Gunmen Invade Imo WAEC Centre, Chase Students, Parents Away
Gunmen on Monday stopped students from taking English Language paper in the ongoing WASSCE being written by senior secondary school students at the Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo state. Sources disclosed that the students were preparing to begin the examinations when the attackers came and chased them away. As the gunmen started shooting, students...
WAEC Announces Date To Release 2021 WASSCE Results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed when the results of the ongoing 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be available. The examination council’s director of public affairs, Demianus Ojijeogu, said the results will be out 45 days after the last paper is written. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Hundreds Of Detainees Escape As Gunmen Kill Soldiers, Free Inmates...
Exam Malpractice: Bauchi, Borno, Kano Others Lead — NECO
Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi states have featured prominently in the list of schools involved in examination malpractices in Nigeria. This was noted by the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Dantani Wushishi. Wushishi disclosed that examination malpractices are rampant in northern states and high in Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi States in the past five years. He disclosed this during his...
MBBS Examination: Ikpeazu Lauds ABSUTH, Promises to Do More for Institution
Abia State, Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has applauded students, management and staff of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba, for the results posted by students of the institution in the just concluded 4th and 5th MBBS examination. According to a statement released by the state Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, the Governor who described the performance as...
Abia College Of Health Sciences & Management Technology Gets New Governing Council
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the immediate reconstitution of the Governing Council of the Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology, Aba. This comes hours after the state government announced a new board for the state Civil Service Commission. Barr Chris Ezem, Secretary to Abia State Government made the announcement on Friday in a statement...
FG Addressed Two Of Eight Demands, ASUU Blasts Chris Ngige Over False Claims
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has countered claims by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, that about 98 per cent of the demands by the lecturers have been met. In a statement on Thursday, the Ibadan zone of the union said the Federal Government had met only two of eight demands contained on December 22, 2020, Memorandum...
Group Cautions Against Abduction Of Journalist Over Report On Afe Babalola University
The National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE) has warned security agencies not to harass or abduct Idumonza Isidahomhen, the Editor-in-Chief of OpenLife, a pan African news magazine, over a report published by his platform. The association raised the alarm over the alleged plot to arrest the publisher, who doubles as the Public Relations Officer of NAOSRE, in a statement...
GSS Kubwa Old Students Reunite After 23 Years, Announce Scholarship Awards
The 1998 set of Government Secondary School Kubwa FCT Abuja has reunited for the first time 23 years after after graduation. The old students group known as Klub 98 Initiative met in Abuja on Saturday amidst fun memories and excitement where it also announced an educational scholarship for three categories. They are, Klub 98 Indigent Students Scholarship (KISS), award of Academic...
BREAKING: President Buhari Reappoints Oloyede As JAMB Registrar
Professor Ishaq Oloyede has been reappointed as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari, on Friday reappointed Oloyede as JAMB Registrar for a second term of five years. Oloyede’s reappointment was made public by the Director, Press and Public Affairs, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong. In a statement he signed, Goong...
About 1.3 Million Candidates Write 2021 NECO Exam — Registrar
No fewer than 1.3 million candidates are currently writing the National Examination Council (NECO) internal examination nationwide. Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, the Registrar of NECO, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Yola, said that he was in Adamawa to monitor the conduct of the ongoing NECO Senior Secondary School Examination nationwide. He recalled that in 2020 , about 1.1 million candidates...
