The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday released the results of school candidates, who sat the 2022 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Speaking at a briefing on Monday, WAEC’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, noted that the results were released 45 days after the last paper. The examination held for six weeks from May 16 to June 23, 2022.
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The Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, has urged the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, to expedite action on the commencement of the reconstruction of the Akure – Ado Ekiti road. Adegoroye, on a visit to Fashola in his office in Abuja, said the people of Ondo and Ekiti States have continued to experience too much pain on the bad road and therefore need a respite. The project for the dualisation of the road was awarded by the federal government to Dantata and Sawoe in 2020 for N22 billion but the contractor has…
Singer and songwriter, Oluwatobiloba Daniel, aka Kizz Daniel, has been allegedly arrested in Tanzania after failing to show up for a paid concert in the country. Fans of the singer who had gathered at the venue of his advertised show in Tanzania left in anger and trashed the place after he failed to show up, viral videos have shown. The Buga crooner was scheduled to perform at the Warehouse, Old Nextdoor Arena in Tanzania, on Sunday night, as part of his Afro Classic World Tour. Following his failure to show up, a video of angry fans trashing the show’s venue…
Some aggrieved commercial motorcycle operators in the Federal Capital Territory protested against the impounding of their motorcycles on Monday morning. The task force of the Federal Capital Territory Administration had stormed the Goza area along the Airport road in Abuja to clamp down on the operators. The operators, it was gathered, blocked the road in protest and caused heavy traffic for motorists plying the road. A commercial bus driver who pleaded anonymity said, “FCT taskforce went there to seize the motorcycles of those operating at the expressway. They have been warned to stop using the highway. But they still do,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 157 cases of monkeypox across 26 states in the country. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest monkeypox situation report for week 30. Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans that occur sporadically, primarily in remote villages of Central and West Africa near tropical rainforests. Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa where the disease is endemic. The agency said from January 1 to July 31, 2022, four deaths were recorded from 4 states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1).…
One of the housemates of the current season of the Big Brother Naija reality tv show, Beauty, has been disqualified from the show. While evictions of some housemates are meant to hold today, it has been announced that Beauty has been booted out of the house. The show, which is in its third week, has seen Beauty disqualified as she has had issues with fellow housemates in the past few days. The contestant had altercations with fellow housemates like Ilebaye, Groovy, Phyna, Bryann among others. Her disqualification follows the issuance of a double strike to her on Sunday, less than…
On Saturday morning, Team Nigeria increased their gold medal as five athletes got to the podium, finishing top. At the end of day eight of the Commonwealth Games, Team Nigeria had amassed seven gold, three silver and six bronze medals, earning 16 medals. Nigeria’s ace wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye, defended her women’s freestyle 57kg 2018 Commonwealth in Gold Coast Australia crown with a 6-4 final win over Anshu Malik of India. Adekuoroye, the reigning African champion en route to the finals, had defeated Canadian Hannah Taylor in the semi-finals in a swashbuckling 10-0 victory. Also, her compatriot, Blessing Oborodudu of Women’s…
NIGERIA is at the risk of higher inflationary pressure as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) lending to the Federal Government through ‘Ways and Means Advances’ has risen to N19. 9 trillion as of June 2022. Economic watchers say such lending is not healthy for the economy, pointing out possible violation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA). The FRA states that the apex bank should not lend more than five per cent of the government’s previous year’s retained revenues. Ways and Means Advances is a loan facility through which the CBN finances the government’s budget shortfalls. According to Section 38…
Chelsea have signed Spanish defender Marc Cucurella from Premier League rivals Brighton on a six-year contract, the London club announced Friday. No fee was disclosed but British media reports have valued the deal at £60 million ($73 million, 71 million euros). The 24-year-old should now be available for Chelsea’s Premier League opener away to Everton on Saturday. “I’m really happy; it’s a big opportunity for me to join one of the best clubs in the world and I’m going to work hard to be happy here and help the team,” Cucurella told Chelsea’s website. The Spain wing-back has now become…
The men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, have intercepted a truck that conveyed about 151 persons who were suspected to invaders. It was gathered that the corps made the arrest while acting on intelligence on the incursion of terrorists into the South- West of Nigeria. The suspects included five women, hidden behind beans and rice bags inside the trailers. They were intercepted around the Sango area of Akure-Ado Expressway by the operatives of the corps who were on ‘stop and search’ on Thursday as they became suspicious of their movement. The state Commander…