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The National Examinations Council (NECO) says over one million students participated in its 2018 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) which commenced on May 21. The council’s Head, Information Unit, Azeez Sanni disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Mr Sanni, who described the examination as successful, transparent and hitch-free, said it would …

_Dr. William Eyinmosan Some students are not interested in reading. Instead they look for any means to get a good result, which has made examination malpractices, bribery, corruption, female students enticing lecturers for marks or lecturers intimidating female students for sex, influential personalities bribing lecturers for high marks etc, common occurrence in Nigeria, that has led to the society producing …

Deliberations by stakeholders on how to eliminate challenges to sustainable cities began at the weekend at the World Cities Summit in Singapore. Involved in the deliberations are Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, Minister of National Development and Second Minister for Finance, Singapore, Lawrence Wong; with over one hundred representatives of national and municipal …

SAN FERNANDO CITY, Philippines — The U.S. and Philippine navies kicked off maritime training activity Sama Sama at Naval Station Ernesto Ogbinar on Monday. The week-long engagement focuses on the full spectrum of naval capabilities and is designed to strengthen the close partnership between both navies while cooperatively ensuring maritime security, stability and prosperity. Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Millinocket, …

President Trump announced from the White House East Room that he is nominating Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh was confirmed to his position on the Court of Appeals for DC on May 26, 2006, about 12 years ago. The 53-year-old worked in the Bush administration and also for independent counsel Kenneth Starr in the …

ABUJA-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) and 36 other political parties Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in a grand alliance to form a government of national unity in 2019. The sole agenda according to the MOU, is to produce a joint Presidential candidate capable of winning the election and …

National Chairman of Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC, a splinter within the ruling APC, Buba Galadima, has lashed out at leadership of the ruling party, describing them as mere servants who are attempting to lock out their landlord. Buba Galadima He spoke, yesterday night in a television programme, Politics Today on Channels Television. He said: “I don’t need to talk …

President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to name the politicians he claimed were behind the serial killings across the country, particularly in the Northern parts of the country. A leader of Afenifere, a Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, and a former Minister of Information and South-south leader, Chief Edwin Clark, spoke to us yesterday and disagreed with the …

Bille Kingdom in Degema Local Government Area, Rivers State, has given a number of conditions to the Federal Government on the move to end oil bunkering in the area, demanding that the government should give the kingdom licence to operate a modular refinery. Bille Kingdom made the demand, weekend, when the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, visited the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet with 45 other political parties and the Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC), the break-away faction of the ruling APC, today in Abuja to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will spell out their strategic relationship ahead of the 2019 general elections. A reliable source close to the emerging coalition told THISDAY last …