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Ekiti State leads in NECO SSCE Results for 2016
The National Examination Council (NECO) on Friday released the results of the Senior School Certificate Examination it conducted in and outside the country between June and July this year, with Ekiti State having the best performance with…
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Buhari plagiarises Obama’s speech for “Change begins with me”
President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign suffered a setback Friday following a newspaper report that the president allegedly plagiarised President Barack Obama in the speech he delivered while launching the project.…
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Apple hit with $118m ‘back tax’ payment in Japan
Tokyo authorities have imposed a back tax of $118 million on an Apple subsidiary over money transfers to Ireland, reports said Friday, as the IT giant’s tax payments come under global scrutiny.
The Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau ordered…
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Edo guber: Postponement of poll will not affect PDP’s victory, says BOT chairman
Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, said on Thursday that postponement of governorship election in Edo State would not affect the party’s victory.
He stated this while speaking…
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Buhari challenges cabinet members on ways out of economic recession
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday challenged participants of the 2016 Cabinet Retreat on the economy to formulate pragmatic proposals on how best to tackle Nigeria’s economic recession.
Speaking at the opening of the retreat in Abuja,…
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Salesgirl dumps day-old baby by roadside, blames lover
A salesgirl, Ifunanya Eme, has been arrested by the police in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos State, for allegedly dumping her day-old baby girl by the roadside.
Our correspondents learnt that Eme, who hails from Enugu State, was arrested on…
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Police lied, I robbed victim with machete, not gun, accused tells court
A 30-year-old man, Bature Iliya, on Thursday confessed in a Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court that he only attacked his victim with a machete and not a gun.
Iliya is being tried on a two-count charge of alleged criminal conspiracy and armed…
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Crisis looms as FG cuts unity schools admission quota
Indications emerged on Thursday that parents looking for a reprieve in the nation’s public schools for their children might be disappointed, as Federal Government has cut admission quotas into its Unity Schools.
This comes as educationists…
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$15m scam: EFCC of hiring mercenaries to testify against me, Patience Jonathan accuses EFCC
The wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, says the four persons who pleaded guilty to money laundering charges on behalf of the four companies linked to her are mercenaries hired by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
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Ondo APC Crisis: Olusola Oke sets to decamp to APGA
Should the Appeal Panel Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ondo State governorship primary election uphold the results of the election held on September 3, 2016, which produced Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), as the…
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