Author: Marquis Vannah

The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, the latest report by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation showed. The UN IGME is led by the United Nations Children’s Fund and includes the World Health Organisation, the World Bank […]

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board cautioned parents and guardians against enrolling minors in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning while reacting to a suit filed by one Mrs Ifeanyi Eke against the Board over inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during her […]

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President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali, has praised the female wrestlers who won gold medals in all their events at the African Games and also defended the male athletes who were all making their debuts at the competition, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. While the female wrestlers put on a dominant display winning six […]

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