The minister of foreign affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, has lamented the high debt the country is owing different countries and organizations. Onyeama made this known when he said the landlord of the building where the Nigerian embassy in Hungary is located is threatening to evict the embassy. The minister was speaking while defending the ministry’s 2021 […]
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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Announcing the result on Monday, the council’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, said 1,003,668 candidates, representing 65.24 per cent, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. “Out […]
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that the results of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released on Monday. The exam body broke the news on its Twitter page on Sunday night. It added that the results will be released at 10:30am. “This is to inform candidates […]
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A top British official has revealed that the government of the United Kingdom trained the operatives of the disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS) for four years. In a letter dated October 29, 2020, James Duddridge, UK minister for Africa, said the former operatives of SARS participated in a training “designed to improve human rights.” The […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded an all-time national peak of 5,459.50 megawatts (MW). In a statement on Thursday, Ndidi Mbah, TCN general manager of public affairs, said the new record was achieved on October 28. She said the power generated was efficiently transmitted through the nation’s transmission grid at […]
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The Federal Government of Nigerian has declared Thursday, October 29 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eidul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the government, congratulated the Muslim faithful both at home and abroad […]
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Okoli Aguwu, who appeared before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State government, says he spent 48 days in the detention of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Recall that the panel was set up to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the unit of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Mahmood Yakubu as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Recall that Mahmood Yakubu was first appointed INEC chairman in November 2015. He succeeded Attahiru Jega, who supervised the 2015 general election. Mr Yakubu supervised the 2019 general election and off-cycle elections in states such as Kogi, Edo […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, says footage has shown that the Nigerian Army is responsible for the shooting that occurred at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Recall that last week Tuesday, armed men in army uniform stormed the toll gate where #EndSARS protesters had gathered for 13 days and used live bullets on them. […]
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Following the mass looting of warehouses across the country, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the federal government to order the immediate release of all COVID-19 palliatives. Ayuba Wabba, the NLC president, in a statement on Monday, said the welfare provisions were meant to relieve the impact of the COVID-19 […]
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