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WAEC Withholds 365,564 Results; 1.22m Obtain Five Credits Including English, Maths (Full Report)
Vanguard News The results of 365,564 candidates who wrote this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, have been withheld over allegations of examination malpractices. The withheld results account for 22.83 percent of the total number 1,601,047 candidates that sat for the examination. This was disclosed,…
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Gunmen Reportedly Captured Two Ebubeagu Corps After Hours of Gun Battle
Two members of the Ebubeagu corps in Imo State were reportedly captured by gunmen terrorising some parts of the South Eastern States at the boundary between Izombe and Agwa communities in Oguta local council following a fierce gun battle that lasted for few hours on Sunday. The Ebubeagu operatives had reportedly positioned themselves on the…
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NANS Leadership To Meet Ngige, Adamu, Knocks Keyamo Over Comment on #AsuuStrike
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS,has faulted controversial statement made by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, that the federal government would not borrow money to meet the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, also tasking parents to beg the university lecturers to return to classrooms. The students’…
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Former Plateau, Taraba Governors Released From Kuje Prison (Photos)
Former Governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame have been released from Kuje Prison where they were serving various jail terms for sundry offences as governors. Three others whose identities could not be immediately ascertained were also released from Suleja Prison in Niger State. Recall that the Council of State, led…
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Wole Soyinka Knocks Pyrates Confraternity Members For ‘Dragging’ Tinubu in Viral Video (Watch Here)
Globally revered Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday knocked the Pyrates Confraternity for dragging the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Soyinka, distanced himself from such immature display , saying he was not involved in that public performance. The Nobel laureate in a statement captioned: “Interim Statement on…
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Flash: Sanwo-Olu Arrives Port Harcourt To Commission Project (Video)
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State alongside his team arrived Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to commission flyover bridge executed by the governor of the state, Nyesom Wike on Monday. Sanwo-Olu in a video shared by his aide, Jubril Gawat was seen alighting from a bus, while his Rivers state counterpart was seen welcoming…
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Buhari’s Failed Ultimatum on ASUU Strike
Vanguard Editorial FROM the look of things, President Muhammadu Buhari’s sudden ultimatum to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to resolve the strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, within two weeks, was a mere delay tactic. The president gave the ultimatum on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. It expired on Tuesday, August 2,…
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Wike’s camp slams Atiku over divide-and-rule in PDP
The Nation Newspaper The gulf between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike deepened at the weekend. The governor’s camp alleged that the former vice president was playing “a divide and rule” in the opposition party. The governor’s supporters alleged that Atiku has started by-passing Wike and…
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Strike: We Won’t Bow To Pressure To Enter Unimplementable Agreement With Any Varsity Union – FG
The Federal Government has said it would no longer bow to any form of unnecessary pressure or blackmail that will make it enter into agreement with any varsity unions that will be difficult to implement. The government’s position is coming on the heels of the face-off between it and the four university based unions that…
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WAEC Set To Release May/June 2022 Results Monday
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will tomorrow (Monday) release the results of May/June 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The school examination was taken by 1, 607, 985 school candidates in 20,221 schools nationwide and in three countries. WAEC acting Head of Public Affairs, Mrs. Moyosoal Adesina said the Head of National…
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