The Nigeria’s office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Tuesday evening, released the results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates 2023–Second Series. In a statement signed and released by the Acting Head, Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Moyosola Adesina, 46,267 out of the 80,904 candidates that sat for the examination, scored a minimum of five credits. This translates to 57.19% candidates obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics). 35,830 candidates representing 44.29% obtained…
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Stop Cyberbullying Iwobi, Ahmed Musa Begs Fans
The captain of Nigeria’s national team, Ahmed Musa, has pleaded with fans of the Super Eagles to stop cyber attacks directed at his teammate, Alex Iwobi, following Nigeria’s loss to Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the just concluded African Cup of Nations. Musa, who posted on his X handle, asked that fans should halt the attacks directed towards the midfielder. He said: “Cyber bullying is not just a violation of decency but also a serious crime. It’s hypocritical to claim that football unites us while engaging in such behaviour.…
Read MoreHow Emefiele Approved President’s Request To Pay Election Observers $6.23m Cash – CBN Official
Ogua Onyeka Michael, the Prosecution Witness 1 in the ongoing trial of a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja how the suspended CBN boss approved the payment of $6.230 million in cash for international election observers in the 2023 general election. The CBN official made the revelation while testifying at the ongoing trial of Emefiele in the Abuja court on Monday. Emefiele is standing trial before Justice Muazu on a 20-count amended charge…
Read MoreTell Your Husband Nigerians Are Suffering, Emir Of Kano Tells First Lady
The Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has told the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to tell her husband, President Bola Tinubu, that Nigerians are suffering due to the economic hardship in the country. The monarch sent the message to President Tinubu when the First Lady paid him a visit on Monday in Kano. Bayero told Senator Tinubu, who was in Kano to commission a building named after her at the Faculty of Law, Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano. He said: “Although, we have several means of communicating…
Read MoreOur Wealth Overestimated, Nigeria A Very Poor Country – Presidency
The Presidency has described Nigeria as a “very poor” country, adding that the wealth of the country is overestimated. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said this in an interview on Arise TV. Onanuga, in the interview on Monday, said Nigeria is still a very poor country considering its low per capita income, compared to other African nations. He said: “Nigeria is a very very poor country, to be honest. “I think our wealth is overestimated. “I think we have a poor estimation of the…
Read MoreIMF Urges Nigerian Govt To Phase Out Fuel, Electricity Subsidies
The International Monetary Fund has advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to completely phase out electricity subsidy in the country. The advice to the President Bola Tinubu-led administration was contained in the IMF’s Post Financing Assessment report. The IMF added that the Federal Government had overwhelmed itself, thus recommending that the total removal of both fuel and electricity subsidies must be implemented. It said: “The new administration has made a strong start, tackling deep-rooted structural issues in challenging circumstances. “Immediately, it adopted two policy reforms that its predecessors had shied…
Read MoreNine Million Barrels Of Crude Oil Stolen In 2022 — Ex-NDDC MD
A former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission Ndutimi Alaibe, has revealed that no fewer than nine million barrels of crude oil was stolen in the Niger Delta in 2022 alone. He gave the startling picture of things in a speech at a Two-Day Board and Management Retreat of the NDDC. According to Alaibe at the retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, crude oil theft had grown from 103,000 barrels per day in 2021 to an average of 108,000 barrels per day in the first quarter of 2022…
Read MorePopular socialite Kills Wife, Commits Suicide
An Akure-based socialite and filling station owner, Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has reportedly committed suicide after killing his wife, Bolu, in Akure, Ondo state capital. The socialite was said to have committed suicide by drinking an insect-killing substance, after machetted his wife to death in their Alagbaka home. It was gathered that the wife’s lifeless body was left on her matrimonial bed while the remains of her husband was found inside his toilet after drinking the insecticide. A source close to the late Adelabu, who confirmed the incident to our…
Read MoreNiger Bans Commercial, In’tl Flights To, From Nigeria
The government of the Republic of Niger has placed a ban on all commercial and international flights coming from or going to Nigeria. In a similar move, the Republic of Niger announced the opening of its airspace to all national and international commercial flights, effective immediately. The new directive specifies that commercial flights passing over Nigerian airspace without landing will not be affected by these restrictions. Nevertheless, it is mandatory for all flights operating within Niger’s airspace to have their ADS-B and/or radar transponders operational throughout the duration of the flight. In the press…
Read MoreEmotional Photos Of Wigwe’s Parents After Helicopter Crash
. Dangote, Abiodun, and others visit Septuginerian parents of deceased Access Bank MD The President/Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, alongside other associates paid a condolence visit to the parents of the late CEO, Access Holdings Plc., Herbert Wigwe, on Monday. The Ogun State governor disclosed this in a post on his Facebook account on Monday. Wigwe, his wife, Doreen; son, Chizi; and a former Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, lost their lives in…
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