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A total of 233,000 candidates are given opportunity to write the 2020 National Examinations Council, NECO, Senior Schools’ Certificate Examination. The candidates who failed to participate in the examinations due to the #EndSARS protests  in the country last year are to participate in the external examination slated for Monday 1st February 2021 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021. The Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of NECO Prof. Godswill Obioma, this, Wednesday, during a media briefing in Minna, where it release the 2020 SSCE internal results. Obioma said “We wish to inform the general public that the Council has made specific arrangements for those…

By: Ray Ekpu A couple of weeks ago a faction of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) based in Abuja invaded the office of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio and disrupted the normal flow of work there. They were saying with placards that they do not want a Sole Administrator for the NDDC. What they want is for the Board to be put in place. Why they went to Akpabio’s office is baffling because such decisions are taken only by the President, not the Minister. The Minister can make recommendations; he can have his say but the…

Military veterans on a peaceful protest to Ministry of Finance, Abuja

A 12-year-old boy has had his fortunes upturned by the vicissitudes of life. At a tender age, Michael Isidore lost both parents, and in doing odd farming jobs to eke a living, he lost his right leg to an accident. Michael who hails from Akwo Eto, Obot Akara Local Government area in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria is living with permanent disability. Speaking with Straightnews, Michael said ”I was not born with the disability. I was a strong, bubbling young boy who only had my fortunes upturned last year in an accident. ”After the death of my parents, I had…

Akwa Ibom Police Command is to charge the female NYSC member to court for alleged murder of her supposed lover. The suspected corps member, one Chidinma Odume Paschaline of 20/21 Batch A is alleged to have hacked her boyfriend, one Akwaowo Japheth, to death last Sunday. Speaking with Straightnews on Wednesday, Mr. Odiko MacDon, the state Police and Public Relations Officer, said this would be done as soon as investigation is completed. MacDon, a Superintendent of Police, said “We got a distress call, we responded to that distress call at 219 Abak Road, Uyo. When we got there they were…

Sokoto is leading other states as the fastest year-on-year growth in the number of mobile internet subscribers per state in Nigeria. Yobe, and Kano State are the other northern states that recorded the fastest year-on-year growth in the number of mobile internet subscribers. This was contained in the Telecommunications Report by states for the Q3 2020 released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to NBS, Sokoto recorded a massive jump of 54.1 percent in the number of mobile internet subscribers to 2.9 million as at Q3 2020 from 1.9 million recorded in the corresponding period of 2019. Yobe…

Mother luck shone as Golden Eaglets qualified ongoing WAFU U17 Cup Tournament semi finals in Lome, Togo on Tuesday evening. This came after Group B pacesetters Cote d’Ivoire spanked the Black Starlets of Ghana 3-1 at the city’s Stade Municipal. Five-time world champions Nigeria, who lost by a lone goal to the Ivorians on the opening day of the competition were forced to a 1-1 draw by the Starlets at the weekend. They needed a favour from the Ivorians to progress to the knockout stage and the Ivorians answered their prayer. The Baby Elephants raced into the lead after only nine minutes and consolidated at 2-0…

The US House of Representatives, Tuesday, approved a resolution, calling on Vice President Mike Pence to fire President Donald Trump. Pence is empowered to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove and replace Trump accused of inciting a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol last week. The resolution introduced by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., passed by a largely party-line vote of 223-205 cited Trump’s role in inciting “a massive violent invasion of the United States Capitol” on January 6. It was the day the President summoned his supporters to Washington to protest the certification of the Electoral College…

COVID-19 continues to wreck more havocs in Nigeria by snatching away 12 persons in one day. A total of 1,270 confirmed cases were recorded on Tuesday, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported. Of the number recorded in 21 states including Federal Capital Territory, Lagos State recorded 435 cases, the highest number while FCT and Oyo got 234 and 103 of the pandemic. NCDC tweeted on Tuesday, ”On the 12th of January 2021, 1270 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. ”The 1270 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (435), FCT (234), Oyo (103), Plateau (86),…

A Nigerian Pharmacist is being detained by Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja for more than 300 days without trial for alleged criticisms of President Muahmmadu Buhari. Human right activist, Omoyele Sowore who stated this has called out President Buhari’s government to release the Pharmacist, Emmanuel Akuma, who is in their custody. Sowore tweeted on Tuesday, January 12 that the young man by the name Emmanuel Akuma has been apprehended by Nigerian police on account of criticising the government. The publisher of Sahara Reporters who was kept in police custody for about 11 days was released from detention on…