Tag: NECO

NECO Releases 2024 SSCE Results

ADEOLA YUSUF

The National Examinations Council has released the results of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, with 60.55 per cent of candidates securing five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics. The Registrar of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made this known while briefing journalists at the NECO headquarters on Thursday in Minna, Niger State. Prof. Wushishi disclosed that a total of 1,376,423 candidates, comprising 706,950 males and 669,473 females, registered for the exam. The NECO boss provided a further breakdown of the results: “The number of candidates that…

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Real Reason Nigerian Govt Banned SS1, SS2 Students from WASSCE, NECO

Ganiu Amodu

“Any student caught to have written any of the above examinations in SS1 or SS2 classes will be expelled.”   Nigerian Government has opened up on the real reason it stopped students in Senior Secondary School one and two from participating in external West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE; the National Examination Council, NECO; and National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB. Platforms Africa reports that this was contained in a circular issued to principals of federal unity schools by the Federal Ministry of Education. “Students who are involved…

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Confusion as Wife, Son, NECO bicker on How Registrar, Prof. Obioma Died

Adeola Yusuf

What Journalists should have done in reporting conflicting sources on NECO Registrar’s death – Professor of Applied Communication, Ayo Ojebode     The National Examination Council (NECO), Elizabeth, Wife of its registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma, and son, Prince Godswill, have reportedly given conflicting reports on the actual way the NECO boss died. Platforms Africa reports that Obioma, a Professor of educational measurement and evaluation, died in Minna, Niger State, North central Nigeria, after returning from an Abuja trip. “The assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything,”…

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NECO Shifts Date for Entrance Exams Into Nigerian Unity Colleges

Aliyu Aliyu

  The National Examinations Council (NECO), has rescheduled the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Nigerian Federal Unity Colleges. The examination, which was initially scheduled to hold on Saturday May 29, 2021, will now be written on Saturday June 5, 2021. READ ALSO ;BREAKING: WAEC releases 2021 WASSCE results + How 7,289 candidates fared BREAKING: We need N2.3 trillion fresh external loan, Buhari writes Senate How Ogun Gov’s Aide, Abidemi Rufai, defrauded Americans of $350,000 – FBI  A statement made available to Platforms  Africa by NECO’s Head Information and Public…

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