The National Examination Council, NECO, has released the June/July 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, results, with 61.60% of students scoring five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi made the announcement at NECO headquarters while briefing Journalists in Minna, Niger State….
The Tinubu-led Federal government has announced that from 2024, Nigerians will have the option of getting their passports delivered to them at home, offices, and other places of their choice. Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos International Week. Ojo said; “We have commenced…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dismissed reports that the country’s digital currency, eNaira, is a threat to the nation’s financial stability. The CBN made this known in a statement released on Monday by its Director, Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin. The statement by the apex bank titled ‘eNaira No Threat To Financial Stability,’…
The Lagos State Government on Monday clarified that it is yet to reopen Ladipo Market. The clarification was made public in a release signed by Director, Public Affairs, Mrs Kadiri Folashade. Folashade said the market had yet to perfect some environmental and safety conditions, required before recommencing business activities. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of…
Five young men have died in a motor accident along Katsina-Kano road According to reports, the young men who hailed from Katsina State were travelling to Kano for their friend’s wedding when the accident occurred on Sunday, October 8, 2023. The victims have been identified as: 1. Fatihulkhayr Yahya 2. Bello Hamisu Safana 3….
More than 123,000 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the conflict between Palestinian militants and Israel, the United Nations said on Monday, October 9. Gaza is home to 2.3 million Palestinians, who have lived under an Israeli blockade imposed after Hamas took power in 2007. “Over 123,538 people,…
A police officer, Darambi Vandi has been sentenced to death by hanging for shooting a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem to death last Christmas. He was sentenced to death by Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos High Court, today Monday 9th 2023.. Recall that the defendant shot Raheem in the chest on Dec. 25, 2022,…
NiMet Predicts Three-Day Dust Haze, Thunderstorms Nationwide The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Sunday predicted a three-day dust haze and thunderstorms across the country. According to NiMet, the dust haze with a visibility range of 1km to 3km and localised visibility of less than or equal to 1,000m will take place from Monday to Wednesday….
An elderly woman’s desperate effort to protect her children from the clutches of death has led to her into trouble, The Nation reports. The 86-year-old woman identified simply as Madam Alimot had 15 children, but they were snatched by death one after the other until she was left with only three. When one of…
An alarm has been raised by marketers of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol over the lightness of the product in some retail outlets, noting that it is inferior to the quality the Nigerian Midstream and Upstream Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) approved, The Nation reports. They described some of the products imported to Nigeria as…