cases of malpractice without necessarily causing a commotion in the hall. “Furthermore,… Read the full article here

TLG Capital has announced a partnership with OnePipe to launch a credit scheme for the informal sector in Nigeria. According to the firms, TLG would provide OnePipe with up to N2.25bn in collateralised credit facility for the firm to provide inventory finance to small shops in the country. They added that the investment would boost financial service provision to the informal sector. In a statement, the Chief Executive Officer of OnePipe, Ope Adeoye, said, “TLG’s… Read the full article here

IKENNA OBIANERI writes on the allegations of extra-judicial killings levelled against some officers of the Nigeria Police in Anambra State and also the outcries of human rights groups, residents, victims and their relatives, who are demanding  fairness, and justice in the investigations ANAMBRA State has bled in the hands of daredevil hoodlums who have been unleashing all manner of mayhem on public facilities.  In the past three weeks, a series of attacks carried… Read the full article here

Carlos Alcaraz is only 19, but has already set his sights on being one of tennis’ best-ever players.Alcaraz suffered with an injury at the start of the year following his Flushing Meadows win, but he says that he has drawn inspiration from the successes enjoyed by Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic after their own absences from the tour.The 19-year-old is targeting further Masters 1000 and Grand Slam successes in 2023 to follow his Indian Wells crown, and he regards it as an honour to be a… Read the full article here

It only took six years, one life-saving operation, and hundreds of thousands in personal loans, but this handmade, gravity-defying record player from mom-and-pop shop Miniot is finally available to buy.Backers of the original 2017 Kickstarter have been on a wild ride, and most still haven’t received their minimalistic upright turntables. Yet here we are in 2023 with a refined second-generation Wheel that usurps the discontinued original while still hiding all the sound-generating hardware… Read the full article here

UK inflation unexpectedly accelerated in February, adding to pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates again at its meeting on Thursday.The annual rate of consumer price inflation rose to 10.4 per cent in February, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. That was up from 10.1 per cent in January and higher than the 9.9 per cent forecast by the Bank of England and economists polled by Reuters.Core inflation, which strips out volatile food, energy, alcohol… Read the full article here

Paris Blockchain Week (PBW) kicked off its fourth year as one of the world’s largest conferences tackling all things blockchain, crypto and Web3. The event hosts over 10,000 attendees and sold out last year. Following two days packed with hackathons, talent fairs and investor demos, the main event of the week, the Summit started on March 22.The Cointelegraph team is stationed in Paris to bring readers the latest news from the ground. The latest news are presented below in ascending order… Read the full article here

Spring into love! Tyler Hynes may star as the romantic lead in Hallmark’s upcoming film A Picture of Her — but he credits his chemistry with Rhiannon Fish for bringing the story to life. “There’s something very present about [Rhiannon]. There was never a moment where I was looking at her and doing things in the scene where she wasn’t right there with me,” Hynes, 36, exclusively told Us Weekly about filming alongside his A Picture of Her costar, 32. “I could do… Read the full article here

A new long-term study finds a 97% survival rate among men with prostate cancer at 15 years, regardless of whether the disease was treated or not.While it can be difficult to decide on one’s response when faced with a prostate cancer diagnosis, the study suggests that the decision need not be too frightening.Men who decided not to be treated experienced double the chance of eventual metastasis, but even that did not lower their rate of survival.When a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer,… Read the full article here

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State to contest the party’s primary election for the 11 November state governorship polls. The Chairman, PDP Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Screening Committee, Philip Shuaibu, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing journalists after the screening exercise at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja. Mr Shuaibu, who is the deputy governor of Edo State, said Mr Diri, the sole aspirant, was cleared… Read the full article here