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The West African Examination Council has advised Nigerians to disregard the purposed timetable for the 2020/2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination timetable circulating online. The Head of Public Affairs, WAEC, Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, told The PUNCH on Sunday that the timetable circulating online was not from the examination body. He said, “The timetable in circulation did not emanate from WAEC, …

By Dele Sobowale “The rate of change in our time is so swift that an individual of ordinary length of life will be called on to face novel situations which have no parallel in the past. The fixed person for the fixed duties, who in the old society was such God-sent, will in the future be a public danger” – …

GUIDE TO THE SEPT. 19 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION… As the two main gladiators in the Edo State governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his key rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ready for an epic showdown on September 19, certain undercurrents look set to determine the final outcome. Tension and speculation …

When attacked by rapists, most women try as much as they can to resist, an author and researcher, the late Prof Sue Lees, wrote in The Guardian UK in 2000. “In my survey, I found women did this in all sorts of ways: by screaming, fighting and biting, running away, refusing to cooperate, pretending they were pregnant or had AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) …

At least three people are dead after five separate shootings in Boston, Somerville and Worcester. BOSTON —The Fourth of July holiday weekend is off to a violent start, with shootings in Boston, Somerville and Worcester Thursday night and early Friday morning. In Roxbury, a 15-year-old boy was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting reported around 10 …

Edo State Government has said that it has not authorized the reopening of schools for 3rd term academic activities, warning that the government will impose sanctions on schools that would flout the directive. In a statement at the weekend, Commissioner for Education, Hon. (Barr.) Jimoh Ijegbai, said the state government did not authorise the reopening of schools whether public or private, including certificate …

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, EFCC, has denied dropping charges of money laundering against a former attorney-general of the federation, Mohammed Adoke. The EFCC in January filed corruption charges against Mr Adoke in two separate courts. The charges included money laundering, denying Nigeria taxes and an alleged N300 million bribe. Mr Adoke is standing trial alongside a controversial businessman, Abubakar Aliyu, for allegedly …

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has appointed Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to chair its 49-member National Campaign Council for the Edo State Governorship Election. The Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC disclosed this in a statement by Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, yesterday. Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma will serve as deputy …

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to head its campaign council in the governorship election in Edo State. The party also appointed his Adamawa counterpart, Umar Fintiri, as the deputy campaign chairman. Mr Wike recently criticized the NWC over its handling of some issues. The PDP candidate in the election, …

Over three million applicants have enrolled for about 400,000 job spaces in the third batch of the Federal Government’s N-Power programme. It was gathered that the applicants applied for the programme through the online portal of the N-Power scheme which was opened for applications on June 26, 2020. N-Power is one of the National Social Investment Programmes of the Federal …