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The first series of WASSCE for Private Candidates beginning with 2018 has been unveiled by West African Examination Council in Lagos.  Registration for the examinations closes December this year.  According to WAEC, the first series of the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2018 will be an urban based examination and candidates will be examined in 19 subjects. Later, intending candidates for the examination are to visit the Council’s corporate website –www.waecnigeria.org- to confirm available examination towns and subjects before obtaining the registration PIN, he said. Speaking during the unveiling Tuesday at WAEC office, in Lagos, Mr Olu Adenipekun, Head of National…

The wife of Efosa Omoregie killed by suspected herdsmen on August 31 in his farm at Oben in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State has gotten N500,000 financial lifeline, courtesy of Edo State government.   Mr. Roland Asoro (APC-Orhionmwon South), the Majority Leader of Edo State House of Assembly presented the cash to Mrs Gloria Omoregie, whose was killed by Fulani herdsman. Asoro, who represented Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, said the gesture was to assist the woman to regain her stability and take care of family needs due to the untimely death of her husband. Mrs. Omoregie…

West Metro Limited (WML), a corporate technology provider, has initiated an auto-tracking system to accelerate Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, monitoring of Value Added Tax, VAT, in the hospitality sector. The auto-remittance technology is designed to automatically track VAT from various points of transaction in the hospitality sector all the way to final payment with as little human intervention as possible. Soji Abolarin, Executive Director WML, who spoke at a stakeholder round table in Lagos said the initiative was targeted at actualising the revenue collection goals of the service and plug leakages using improvised technology. Abolarin explained that it will…

Prof. Anthony Edosomwan, a retired lecturer at the Ambrose Ali University (AAU), who was abducted recently by suspected kidnappers has been found dead around Ogida quarters, Benin City. The Octogenarian, who was a former senior lecturer at the Ambrose Ali University, was abducted in his Benin residence, penultimate Saturday. An eyewitness said when the gunmen came, “they accosted the house maid and rushed to the Professor’s living, where he was relaxing. They ransacked the house, collected money, and mobile phones before taking the Professor away with his Highlander jeep.” Vanguard learnt that the abductors later established contact with the wife…

Some foreign media organisations operating in the country have been derided for reporting the activities of Boko Haram insurgency from the comfort of the Federal Capital Territory. Speaking Tuesday at this year’s Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Week, Akwa Ibom Council, DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer in Akwa Ibom observed “It is only in Nigeria that Aljazeera will be reporting Sambisa Forest from Abuja. If they are courageous enough, let them go and cover it live. They will know that the kind of insurgency we have here is not like theirs.” Elkana took a swipe on Nigerian…

kwa Ibom Police Command has dismissed four policemen said to have been involved in extortion. Speaking Tuesday at this year’s Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Week, Akwa Ibom Council, DSP Bala Elkana, Police Public Relations Officer in Akwa Ibom described them as bad eggs that gave the Nigeria Police Force a bad image. Elkana observed “The other angle we are looking at is: no policeman can rise above the society. Every police force you see is a product of that society, whether good or bad. If the society is corrupt you will have a corrupt police. If it is upright,…

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating revenue leakages in the oil and gas sector from January 2016 to January, 2017 was stunned that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, converted to naira the rate royalties paid in dollars before remittance into the federation account. It was observed that the CBN has been converting dollar remittances, using about N167 to $1, instead of the current N305. The committee had sought clarification on the disparities observed in the receipts of remittances submitted by IOCs as issued by the DPR, said some of the receipts made available to the panel,‎ the remitted…

The federal government will increase tariffs on tobacco and alcoholic drinks from January, in a bid to raise revenue for its N8.6 trillion 2018 budget. Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, Minister of Budget and National Planning, who announced this at the budget breakdown, in Abuja, Monday, added that N311billion would be generated from the privatisation of public enterprises and sale of government assets. Udoma said: ” We have taken on board some of key reform initiatives contained in ERGP in 2018 budget, eg deployment of new technology to improve revenue collection, upward review of tariffs and tax rates where appropriate tighter performance…

More than 5,000 people thronged the roads and streets of Enugu, Enugu State capital to accord heroic welcome to President Buhari, who grounded Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu on Tuesday during his first official visit to the zone since his assumption of office more than two years ago. The Presidential Jet 5N-FGT, touched down at exactly 10:30 a.m. at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu for a two-day working visit to Ebonyi and Anambra States. Buhari, who came out of his Jet at 10:42 a.m. after it finished its taxi run, was full of cheers as he bade and cheered thousands…

Nigeria Tuesday thrashed Argentina 4-2 in an international friendly match played in Russia, host of 2018 World Cup. Argentina opened the scoring in the 27th minute of the game through Banega and doubled it in the 36th minute through Sergio Aguero. However, Kelechi Ihenacho scored a superb free-kick on the 44 minutes of the first half to reduce the tally to 2-1. In the second half, Alex Iwobi equalized for Nigeria in the 52nd minute to make it 2-2. Leon Balogun made it 3-2 for Nigeria in the 54th minute of the game while Iwobi scored his second goal of…