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National Identification Number: How to Retrieve, Link Your NIN on mobile network

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Nigerian National Identification Number (NIN) is a unique identification number issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). It is expected that every Nigerian is enrolled and issued the NIN  for the purpose of all round identification. In recent times and maybe in the nearest future, this number is to be linked with every individual activities including banking transactions. In this post we have outlined practical ways of retrieving and linking your National Identification Number (NIN) via the USSD code on the major network operators or through other online platforms. Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had earlier issued a two week ultimatum to telecommunication operators to b...

2022/2023 JAMB FORM SALES AND REGISTRATION DATE

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday announced that the registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the Direct Entry examination will  commence by February 19, 2022. In the timeline of events attached to the bulletin, the board announced that the “UTME/DE registration starts  19th February 2022 and ends 26th March 2022 . Mock examination holds on  April 16th. UTME holds from  Friday, May 6 to Monday, May 16. "  How to Obtain JAMB form for 2022 Follow the steps below in order to obtain the JAMB UTME/DE form. JAMB DE/DE Form is now on sale starting from ( February 19, 2022 ) Each candidate must have a personal email address and mobile phone number. If you've done UTME before, if you can, I advise you use the email and phone number different from the one used last. Each candidate is to use his/her functional and valid personal email address.  The system would reject at the point of registration any already used e-...

Mansa Musa, the richest man who ever lived

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Mansa Musa travelled to Mecca with a caravan of 60,000 men and 12,000 slaves Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires' list released this week. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history. But he is by no means the richest man of all time. That title is believed to belong to Mansa Musa, the 14th Century West African ruler who was so rich his generous handouts wrecked an entire country's economy. "Contemporary accounts of Musa's wealth are so breathless that it's almost impossible to get a sense of just how wealthy and powerful he truly was," Rudolph Butch Ware, associate professor of history at the University of California, told the BBC. Mansa Musa was "richer than anyone could describe", Jacob Davidson wrote about the African king for Money.com in 2015. In 2012, US website celebrity Net worth esti...

ICA celebrate second year anniversary

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The Independent Churches of Aladura Worldwide will from Saturday 12th to Thursday 17th February 2022 celebrate their second year anniversary award ceremony and thanksgiving service with a theme NEW GLORY . The program is set to begin with a flag off of national leader (His Grace Ap. Dr. Olu Popoola JP) platinum birthday and bible quiz competition by 12 noon on Saturday 12th February, 2022. According to the information made available by the National Secretary, Pastor Opeoluwa Popoola, he said "The program continues on Tuesday 15th with Revival at all ICA local government with exchange of pulpit from 4 to 6pm. Read more: Ogun ICA held a day leadership seminar Ogun ICA hold Remo leadership seminar Wednesday 16th February is for leadership capacity building seminar and conference ( with free eye medical check-up ), with a theme The Church and The Law with registration fee of #1,000 at the National secretariat, CFSCN, Alaapa, Aro, Abeokuta from 10am. The Anniversary, Award ...

How to Make Your Phone Feel New Again: 10 Tips for Android Devices

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Getting bored with your phone? Before you buy a new one, try these 10 tricks for making your old phone feel brand new. Image Credit: Dusan Petkovic/ Shutterstock For any smartphone company, the goal is to try and entice people into becoming regular customers. They design all sorts of clever strategies to try and make you perceive your phone as obsolete and want to replace it as often as possible. But do you really need to buy a new phone every two to three years? We don't think so. Here are 10 things you can do to make your phone feel and work like new again. 1. Change Your Wallpaper Many times, something as simple as changing your wallpaper can make your phone feel new. If you need help choosing the right one that fits your phone's dimensions and your unique preferences, you can check out these  wallpaper apps for Android . Here's a tip: Only change your wallpaper once every month. Each new month, pick a different theme such as space, nature, minimalist, abstract, or retro...

Some African Goddess Names And Their Mythologies

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The continent of Africa is home to a wide range of different countries and religions, each with their own beliefs and customs. With these differing conventions comes an amazing variety of mythological stories and legendary African Gods and Goddesses. This article will help you to learn all about some of the most important African Goddesses from mythology. This is a rundown of African spirits and Goddesses from some of the best known African religions and African mythology. This rundown also includes the names of some spirits and Goddesses found in the Afro-American religions, which are heavily influenced by many African religions. Berber Goddesses‎ If you are searching for the names of Berber Goddesses here is a list for you of many African girl names that are the names of Berber Goddesses. You can learn more about African mythology with this list. 1. Tanit, was a Berber goddess, the first Punic, and Phoenician Goddess of the central divinity of the Ancient period. Her pa...

15 Things You Did Not Know About the Moors of Spain

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1. The Spanish occupation by the Moors began in 711 AD when an African army, under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from northern Africa and invaded the Iberian peninsula ‘Andalus’ (Spain under the Visigoths). 2. A European scholar sympathetic to the Spaniards remembered the conquest in this way: a. [T]he reins of their (Moors) horses were as fire, their faces black as pitch, their eyes shone like burning candles, their horses were swift as leopards and the riders fiercer than a wolf in a sheepfold at night . . . The noble Goths [the German rulers of Spain to whom Roderick belonged] were broken in an hour, quicker than tongue can tell. Oh luckless ...

Africa ruled Europe in the 8th Century

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Eduard Charlemont ,The Moorish Chief,1878 Photo: Essential African Knowledge The word Moor conjures up many thoughts. Due to required Shakespearean reading in school, we may have heard this word used to describe blacks.  But as more facts emerge, we are gradually learning just how powerful the black presence was in olden times. Moorish Empire of North Africa…Afri Asiatic Anthropology Blog The Oxford English Dictionary describes a Moor as, “A member of a north-western African Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent. In the 8th century, they conquered the Iberian Peninsula, but were finally driven out of their last stronghold in Granada at the end of the 15th century.” The Dutch language used the word Moor and Moorian to describe blacks. Today, the wor...