The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates. This was announced at the council’s headquarters in Minna on Thursday. The Registrar and Chief Executive, Godswill Obioma, said 41,459 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 39,503 actually sat. Mr Obioma explained that 26,277 candidates obained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics while 34,014 candidates also obtained five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics. The registrar who reiterated the council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, said appropriate standards and excellence were maintained right…
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The Lagos State Government says it has placed 4,000 unemployed graduates on N40,000 monthly salary for six months. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, made this known on Wednesday during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing in Commemoration of the Second Year in Office of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Arobieke said this was implemented through the ministry’s Graduate Internship Placement Programme (GIPP) intended to address the challenge of unemployment among unemployed graduates in Lagos State. She said the programme, which was planned to last for six months, was meant to expose interns to a particular job, profession or…
The third child of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, Pastor Dare Adeboye is dead. Pastor Dare, who would have turned 43 next month June 9, 2021, was a life coach, visionary leader, motivator, bridge builder and first son of Baba Adeboye. According to information posted by Church Gist on Thursday, it explained that, “Dare was a Youth Provincial Pastor in Eket, Akwa Ibom State. “He was also described in 2020 as one of the most influential youth pastors in the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide,” it added. …
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, welcomed the release of the 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State. He also congratulated their friends, families, the government and the people of Kaduna State on the development. Buhari’s position was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled “President Buhari welcomes release of Forestry School students.’ The President was quoted as saying that, “We are happy they have been released. “We express our deep appreciation to all the actors who contributed one way or the other…
Four persons have been feared killed and many others injured in the ongoing crisis in Ikare Akoko over the Olokoja chieftaincy dispute. Chief Ogunye ldowu and Chief Sunday Bada have been fighting over the rightful Olokoja of Okoja, a village in Ikare. Both men are loyal to two warring monarchs in Ikare, the Olukare of Ikare and Owa Ale of Ikare. Chief Ogunye was dethroned as the Olokoja by Oba Akadiri Saliu Momoh, the Olukare of Ikare, for absenteeism from meetings, disloyalty, refusal to obey his directives and being loyal to the Owa Ale. The coronation of new Owa Ale,…
The Federal Government has announced it is going ahead with arrangements for deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) Technology in the telecommunications industry. The government allayed fears and concerns on health and security implications over deployment of 5G, asserting Nigeria cannot afford to be left behind. It added the resources and revenues to be earned from the deployment are so huge they cannot be ignored. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, announced these at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NCC and the Nigerian Communications Satellite limited (NigComSat) at the headquarters…
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he does not believe in the payment of ransom to bandits or kidnappers as a solution to the problems they constitute. Obasanjo lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, had paid ransom to kidnappers and bandits. The elder statesman spoke yesterday at his Penthouse residence in the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, when he received members of Tiv Professionals Group (TPG) led by Prof Zacharys Anger Gundu. He noted that the payment of ransom encouraged criminals, adding that the Federal Government must devise means to deal with…
SEARCH Daily Post Nigeria Daily Post Nigeria NEWSUEL: Arsene Wenger predicts Arsenal’s semi-final clash with Villarreal at EmiratesPublished on May 6, 2021By John Owen Nwachukwu Former Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger has backed his old club to beat Spanish side, Villarreal and reach the Europa League final. Wenger said that the Gunners have the ‘offensive potential’ to beat the Spanish side and upturn their deficit against Unai Emery’s side The Gunners’ Europa League hopes are hanging by a thread after Mikel Arteta’s side suffered a 2-1 loss to Villarreal in Spain last week. If Arsenal progress to the Europa League…
A former Governor of Ogun, Gbenga Daniel, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has a clear understanding of Nigeria’s challenges amid complaints by many Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari is incapable of resolving the crises. The country’s economy has dipped (Why Nigeria’s debts keep increasing under Buhari: DMO), food prices skyrocketed (Nigeria’s inflation worsens, hit 18.17 per cent in March), and insecurity (Don’t complain like Israelites at Red Sea, Osinbajo tells Nigerians) is widespread. There have also been calls for the president’s resignation (Buhari cries foul again, says leaders, foreign powers planning to overthrow government ) or impeachment (Buhari to face impeachment…
Troops have rescued 13 kidnapped persons from bandits in Gwagwada, Chikun local government area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan , Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, said the 13 citizens, originally from Dutse, went to work at a farm called Tanadi Farm, which is located around Bakin Kasuwa in Gwagwada general area of Chikun LGA. “They were attacked by the armed bandits in the process. Troops on receiving credible intelligence of the abduction trailed the bandits to a forest near Bana village and there engaged them in a gun duel,” he said. “The 13 citizens were…