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A nine-year-old boy is the highest-paid YouTuber star for 2020, holding the title for the third year running. Child influencer, Ryan Kaji, from Texas raked in nearly $30 million in a year from “unboxing” and reviewing toys and games on YouTube, nabbing 12.2 billion views. According to Forbes, the nine-year-old made $29.5 million (£22 million) from his YouTube channel Ryan’s World, as well as a further estimated $200 million from Ryan’s World branded toys and clothing, including Marks & Spencer Pyjamas. He also signed an undisclosed multi-million-dollar deal for his own TV series on Nickelodeon. Kaji first began making YouTube…

Akwa Ibom State has recorded 29 new COVID-19 cases, the highest from the state in a day, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported on Friday. This is as Nigeria’s COVID-19 went up to 806 cases while Gombe State recorded six deaths in two days. So far, Akwa Ibom’s confirmed cases of the pandemic have risen to 395, while 336 have been discharged and nine persons have died so far. NCDC which reported the new cases from 25 states including Federal Capital Territory stated that Lagos State has the highest of 287 followed by FCT and Kaduna State 255 and 36…

 A total of 11,487 candidates passed its annual Professional Qualifying Examination conducted recently across the country, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, has said. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, made this known on Friday in Abuja, while briefing newsmen on the achievements recorded by the council. Ajiboye, who said a total of 17,602 candidates sat for the examination that qualifies one as professional teacher, stated that 3,650 teachers failed the exercise. “A total of 17,602 candidates took the examination, 11,487 passed which is 75.9 percent while 3,650 candidates failed, which is 24.1 per cent.”…

Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, in Nigeria intends to create 12 centres of excellence and allocate N1 billion to each next year. Chairman, TETFund Board of Trustees, Alhaji Kashim Imam speaking at a two-day capacity building workshop for heads of beneficiary institutions and staffers of TETFund centres of excellence, in Abuja, pledged to add six state universities and six Polytechnics to the centres, saying 70 per cent of the funds will be for research funding. This is as the Board of Trustees of TETFund has raised the national research fund from N7.5 billion to N8.5 billion ias well as N5…

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has decried lack of harmony between Niger Delta Development Commission’s development agencies and state governments in the region. Akpabio stated this Friday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital during the opening ceremony of the 4th meeting of the National Council on Niger Delta. He lamented that “Some state Governors have sent thugs to chase NDDC contractors out of the site even when they have no budget to develop that particular infrastructure. So when that happens, how can that lead to harmony? “This leaving of domain is not as a result of…

The Cross State Governor Prof Ben Ayade has expressed shock and sadness over the death of the State Commissioner of Police, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh. Jimoh reportedly died on Friday, December 18, 2020. In a condolence message to the Nigeria Police and the family of the deceased, issued by the Governors’ Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Christian Ita, Ayade described Jimoh as “a brave and courageous officer who was a central figure in the fight against kidnapping and other crimes in the state.” The Governor said the death of Jimoh was a great loss to the state, country and…

Lagos State and Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria are leading in the rising COVID-19 cases. In the latest figure dished out by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday, Lagos and FCT recorded 459 and 145 cases respectively. NCDC tweeted “On the 17th of December 2020, 1,145 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria. “The 1,145 new cases are reported from 24 states- Lagos (459), FCT (145), Kaduna (138), Plateau (80), Katsina (70), Gombe (52), Niger (31), Kano (23), Bayelsa (21), Bauchi (18), Ondo (18), Rivers (17), Ogun (12), Oyo (12), Edo (8), Nasarawa (8), Ebonyi (7),…

Five best performing tertiary institutions in Nigeria are to receive N375 million, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announced on Thursday. Each of the universities will take home N75 million. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, in his address at JAMB’s Second Edition of the National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award for 2019 in Abuja, applauded the efforts of the board towards ensuring excellence in the country’s tertiary institutions. He said, “In 2019, JAMB at the first edition of the programme, supported the tertiary institutions with N125m and this year, the board is supporting the sector with N375m. “I am…

Robert Lewandowski won the Best FIFA Men’s Player award on Thursday night during a virtual ceremony. The Polish and Bayern Munich striker, 32, who enjoyed an historic treble-winning season with his club, winning the Champions League, the Bundesliga, and the German Cup in 2020, broke up Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s dominance to scoop the award. He also scored 55 goals in just 47 games last season and finished as the top scorer in the league, cup, and Champions League FIFA president Gianni Infantino showed personally to hand over the award, which recognised achievements between July 2019 and October 2020,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of 344 kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, describing their safe return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and international community. According to presidential spokesman Garba Shehu, President Buhari expressed the nation’s appreciation for the steps taken by all involved to make their release possible. President Buhari specifically cited what he called the “spirit of partnership and the collaborative efforts of the government of Katsina, Zamfara and military leading to the release.’’ He commended the nation’s intelligence agencies, the military and police force for providing the…