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The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria, a deadly disease, which has now claimed the life of a four-year-old boy out of five reported cases. Director, of FCT Public Health Department, Sadiq Abdulrahman, who made the declaration, yesterday, in Abuja said information available to the department indicated that the disease […]
A group, South East Fact Check has lambasted the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, for the Board’s recent disclosure that one Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme from Anambra State forged her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results. While the candidate, who is a student of Anglican School, Nnewi, is holding a 362 score, JAMB has declared […]
Wall Street stocks advanced early Friday following the latest moderation in US consumer inflation as Apple powered above $3 trillion in market valuation. The personal consumption expenditure index measure of inflation, which is closely watched by the US Federal Reserve, eased to 3.8 percent year-on-year in May, a significant drop from 4.3 percent a month […]
Facebook owner Meta’s new Threads app, meant to compete with Twitter, was available for pre-order on mobile app stores on iPhone and Android operating systems on Monday. Listed as “Threads, an Instagram app,” the new program should be available in the coming days, and is described on Apple’s app store as “Instagram’s text-based conversation […]
Airtel Nigeria is set to reveal the rarely discussed struggles that are associated with living with albinism in Nigeria, in the second episode of Airtel Touching Lives, which will air on Sunday, 2nd July 2023. The upcoming episode will feature the story of Eunice Nwokeocha, a young woman living with Albinism. This genetic condition affects […]
The attention of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been drawn to a social media video showing a woman washing Golden Penny Semovita in a sieve using cold water. The woman claimed that the residue she got after sieving was plastic. A similar video was shown in 2020 and […]
A 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate from Anambra State, Ejikeme Mmesoma says she was falsely accused of forging her result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). In a video released by the young girl which has gone viral, Mmesoma narrated how she obtained the result from JAMB portal and was surprised […]