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  • WAEC release 2020 result for private WASSCE candidates

    WAEC release 2020 result for private WASSCE candidates

    The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has released results for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination for private candidates.

    Mr Patrick Areghan, Head of National Office, WAEC, announced this during a news conference in Lagos State.

    Areghan said a total of 66,375 candidates registered for the examination which took place between Monday, November 23rd 2020 and Tuesday, December 22nd 2020.

    Areghan said the examination was conducted under strict COVID-19 protocols and that out of the total number of candidates, 61,111, representing 99.35% have their results fully processed and released while 398 candidates representing 0.65% have few of their results still being processed due to errors on the part of candidates.

    He urged candidates who sat for the examination to check the details of their performance on the council’s results website.

  • Many brothers are returning to PDP from APC – Goodluck Jonathan

    Many brothers are returning to PDP from APC – Goodluck Jonathan

    Former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has said “many brothers” are returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Jonathan stated this on Sunday, while speaking at the Ecumenical Centre in Igbogene, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, during the first anniversary thanksgiving of Governor Douye Diri’s administration.

    “I again urge Bayelsans not to see those in the opposition as enemies. Today ,they are there but tomorrow they might be here.

    “As I speak, many of our brothers in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),” he said.

    Jonathan, however, urged politicians to see politics as a means of developing the people and not as welfare

    Others present at the event included: Dame Patience Jonathan, Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Bala Mohammed (Bauchi); Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus, among others

  • FG Delegation, Service Chiefs Meet Northern Governors And Leaders Over Security Challenges

    A delegation of the Federal Government and the newly appointed service chiefs are currently in a meeting with northern governors.

    The meeting which is holding in Kaduna State has in attendance governors of Kaduna, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto, and Plateau states.

    The National Security Adviser (NSA) Babagana Monguno, traditional rulers, clerics are also part of the meeting.

    In his remarks, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor said the meeting is to intimate the governors and other leaders that the security situation in the North West is of great concern to the Federal Government.

    He also assured that the Armed Forces is rejigging the nation’s security architecture in order to effectively tackle the security challenges in the zone and other parts of the country.

    NSA Monguno, said the meeting is a fallout of his dialogue with service chiefs, heads of law enforcement, security, and intelligence agencies to discuss the threats of kidnapping, terrorism, and other security issues threatening the lives and property of Nigerians.

    He added that the Federal Government is deeply committed to tackling the security challenges confronting the entire country especially with the appointment of new Service Chiefs.

    He also urged all stakeholders including political and religious leaders to collaborate with the government towards finding lasting solutions to the problem.

  • Nigerian nationals are now eligible to apply for citizenship of Malta

    Nigerian nationals are now eligible to apply for citizenship of Malta

    Nigeria has now been removed from the US travel ban list.  Nigeria’s removal from the US travel ban list follows the issuance of an executive order by President Biden seeking to reverse the travel bans put in place under the previous Trump administration that affected several African and Muslim-majority countries.  Consequently, Nigerian nationals are now eligible to apply for citizenship of Malta through the new “Naturalisation for Exceptional Services by Direct Investment” (NESDI) programme.

    The new NESDI programme offers Maltese citizenship to successful applicant who make specified investments in Malta. The first step is to be granted a residence permit and citizenship will be granted with 12 months or 36 months depending on the level of investment made. Between the issuance of the residence permit and the submission of citizenship application, the main applicant must spend at least 15 days in Malta as a minimum. The citizenship stage will not be completed unless the residence requirement has been met.

    For further details of the NESDI programme, please get in touch with your usual Mishcon de Reya contact.

  • Police escort shot dead as gunmen invade church in Delta

    Police escort shot dead as gunmen invade church in Delta

    Unknown gunmen have killed a police officer during a church service at Oviri-Ogor Road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

    The incident was confirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Onome Onovwakpoyeya while addressing newsmen in Warri on Sunday.

    The PPRO said: “Yes, he (police officer) followed his principal (not named) to the church.”

    It was gathered that before his death, the Police Inspector, was serving at PMF 31, Ogwashi-Uku and was on escort duty at the time of the incident.

    “The service was abruptly stopped at about 11.15 a.m. when gunshots rented the air inside the church premises and worshippers scampered for safety.

  • Miyetti Allah defends Bauchi governor, tells FG to allow all Nigerians to carry arms

    Miyetti Allah defends Bauchi governor, tells FG to allow all Nigerians to carry arms

    The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeder’s Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has advised the Federal Government to allow every Nigerian bear firearms to protect themselves considering the security challenges in the country.

    The association made the call while reacting to a comment by Bauchi Governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed, that herdsmen are only carrying firearms for self- defence.

    Gov Mohammed had drawn heavy criticism after defending the right of herders to go about with AK-47 to defend themselves against cattle rustlers.

    Bauchi chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, told The Nation on Sunday there is nothing wrong with the Governor’s stand since he didn’t say herdsmen should go and cause chaos with it.

    According to him, since the Federal government can no longer protect citizens, it’s better for every citizen to protect themselves from bandits.

    He said” ”The government has become irresponsible. That is why a Fulani man has become an outcast in his own country.

    “All his wealth has been crippled to activities of cattle rustlers. What do you expect him to do?

    “Let everybody protect themselves, let everybody carry arms. You don’t allow few bandits to come and ruin you, kill you, kill your family as few people cannot be terrorizing everybody.”

    He added: ”Though in a normal situation nobody should be allowed to carry arms except those that are legalised to do so but if the Federal government had taken the responsibility of protecting lives of citizens serious, no one would dare have reason to carry arms.

    “You need to ask yourself is the government doing enough to protect the lives of herdsmen.

    “I won’t fault Governor Bala Mohammed for the statement, he is very right. After all he did not say herdsmen should go and cause chaos.

    “No one faulted Benue Governor, Ortom when he said herdsmen should leave his state. So why are they criticising Bauchi governor?”

  • NSCDC arrests electricity cable thieves in Bauchi, recovers N5.4m worth of cables

    NSCDC arrests electricity cable thieves in Bauchi, recovers N5.4m worth of cables

    The Nigeria Civil Defence and Security Corp (NCDSC) says it recovered 4,050 metres of power cables worth N5 million from vandals in Ningi Local Government Council in Bauchi State.

    Ag. Commandant of the NCDSC in the state, Michael Atunde-Ade, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi.

    Atunde-Ade said that officers of the command received intelligent information on the activities of vandals and immediately switched into action to recover the items.

    “Our officers gathered that the cables were vandalised and packaged along Ningi – Burra road.

    “For three days, our officers were on surveillance but we could not apprehend anyone.

    “We later recovered the cables and it was handed over to the state Ministry for Power and Technology,’’ the commandant said.

    He further disclosed that the command also seized 300 bags of charcoal along Lame – Burra road and in Yankari Game Reserve in the state.

    He said that the charcoal was part of the deforestation activities banned by the state government.

    Atunde-Ade confirmed that the items were handed over to the Bauchi State Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

    Similarly, he said that the state command recently received palliative items from the North East Development Commission (NEDC).

    The items included 100 bags of rice, 100 cartons of Maggi, 100 bags of salt, 300 cartoon of groundnut oil and 100 cartons of spaghetti.

    He said that the items would be distributed to 913 staff of the state command and zonal office in Bauchi.

  • PDP warns against Another Fuel Price Hike

    PDP warns against Another Fuel Price Hike

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday charged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its government to perish any thoughts of further increase of fuel price in the country.

    The PDP said that it has been made aware of discussions and consultation in the APC and its administration for further increase of fuel price from the unbearable N170 to a higher figure.

    The PDP in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan said, “Our party cautions the APC to immediately perish such contemplations as it would amount to pushing the already impoverished Nigerians to the wall – a situation that might result in public restiveness and acerbation of agitations in the land.”

    The party lamented that Nigerians are groaning heavily under the weight of economic hardship and high costs occasioned by the unjustified increase in the price of fuel to an unbearable N170 per liter last November, adding that any new hike might become the last straw that can break the camel’s back.

    According to the main opposition party, this is because there is no way Nigerians can survive a further fuel price increase with its attendant increase in cost of goods and services, which will worsen the current agonising economic situation, where over 90 million citizen live in abject poverty, with an alarming 23 per cent unemployment rate and many more living below N500 a day.

    The PDP restated that the APC and its administration have no justification ever to increase fuel prices to even above N100 per litre, when there are practical options available to maintain affordable price template, given the national production capacity and potentialities.

    The party condemned the bizarre attempt by the APC administration to compare the domestic fuel price to those of other countries where their governments are sincere and working hard in running productive economies that boost purchasing power of citizens.

    “With an official N30,000 federal monthly minimum wage, which represents a N1,000 daily wage, compared to a country like Saudi Arabia with monthly 3,000 Riyals; a daily 100 Riyals (N10,161) there is no foundation to base fuel price in Nigeria to that of Saudi Arabia where citizens earn 10 times higher than their counterparts in Nigeria.

    “It is therefore clear that the sordid increases in fuel price in Nigeria are products of nebulous indices coming from an incompetent and overtly corrupt APC administration under whose watch APC leaders had stolen over N15 trillion from our oil coffers and other national sources,” PDP declared.

  • Buhari’s aide Bashir Ahmad denies being appointed DPR director

    Buhari’s aide Bashir Ahmad denies being appointed DPR director

    President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on Monday, debunked reports that he has been appointed as a manager of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR.

    Reports had emerged from an online news blog that President Buhari silently appointed Ahmad as a manager of the DPR.

    However, reacting to the development, Ahmad in a tweet via his Twitter handle said the report was false.

    He tweeted, “A friend sent me a link to a concocted story from an online news blog that the President has quietly appointed me as a manager of the DPR, Department of Petroleum Resources, for those who want to know the truth, the story is 100% FALSE. I am not a staff of the DPR.”

    Meanwhile, Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), had disclosed last week Monday that President Buhari will virtually inaugurate the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC), Lagos, on January 21, in a bid to boost the operations of the nation’s petroleum sector.

    Osu, in a statement in Lagos, quoted the Director of DPR, Mr Sarki Auwalu, as saying that the centre would afford the oil and gas industry the critical elements for competitive advantage, in a changing global energy landscape

  • Lady Runs Mad While Trying To Accept Proposal Ring

    Lady Runs Mad While Trying To Accept Proposal Ring

    A video making the rounds on social media shows the terrifying moment a lady allegedly ran mad while trying to accept proposal ring from her boyfriend.

    In the viral video, the lady’s boyfriend was already set to propose to her as he was spotted on his knees, stretching out his proposal ring to her, in the presence of a huge crowd cheering them on.

    At first, the girlfriend was seen expressing her excitement over the proposal and she also stretched out her hand to accept the ring.

    Unfortunately, things went wrong as she suddenly began showing signs of madness, which caused a huge uproar at the scene.